Inspiring Travel Writing from Barb Sligl
Barb Sligl has worked as an editor for a variety of magazines, but her favourite editorial mix is in travel-and-leisure publications. All the aspects of experiential travel and discovering places, whether in the French Riviera (taking in art and absinthe) or Nashville, Tennessee (sampling honky tonks and hot chicken), make travelling-for-work (and working-to-travel) a plum gig for this travel writer and editor.
Barb melds writing and photography whenever possible, lugging her digital SLR on every trip, covering destinations and all the minutiae of travel. She’s based in Vancouver, BC, where she edits and art directs a national bimonthly travel-and-leisure magazine for Canadian physicians.
Barb melds writing and photography whenever possible, lugging her digital SLR on every trip, covering destinations and all the minutiae of travel. She’s based in Vancouver, BC, where she edits and art directs a national bimonthly travel-and-leisure magazine for Canadian physicians.
Articles by Barb Sligl
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The Golden Age of Train Travel: A Journey Through Canada
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Barb Sligl
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Canada
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Alberta
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Banff
Somewhere between the smoked ostrich salad and pan-seared sablefish we cross over the Continental Divide. We sip Ceago Merlot and roll past the ridge of mountains that separate the watershed flowing west to the Pacific and east to the Arctic and...
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Dog Sledding for the Yukon Quest
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Barb Sligl
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United States
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Alaska
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Yukon River
Once you’ve spent any time in the winter in the Yukon, you’re entitled to some bragging rights. Especially in February, when the nights last 17 hours, the mercury can dip to –50˚C, and the Yukon Quest is in full swing. This is when you’ll bump into...
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Northern New Mexico's Bohemian Soul
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Barb Sligl
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United States
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New Mexico
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Santa Fe
It’s the light. A striking play of light and shadow and texture. Georgia O’Keeffe captured it in her iconic paintings - red adobe walls, ochre rock faces, bleached bones against a brilliant blue sky - as Ansel Adams did in his stark black-and-white...
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Rediscovering Maui
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Barb Sligl
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Hawaii
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Hawaii
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Maui
If the approach to Maui by plane is any indication, something special awaits below. After flying above nothing but water for thousands of miles the island appears, smack in the middle of the Pacific. Out of every shade of blue rise slopes that are...
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Cycling Through Prince Edward Island, Canada's Smallest Province
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Barb Sligl
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Canada
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Prince Edward Island
Start with a big breakfast. Hop on a bike and cruise through gently sloping fields. Stop for a snapshot of wildflowers on the side of the road. Pedal onwards. Break for a picnic lunch atop a cliff overlooking the surf below. Bike into a pretty...
Reviews by Barb Sligl
Threadneedles | Barb SliglThreadneedles boutique hotel is in the heart of London’s financial district. Steps from Bank tube station, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London and London Bridge, the five-star flagship hotel of the Eton Collection is named after its address at...-
Big Sleep Hotel
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Barb Sligl
The Big Sleep Hotel’s logo has an “e” that’s sideways, as if prone, or – wink, wink – asleep. It’s a sign that something here is askew. The hotel – inside and out – is undeniably a 1960s-era office building. Once home to British Gas in Cardiff, it...