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Adelaide Gaol: Ticket prices, opening hours, ghost tours & visitor guide

First time visiting Adelaide Gaol? This 2026 visitor guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, parking, accessibility, and how to get there. History and overview of Adelaide Gaol The story of Adelaide Gaol begins in the early colony of South Australia. Built first in 1841, this…

Exploring the natural side of Cape Town, South Africa

From the dassies on Table Mountain to the penguins of Boulders Beach, you’re never far from nature in Cape Town. Meeting dassies on Table Mountain From the top of Table Mountain on a blazing blue-sky day, Cape Town’s appeal is obvious. The views look over…

Atomic Testing Museum Las Vegas: Exploring the city’s explosive past

Discovering how nuclear testing in Nevada helped shape the rapid growth of Las Vegas, and what the Atomic Testing Museum reveals – and conceals – about this extraordinary chapter in American history. This guide was updated in January 2025. To skip the review and just…

Can I learn to make pasta in Florence? | Tuscan cooking classes

Visiting Italy? Find out how you can learn to make pasta in Florence. Essential guide to finding authentic Italian cooking classes and courses. If you're visiting Florence and want to do more than trawl through world class art museums, you can go the foodie route.…

KwaMuhle museum review: Apartheid’s origins in Durban

The KwaMuhle museum in downtown Durban shows that Apartheid didn’t just magically come into being in 1948. Apartheid and the Durban System It takes a little while to register. Walking around Durban’s KwaMuhle museum initially starts off with headshaking and tutting at the injustices of…

Málaga Cathedral: Ticket price, opening hours & visitor guide (2026)

Planning to visit Malaga Cathedral? This is your 2026 visitor guide, including ticket prices, opening hours, and essential tips for touring La Manquita. Málaga Cathedral has one tower instead of two, which earned it the affectionate nickname "La Manquita" – the one-armed lady. When I…

The Strat Tower towers above the Las Vegas Strip.

Plan your visit to the Strat Tower observation deck: Opening hours, ticket prices and parking

If you are visiting Las Vegas for the first time, this practical guide explains how to get to the Strat Tower observation deck, what the ticket prices and opening hours look like, where to park and which nearby attractions you can combine on the same…

The Eyes by Louise Bourgeois in Oslo's Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park.

Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, Oslo: Public art near Aker Brygge

The Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park offers free public art next to the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo. Where is the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park? The Tjuvolhem Sculpture Park is one of the best places in Oslo to see public art. It’s nowhere near on the scale of…

The Salmon: Visiting Oslo’s best free museum?

The Salmon in Oslo is both a fish restaurant and a museum about Norway’s salmon industry. And this free museum is strangely fascinating. A fish restaurant that’s also a salmon museum The Salmon in Oslo’s touristy Aker Brygge area is an unusual place. It’s a…

Orto Botanico, Padua: Visiting the world’s oldest Botanic Garden

At Padua’s World Heritage-listed Orto Botanico, the world’s oldest botanic garden throws up some surprises on where our food comes from. Why the Padua’s Orto Botanico is World Heritage-listed Sometimes the new can rudely shoulder-barge the old out of the way without intending to. And…