— The Neighborhood Guides

Stay like you live there.

Every city is a dozen cities. Pick the right neighborhood and a trip reshapes itself. We write one guide per neighborhood, each by an editor who's actually slept there — 14 live now, more each month.

Rome

All 3 neighborhoods →

Trastevere

Rome's most romantic neighbourhood — and its most mis-recommended

Monti

Rome's hipster quarter, wedged between the Colosseum and Termini

Testaccio

Rome's still-working-class food neighbourhood

Paris

All 2 neighborhoods →

Le Marais

Paris' pre-Revolutionary quarter, now its densest shopping + nightlife hub

Montmartre

Paris' hilltop village — crowded, beautiful, still somehow worth it

Tokyo

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Shibuya

Tokyo's vertical entertainment district, built around the world's busiest crossing

Shimokitazawa

Tokyo's indie music neighbourhood, a 10-minute train ride from the chaos

New York

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West Village

Manhattan's most cinematic neighbourhood — and one of its most expensive

London

All 3 neighborhoods →

Shoreditch

London's creative heart — reinvented twice a decade, still worth the visit

Notting Hill

Pastel houses, Portobello Market, and the West London village tourists still get right

Soho

London's gnarliest square mile — nightlife, theatre, LGBTQ+ village, and still-shabby charm

Barcelona

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El Born

Barcelona's medieval quarter reinvented as the city's best food + design district

Gràcia

Barcelona's independent republic — a village atmosphere uphill from the tourists

Gothic Quarter

Barcelona's 2,000-year-old heart — Roman foundations under medieval streets