Off the Beaten Path
There is a reason Machu Picchu and the Colosseum are so popular. They are fantastic sights and well worth a visit.
Sometimes, though, we want to avoid the crowds and go off the beaten path. That’s why we travel to places like the beautiful Pakistani peaks in Fairy Meadows, the Curonian Spit in Lithuania or the Ravenna Gorge, where we visited a Christmas Market under a train aqueduct.
Did you know that we actually met in Ashgabat, in Turkmenistan, one of the least-visited countries in the world?
On this page, you can find inspiration and information about many of the hidden gems we’ve seen in our travels. Here you can learn more about the perks of travelling to less-visited areas, such as discovering Mongolia’s nomadic traditions through food or exploring one of the most ancient civilisations in the Americas.
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