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Musée du Fromage, Paris: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Musée du Fromage is a "living" cheese museum on the Île Saint-Louis, in the heart of Paris. This guide was updated in July 2026. Some early blog posts from shortly after its 2024 opening still quote entry from €12, but the current full adult…

Visiting SuprEvo, Tuscany: practical guide for first-time visitors

SuprEvo is an interactive olive oil museum, working mill, and shop in Monte San Savino, in the Valdichiana area of Tuscany. Many general guides list it as open every day, but individual visitors currently can't visit on Sundays, which are reserved for pre-booked groups only.…

Visiting Choco-Story Torino, Turin: practical guide for first-time visitors

Choco-Story Torino at Via Paolo Sacchi 38 in Turin is a dedicated chocolate and gianduja museum in the basement of the historic Pfatisch pastry shop, part of the 14-location international Choco-Story museum network. It holds over 700 objects tracing the history of cacao from the…

Visiting Città del Cioccolato, Perugia: practical guide for first-time visitors

Città del Cioccolato (City of Chocolate) is Italy's largest experiential museum dedicated to cacao and chocolate, housed in the restored Ex Mercato Coperto (Covered Market, 1932) at Via della Rupe, Perugia. It opened on 30 October 2025 — a venue so new that most guides…

Lindt Home of Chocolate in Kilchberg, Switzerland.

Visiting Lindt Home of Chocolate, Kilchberg: practical guide for first-timers

The Lindt Home of Chocolate is Switzerland's largest chocolate museum, housed in an award-winning building by architects Christ & Gantenbein in Kilchberg — a lakeside village roughly 20 minutes from central Zürich. The museum now sells out regularly. Walk-up entry is no longer a reliable…

The Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama, Japan.

Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama is an interactive museum dedicated to the invention of instant ramen and the life of Momofuku Ando, founder of Nissin Food Products. It's located at 2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, in Yokohama's Minato Mirai waterfront district. This guide covers opening hours, ticket…

Rome pasta cooking class vs Prati food tour: which should you book?

One puts an apron on you and teaches you to make ravioli from scratch. The other walks you through a neighbourhood of gourmet shops, letting Rome do the cooking. Both are run by the same operator — here's how to choose between them. Of all…

Beetroot. Australians, tragically, think it's OK to put this on a burger.

Why do Australians put beetroot in burgers?

Whether it’s negligence, poor taste or pure evil, Australians often put slices of beetroot in burgers. Be prepared to ask for a burger without beetroot when you order. There comes a terrible time in every visitor’s trip to Australia when they encounter the terrorist attacks…

Lao barbecue at Lao-Lao Garden, Luang Prabang: What to expect from this hands-on dining experience

Tucked into the hills of Luang Prabang, Lao-Lao Garden serves a wildly interactive Lao barbecue that turns dinner into equal parts cooking, theatre and communal ritual. First impressions of a Lao barbecue in Luang Prabang I don’t profess to being a world-renowned expert on barbecues.…

The Kayenta Burger King in north-east Arizona, home to a small museum about the Navajo code-talkers.

Kayenta Burger King, Arizona: The Navajo code talkers story hidden behind a Whopper

At the Kayenta Burger King, a routine fast food stop in north-eastern Arizona unexpectedly reveals the extraordinary wartime story of the Navajo code talkers and their role in the Second World War. Why Kayenta is usually a place to pass through Kayenta, with the best…