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Prerow, Germany

A slow guide to Prerow

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Prerow is a small, unhurried resort town on Germany's Baltic coast, between a wild dune beach once named among the world's most beautiful and a historic wooden pier. A simple guide to where to eat, swim and walk, from the harbour ice cream stand to the storm-bent pines of the Weststrand.

Otranto, Puglia

A slow guide to Otranto

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Otranto is the easternmost town in Italy, a walled old town on the Adriatic with a Norman castle, an extraordinary medieval mosaic floor and some of Puglia's best beaches just outside it. A simple guide to where to eat, swim and stay, with the cathedral as the one bit of sightseeing.

L'escala town

A slow guide to L'Escala

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L'Escala is a real fishing town on the Costa Brava, known across Spain for its anchovies and for Empúries, the Greek and Roman ruins right on its edge. A simple guide to where to eat, swim and stay, with a morning among the ruins as the one bit of sightseeing.

Paros, Greece

Where to go in Paros

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Paros is the sweet spot of the Cyclades: the whitewashed towns and turquoise water you came for, without the crowds of Mykonos or Santorini. A practical guide to where to eat, drink, swim and stay, the best beaches and villages, and how to get there, when to go and how many days you need.

A Swedish summer house

A guide to summer houses

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In Sweden, the summer house is almost a birthright. A guide to the sommarstuga and its Scandinavian cousins. What is a summer house, where it originated, where people go, and how to get one of your own.

Tavira, Algarve

Where to go in Tavira

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Tavira is the quiet heart of the eastern Algarve, a town of churches and salt pans on the Gilão river, with some of the best seafood in Portugal and the island beaches of the Ria Formosa on its doorstep.

Tinos, Greek Isles

Where to go on Tinos

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Tinos is one of the quieter Cyclades, a short ferry from Mykonos but a world away in feeling, with marble villages, wild beaches and some of the best food in the Aegean. This is the practical guide: where to actually eat, drink, swim and stay, from the seafood at Thalassaki to the design hotels above the coast, with one bit of sightseeing at the end.

Gotland buildings

A slow guide to Gotland: 9 things to do

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Gotland is Sweden's largest island, a slab of limestone in the Baltic where people come to slow down. This is a simple, nature-first guide: the sea stacks and quiet beaches worth seeking out, a few farm tables and bakeries worth booking, and a handful of design-led places to stay, from a hotel built on an old limestone quarry to Sweden's first boutique farmstay.

Slow travel moments

What is slow travel?

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Slow travel is a way of travelling that trades quick visits for going deeper. Fewer places, longer stays, and a trip that moves at the pace of the people who live there. This guide explains what slow travel is, where the idea came from, how to do it well, and why a single beautiful base in one region beats a checklist of cities you barely remember.

Finca in Mallorca, Spain

What is a finca? The Spanish countryside home, explained

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A finca is a rural Spanish property, traditionally a working farm, set on agricultural land with a thick-walled, terracotta-roofed building at its centre. This guide explains the typology, etymology, architectural features, regional variations, and contemporary restoration tradition.