Escape Routes: the Condé Nast Traveller podcast

Introducing the new podcast from the editors and contributors of Condé Nast Traveller
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Tom Parker

Escape Routes with Condé Nast Traveller is our new podcast showcasing the magazine's most transportative travel storytelling. Let us take you to some of our favourite places via your imagination, with the soul-lifting memoirs and daydream-worthy destinations of our most-loved travel stories, read aloud by the writers who penned them.

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FRENCH POLYNESIA

An episode with fresh stories from the South Seas presented by West Coast USA editor Rebecca Misner.

ISTRIA

An episode on Croatia's dramatic hilltop towns and wild forests with senior editor Rick Jordan.

NEW ORLEANS

An episode on America’s great city of music with contributing editor Timothy O'Grady.

SVALBARD, NORWAY

An episode on the raw wilderness of Norway's Svalbard with Michelle Jana Chan. 

VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA

An episode on Canada's greatest wilderness with contributing editor Stanley Stewart. 

THE AZORES, PORTUGAL

An episode on a new wave of eco travel on the Portuguese islands with Trish Lorenz.

HYDRA, GREECE

A hypnotic episode on the bohemian Greek island with contributing editor Antonia Quirke.

SYROS, GREECE

Contributing editor Antonia Quirke explores this striking, off-the-beaten-track isle.

LAKE COMO, ITALY

A glamorous excursion around Lake Como – Italy's greatest lake, from contributing editor Antonia Quirke.

ROME, ITALY

Contributing editor Stanley Stewart takes us on a sentimental tour of this shape-shifting metropolis.

WESTERN SICILY, ITALY

Contributing editor Horatio Clare takes us around the arid beauty of Sicily’s unadorned west.

THE OUTBACK, AUSTRALIA

Writer Chloe Sachdev charts a pioneering all-female movement is shaking up the stereotypes in Australia's Outback.

MORNINGTON PENINSULA, AUSTRALIA

Writer Nina Caplan gets a taste of the region’s secrets on this delicious tour.

TASMANIA

Editor-at-large Steve King delves into the island’s heart – its beauty will take your breath away.

THE KIMBERLEY, AUSTRALIA

Contributing editor Jonathan Bastable on The Kimberley, one of the planet’s last truly wild frontiers.

ANTARCTICA

Contributing editor Stanley Stewart on Antarctica, the world’s last great wilderness.

OMAN

Contributing editor Antonia Quirke on Oman, the oldest independent state in the Arab world.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, USA

Editor-in-chief Melinda Stevens on the Rocky Mountains, a place of wide skies and campfire feasts.

MALTA

Senior editor Rick Jordan on Malta, the sun-splashed Mediterranean archipelago.

UBUD, BALI

Contributing editor Antonia Quirke on Ubud, Bali's green, spiritual heart.

BORNEO

Timothy O'Grady takes a wildlife-filled trip to Borneo, the third-largest island in the world.

KOH LANTA, THAILAND

UK editor Issy von Simson on Koh Lanta, the go-slow laidback Thai island that sways to its own rhythm.

CATANIA, SICILY

Contributing editor Jonathan Bastable on Catania, the chic coastal city in Sicily that sits in the shadow of hypnotic Mount Etna.

MALLORCA, SPAIN

Writer Tara Stevens uncovers the quiet, mellow side of Mallorca, the timeless Balearic island.

A SICILIAN ROAD TRIP

Contributing editor Antonia Quirke takes a road trip around four of Sicily's most beautiful baroque towns.

TULUM, MEXICO

Editor-in-chief Melinda Stevens on the endless appeal of Tulum, Mexico’s slow-living beach town filled with yogis, hippies, the fashion set and foodies.

GILI ISLANDS, INDONESIA

Contributing editor Antonia Quirke on Indonesia’s Gili Islands and their empty shores that draw in a beachy crowd with their sun-soaked charm.

SRI LANKA

Features director Fiona Kerr on Sri Lanka, the Indian Ocean island that is continually shifting and changing after decades of unrest, with the surfer south undergoing a contemporary update.

LAGOS, NIGERIA

Author Noo Saro-Wiwa on Nigeria, the country of her birth, where she spent four-and-a-half-months writing Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria.

COMPORTA, PORTUGAL

UK editor Issy von Simson on Comporta, Portugal’s lovely, low-key beach town. The shorefront scene here is more windswept and raw than other European spots.

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