About WideSprout
How a sprout became a tree.
It started with one notebook in one van. Everything else grew from there.
Our story
No five-year plan. Just following the light.
WideSprout began as a battered travel notebook, kept by headlamp in a van. Routes, prices, what worked and what didn’t. Those notes became WideSprout Travel.
Then it grew outward, the way sprouts do. The stories we heard along the way became WideSprout Stories. The language we kept stumbling over became WideSprout Español. The food we kept cooking became WideSprout Recipe.
None of it was planned. Each branch grew toward wherever the light happened to be, and each one kept the same roots.
The roots
What connects our brands
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Honest over polished
Real routes, real numbers, accurate Spanish, stories told with care. No gimmicks, no “fluent in 7 days.”
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Small, steady steps
One minute of Spanish a day, one story at a time, one border at a time.
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Curiosity without borders
Across countries, cultures, languages and centuries.
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Open about how we work
We say clearly when AI tools are used, and every piece is checked by people.
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Made to be kept
Stories, guides and lessons you return to, not scroll past.
The trunk
The people
A small team. Every piece passes through at least one of these pairs of hands.
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All of WideSprout
Zara
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Started WideSprout with a paper notebook in a van. Edits across every brand and still writes about gear and van builds.
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WideSprout Travel
Mahvash
Travel writer
Route planning and border logistics for Travel, with a focus on Southern Europe and the Balkans.
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WideSprout Travel
Hania
Travel writer
Southeast Asia and long-haul overland routes, by van, scooter or night bus.
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WideSprout Stories
WideSprout Stories
Story editor
The Stories editorial desk: research-based retellings of myths and folk tales, checked before they are published.
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WideSprout Español
Lucía
Spanish course editor
WideSprout Español’s illustrated teacher from Madrid. Sixty seconds a day, from your first “hola” to C2.
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WideSprout Recipe
Zara
Recipe editor
Collects recipes from the kitchens along the road and rewrites them for an ordinary home kitchen.
