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A travel publication for those who covet the slow, the atmospheric & the remote.

Founded by Nicholas Holt

Silence & Solitude

Stays

Bookmarked for curiosity or potential trips

Stories

Encounters with silence & solitude
Reading silence & solitude: a personal list

Books

SCOTLAND

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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Off-grid Scotland

Featured
The Wonder of a Sunday on Lewis & Harris
The Wonder of a Sunday on Lewis & Harris

On an island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, Sunday remains a day apart — shaped by faith, tradition, and a deliberate resistance to the modern world.

Luxuriating in Nature at KABN, Loch Fyne
Luxuriating in Nature at KABN, Loch Fyne

On the shores of a Scottish Loch: two architect-designed cabins where Scandinavian cool meets Japanese minimalism.

Off-grid and Off-line at Cragaig Bothy on the Isle of Ulva
Off-grid and Off-line at Cragaig Bothy on the Isle of Ulva

Going ‘Full Walden’ at a Private Scottish Bothy.

PATAGONIA

Forty Minutes
a Gaucho

Gaucho culture meets traditional luxury at Estancia Nibepo Aike in the Argentine wilderness.

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From the Journal

THE SAHARA

THREE
GLASSES

Nothing about Tuareg tea is hurried, and nothing needs to be explained

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Slow Journeys by Camel

TIBET

Land of the
Meditators

In Search of Magic & Mystery in
Nangchen County, Tibet

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