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Pavarotti Museum, Modena: practical guide for first-time visitors

Casa Museo Luciano Pavarotti near Modena, Italy, is the countryside home where the great tenor spent his final years, now preserved as a museum of his life and career. This guide was updated in July 2026. The adult ticket now costs €12, up from the…

Imperial Carriage Museum, Vienna: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Imperial Carriage Museum, in the grounds of Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace, houses the Habsburg court's collection of ceremonial coaches, sleighs, and uniforms. This guide was updated in July 2026. Since 1 April 2026, admission has been available only during reserved time slots, replacing the previous…

Visiting the 10-Z Bunker, Brno: practical guide for first-time visitors

The 10-Z Bunker is a former nuclear fallout shelter carved into Špilberk Hill in the centre of Brno, Czechia, built for the city's Cold War-era elite. This guide was updated in July 2026. Beyond the standard exhibition, the operator now runs the bunker as themed…

Visiting Jardines de Alfabia, Mallorca: practical guide for first-time visitors

Jardines de Alfabia is a historic house and garden estate on the road between Palma and Sóller, with roots stretching back to Mallorca's Islamic era. This guide was updated in July 2026. In 2025, the estate installed a new sculpture, "Tête de Femme (Déesse)" by…

Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid: practical guide for first-time visitors

Museo Lázaro Galdiano is a house-museum in Madrid's Salamanca district, built around the private art collection of publisher and collector José Lázaro Galdiano. This guide was updated in July 2026. General admission is now €8, up from the €7 that some older guides still quote,…

Visiting Trullo Sovrano, Alberobello: practical guide for first-time visitors

Trullo Sovrano is the only two-storey trullo in Alberobello, a UNESCO-listed stone dwelling now open as a house museum. The current single ticket price is €2.50, higher than the €1.50 to €2 that several older travel guides still quote. You can book in advance through…

Visiting Svrzo’s House, Sarajevo: practical guide for first-time visitors

Svrzo's House is an 18th-century Ottoman-era home in Sarajevo's old town, preserved as one of the Museum of Sarajevo's five annexes. This guide was updated in July 2026. The adult admission price is now 5KM, up from the 3KM that many tourism sites still list,…

Charco Azul cave and waterfall tour, Puerto Rico: swimming limestone caves, Taíno petroglyphs and cliff jumping

An hour's drive west of San Juan, the Indio River has been cutting through Puerto Rico's northern limestone karst belt for millions of years. The result is Charco Azul and the Arenales Caves — a system of underground tunnels, sculpted slot canyons, turquoise swimming holes…

Why book an Icacos Island boat tour from Fajardo: all-inclusive snorkelling, beach day and lunch

Icacos Island is a small uninhabited cay off Puerto Rico's north-eastern coast, part of a chain of islands and reefs sitting at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The water here is a different quality from the beaches around San Juan…

A waterfall in El Yunque rainforest, Puerto Rico.

El Yunque, Puerto Rico: The only tropical rainforest in the US — and a natural rock slide to go with it

El Yunque National Forest is one of the smallest national forests in the United States by area — around 28,000 acres in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico. It is also the most biologically diverse, and the only one classified as a tropical rainforest.…