City guides
Which neighbourhoods work as a base, how to get in from the airport without a stressful first hour, and where the streets thin out after dark. Written for travelling alone, not for a group.
Spain
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
A walkable, late-running city where the main risk to plan around is theft, not violence. Here's which neighbourhoods put you near a staffed reception and a metro entrance, and how to get back after midnight.
Read the Barcelona guideNetherlands
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
Small, flat and easy to cross on foot — with two things that catch visitors out: the trams stop just after midnight, and the red asphalt is a bike road, not a pavement. Here's how to stay somewhere calm and get home after the last tram.
Read the Amsterdam guideFrance
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
A city built for walking alone, with an excellent late metro and a well-rehearsed set of street scams. Here's where to base yourself, how the last train really works, and which approaches to ignore.
Read the Paris guideGermany
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
Spread out, relaxed and unusually good for anyone out late — the U-Bahn and S-Bahn simply don't stop at weekends. Here's how the night network works and which districts suit a solo trip.
Read the Berlin guideItaly
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
A working city rather than a museum, compact in the centre and easy to cross by metro — as long as you know it shuts around 00:30. Here's where to stay and how the night network fills the gap.
Read the Milan guideUK
5 neighbourhoods reviewed
Enormous, well policed and staffed at every station — with one rule that genuinely matters: never get into a minicab you didn't book. Here's how the night network works and where to base yourself.
Read the London guideNevada
3 neighbourhoods reviewed
The Strip is staffed, lit and watched around the clock — and the Deuce bus runs all night, so you are never depending on a 3am taxi. Here's where to stay and how airport rideshare actually works.
Read the Las Vegas guideJapan
3 neighbourhoods reviewed
Japan's southern islands are among the easier places in Asia to travel alone — as long as you know the monorail stops around 23:30 and a car is what the rest of the island actually runs on.
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