Origin Magazine

Boutique Travel. Artful Escapes. Women in the Wild. Elevated Stays. Outdoor Adventures. Celebrating Creators. On Stands Nationally in Print.

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One of the most charming villages on earth. Meet Zermatt, Switzerland, a paradise for slow travelers, nature lovers, hikers, and beauty aficionados. Our brand new travel guide lands this June.

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Meet Pantelleria, Italy. The Black Pearl of the Mediterranean. Where Volcanic Rocks and Trans-Saharan Winds Forge a Different Kind of Love. Volume 63 is on stands now, featuring inspiring stories of solo female travel, and gasp, without apps or smartphones, just genuine human connection.

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The rise in female solo travel and women over 50 pursuing their bucket lists after years of taking care of others is exponentially increasing each year. They're prioritizing their dreams and travels more than ever.

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Book the trip. Take the Ride. Life is the adventure, and we all have less time than we think. This is your sign to get started on your bucket list. Spring is coming!

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This issue: How Italy evolves with us. What it meant to us in our twenties and how it's reshaped as we grow older. Does the adventure we seek early in life morph into a desire for more calm, deeper experiences as we get older? Is romance replaced with inner solitude and self-growth? #italy #amalfi #originmagazine #origin

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Paris, here we come. Our new creative space is focused on events, wellness, travel brands, and supporting independent makers. Opening April 1st.

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The largest island in Greece? Crete. Have you been? Noted as the birthplace of Europe’s oldest civilization, the Minoans (c. 3200–1450 BC). Famous as the mythical birthplace of Zeus, it features stunning landscapes, including over 200 gorges, the massive Samaria Gorge, and unique pink sand beaches. It is a mountainous island with more than 30 million olive trees. Check it out in our current issue on stands nationally. #crete #greece #originmagazine

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Budapest fun facts: Budapest is famous for its abundant thermal baths, continental Europe's oldest metro (opened 1896), and being the birthplace of the Rubik's Cube; it's also known as the "Paris of the East," a city of two merged halves (Buda & Pest). Check out where to stay, play, rave, and eat in this issue on stands now. #budapest #origin

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Sicily in photos: The chaos, madness, mafia, and meals, in our current issue on stands, by Gabor Estefan. Up close on what it's really like living on the small island, for those thinking of planning a move. Heads up, you'll need a lot of patience and really good car insurance. Upside, the cost of living is one of the lowest in Western Europe.

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Move over, Switzerland. Austria's epic terrain and exponentially lower prices make it a stellar hiking destination. Roll up your sleeves and get planning for spring and summer. Your ultimate outdoor guide to Austria, by columnist Karol Kru, is on stands now. #austria #adventuretravel #origin

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Lake Como? Is it worth the hype? Lawd, yes it is! We've got Como for every budget this issue. Rent a lil $60 boat and drive yourself, small boutique hotels, photogenic stays, all this issue. Get a jump on summer planning. Words/Photos: Annalinda Lomastro, for ORIGIN. #lakecomo #italy #como #originmagazine

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Warsaw through an artist's eye. We love the way creatives see the world in color. On stands now. Where to visit, stay, shop local supporting makers, in our current issue. #warsaw #poland #womenwhotravel #originmagazine

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Zanzibar, featured on our current cover on stands, is known as the Spice Island. Fun Fact: Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, was born in Zanzibar, right in Stone Town in the 1940s. From exploring fishing villages to cultural centers, check out Javier Colombo's new feature and photography. #zanzibar #africa #travellightly

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The Unexpected Wellness Adventure

As moms, we spend so much of our lives taking care of everyone else. My trip to Saudi Arabia was one I could actually savor, slow down, and explore for myself. From hiking at Desert Rock, swimming in the turquoise Saudi Red Sea, biking through rock formations in AlUla, or exploring unknown cities and meeting new people, it was three of the best weeks of my life.

Completely unexpected, a total surprise, and exactly the break I needed from the world. It created a new definition of slow travel for me: everything was exciting and new, and I met it with wonder because I had no expectations. I worked out sometimes twice a day in picturesque gyms with stunning views, just because I could. Sauna and steam multiple times each day, just because I could. It was soul-level nourishing and restorative, and the wellness holiday I didn’t know I needed, until I experienced it. It was a creative pause in the middle of a hectic life, and the first holiday where I returned in better shape, mentally and physically, than before I left. #saudi #saudiarabia #womenwhotravel

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"That was my window into incredible India. That moment summed her up. That moment opened my eyes. Chaotic, heartbreaking, fascinating, brutally real. She was everything at once, and somehow, I felt like I belonged in her chaos. I was her, and she was me. Raw and wild. It was the closest thing to realness I’ve ever experienced.

I felt like I could be myself there—crying one minute, laughing the next, with everything and everyone. And it was all okay. There, every experience, every interaction made me feel alive, in a way that felt honest.

India doesn’t hide anything. Everything the West buries—sewage, hunger, broken things that get tossed aside—India reveals, mends, and accepts. Therein I found beauty in the grotesque and holiness in the devastating.
She showed me my strength and my tenacity." On Stands Now. #india #womenwhotravel #origin

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For three glorious weeks, we discovered some of the most unique design hotel resorts (one gravity-defying) in the world as we traveled through Saudi Arabia—architectural marvels from AlUla to the Desert Rock Resort near the coast of the Saudi Red Sea. It was 21 days celebrating creativity, innovation, wellness, and the art of the Saudi Welcome. #womenwhotravel #saudi #saudiarabia

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India showed me my strength and my tenacity. Every time someone said, don’t go there, I went. Every time someone said, avoid that train, street, or market, I ignored them, because I trusted her.

I trusted that wherever I found myself was going to be me looking at another aspect of myself more intimately and honestly than I ever had before, with humor and with curiosity, and with eyes wide open. She made me see my selfishness and my shyness, my judgment and my tenderness. The holy heaven and the holy hell. #india #solotravel #womenwhotravel #origin

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India is like no other place I have ever traveled. She’s alive—beautiful and ugly, lush and littered, raw, delicate, and, at times, incredibly uncomfortable. India cracked me open. She met me in my rawness and didn’t ask me to hide it. As I traveled through her, I traveled through myself.
As with most of my travels, this journey was solo and intuitive. I moved moment by moment, deciding—sometimes at the last second—where I would go next. On stands now. #india #originmagazine #travel #solotravel

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“That taxi ride felt like watching an eight-hour movie, as we traveled through poverty and richness, simplicity and chaos, avoiding at least a thousand accidents along the way. We weaved between buses, scooters, cows and roosters, dogs and humans. And yet, the navigation was calm amidst the chaos, as we squeezed between trucks piled ten feet high with sacks of rice and monkeys eating on the side of the road.” On Stands Now. #india #travel #originmagazine

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Believe it or not, Cannes started out as a quiet fishing and farming village. Things took a dramatic turn in the 1830s when Lord Henry Brougham, a British aristocrat, stumbled upon it and fell in love with its charm. He built a winter home, and soon Cannes became a magnet for European nobility. Columnist Matteo Arghirò shares his Cannes favs this issue. #france #cannes #originmagazine #origin