A woman with wavy brown hair, blue eyes, and fair skin, wearing a sleeveless navy top, turquoise necklace, gold hoop earrings, and gold bracelets, resting her chin on her hand and smiling softly at the camera.

Meet Fiona

Fiona Scott Mechem, the owner and principal travel advisor at NEAR&FAR with Fiona, is a seasoned world traveler with many miles logged on journeys throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Africa and Asia.

Her passions for art&design, food&wine, nature&conservation, and culture&history make the world of travel advising the perfect enterprise. 

She is based in Colorado and enjoys spending time at home and around the world with her husband and three children.


See some of Fiona’s travels below …

Numerous tents set up on rocky terrain on a mountain during sunset, with clouds and distant mountains in the background.
Group of elephants standing in a grassy plains with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background and a blue sky.
Group of hikers walking on a mountain trail towards rocky peaks under a blue sky.
Four people pose in front of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Greece, with crowds of tourists in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
Nighttime view of a Venetian canal with colorful buildings, gondolas, and a water bus, under a cloudy sky.
Two hikers with backpacks and trekking poles walking in a snowy mountain valley under a blue sky.
People enjoying the ocean at a seaside hot spring pool, with waves crashing in the background and a cloudy sky overhead.
A panoramic view of a city with red-tiled roofs, a large white building, a column monument in the center, and streets with trees and a fountain, under a bright blue sky.
A serene mountain lake with turquoise water, surrounded by tall, forested mountains and a partly cloudy sky.