Jamie Lafferty
Travel writer
Jamie Lafferty is a writer and photographer based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has been to over 100 countries and all seven continents at least four times. He absolutely will steal your hotel's shampoo when you aren't looking.
Party capital: Nine must-do highlights of Osaka, Japan
The city’s reputation as Japan’s premier party town is challenged by few. Here’s how to make the most of a brief visit.
- by Jamie Lafferty
Weird and wonderful: Nine must-do highlights in Tokyo
It’s no surprise that the largest city on the planet has a dizzying array of options for visitors, so we’ve whittled it down to some old and new favourites.
- by Jamie Lafferty
Nine must-do highlights of Lima, Peru
Art hotels, the world’s best restaurants, pisco tastings and a pre-Incan pyramid – this capital city is hot right now.
- by Jamie Lafferty
A place where the sun never sets (though you still might not see it)
Tourism is still a rarity when exploring this part of the Arctic.
- by Jamie Lafferty
Ground-breaking winery aims to produce the best red wine in the world
This winery and art hotel project is driven by a singularly minded family whose ambition is as bold as it is simple: to make the world’s best red wine.
- by Jamie Lafferty
In the jungle, everything wants to eat something (including us)
Exploring the Amazon, plenty of things want to take a bite out of us. But back on our luxurious riverboat, we’re the ones who eat best.
- by Jamie Lafferty
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Hotel reviews
An Instagrammer’s dream, this hotel is almost too cool for its own good
This Porto, Portugal, hotel stays on the right side of being the preserve of hipsters, while offering some of the best views in the city.
- by Jamie Lafferty
The notorious prison island that’s been given back to nature
San Lucas Island - once a prison, it has been reopened as Costa Rica’s 30th, newest, and perhaps most singular national park.
- by Jamie Lafferty
San Lucas Island, Costa Rica: The notorious prison island that has been given back to nature
San Lucas Island - once a prison, it has been reopened as Costa Rica's 30th, newest, and perhaps most singular national park.
- by Jamie Lafferty
Sardinia, Italy: How this Mediterranean island differentiates itself from mainland Italy
Sardinia is technically an Italian territory, but with its own language, culture, and flag, it understandably regards itself as something other.
- by Jamie Lafferty