Stories · Ellie Seymour · Travel Writer + Author

Featured Stories

A selection of my recent work, including experiential travel features, guides and interviews for BBC Travel, Citizen Femme, The Guardian, The i Paper, The Independent, LoveEXPLORING and National Geographic Traveller Food.

The Independent: Gatsby’s Long Island, from Manhattan to the Hamptons

Citizen Femme: Tennessee’s Music City Enters A Stylish New Era

The Sun: The American city that looks like a Danish village

Weather2Travel: Where to Go in San Diego, America’s Finest City

Citizen Femme: 8 of 2024’s Most Exciting New Hotels in the USA

The i Paper: The gold-plated California road trip you’ve probably never heard of

Citizen Femme: The best hotel restaurants in NYC right now

Citizen Femme: How to explore Harlem, NYC’s most storied neighbourhood

The Independent: How to eat your way around the world on the 7 line through Queens in NYC

Citizen Femme: Regina Experimental, the reimagined Belle Époque landmark in Biarritz

The Independent: The US state no-one thinks to visit, and why you should

Grand Hotels of World for Luster Publishing

I loved writing this book

JRNY Magazine: Reinventing Boston

The i Paper: The free-spirited East Sussex town with a unique Bonfire Night celebration, antiques and hikes

Citizen Femme: Where to go for a contemporary art fix in Boston

The Independent: A digital detox on the world’s first ‘phone-free’ tourist island

Citizen Femme: Discovering Monte-Carlo Beach, the laid-back historic French Riviera hotel

The Independent: California’s last sleepy stretch of coast, hidden in plain sight

The Independent: Say hello to the newest San Francisco foodie craze

The i Paper: The seaside city that has been twinned with a Silicon Beach celebrity-magnet

Desert X: An artistic treasure hunt around Palm Springs

LoveEXPLORING: Why Alcatraz is still the USA’s best museum

LoveEXPLORING: Discovering San Diego beyond the beach

Citizen Femme: A foodie’s guide to San Francisco

BBC Travel: Nijmegen, the progressive city few know

National Geographic Traveller Food: Dutch chef Emile van der Staak on growing his own ingredients

LoveEXPLORING: London’s most unusual museums

Weather2Travel: Classic NYC experiences to help you get your bearings

TheGuardian: A local’s guide to Brighton

The i Paper: Celebrate the landscape with 10 secret places to visit in Sussex

Weather2Travel: Epic experiences to have on a Pacific Coast Highway road trip

The Independent: How to spend a day in Santa Monica, LA’s trendy seafront neighbour

LoveEXPLORING: Six unexpected things to do in Beverly Hills

Ellie & Co: Hidden Holland – a twin-city Break to Nijmegen and Breda

LoveEXPLORING: 10 unique and unusual things to see in Brighton

LoveEXPLORING: How to spend the perfect long weekend in buzzing Brighton

Ellie & Co: 7 secret highlights of a weekend in Seville, Spain

The Guardian: 10 Sussex pubs with gardens, off the beaten track

To the Valley Below: A road trip around the Hudson Valley

Let’s Talk about Tallinn: A charm-packed city break in the Estonian capital

A Greek Odyssey: Island hopping around the Cyclades

The Spice of Life: A trip of a lifetime to Kerala in southern India

48 hours in beautiful Porto

Gozo – a tiny island retreat in the Med

A Beautiful Wilderness: A road trip around Australia’s south-west corner

Specialising in: The USA, Brighton, Sussex, culture, food, hotels, island hopping, road trips, unusual and lesser-known places and sights and off-beat story angles.

Recent trips: Beverly Hills, Biarritz, Finland, Louisiana, Los Angeles, Naxos, Palm Springs, SLO CAL, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Venice Beach,

Upcoming trips: New Jersey, New York.