Kansai, Japan
Kyoto
Temple gardens at dawn, tea houses down lantern-lit lanes, and maple light in the hills.
Issue 14
Wander slowly. Stay curious.
Field notes and unhurried itineraries.
Featured destinations
Six places worth the long way round.
Estremadura, Portugal
Lisbon
Tiled façades, tram bells, and a river that turns gold an hour before sunset.
Santa Cruz, Argentina
Patagonia
Wind, granite towers and glacier-fed lakes the colour of milk and sky.
Cyclades, Greece
Santorini
Whitewashed villages on the caldera rim, and the long blue hush of the Aegean.
Capital Region, Iceland
Reykjavík
Black sand, steam rising off the lava fields, and winter skies that catch fire.
Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
Marrakech
Spice markets, cool riad courtyards, and the call to prayer over rooftop dusk.
Travel guides
Practical, unhurried, tested on the ground.
How to travel a city in three days
A gentle framework for seeing a place properly without racing a checklist.
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Packing light for long trips
One bag, four seasons: the small kit that has carried us across continents.
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Eating well, spending little
Finding the table where locals actually eat — and how to order like one.
Read guide →From the field
A few frames from this season's notebooks.
About Driftway
An independent journal for people who travel slowly.
We publish field notes, photo essays and itineraries you can actually follow. No sponsored lists, no rush — just careful writing and honest photographs from contributors who go, stay a while, and look closely.
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