National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Each issue is packed with authentic travel experiences and vivid photography, plus insights and tips to inspire would-be explorers to travel widely, ethically and safely. We are passionate about experiencing the world, championing sustainable travel and celebrating journeys from a local or cultural perspective.

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National Geographic Traveller

Welcome

Rome out of season • Visit Italy’s timeless capital in autumn to see it transformed into a stage for fleeting spectacles and contemporary festivals

Poetry in motion

Eyes on the skies • The longest ever commercial flight will launch next year between London and Sydney. New flights to Melbourne are also on the cards, as well as a host of other routes

FIVE NEW ROUTES FOR AUTUMN/WINTER

Nostalgia travel for original adventurers

Simon Reeves on going wild • The TV presenter is returning to screens for a second series of Wilderness, exploring some of the world’s most remote, beautiful places

Stargazing festivals to light up northern England’s Dark Sky Reserves

The freedom of the open road, family style • Demand for family road trips is skyrocketing, revealing a desire for more flexible travel and a dose of soft adventure

ROAD TRIP IDEAS FOR OCTOBER HALF TERM

A pilgrimage to honour a saint

BLACK IDENTITY IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Wine experiences • With grape harvests in England, Italy and beyond getting underway, it’s the perfect time to sample the produce of Europe’s myriad, and often unexpected, winegrowing regions

National Geographic’s top stays • Editors and contributors have scoured the planet for the Best of the World New Hotels 2026 list — here are five highlights, from Europe to the Caribbean

Harvest experiences • Autumn’s on the horizon, and these hands-on events — ranging from pumpkin-themed games to oyster gathering — are ripe for the picking

Pintxos in San Sebastián • Basque tapas has been revered for decades and elevated to an artform in the tiny bars of this Spanish surf town

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Chef and Rio de Janeiro native Rafa Costa E Silva on where to find the city’s best cocktails and his favourite place for feijoada

Water world • A rural hotel in southern Sweden that offers a spa experience of a different sort, and its own sparkling wine to toast the stay

Waveney Valley • In the borderlands of East Anglia, marshes, reed-fringed waterways and medieval market towns play host to weird and eerie folktales

A countryside escape in Scotland • The winner and their guest will spend two nights at JA Mar Hall, with the option to travel aboard the famed Caledonian Sleeper train to Glasgow

Lisbon • Eat, drink and explore like a Lisboeta — from open mic nights and the city’s best chicken to quiet sunset spots, this is how to enjoy the Portuguese capital right now

Thai shophouse revival • Behind weathered wooden doors in Bangkok’s Chinatown, entrepeneurs are transforming their ancestral homes into fashionable restaurants and creative spaces

Into the hermit kingdom • A long-held fascination with North Korea eventually led Marcel Theroux to travel to the most secretive country on Earth, inspiring a novel and dreams of a return

Patagonia cat diaries

Celebrating Route 66 on its 100th anniversary • “Johnnie Meier has devoted himself to preserving the memorabilia and neon that once beckoned adventurous motorists down the Mother Road. At his wonderfully eccentric Classical Gas Museum in New Mexico, he shared stories that helped me understand how deeply these glowing landmarks represent freedom, possibility and the enduring American...