Here’s how to spend two days in Geneva, with this hand-crafted itinerary from a local. Let’s hand over to guest writer, Anna Timbrook. Get ready to move beyond chocolate, knives and watches into a world of nature, history and philanthropy. Let’s go.
Beshbarmak is the national dish in Kazakhstan, with a name that pleases the ears as much as the stomach. Here’s what you need to know about this mighty feast of a meal.
With its colourful houses and Cape Malay cuisine, Bo Kaap is the pretty face of an ugly history. Here’s what to do in Bo Kaap.
All aboard for some of the best train rides in the world.
Welcome to our Borneo food guide, bursting with flavour and tradition and including some easy Borneo recipes you can try at home. Lazat!
And so, at last, I am in Berlin. After more than a thousand miles by train, through some of the darkest moments in European history, some well known, others not, I find myself with a plastic fork in one hand and a fluffy orange sausage in the other.
Sentimental and chivalrous may not be the first two words you think of when you hear the word Nuremberg.
But you may change your mind once you hear about their sausages.
I first wrote about the importance of doing nothing while travelling alone. Now, as a mother of a toddler, alone time is scarce. Doing nothing seems positively criminal. So, I’ve caught up with the neuroscientist in me and reminded myself why it’s important. Is it time that you did too?
What is hygge? Come and explore the meaning of hygge in Copenhagen and find ways to bring it home. You’ll be surprised.
Germany attracts repeat visitors through an intoxicating mix of sweet gingerbread and beer. But there’s so much more to it than that…
With over 2000 years of history and a population from every country in the world, London overflows with unusual things to do.
Have Japan’s Okinawa Islands found the secret to a long and healthy life?
Enjoy this hand-picked collection of fun and unique things to do in Sarasota, Florida.
“Take a photo of him,” she says, her eyes smoky with eyeliner, her words smudging together in the Andalucían way.
I glance up at the head on the wall.
Explore these hidden gems in Tuscany and leave the crowds behind.
Menorca threw several surprises my way when I visited. Wild flowers, for one, with fields flush with poppies, violets and periwinkles all dancing like hippies in the sun. There were bronze age settlements for another, and olive oil-soaked cheese, cured lovingly by hand and made from milk gathered freshly that morning.
Here’s an inside guide to the best and most unusual things to do in The Hague.
Geneva, Switzerland. My first thoughts leaped to watches, chocolates and human rights – and my first half hour in the city certainly backed up that list.
NO8DO, NO8DO, NO8DO.
It’s everywhere in Seville. But what on earth does it mean?
I love to discover new things. New words, new traditions, new flavours.
And a Brettljause in a Buschenschank Steiermark hit that holy trinity of newness in Austria.
First, the words, all buoyant and brilliant with their German love for capital letters bish, bash, bosh in the centre of a sentence. No strict one capital letter diet for them!
Oh no.
Economic misfortune led to the creation of one of the prettiest villages in England. Leave your cares behind for a weekend with these gorgeous things to do in Lavenham.
If you like your cities small, with culture, music, spirit and survival, then you’ll love Cardiff. Welcome to the capital of Wales and the youngest capital city in Europe. And our inside guide to unusual things to do in Cardiff.
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