Travel for Solo
Solo travel has gone fully mainstream — roughly three in four Millennial and Gen Z travelers now plan trips on their own, and most are choosing longer stays over quick getaways. This archive covers safety-first destination picks, social hostels and group tours, and itineraries designed for travelers who set their own pace and answer to no one.
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French Quarter New Orleans
A jazz heritage, historic quarter, nightlife hub neighborhood ideal for History buffs, Music lovers, Foodies.
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Glockenbachviertel
A trendy quarter in Munich’s Isarvorstadt south of the Old Town, known for its lively nightlife, alternative culture and as a hub of the city’s LGBTQ+ scene around Gartnerplatz.
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Haidhausen
A village-like quarter east of the Isar in Munich, known for its Franzosenviertel of French-named streets, the Wiener Platz market square and the Gasteig cultural centre.
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Maxvorstadt
Munich’s cultural and university quarter, home to the Kunstareal art district with its three Pinakothek galleries, the Glyptothek and Lenbachhaus, plus the LMU and Technical University campuses.
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Nymphenburg-Neuhausen
A leafy residential borough in western Munich, anchored by the Baroque Nymphenburg Palace and its park and by the tram and shopping hub of Rotkreuzplatz.
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Muttrah Muscat
Muscat’s historic waterfront quarter in Oman, where a three-kilometre corniche links the labyrinthine Muttrah Souq, a working harbour and fish market, and the Portuguese-era hilltop Muttrah Fort.
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Mykonos Town Mykonos
The Cycladic capital of Mykonos, a labyrinth of whitewashed alleys built to confuse pirates, known for the hilltop Kato Mili windmills and the seafront houses of Little Venice.
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East Nashville Nashville
A creative, walkable Nashville neighborhood east of the Cumberland River, centered on Five Points, with Victorian homes, chef-driven restaurants, dive bars and live-music rooms away from the Broadway honky-tonks.
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Altstadt Lehel Munich
Munich’s oldest suburb, set between the Isar and the Englischer Garten, an upscale residential quarter of stucco-fronted apartment houses and major museums including the Bavarian National Museum.
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Plateau Mont Royal Montreal
A bohemian, walkable Montreal neighborhood known for colorful triplexes with exterior spiral staircases, street murals along Saint-Laurent, and a dense scene of cafes, bakeries and restaurants.
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Maharepa Moorea
The main tourist village on Moorea’s north coast in French Polynesia, beside Cook’s Bay, with shops, black-pearl boutiques and lagoon-front restaurants near the island’s big resorts.
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Cochem
A half-timbered wine town in Germany’s Mosel Valley, set on a narrow strip between the river and steep Riesling vineyards beneath the hilltop neo-Gothic Reichsburg castle.
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Old Town Mostar
A UNESCO-listed Ottoman old town in Bosnia spanning the Neretva gorge, centered on the rebuilt 16th-century Stari Most bridge and the Kujundziluk coppersmiths’ bazaar.
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Porta Venezia
A elegant, multicultural, art nouveau neighborhood ideal for architecture lovers, shoppers, art enthusiasts.
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Bay View Milwaukee
A former working-class company town on Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan shore, now an arts-leaning neighborhood whose walkable Kinnickinnic Avenue is lined with breweries, vintage shops, restaurants and music venues.
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North Loop Minneapolis
A warehouse chic, restaurant row, urban lofts neighborhood ideal for Young professionals, Foodies, Loft dwellers.
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Centro Storico Modena
Modena’s UNESCO-listed historic heart in Emilia-Romagna, built around Piazza Grande, the Romanesque cathedral begun in 1099 and the soaring Ghirlandina bell tower.
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Kaunakakai Molokai
The main town of rural Molokai in Hawaii, a single block of 1930s tin-roofed storefronts with no traffic lights, beside a 1,900-foot wharf, the longest in the state.
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Monte Carlo Monaco
Monaco’s glamorous district around the Belle Epoque Casino de Monte-Carlo and Place du Casino, lined with luxury hotels and the yacht-filled Port Hercule, and a centerpiece of the Grand Prix circuit.