Explore Every Day

You don't have to travel far to discover a world of new experiences. From new ways to connect with friends, family and the community, to appreciating art and unleashing your creative side, Lonely Planet shows you how to explore new cultures, meet new people and have amazing adventures - every day.When we travel, we see the world with new eyes, eat new foods, and meet people from different cultures. We learn, we explore, we challenge ourselves - and return all the better for having refreshed and renewed our outlook. But how often do we take that sense of adventure and apply it to our daily lives when we're back home?Explore Every Day encourages you to discover your creativity, your inner adventurer and your community. Some of these prompts take one minute, like learning to breathe deeply, while others a full day or more, such as camping in your living room. But most take anywhere between 10 minutes to an hour, so they're perfect to fit into your daily routine.Daily prompts include: Admiring the next piece of street art you see as if it were hanging in an art galleryWatching a film from the first country that comes to mind, and writing a short reviewSpending one full minute really, truly feeling the weatherDrawing a map of your hometownGoing on a holiday near your house by staying in a nearby youth hostel or hotelGetting off the bus or train at a station you've never been to beforeBorrowing a dog and taking it for a walkWaking up early to listen to the dawn chorus in a local park or woodlandLearning one new constellationCalling an older relative and saying hiAbout Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.