Travel Newsletter: 2 August 2024

Rebuilding Antakya post-earthquake, guide to Tasmania, low-key Sardinia, British seaside hotels, and more travel reads.

Welcome to the Nomadic Notes Travel Newsletter, where I curate the best travel reads of the week.

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I went to Hue and Phong Nha this week to hang out with friends, so no new articles this week.

[Hue, Vietnam (@nomadicnotes).]

Travel reads

• UNESCO World Heritage List new inscribed properties 2024

• How living heritage heals the invisible fractures of the soul in Eastern Türkiye

“On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake fractured the lives of over 13.5 million people across ten eastern provinces in my home country.”

And related: Foster + Partners unveils masterplan for rebuilding Antakya post-earthquake

• Thailand’s ‘Lost Kingdom’ in suburban Chiang Mai, where ancient temples sit beside houses (archive)

• An Australian island with ‘wild’ saunas and Pagan festivals (archive)

“A local’s guide to Tasmania, with tips on where to sleep, eat and surf.”

• An under-the-radar alternative to the Italian lakes this summer

• The low-key stretch of Sardinia where locals go to escape superyachts

• Has social media made sightseeing deeply uncool?

Have you ever wondered why the cool girls go to Paris and post pictures of charm bracelets and leather shops but not the Eiffel Tower? 

• Real-life ‘Temple Run’ trend a tourism boost for Cambodia’s historic sites

🛏️ Accommodation

• Historic British seaside hotels are glorious white elephants, but perhaps they can have new lives

• ‘We were tired of living within four walls’: Why I left the city to run a mountain hotel in Italy

🚆Train travel

• Italy's vintage trains lure tourists off beaten track

✈️ Air travel

• RIP, Southwest open seating, you were both loved and detested

• Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern

"Ryanair is a prime example of a company that employs various manipulative techniques, known as "dark patterns," to increase its profits."

• Airplane meals are delicious, you fools

Featured travel sites

• GetYourGuide: Save up to 30% on Summer Experiences

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James Clark – Da Nang, Vietnam.