Slow Travel

Slow Travel - Spend a week in a vacation rental and see what is near you. Slow down, immerse yourself in the local culture and avoid the fast pace of rushing from one guidebook "must-see" to the next. A great way to travel! Read more about Slow Travel, explore our community, submit a review or share your trip or travel article with us.

News

Slow Tidings - Our Monthly Newsletter

Catch up with SlowTrav in our August issue of Slow Tidings, our monthly newsletter. Feel free to read past issues too!

We're on Facebook

Yes, along with Twitter, you can now follow our updates on Facebook, visit the SlowTrav page to become a fan!

Forums:
We’re hunting photos! Each week or so, one of our moderators will start a PhotoHunt in one (or more) of our travel forums, with a specific theme. Come along, and post your photos from your trips around the world or around your neighborhood. This time we’re hunting for:

#48 Felliniesque in our Italy forum
#35 Bridge in our France forum
#33 Breakfast in our Everything About Travel forum
#7 Hidden in our Spain & Portugal forum
#9 Flags in our UK & Ireland forum
#14 Patriotic in our North America forum
#9 Tall in our Rest of Europe forum

Prompts change each week, so don’t forget to check in to see what we’re hunting for next.

Slow Travel Feature Photo of the Month Winner

Our fifth Feature Photo Contest Winner for our 2010 contest is Martha, who submitted this beautiful photo of St. Peter's Island in the British Virgin Islands

See more travel photos posted by Slow Travelers.

The Wall Street Journal Magazine published an article, Easy Rider, highlighting the different meanings of Slow Travel, our founder and one of our members are quoted.

As mentioned in The Guardian (UK) on February 7, 2009, read the article Amazing money-saving tips.

London Times Travel published an article called Camping in Paris, which is about Paris on the cheap. The article lists Dave and Aralynn's Paris Garret rental, listed in the Slow Travel classified ad section.

Read more in our Media Scrapbook

How to Use this Website

If you can't find the information here or have a specific travel question, ask and meet other Slow Travelers in our forums.

Slow Travelers stay in vacation rentals around the world - apartments, villas, houses, cottages, cabins, condos that you rent by the week. Other terms used for these types of rentals are self-catering, tourist rentals, holiday rentals, holiday cottages, agritourism (Italy), Gites (France). Basing yourself in a vacation rental makes for a different, slower vacation. You stay longer in one place and get to know one area in depth. The extra time in a place lets you find a favorite coffee shop, get your groceries at the local stores, go to the weekly market - the things you would do if you lived there. Read more...

How to Use this Website: The Slow Travel website is a community of people who like to travel and experience new places. There are over 14,000 pages of great information to help you plan your trip!

First read the Europe Trip Planning section.
Over 8,500 reviews for vacation rentals, hotels and restaurant reviews, and over 650 trip reports (travelogues or journals) for each country. New reviews, trip reports and articles are added every week.
Postcards (short essays about travel).

Done with your trip? Come back and submit your own trip reports or reviews! You are also welcome to share your knowledge of any area or aspect of traveling by submitting a travel note!

Vacation rentals, hotels and travel information for Italy, France, England, Europe, North America. Plan your trip and learn more about Slow Travel.

Classified Listings

Classified Listings: Vacation rental agencies, listings by owner, hotels, B&Bs, travel consultants, tour guides, cooking schools, and more.

Who's Blogging Now

As summer moves into fall, we're still traveling and blogging and cooking!

We've got a new blogger, follow Lisa's travels and life stories at Life is Good ... Let me tell you about it. And Debbie's heading to Spain soon, check for her updates at, Food, Fun and the Southwest Sun. Palma returns to Italy at Palmabella's Passion.

And don't forget, Pomodori e Vino 9 cooks, 62 weeks, one legendary cookbook and over 400 recipes - blogging a recipe a day from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking.

... more blogs

What's New?

Recent: Vacation Rental Reviews - Trip Reports

Recent Travel Articles

- Window on Italy: A Visit to Gubbio

- On the Land in Umbria: Pasta al Vero Pesto

- Italy: Slow Masters, Roberto Ugolini

- Italy: Rental Accomodation Tips

- Italy: Bolognalingua Lanugage School

- Italy: Time with Peter Kilby

- Croatia: A Day Sail on the Adriatic

... more of what's new

Favorite Webcams & Videos

Sorrento Webcam: Many of us are addicted to this fabulous webcam

Where the Hell is Matt? A wonderful video about the joy of travel

... more favorite webcams

Recommended Books

Italy, Instructions for Use

Recent Forum Discussions

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