Gifts for World Travelers

Here are a couple of gift ideas that we think are so clever, you may have to pry from them our own well-journeyed hands. The first is MUJI’s city blocks, a grown up a toy that lets forlorn travelers recreate their favorite cities at home, and perhaps even have a play a bit of Godzilla-style chaos on them. Shown here is London, at MUJI store online and at MoMA you can get the New York one. Why not mix the two for our idea of urban paradise?

Below, here’s something we spotted at the gift show that we think is the best thing to happen to travel since wheels on luggage: Moleskine City Guides. They combine our favorite don’t-leave-home-without notebooks with just the right amount of essential information you need when visiting a city. Included between its covers: A Key Map that summarizes the overall layout of the city, showing the sequence and location of up to 36 additional zone maps; map of the metro system and list of stations; an alphabetical street index; up to 76 blank pages to jot down thoughts, fab finds and new friends’ phone numbers. Five cities in the series are now available now at flight 001 for $17.