Slow travel: the antidote to the highlight-reel vacation
Why staying longer in fewer places beats sprinting through a checklist of cities.
By Ren Okafor · 2026-03-17
Five cities in seven days isn't a trip. It's a series of train stations with a view.
Slow travel flips the goal from coverage to depth. You stay long enough in one place to find the café you return to, the walk you take twice, the rhythm of somewhere that isn't yours.
What you trade, and gain
You give up the bragging rights of a long list. You get rest, real memories, and a fraction of the logistics. Fewer transfers also means less money spent moving and more spent living.
The goal was never to arrive everywhere. It was to be somewhere, fully, for once.