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Visiting the Farsons Brewery Experience, Malta: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Farsons Brewery Experience occupies the former 1950 Farsons Brewery in Mriehel, telling the story of the three families behind Malta's best-known beers. This guide was updated in July 2026. The adult ticket now includes a complimentary digital photo, a detail most third-party ticket listings…

Visiting Russborough House, Ireland: practical guide for first-time visitors

Russborough House is a Palladian mansion in County Wicklow, built for Joseph Leeson in the 1740s and later home to the art-collecting Beit family. This guide was updated in July 2026. The adult house tour ticket now costs €16, up from the €12 that several…

Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga: practical guide for first-time visitors

Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga houses Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza's private collection of Spanish and Andalusian painting inside a restored 16th-century palace. This guide was updated in July 2026. The general ticket now costs €12, higher than the €10 to €11 that several recent guides still quote, and…

Visiting the Lost Atlantis Experience, Santorini: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Lost Atlantis Experience is the world's first museum dedicated to the myth of Atlantis, built near the village of Megalohori on Santorini, Greece. This guide was updated in July 2026. The museum now keeps consistent hours of 10am to 7pm every day of the…

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 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…

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…

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…