Hamburg, Germany.

Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in Hamburg, Germany

Visiting Hamburg? Find the best places to eat, drink, shop, and stay with our local guide to Germany's most fun city. Start your adventure here. Where to eat in Hamburg (€) Otto’s Burger Hamburg without a hamburger would be a dereliction of duty, and local…
Cairns Esplanade Lagoon.

Cairns, Australia: A travel guide for first time visitors

Tropical Queensland’s favourite holiday city has more to it than just the Great Barrier Reef. What makes Cairns unique? Put simply, Cairns is the most easily accessible gateway to one of the great natural wonders of the planet – the Great Barrier Reef. The reef…
Tavira, Portugal.

Tavira travel guide for first time visitors

Historic Tavira offers a dose of authenticity on the Algarve – and an absolutely stunning beach. What makes Tavira unique? At the eastern end of southern Portugal’s perma-sunny Algarve region, Tavira has none of the brashness and concrete overdose that afflicts many of the resort…
The Principality Stadium and River Taff in Cardiff.

A Cardiff city guide for first time visitors

Planning a trip to Cardiff? From historic castles to Cardiff Bay, find the best things to do in my Cardiff city guide for first-time visitors. What makes Cardiff unique? Once home to a Roman fort, but only becoming a city in 1905, Cardiff’s lack of…
The Zollverein in Essen, Germany.

Essen city guide for first time visitors

Visiting Essen for the first time? Explore UNESCO sites and industrial history with my comprehensive Essen city guide for first-time visitors. What makes Essen unique? For a lot of people, Essen is the largest German city they’ve never heard of. That’s partly because it’s not…
Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany.

Dortmund city guide for first time visitors

Planning your first trip to Dortmund? Discover the best things to do, see, and eat with my comprehensive Dortmund city guide for first-time visitors. What makes Dortmund unique? In the Ruhrgebeit, Dortmund is one of those cities – like Porto or Liverpool – that gets…
The Rhine running through Bonn, Germany.

Bonn city guide for first time visitors

The former capital of West Germany brings Beethoven, Haribo and a lot more charm than you may be expecting. What makes Bonn unique? There must be some kind of invisible transition line running just north of Bonn, because when you arrive in the former capital…
Liege skyline.

Liege city guide for first-time travellers

Discover Liege, Belgium: First-time visitor guide to Wallonia's largest city with museums, meatballs, chocolate shops, and stunning architecture. What is Liege all about? Expectation is a funny thing, and levels of it tend to be low when coming to Liege. Bruges may have the dreamy…
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljubjljana, Slovenia: Travel guide for first-time visitors

Explore Slovenia's charming capital with Plečnik architecture, hilltop castle, riverside cafés, and unique museums for visitors. What’s Ljubljana all about? Few countries manage to fly under the radar quite like Slovenia. It’s a relatively pocket-sized, prosperous place full of lakes and mountains, with an outdoorsy…
Windsor Castle.

A travel guide to Windsor for first-time visitors

Visit Windsor Castle, explore royal history, enjoy Thames boat tours, discover Eton College, and find the best places to stay with this personally-researched guide. What’s Windsor all about? Windsor, and the surrounding area, is about as British establishment as it gets. The centrepiece is Windsor…