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Visiting Boscobel House, Shropshire, with children: Guide and review

Boscobel House is famous for King Charles II hiding away in the Royal Oak, but English Heritage has made the house and grounds surprisingly family-friendly. Why visit Boscobel House in Shropshire? Boscobel House is a historic home with a great story behind it. In 1651,…

Visiting the Musée Rodin, Paris: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Musée Rodin at 77 rue de Varenne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France holds the world's most comprehensive collection of Auguste Rodin's work, housed in the Hôtel Biron — an 18th-century mansion Rodin himself occupied as a tenant from 1908 until his death…

National Dinosaur Museum, Canberra: practical guide for first-time visitors

The National Dinosaur Museum in Gold Creek Village, Nicholls is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens, with over 150 dinosaur models, 23 complete skeletons, and 300+ individual fossil exhibits across a multi-level indoor gallery and landscaped garden. This guide was updated in June 2026.…

Mamu Tropical Skywalk near Innisfail, Queensland.

Visiting Mamu Tropical Skywalk, Queensland: practical guide for first-time visitors

Mamu Tropical Skywalk is in the Palmerston section of Wooroonooran National Park on the Palmerston Highway, around 90 minutes south of Cairns and 30 minutes from Innisfail. The attraction offers a 2.5 km return walk through World Heritage rainforest, rising from the forest floor via…

El Drago in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife.

Parque del Drago, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife: practical guide for first-time visitors

Parque del Drago in Icod de los Vinos is a three-hectare botanical park centred on the Drago Milenario — the oldest and largest dragon tree (Dracaena draco) in the Canary Islands. The tree is officially dated at around 800 years old, though it is widely…

Casa del Plátano, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife: practical guide for first-time visitors

Casa del Plátano is a restored Canarian hacienda in Icod de los Vinos housing the self-styled only dedicated banana visitor attraction in Europe. The visit covers an indoor museum on the history of banana cultivation in the Canary Islands and a working two-level banana plantation…

Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki, Finland.

Visiting Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki: practical guide for first-time visitors

Temppeliaukio Church — the Rock Church — is a Lutheran church hewn directly into a granite outcrop in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki. It was opened in 1969 and designed by brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. This guide was updated in June 2026: The adult…

Visiting Arktikum, Rovaniemi: practical guide for first-time visitors

Arktikum is a science centre and museum in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, sitting on the bank of the Ounasjoki river beneath a 172-metre glass corridor that points due north. This guide was updated in June 2026: Two things to know before you go: the standard adult…

Visiting the St. Beatus Caves, Lake Thun: practical guide for first-time visitors

The St. Beatus Caves (St. Beatus-Höhlen) are a stalactite cave system on the northern shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland, around 10 km from Interlaken. Fourteen kilometres of cave have been explored; one kilometre is open to visitors year-round. This guide was updated…

Swiss National Museum, Zurich: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum Zürich) on Museumstrasse 2 is Switzerland's most visited museum of cultural history, covering the country's past from prehistoric times to the present day. This guide was updated in June 2026. Two things to note before you go: the adult admission…