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Madeira Cable Car, Funchal: Practical guide for first-timers

The Madeira Cable Car (Teleférico do Funchal) is a gondola lift that connects Funchal's Old Town to the hillside village of Monte, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. It was…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, LA: Prices, hours & top tips

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the art and science of moviemaking, on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax in Los Angeles. This guide was updated in June 2026. You can book through Viator to…

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles: Tips, with prices & hours

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has just opened two new exhibitions, Orcas: Our Shared Future and Unearthed: Raw Beauty. Several third-party ticket listings, including some affiliate booking pages, still describe Fierce! The Story of Cats as the current special exhibition, even though…

Shrewsbury Prison: Ticket prices, tour times, parking & visitor tips

Shrewsbury Prison, also known as The Dana, is one of the largest and most complete surviving Victorian prisons in Britain, now open as a visitor attraction on Howard Street, Shrewsbury. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor…

Peterhead Prison: Ticket prices, tour times, parking & visitor tips

Peterhead Prison is a former Victorian convict prison turned visitor attraction on South Road, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor tips. If you want to secure your entry time, tickets can be booked…

Talisker Distillery, Isle of Skye: Visitor tips – with tour prices, times & parking

Talisker Distillery is Scotland's oldest working distillery on the Isle of Skye, set on the shores of Loch Harport in the village of Carbost. This guide covers opening hours, tour prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor tips. This guide was double-checked against…

Neist Point on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Neist Point, Isle of Skye: Visitor tips – parking, walk length, opening hours

Neist Point is the most westerly headland on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, reached by a clifftop walk to a working lighthouse near the village of Glendale. This guide covers access times, admission, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor tips. This guide was…

Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge: Entry fees, hours & visitor tips

The Red House Glass Cone is a Grade II*-listed former glassworks beside the Stourbridge Canal in Wordsley, Stourbridge, and one of only four surviving glass cones left in the UK. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor…

Visiting Himley Park, Dudley: Practical guide for first-timers

Himley Park is a 180-acre landscaped park around an 18th-century hall, redesigned by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, in the village of Himley near Dudley. This guide covers opening hours, admission, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor tips. This guide was checked against the official…

North Avenue Beach on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.

North Avenue Beach, Chicago: Visitor tips – with parking, lifeguard hours & water sports

North Avenue Beach is a public Lake Michigan beach in Lincoln Park, Chicago, centred on an Art Moderne, ocean liner-shaped beach house at 1601 N. DuSable Lake Shore Drive. This guide covers opening hours, admission, transport and parking, accessibility, and other practical visitor tips. This…