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.

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Slow Tidings - Our Monthly Newsletter

Catch up with SlowTrav in our May 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 and Like us!

SlowTrav Sent Me Here!

Thanks again for all the amazing photos and stories you shared with us in our "Slow Trav Sent Me Here" contest, and for your votes in deciding the final outcome.

The Grand Prize winner, out of so many wonderful entries, is the photo of Slot Canyon in Page, Arizona, from Barbara (and Art).

Congratulations to the winner, who will receive an Amazon gift certificate. All the finalists receive free one-year premium memberships with Slow Trav.

Slow Travel Feature Photo of the Month

This photo was taken by karenmc, "The photo was taken on 29 October 2010, from the top of the theatre in Ostia Antica. We're overlooking the stage (which would have had a back wall several stories high, and across to the Piazzale delle Corporazioni (the Square of the Guilds)."

See more travel photos posted by Slow Travelers.

Media Mentions

National Geographic Travel listed The Luberon Experience, owned and operated by our member Kaydee, as one of 2012's Tours of a Lifetime! Take a look at other tours by the Kaydee's company, European Experiences.

Living Better at 50 published an artcile from our member, Palma, Bringing Italy Home, where she extols the Italophiles she met through SlowTrav!

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.

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!

Recent Travel Articles

- Italy: Being There, Ponza

- Italy: Tantalizing Todi

- My Home Sweet Rome: Habemus Governo

- Italy: A Day Hike in Sardinia

- Italy: Unlocking Umbria's Treasures

- Window on Italy: Follow the Swallow of Primavera to Umbria

- Italy: The Discovery of a Lush Town of Veneto, Conegliano

... more of what's new

Favorite Webcams & Videos

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

... more favorite webcams

Recommended Books

The Virgin and the Griffin

Chow!Venice

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