Switzerland by Train: Ride the Timetable, Not the Panoramas
Switzerland by train: a 13-night, seven-leg route on the ordinary scheduled network instead of the panoramic trains, built around seven UNESCO properties.
Itineraries
Milford Track NZ: Book the Three Huts Before the Flights
Milford Track NZ: book the three huts before the flights. Our 12-night Fiordland route, the Omanui/McKinnon Pass day, and the Routeburn almost nobody walks.
Bologna 3 Day Itinerary: Six Stops, Porticoes and Long Lunches
ITINERARIES · HOW DORIAN WOULD DO IT Bologna 3 Day Itinerary: Six Stops, Porticoes and Long Lunches By Franco Interian
Peru Itinerary: Climb Slowly and Leave Cusco Until Last
Peru itinerary planning gets the altitude backwards: UNESCO puts Cusco at 3,400m and Machu Picchu nearly a kilometre lower. Here is the order that works.
Spain and Portugal Itinerary: Give It 12 Days, Not Seven
Spain and Portugal itinerary in 12 nights, Madrid to Porto. Nine UNESCO sites, the border crossed on purpose, and the two famous cities we tell you to cut.
Italy Itinerary 10 Days: Two Bases Beat the Classic Three
Italy itinerary 10 days, built on two bases and one train: five nights in Rome, four in Florence, Tuscany by day trip, plus the case for skipping Venice.
Porto and Douro Valley 5 Day Itinerary: A Rail Journey Through Autumn
Itineraries How Dorian Would Do It Porto and Douro Valley 5 Day Itinerary: A Rail Journey Through Autumn By Franco
Seville Itinerary: 3 Days, 6 Stops, and Room to Pause
Seville itinerary for 3 days: six stops from one base, the UNESCO trio at its centre, and when to book the Alcazar before it sells out.
Japan Itinerary: 10 Days, Four Bases, and No Rail Pass
Japan itinerary 10 days: four bases, nine nights, one open-jaw flight – plus the sourced reason we tell most clients to skip the Japan Rail Pass entirely.
Aldabra Before Everyone Else: 10 Days Across Seychelles’ Wild Outer Islands
A 10-day expedition-yacht route from Mahé through D’Arros, Cosmoledo and Aldabra to Astove—giant tortoises, manta rays, remote reefs and some of the Seychelles’ least-visited islands.