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Which hotels are on the Las Vegas Monorail?

Hotels with Las Vegas Monorail stations include the MGM Grand, Sahara and Linq. With monorail tickets costing from $5.50, you can save money on taxis going to shows. Where does the Las Vegas Monorail go? The Las Vegas Monorail is, for many visitors, the best…

Las Vegas, Nevada, public transport, USA

In praise of the decent restaurant within a short walk of your hotel

Repeat after me: Not every meal needs to be an adventure. Before I write this exhausted. I have spent four days on my feet, walking back and forth across Rome, and having my ankles repeatedly brutalised by its savage, merciless cobblestones. It is my last…

Italy, restaurants, Rome

Michelangelo's frescoes from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

Why I hated the Sistine Chapel

I went to see one of the greatest pieces of art ever created, and it was awful. The Conclave Fantasy If I was a cardinal, I would drag the Conclave to elect a new Pope out as long as possible. It would be a shameless…

art, Italy, Rome