In Search of Quiet. From Umbria to Lapland

Searching for wonder in an over-travelled world.
Stays, stories and field guides for those who travel beyond the obvious.

by Nicholas Holt

Scotland Escapes

THE SAHARA DESERT

An otherworldly and little-visited realm

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Slow Journeys by Camel

A person with a white beret on their head standing among a group of horses in an outdoor setting with snow-capped mountains in the background.

Forty Minutes
a Gaucho

At Estancia Nibepo Aike in the Argentine wilderness—tasting the rhythm of a life unchanged for a century.

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From the Journal

Cape Wrath: After the
Day–Trippers have Gone

A Stay at Cape Wrath lighthouse reveals the old-world wonder of a remote headland steeped in myth and folklore.

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