Welcome
Far From is a publication and editorial studio exploring the atmospheric, the secluded, and the remote — places where you can imagine what travel was like before it became tourism.
Far From is for travellers who ask not just where they want to go, but how they want to feel — choosing deeper, more intimate connections with the world over tick‑lists and tourist traps.
Because the journeys we make, make us.
Stays
Far From partners with high‑character stays, exceptional retreats, escapists’ boltholes, and low‑impact lodges to tell the story of a place through photography and writing. These are not reviews. They are editorial portraits of stays with substance.
Stories
Far From encourages an unhurried, thoughtful exploration of the world through original storytelling and award‑winning photography. Stories are inspirational, packed with insight and accompanied by practical suggestions.
Guides
Far From Guides look past the obvious — to where the true riches of travel lie. From the Sahara’s otherworldly landscapes, the edges of the Tibetan Plateau, to slower ways of travelling.
Wonders
Some places have their own wonders — a wood‑fired sauna on a Hebridean beach, a huge climbable dune in the Sahara’s interior, a stone circle at dawn. Far From Wonders are quick, scannable entries that you can build an itinerary around.
Nicholas Holt
Creative Director
Photographer
Writer
I began my travels with a dog-eared guidebook to South America stuffed into a backpack; thirty years later, it still sits on my shelf. I seek that same spirit—the atmospheric hotel, the local eatery, the secluded lodge, the "end of the road" feeling—though the search has become more nuanced.
I am drawn to integrity and places where old-world quiet still lingers. I value the ‘bang-on’ bowl of beans in a medina as much as fine dining. I love simplicity and embrace luxury, if the atmosphere is right.
I love slow journeys through wild places—on foot, by camel, or by 4×4 when the distance demands it—in the company of locals and indigenous guides who know the rhythm of a place.
I founded Far From to share these inner and outer journeys—the places, and states of mind, that make the hair on my neck stand up.
As a creative director, I’ve worked with some of the world’s most distinguished brands. My editorial Work has appeared in SUITCASE, The Royal Photographic Society Journal, JRNY, and Geographical.
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured greater age would calm my fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked. Four hoarse blasts of a ships's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping. The sound of a jet, an engine warming up, even the clopping of shod hooves on pavement brings on the ancient shudder, the dry mouth and vacant eye, the hot palms and the churn of stomach high up under the rib cage. In other words… I fear the disease is incurable.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
