Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in India, and what we book instead
This article costs us bookings and we publish it anyway, because the alternative is selling you a day you will resent.
Which tiger park, and what your odds actually are
Start with the sentence that decides everything else: nobody can promise you a tiger. Anyone who does is selling you something, and…
Rajasthan in twelve days, and what to leave out
Most Rajasthan briefs that reach our desk contain eight places. Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, a tiger park, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Udaipur and something in…
India with children
India is better with children than most people expect and harder than the brochures admit, and the two facts are not in…
What to eat in India, and how not to get ill
Indian food is the best reason to go and the thing first-time visitors are most anxious about. Both of those are fair,…
India month by month, region by region
The most expensive planning mistake in India is treating it as one climate. It has at least four, they are not in…
India for the first time: a realistic first itinerary
India is the destination we are asked about most and the one we talk people out of most often. Not out of…
How much does two weeks in India really cost?
India is the country where the honest answer to the cost question is the widest, because the same fourteen days can cost…
How many days do you need in India?
Fourteen. That is the short answer for a first visit, and if you stop reading here you will not go far wrong.
Delhi in three days, and what to do with the third
Most India itineraries give Delhi one day, and most of them are wrong. Delhi is not a place you pass through on…
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