Slow travel journal
Go slowly. Come home softer.
Stories, guides and small-hotel finds from a woman who would rather stay a week than see ten places in a day.
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Welcome!
I am Maren
Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I write about slow travel, small hotels and the quiet details that make a place feel like home.
Every story here comes from a trip I really took, on a budget I can tell you about, in places I would happily go back to.
48Countries explored
320Stories written
12kReaders a month
6Years on the road
Featured category
Slow weekends
Stays
A Weekend Stay by the Sea
Two nights, one small hotel and a very slow breakfast. Here is why a short stay can reset a whole month.
Destinations
Places I keep going back to
As featured in
- Wander Quarterly
- The Slow Edit
- Passport Weekly
- Maison Voyage
- Atlas Notes