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All you need to know about visa-free travel

Praveen Sudevan Many countries are welcoming Indian tourists with visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel options

With Thailand offering a visa-on-arrival fee waiver for Indians, now is the chance to discover this port city

Akshaya Ganesh Postcard from Pattaya: With Thailand offering a visa-on-arrival fee waiver for Indians, here is your chance to discover local markets, five-star resorts, relaxing spas and a museum on parody in port city

A view of Jaisalmer.

Exploring Jaisalmer with the Reth Festival

Susanna Myrtle Lazarus At the first edition of Reth, an experiential festival in Jaisalmer, there are lessons in mindfulness and for the digital age

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Notes from Obidos

Mini Krishnan Cited by the UNESCO as a heritage village, the place is preserved in its original motor-free state and close to the way it was many centuries ago

Days in the sun (From top) Whale watchers spot a fin; Mirissa’s Coconut Tree Hill

Mirissa, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, has everything for a lazy beach vacation

Meghna Majumdar

Take a glimpse into the colourful underwater world of the Maldives

Sravasti Datta The reef life: Here a host of activities opens up the colourful underwater world in the Maldives

Our Lady of the Rocks Church on the Island near Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

New Year 2020 | These are the five must-see travel destinations of 2020

Priyadarshini Paitandy Pradeep Kumar Go offbeat with your choice of travel destination in 2020

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Airbnb’s first royal host — Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur

Jaipur's City Palace now on Airbnb

‘Indian travellers opted for family-friendly amenities’.

Top 10 Travel Destinations for 2019

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Ride for Charity Society

A bike named kindness

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Data deep into the jungle with WildTrails

Notes from a ski slope

Kartikeya Ladha’s walk through South India

A journey on the iconic Trans-Siberian railway

A canvas for the rhino

Valentine's Day: Love that blossomed miles away from home

Stories of travel romance that lasts long beyond the honeymoon

Art turns interactive at the Hong Kong Pulse Light Festival

Victoria Harbour shines bright with the Hong Kong Pulse Light Festival

An adventure of going around the world in 80 trains

The journey, the destination, and everything in between are what Monisha Rajesh writes about in her book, Around the World in 80 Trains

Finally, a book on the beauty of Warangal

‘Orugallu to Warangal’ is a keen and enthusiastic documentation by Lakshmi Prabhala and Sadhana Ramchander

The story behind Asia's first ever winter para games training camp

Aditya Mehta Foundation hosts the first ever winter para games training camp

Meet the man who climbed the highest peak in every continent

From Aconcagua in South America and Mount Elbrus in Russia, to Mount Everest, there is no mountain high enough for Italian traveller Lorenzo Gariano

Notes from St. Petersburg

Lunch at a Soviet-era stolovaya is becoming something of a tourist must-do in the city

Turks visit Andhra to understand the culture and make friends

Despite cultural differences the human spirit is the same, feel four visitors from Turkey

Beyond the stripes we see

Daulat Singh on his encounter with a tiger and his fascination for the great outdoors

Tales from crocodile island

We are about 20 minutes into our conversation when artist Sylvia Nulpinditj breaks into a wide smile for the first time, flashing pearly whites. The

Beco das Garrafas, the world’s first feni cellar

Another reason to head to the sunshine state

This bus conductor from Coimbatore is winning hearts

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus conductor, K Sivashanmugam goes the extra to make passenger’s day a memorable one

The Airbnb way in Australia

Australia is a favourite destination for Indian tourists who are also greatly fond of using the country’s Airbnb services

Far, far away to Faroe Islands in Denmark

With turf-roofed houses overlooking azure seas, Faroe Islands is having its moment in the sun. Travel there to join a population of 50,000 people and chubby sheep

The birds of Odisha's Nalabana

Off-limits from tourists, the Nalabana bird sanctuary in Odisha is now a paradise for migratory birds

Notes from Kyoto

Forest bathing, edible flowers and a temple with more than 32,000 gates are a few of the city’s attractions

This photographer has stories to tell on Hampi's Tungabhadra

In Hampi, photographer Kathakali Das Bhaumik spends a day capturing the bustling local life around the calm Tungabhadra

Meet ‘Vyasarpadi’ Muniammal, one of the few women gaana singers in Chennai

She sings at home, for family, at funerals... ‘Vyasarpadi’ Muniammal is among the few women gaana singers in the city

Check out this unique holiday experience in Laos!

A unique holiday experience at Bokeo Province, Laos, involves navigating zip lines, admiring forests from 1,000ft above the ground, and a sleepover in a tree house

‘Museums are more necessary than ever’

Nicholas Coleridge, chairman, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is upbeat about the record-breaking number of visitors last year

Biking across continents

Polish biker Maja Sontag, presently in India, talks about exploring the globe on her own terms

All you need to know about astro tourism

Astro tourism is right up your alley if you love stargazing, chasing meteor showers or simply soaking in the sights of an illuminated night sky

Student exchange programmes are a big hit in Hyderabad

Having to eat just lettuce for dinner to overcoming animal phobia, teenagers on student exchange programmes are but wiser

This Indian woman is the youngest to cycle around the world

Vedangi Kulkarni on how she rode a bicycle, alone, through temperatures as low as -20°C and as high as 37°C, all in 159 days

Notes from Lansdowne

Home to an army cantonment, it has mixed links with history, dating from as late as the Raj era when it nested a unit of the British army

The Barbary cardsharps: lyrical accounts aside, Marrakech preys on tourists, brutally

To my surprise, though, on my fifth and last day at Jamaa el-Fna, its vibe grew on me

Chasing light at the Kumbh

Leading photographers share pro tips and guides to help you get the best shots at the Kumbh Mela

From Mont Blanc to Mount Lobuche, the journey of a part-time mountaineer

Chennai mountaineer Varun Gunaseelan recalls his most difficult journeys, and explains why it’s all worth it

The story of how a group took the Pongal Bird Count up a notch

Three birders. Three days. 332 species recorded.

This explorer travelled to Kashmir to Kanyakumari...by foot

Young explorer Shubham Dharmsktu walks from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, ignoring foot blisters and swarms of flies, hoping to shed light on the country’s waste management scenario

Why this Pietermaritzburg cricket ground is unique

The cricket ground at Pietermaritzburg is unique — it has a full-grown tree inside the boundary limits

A visit to Pietermaritzburg station, where Gandhi was pushed off the train in South Africa

A visit to the Pietermaritzburg railway station, South Africa, where Gandhi was pushed off the train and ‘Satyagraha was born’, is sure to fire up your patriotic spirit

On a road trip in South Africa

Take a road trip covering 1,850 kilometres from Durban to Cape Town, South Africa to realise that the journey is as fascinating as the destination

The Araku Balloon Festival is here!

The second edition of the Araku Balloon Festival brought with it adventure and the opportunity to view some spectacular sights

Kerala adventure tourism: Move over houseboats, the kayaks are here

Activity-based tourism is set to create waves in Kerala, with the State’s Department of Tourism focused on promoting two core sectors — adventure

Notes from Tashkent

Soviet architecture in Tashkent greatly references the cosmos and science fiction

Avian dwellers of the arid land

Students of Lady Doak College along with Iragukal birding group have recorded over 120 species of birds in Ramanathapuram district as part of Pongal Bird Count

The Mighty Museums

A submarine and an aircraft draw in record crowds as they flock to see the war veterans

Visit these unique food museums across the world

Bite into some of the unique food museums around the globe, both temporary and timeless

From grey to glorious: Downtown Los Angeles’ street art symphony

There’s a distinct dichotomy to Los Angeles: one part a dazzling entertainment epicentre, the other a booming street art community thriving on walls, streets and doors

Scaling Agasthyarkoodam, a trekker’s dream destination

As ardent trekkers gear up for the arduous climb to Agasthyarkoodam, veterans, men and women, recall the highlights of conquering the tough terrain

It all goes downhill from here

Just when the author thought she had escaped the horror of dug-up roads, it followed her to her new address

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