About the magazine
Oh She Goes is a solo travel magazine. Every guide here is written for the reader who is going by herself: someone booking one seat, eating one dinner and deciding on her own what a day is going to look like.
That changes what a guide has to contain. It is less about the ranked highlights of a city and more about the practical shape of a day in it. Which ticket covers which lines, whether tables are shared, when the kitchen closes, how early is early enough to beat a queue, and where the crowd thins out. Those details are the difference between a trip that feels effortless and one spent working things out at the wrong moment.
The magazine covers nine countries, with the deepest coverage of Thailand, Germany, Italy and France, and a growing Asia section. Alongside the destinations runs a Solo Travel Tips strand that carries the advice which is not tied to any one place: packing, transport, etiquette and the ordinary caution that travels everywhere with you.
Field notes
Where the magazine goes
Thailand
Temples on the central plain, the canals of Bangkok and a coast that changes character completely between the Gulf and the Andaman. The most heavily covered destination in the magazine.
Germany
Munich and the Bavarian south, where a compact old town, shared beer-garden tables and an hour's train ride to the Alps make an easy first trip alone in Europe.
Italy
Rome above all: timed tickets, early starts and the long walks between sites that make the difference between seeing the city and queueing for it.
France
Mostly the mountains. Eleven ski regions compared by altitude, terrain and the sort of trip each one actually suits, rather than by reputation.
Asia beyond Thailand
Hong Kong is the other Asian city covered in depth, with its ferries, its country parks and a transport system that makes a short first trip unusually easy.
Solo Travel Tips
The running section behind every destination: what to settle before you fly, how to read the transport, and the small conventions that make arriving somewhere alone straightforward.