With every itinerary, a new destination to explore.
Welcome to World to Explore! Think of this as the place where overplanning meets adventure. You'll find detailed travel guides, local food recommendations, unforgettable experiences, and a few stories about unexpected discoveries along the way. So grab a coffee, start exploring, and let's see where your next trip takes you.
Welcome to World to Explore! Where overplanning meets adventure. Discover travel guides, local food, unforgettable experiences, and inspiration for your next trip.
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Places to Explore
Every trip is a story waiting to be told. Choose your next destination and let yourself be inspired by landscapes, cultures and flavours that stay with you forever. Below are some of the destinations I've explored - pick one and come along for the ride.
United States
New York, the Grand Canyon, Route 66 - a land of contrasts where every state is a world of its own to discover.
Portugal
Born in Porto, lost in the Azores - Portugal has a way of surprising you, even when you think you already know it.
Australia
Sydney, Highway 1 up to Brisbane, and then Cairns - where the Great Barrier Reef left me completely speechless.
China
A land of scents, of people, of stories - from the Great Wall to the skyscrapers of Shanghai.
About Me
Hi, I'm Cristina! A girl from Porto who believes the world is too big to stay in one place, and too beautiful not to be photographed at least 500 times from the exact same angle.
I plan every trip down to the last detail. My itineraries are basically novels at this point. Yet somehow I still manage to arrive with a suitcase full of "just in case" outfits and enough medication to open a small pharmacy.
You'll never find me travelling alone - because what's the point of watching the sun set over the Azores if there's no one next to you to say "are you seeing this?!"
Good things are meant to be shared. So here we are.
Paris Is Always a Good Idea
Paris is one of those cities I keep going back to without ever getting bored of it. It's close enough for a quick little escape, and somehow every trip feels different. Every time I visit, I end up finding a new café, a quiet street, a cute little shop, or another spot that makes me think, "how have I never seen this before?" I usually spend my days walking way too much, eating an unreasonable amount of cheese and pastries, and convincing myself I could totally live there one day.
Also on the Map
The list never stops growing. Every journey brings new places, new people, and unforgettable memories. Here are a few more destinations that stole a piece of my heart and left me dreaming of returning one day.
Japan
Cherry blossoms, vending machines at every corner, and the kind of calm that only Tokyo at dawn can offer.
Vietnam
Halong Bay at sunrise, Hoi An lanterns at night, and a bowl of pho that made me question every soup I'd had before.
New Zealand
Fjords, geysers and landscapes so dramatic they look like they were designed for a film set - because they were.
Hungary
Budapest by night, the Danube splitting the city in two - one of Europe's most underrated.