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Where locals eat and drink in Las Vegas

Six spots in Las Vegas where you can eat and drink with the locals, rather than thousands of tourists. Beerhaus Locals tend to avoid the Strip wherever possible, with the Beerhaus a notable exception – largely because it’s next to the T-Mobile Arena where the…

drinks, food, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

The Kröll strudel café in Innsbruck, Austria.

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

In the Austrian city of Innsbruck, the Kröll café makes strudels in an extraordinary variety of flavours. Innsbruck’s specialist strudel café To the rest of the world, strudel is a pastry stuffed with apple and maybe sultanas. At Kröll in Innsbruck, Austria, it is a…

Austria, food, Innsbruck

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…

Australia, Belize, Chicago, Ethiopia, Five things, food, history, hotels, Melbourne, music

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…

Chicago, food, Illinois, tours, USA

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

The Leaning Tower of Pisa brings millions of travellers to the Tuscan city. Very few want to do more in Pisa than photograph and climb the Tower. That’s a shame, because the city has a lot more to it. As I have explained before, a…

food, Italy, Pisa, tours, Tuscany

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…

Belgium, Brussels, chocolate, food

Can I learn to make pasta in Florence?

If you're visiting Florence and want to do more than trawl through world class art museums, you can go the foodie route. It's possible to spend an afternoon learning to make pasta in the historic centre of Italy's Renaissance jewel. A small-group class held inside…

Florence, food, Italy, Tuscany