Travel Tales by AFAR

Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by AFAR is your ticket to the world, no passport required. Find more inspiration at afar.com/traveltales.

Places & Travel
1
Is This Europe’s Most Underrated Food Tradition?
18 min
2
In Mumbai, Everyone Thought I Was a Local. Here...
13 min
3
The Unexpected Magic of a Turkish Barbershop
14 min
4
Replay: Comedian Michelle Buteau, "I Got Stood ...
17 min
5
Why This Man Biked Across the United States—Wit...
29 min
6
A Poet’s Pilgrimage to Italy’s Violin-Making Ca...
24 min
7
Big Animals, and Even Bigger Adventures, in a P...
27 min
8
I’ve Made Polar Bears My Life’s Work. Here's Wh...
19 min
9
The Plus-Size Traveler on a Mission to Change t...
32 min
10
A Canadian Grizzly Bear Changed My Life
29 min
11
Life Lessons From a Dutch Art Movement
26 min
12
A Blind Surfer Takes on Kauai’s Legendary Waves
32 min
13
On France’s Newest Food Trail, Life Is One Long...
26 min
14
Dolly Parton Went From a One-Room Cabin to a Sm...
16 min
15
A Food Writer Returned to Nigeria. The Experien...
20 min
16
Facing Mountains, Loss, and My Inner Overachiev...
31 min
17
Traveling With the Ghosts of Mumbai
22 min
18
50 Years After Picasso’s Death, I Retraced His ...
32 min
19
Comedian Baratunde Thurston Travels From Oregon...
Baratunde Thurston Shares His New Season of America Outdoors
38 min
20
And We're Back! Introducing Travel Tales, Season 4
1 min
21
For Two Australian Sisters, a Trip to Cairns Br...
29 min
22
Learning to Sing in Vienna, the City of Music
21 min
23
1,500 miles, Three Cities, One Mini Cooper: A S...
29 min
24
A Roguish Irish Road Trip in Search of One's Roots
28 min
25
A Love Letter to the West Coast by Rail
27 min