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The type of tour you should do on your first day in any city

Forget hop-on, hop-off buses. The best tour to do on your first day in any city is a food tour. Get great food, city orientation, and dinner ideas for the rest of your trip. Bad travel advice There is one piece of travel advice I…

Five mildly interesting things I learned recently: 7 July 2025

From a country with far too many lakes to a bird named after far too many countries. Finland has 187,888 lakes That’s according to the Finland Promotion Board. That’s undeniably an awful lot of lakes, but it makes me wonder whose job it was to…

In-flight meals guide: The best choices and the science of taste

Discover why in-flight meals taste different. Learn the science of taste at altitude, the best food choices for flying, and why airlines use so much sauce. The history of in-flight meals Sandwiches or fruit? They were the options offered 100 years ago for the first…

Where locals eat and drink in Las Vegas

Find out where locals eat and drink in Las Vegas. Discover bars and restaurants off the Strip, including Carson Kitchen and The Laundry Room. Beerhaus Locals tend to avoid the Strip wherever possible, with the Beerhaus a notable exception – largely because it’s next to…

The Kröll strudel café in Innsbruck, Austria.

Kröll, Innsbruck: How one café will change your view of strudels

Visit Kröll in Innsbruck, Austria, a café in an 800-year-old prison offering over 20 strudel flavours, from traditional apple to chicken curry. Innsbruck’s specialist strudel café To the rest of the world, strudel is a pastry stuffed with apple and maybe sultanas. At Kröll in…

Five things I learned this week – 23 June 2025

Airport hotels, chocolate brownies, the Ark of the Covenant, the White Stripes and an annoyingly long fact check on the flag of Belize feature in this week’s slightly interesting discoveries. Hilton’s claim to the first airport hotel is complete nonsense The Hilton chain has long…

Experiencing different pizza styles in Chicago’s West Loop

Taste Chicago’s best pizza styles on a West Loop guided tour, exploring top pizzerias while discovering the neighbourhood’s history and culture. What makes West Loop special 20 years ago, West Loop was a thoroughly unappealing, sleeves-rolled-up industrial area, dominated by meatpacking warehouses. Many of those…

Why a Pisa food tour is a great way to discover beyond the Leaning Tower

A food tour is a great way to discover Pisa beyond the Leaning Tower. Explore the city's culinary history and authentic local flavours. Food tours in Pisa The Leaning Tower of Pisa brings millions of travellers to the Tuscan city. Very few want to do…

How to find the best chocolates in Brussels

Brussels’ reputation as the home of fine chocolate is well deserved. From small family-run workshops to internationally known names, the Belgian chocolate shops are filled with tempting window displays. But with so many shops to choose from, working out where to go – and which…

Can I learn to make pasta in Florence? | Tuscan cooking classes

Visiting Italy? Find out how you can learn to make pasta in Florence. Essential guide to finding authentic Italian cooking classes and courses. If you're visiting Florence and want to do more than trawl through world class art museums, you can go the foodie route.…