Welcome to Sophie’s World – all about the world’s curious and often unsung corners. And travel with kids. Perhaps unusually for a travel blog, the kids share their take, too.
But mostly, it’s me – Sophie: travel journalist, guide book writer, and founder of Sophie’s World, one of Lonely Planet’s favourite blogs, around since 2006.
“We picked our favourite bloggers around the world and featured their content on the Lonely Planet website… Lonely Planet wanted to shine a light on the very best travel writing and photography on the planet.”
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I want to inspire you with stories, especially from the less familiar places on this planet.
Looking for travel inspiration?
I have written more than 1000 travel stories here at Sophie’s World.
Perhaps you’re interested in the magic of cities? Fascinated by spooky places? Would you like to ride horses in Mallorca, or learn how to make chocolate?
Do the names Skopje, Chisinau, Vaduz, Pristina, Maseru, Ashgabat and Nuku’alofa ring a bell? Or not? They’re all national capitals; you can search for them with the little magnifying glass further up on the page here. Other interesting and somewhat remote outposts I have been fortunate to experience, include Arctic Svalbard, where there are more polar bears than people, the Faroe Islands, where they speak a language very close to that of my Viking ancestors, Norfolk Island, home of the Bounty mutineers, Azores, the visible part of the world’s longest mountain range, the Caucasus: on the border between Europe and Asia, the obscure non-country Transdniestr, and the five ‘stans along the Silk Road.
Dig in and start clicking on anything you want.
Discover UNESCO’s World Heritage on Sophie’s World
Curious about the world’s very special places, those that have outstanding universal value, and need to be specially preserved for generations to come? I have visited more than 300 of the sites – sometimes in cooperation with UNESCO, and written about most of those.
This is the stuff wish lists are made of, so hop on over to our UNESCO pages.
