FOR TRAVELLERS IN SEARCH OF WONDER

Castlerigg Stone Circle at dusk, England

SCOTLAND | THE SAHARA | PATAGONIA | TIBET | THE AMERICAN WEST

Exploring the atmospheric, the secluded and the remote. Places where you can still imagine what travel was like before it became tourism.

By Nicholas Holt

THE EDIT

A straight empty road leading towards snow-capped mountains under a partly cloudy blue sky.
A man dressed in traditional European mountain attire standing next to a brown horse in a rural setting with snow-capped mountains in the background.
A man dressed in traditional European mountain attire standing next to a brown horse in a rural setting with snow-capped mountains in the background.
A vast, desolate salt flat landscape with a trail of rocks creating a winding path toward the distant horizon. Sparse vegetation covers the foreground, with small bushes and rocks. The sky is partly cloudy with layers of clouds, and mountains are barely visible in the background.
A vast, desolate salt flat landscape with a trail of rocks creating a winding path toward the distant horizon. Sparse vegetation covers the foreground, with small bushes and rocks. The sky is partly cloudy with layers of clouds, and mountains are barely visible in the background.
Colorful traditional Tibetan dancers performing outdoors in front of a vibrant yellow building with decorated windows. On the right, there is a covered stage with seated musicians or performers, and the sky is partly cloudy.

WONDERS OF PATAGONIA

FORTY MINUTES A GAUCHO

Itinerary Ideas for Chile & Argentina's Wild Country

Tasting Gaucho Life at Estancia Nibepo Aike

WONDERS OF ART IN THE AMERICAN WEST

Itinerary Ideas: from land art to high desert minimalism

WONDERS OF NANGCHEN COUNTY, TIBET

A remote region of Tibet known as 'the abode of meditators'

Reclaiming What we have Lost in Travel 

BASHŌ AND THE DISCIPLINE OF ATTENTION

We arrive already primed. Once a journey could alter the mind; now it often only confirms what we have already been told by the guidebook and the internet.

THE HUSH

A search for old-world quiet in a loud world.

Journal
Reading Silence
Reading Silence

READ & RECOMMENDED

Quiet Stays Around the World
Quiet Stays Around the World

RETREATS, CABINS, MONASTERIES AND TEMPLES

Silence and Sagebrush
Silence and Sagebrush

ALONE IN A CABIN IN NEVADA

KABN: Japanese Minimalism on the Shores of Loch Fyne
KABN: Japanese Minimalism on the Shores of Loch Fyne

KABN

Unplugged on Ulva
Unplugged on Ulva

CRAGAIG BOTHY

The Wonder of a Sunday on Lewis & Harris
The Wonder of a Sunday on Lewis & Harris

THE OUTER HEBRIDES

Secluded Stays: Scotland
Secluded Stays: Scotland

BOLTHOLES, CABINS AND LODGES

Baptism of Solitude: A Thirty Year Wait for the Silence of the Sahara
Baptism of Solitude: A Thirty Year Wait for the Silence of the Sahara

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