Timor-Leste gets fewer visitors in a year than a mid-sized European museum sees in a week, and it shows the moment you land: no tour buses queuing outside Cristo Rei, no fixed timetable for the minibuses that pass for public transport, and a visa desk that still wants US dollars in cash. Three days here is really two destinations, Dili and the mountains, and trying to squeeze in more than that...

Aarhus 7-Day Itinerary Denmark’s second city gets dismissed as a Copenhagen warm-up act, which is a mistake given that it packs a genuinely radical art museum, a reconstructed medieval quarter, and a coastline within city limits into a place small enough to walk across in an afternoon. Seven days here is not padding, it is enough time to also get out into the hills and islands that make up...

Nobody actually needs a visa to visit the Seychelles, a fact enough guides get wrong that it is worth stating plainly up front: entry is visa-free for essentially every nationality, Kosovo passport holders being the one notable exception since Seychelles does not recognize that passport. What you do need is a Travel Authorization applied for online before you fly, a small formality with a fee...

Fly into Victoria Falls International Airport, not Harare. Zimbabwe’s capital sits roughly 900 kilometers from the falls, a detail that trips up first-time planners who assume one gateway serves the whole country. This itinerary works because it keeps you in the western circuit: Victoria Falls, Hwange, Bulawayo, and Matobo, all reachable by road in a single week without a domestic flight....

Seychelles 2-Day Itinerary The Seychelles sits 1,500 kilometres east of mainland Africa with no indigenous human population before Arab sailors arrived in the 9th century. That isolation produced an ecology found nowhere else, including the Coco-de-Mer palm, which produces the largest seed in the plant kingdom at up to 25 kilograms. Two days in the Seychelles is enough to see Mahé, cross to...

Zona Colonial is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, founded in 1496, and that founding date matters practically as well as historically: it means the street grid, the cathedral, and the fortress here predate anything comparable in Mexico City or Havana by decades. Four days is enough to see it properly plus a couple of good day trips, as long as you are...

Title: 7-Day Mauritius Travel Itinerary Skip the tap water on this trip, whatever a friendly local tells you. The official guidance from most Western foreign offices still lists it as unsafe for visitors, even though residents drink it without issue, so stick to bottled or filtered water and save the argument for another topic. Day 1 - Arrival and Grand Baie: Land at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam...

Guilin, China: 2-Day Itinerary The karst peaks around Guilin are on the Chinese 20-yuan banknote, which tells you something about how central this landscape is to the national imagination. The hills are real and they are as dramatic as the picture suggests, but most of the magic is actually south of the city, along the Li River toward Yangshuo. Two days is enough to do the city itself and the...

Guam sits at the southern tip of the Mariana Islands chain, 2,400 km east of the Philippines and 2,600 km south of Japan, which explains why about 70 percent of its international visitors arrive from Japan and South Korea. The island is a US territory, which means US citizens need no passport or visa, and everyone else follows US federal immigration law, including the ESTA requirement for Visa...

Six-Day Itinerary for Nice, France Chez Pipo has been frying socca in the same wood oven since 1923, not since 1946 as some guides claim, and the current owner Steeve Bernardo still charges around 3 euros a plate for it. That single-digit price point tells you something useful about Nice: for all its glamour-adjacent reputation, the actual city runs on cheap chickpea flatbread, market produce, and...

October through March is when the Delhi-Agra-Jaipur-Rajasthan circuit actually works. Show up in May and Mehrangarh Fort’s sandstone bakes at 45 degrees, the Taj’s white marble is too hot to touch, and no romantic boat ride on Lake Pichola makes up for heat exhaustion. Get the timing right and this is one of the best six days you can spend anywhere. Day 1: Arrival in Delhi Skip the...

4-Day Itinerary for Traveling in Liberia The road from Roberts International Airport into Monrovia takes over an hour even without traffic, because there is exactly one usable highway and it floods in the rainy season. Plan around that fact and the rest of a Liberia trip falls into place. Four days is enough to see the capital properly and get a real, if brief, taste of the rainforest interior; it...

One thing trips up almost every first-time visitor planning this route: Chichen Itza is not a side trip from Mexico City. It sits 824 miles away on the Yucatan Peninsula, and no bus or car ride gets you there and back in a day. Treat this as two separate legs, a Mexico City opener and a Yucatan closer, and the three days work fine. Try to cram them together and you will spend day three in transit...

The airport bus is the first thing that tells you Aarhus does not do things the flashy way: a single Midttrafik ticket into the city center runs around 115 to 140 DKK and takes 45 to 50 minutes, cheaper and only slightly slower than a taxi that will cost you 300 to 500 DKK for the same ride. Buy the ticket on the app before boarding if you can, since card readers on board sometimes queue up during...

Before any talk of citadels or bazaars, one fact has to come first: the US State Department, the UK Foreign Office, and nearly every other Western foreign ministry rate Afghanistan Level 4, Do Not Travel. That is the highest advisory tier, the same one applied to active war zones. The US Embassy in Kabul suspended operations in 2021 and cannot provide consular help to citizens inside the country,...

The first thing you’ll notice at Rafael Nunez International Airport is the yellow digital kiosk right at the exit. Punch in your destination, take the printed ticket to the first taxi in line, and you’ve locked in the official fare into the Walled City, which runs in the neighborhood of 20,000 to 25,000 Colombian pesos depending on the year’s rate adjustment. Skip that kiosk and...

Get one thing straight before you land: the Vasa ship lives in Stockholm, not Göteborg, and no guidebook worth reading should tell you otherwise. Göteborg has its own identity built on fish halls, trams, archipelago islands and a stubborn West Coast bluntness that Stockholmers find either refreshing or rude depending on the day. Seven days here is enough to work the city properly and still get out...

Four days is barely enough to scratch London, let alone the rest of Great Britain, so this itinerary is deliberately greedy: one big city day, one loop into university towns and honey-colored villages, one Roman-and-prehistoric double header, and one dash north for football and Beatles history. Expect to be tired by day four. That is the trade-off for seeing this much of the country on a short...

Ireland 5-Day Itinerary: Dublin, Kilkenny, and the Southeast The Aircoach bus from Dublin Airport costs a fraction of a taxi and that single fact should shape your first hour in the country. A taxi into the city runs 25 to 35 euro by day and climbs past 40 after dark, while Aircoach tickets start around 6 euro one way if you book online, with coaches running every 15 minutes and continuing through...

If you land at Jaipur International Airport hoping to jump on an elephant at Amer Fort the same afternoon, you have already missed the window. Each elephant is capped at five short uphill trips a day to keep the animals from being overworked, and during the October to March season those slots are gone by 10am. Plan the fort for your first full morning, not a lazy add-on. Day 1: touchdown and the...

The buildings in Jaipur’s old city aren’t actually pink. They’re a deep terracotta ochre, painted that color in 1876 to welcome the Prince of Wales, and the color stuck by law: anyone repainting a facade in the walled city has to keep it in that same rust-pink family. That single detail tells you more about how Jaipur works than most guidebooks manage in a chapter. This is a city...

The metro fare in Kolkata still starts at five rupees, the cheapest ride on rails anywhere in India, and that single fact tells you more about how to move through this city than any list of monuments. Skip the idea that you need a driver for a week. You need a smart card, a decent pair of shoes, and a plan that respects how slowly Kolkata actually reveals itself. Day 1: Landing and the Maidan

A taxi driver at Adem Jashari Airport will quote you 30 euros for the ride into Prishtina before you have even cleared the terminal doors. Hold at 25, and if he will not budge, walk twenty meters to the airport bus stop instead, where the same trip costs 4 euros and takes about the same amount of time once you factor in city traffic. That first negotiation sets the tone for a country most...

Krabi, Thailand 5-Day Itinerary Karst cliffs drop straight into the Andaman Sea here, which means half of Krabi’s best beaches are only reachable by longtail boat, not by road. That single fact shapes every day below, so build in slack for tide times and boat queues rather than a tight minute-by-minute schedule. Day 1: Arrival and Ao Nang Beach Ao Nang is the transport hub for the whole...

Every entry point into Lesotho is a climb, and the country never lets you forget it. This is the one nation on earth that sits entirely above 1,000 metres, and the roads prove it before you’ve unpacked a single bag. Day 1: Landing in Maseru and Getting Your Bearings Moshoeshoe I International Airport sits about 18 kilometres southeast of the capital, in the town of Mazenod, and the drive...

You cannot simply book a flight to Lhasa and go. Every foreign traveler needs a Tibet Travel Permit arranged through a licensed agency before boarding, and independent travel inside the region is not allowed, so a guide has to be with you from the moment you land. That single fact trips up more travelers than the altitude does, and it changes how this whole trip needs to be planned. Day 1: Arrival...

6-Day Travel Itinerary for Malta The bus stop for the airport route sits right outside arrivals, and that single detail saves more stress than any packing list. Malta rewards travelers who sort transport and timing before they sort sightseeing, because the island is small, the roads are narrow, and August afternoons will flatten anyone who tries to power through a full day outdoors. Day 1: Arrival...

Before anything else in this itinerary: the US State Department, UK Foreign Office, and most Western governments rate all of Myanmar, including Mandalay, as Level 4, Do Not Travel. The country has been in active civil war since the February 2021 coup, front lines shift by the week between the junta, ethnic armed groups, and People’s Defence Force units, and a March 2025 magnitude 7.7...

The taxi drivers waiting outside Sharm El Sheikh International Airport will quote you triple the local rate before you’ve even found your luggage, and that first negotiation sets the tone for the whole trip. Don’t take the bait. The actual metered fare from the airport to Na’ama Bay, roughly 13 kilometers, runs about 250 to 470 EGP through a pre-arranged transfer, or as little as...

6-Day Itinerary for Exploring Zhuhai, China Most first-timers land at Zhuhai Jinwan Airport, which sits a full 35 kilometers from downtown, and get quoted an inflated flat fare by drivers loitering outside the arrivals hall. Walk past them to the official taxi queue at Exit A or B of Terminal 1 and the meter runs about 150 yuan, roughly 60 minutes to Xiangzhou. Skip anyone offering a “fixed...

Three days is not enough time to see Zimbabwe properly, but it is exactly enough to see Harare’s arts scene and then get thoroughly soaked at one of the largest waterfalls on the planet. Most visitors treat this as a two-stop trip: one night acclimatizing in the capital, then a hop to Victoria Falls for the main event. Skip trying to cram in a safari on top of this unless you add two more...

The taxi rank outside Faa’a International Airport’s arrivals hall will get you into downtown Papeete in under ten minutes for around 2,000 to 3,500 XPF during the day, but that fare jumps 50 to 100 percent after 8pm, so if you land on a late international flight, budget closer to 5,000 XPF or arrange a hotel shuttle in advance. Five days sounds generous for this corner of French...

Syria in mid-2026 is one of the most complicated travel decisions a person can make, and this itinerary starts there. The Assad government fell in December 2024. Since January 2025 most nationalities can obtain a visa on arrival at Damascus International Airport or at the Jordan and Lebanon land borders, a 30-day stamp that costs between $25 (some nationalities) and $200 (US citizens). Turkish...

The entire National Mall is free to walk, the Smithsonian museums lining it are free to enter, and you can fill two days in Washington DC without spending a dollar on a single major attraction. That said, you will spend money: meals here run expensive, timed-entry passes for the African American History museum sell out weeks ahead, and the metro fare from Dulles is close to $6 each way. Plan those...

A taxi from Lynden Pindling International runs a metered $32 for two passengers into downtown Nassau, roughly a 15 minute ride, and that fare surprises people who assume island transport means haggling. It doesn’t, not for this leg anyway. Here’s a week that gets you off New Providence fast, because Nassau is a warm-up act, not the show. Day 1: Nassau (New Providence Island) Land,...

Djibouti 7-Day Travel Itinerary Lake Assal sits 155 meters below sea level, the lowest point on the entire African continent, and its shoreline is crusted with salt so bright it looks like snow under a desert sun. That single fact tells you what kind of trip this is: geology as spectacle, a country the size of Wales wedged between Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea where the Afar Triangle is slowly...

Greenland 7-Day Itinerary There is no road between Nuuk and Ilulissat. There is no road connecting any two towns in Greenland at all. Every leg of this trip happens by plane or boat, and that single fact should shape how you pack, budget, and plan around weather delays that can run days, not hours. Day 1: Arrival & Nuuk Since late November 2024, Nuuk Airport has a 2,200 metre runway that...

5-Day Itinerary for Accra, Ghana Cedi inflation has quietly rewritten every price you’ll read in an older Accra guide, so before anything else: budget in dollars, not the number printed on a sign, because the Ghana cedi has moved enough in the last two years that a “5 GHS entrance fee” from 2023 might be 50 GHS today. Day 1: Arrival and Orientation Start at Kwame Nkrumah Memorial...

Two-Day Itinerary for Exploring Saint Lucia Most visitors land at Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) in the south, nowhere near where they’re staying. If your hotel is up around Rodney Bay or Gros Islet, budget for a transfer of roughly 75 to 90 minutes and 70 to 95 US dollars by private taxi, since there’s no meter system and fares are fixed by government tariff based on...

Forty years ago Shenzhen was a fishing town of about 30,000 people. Now it is a tech megacity of over 17 million, and it still gets treated as Hong Kong’s overlooked neighbor, which is a mistake. Three days here move fast, cost less than most people expect, and the metro is good enough that you never need a car. Day 1: Futian and the modern core Land at Shenzhen Bao’an Airport and take...

The taxi driver at Tunis-Carthage Airport will tell you the meter is broken. It almost never is. That single sentence will save you more money in your first ten minutes in Tunisia than any packing list, so learn it before you learn where the Bardo Museum is. Day 1: Tunis Land at Tunis-Carthage, which sits barely 15 to 20 minutes from the city centre, and insist on the meter. A legitimate metered...

A Schengen visa will not get you into Greenland, even though most people assume it will. Denmark is in the Schengen zone, Greenland is not, and immigration officers at the new Nuuk International Airport check for that distinction specifically. Get the entry rules sorted before anything else, because everything downstream in a four day trip depends on landing on time. Day 1: Arrival and Nuuk Nuuk...

Title: 6-Day South Korea Itinerary for First-Time Travelers Six days is enough to see Seoul properly and still get a taste of Jeju, but only if you skip the all-stop train from Incheon and book the AREX Express the moment you land. It runs non-stop to Seoul Station in about 43 minutes from Terminal 1 (51 from Terminal 2), costs roughly 13,000 won on-site or a bit less if you book online in...

Nairobi’s airport taxi drivers will tell you the meter is broken. It usually isn’t. Budget roughly 2,500 to 3,500 KES (about 20 to 25 euros) for the twenty to thirty minute run from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport into town, and agree the fare before the bags go in the boot, or just open the Uber or Bolt app inside the arrivals hall and skip the negotiation entirely. Day 1: Arrival...

Petra, Jordan: 7-Day Itinerary A private taxi from Queen Alia International Airport straight to Wadi Musa costs 70 to 100 JOD and takes about three hours, which is exactly why most people who try to see Petra as a rushed day trip from Amman end up exhausted and disappointed. Give this ruin the week it deserves instead. Petra is not one monument, it is an entire Nabataean city carved into a canyon...

Most people fly past Shizuoka on the Shinkansen without stopping, which is exactly why it works as a base: fewer crowds, cheaper beds, and Mount Fuji closer than most Tokyo day-trippers realize. A Hikari train from Tokyo Station covers the roughly 180 km to Shizuoka in about an hour for around 6,500 yen with a reserved seat, or closer to 5,940 yen unreserved. That single fact reframes the whole...

Title: 4-Day Itinerary for Exploring Turkey Land at Istanbul Airport and the first decision of the trip is already a trap: the taxi rank driver who insists the meter is broken and quotes a flat fare will cost you three or four times what the ride is worth. Skip it. A pre-booked private transfer runs roughly 30 to 45 euro and takes 50 to 90 minutes depending on traffic, or the M11 metro connecting...

The touts working the curb outside NAIA’s arrival halls will tell you the metered taxi line is closed, broken, or a two hour wait. It is not. Ignore them, walk past the “special rate” offers, and either queue for a yellow airport taxi or open Grab, which works fine on the terminal wifi and will quote a fixed fare to Makati or BGC in the ballpark of 350 to 600 pesos for a ride...

Taipei 6-Day Itinerary: A Comprehensive Guide The single best fifteen dollars you’ll spend in Taipei is the hundred-twenty New Taiwan dollar EasyCard, loaded with cash at any convenience store, because it shaves roughly a fifth off every MRT and bus fare and turns six days of transport logistics into a tap-and-go afterthought. The card itself is a non-refundable hundred TWD deposit, so treat...

Ethiopia uses its own calendar, the Ge’ez calendar, which runs seven to eight years behind the Gregorian one and divides the year into 13 months. If you fly into Addis Ababa and ask what year it is, the answer might surprise you. That gap between Ethiopia and the rest of the world’s reference points is a good frame for the entire trip: familiar categories apply but not quite how you...