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Plan your visit to Surry Hills: Where to stay, eat and explore

Surry Hills is one of Sydney’s most characterful inner suburbs, blending heritage architecture with creative energy. This Surry Hills neighbourhood guide covers the best things to see, eat and experience, plus essential visitor information. History and heritage of Surry Hills The Victorian verandas of Surry…

Australia, neighbourhoods, New South Wales, Sydney

The Vinohrady Theatre in Prague, Czechia.

Exploring Vinohrady: Prague’s most elegant neighbourhood

Vinohrady is one of Prague’s most elegant districts — leafy, affluent and full of confident architectural flourish. But beneath the grandeur, it’s also home to independent food spots and creative businesses that keep the area vibrant rather than complacent. A butcher’s that became a local…

Czechia, neighbourhoods, Prague

Beach volleyball at Kasárna Karlin in Prague, Czechia.

Discovering the rebirth of Karlín: Prague’s riverside comeback story

Karlín, once forgotten and flood-damaged, has reinvented itself as one of Prague’s most creative neighbourhoods. Between riverside bars, cultural spaces, and bold architecture, this district now mixes grit with charm — and plenty of local soul. A riverside park full of quirks The park is…

Czechia, neighbourhoods, Prague

The Maisel Synagogue in Josefov, Prague's Jewish Quarter.

Exploring the synagogues of Josefov – Prague’s Jewish Quarter

Discover Josefov, Prague's Jewish Quarter. Explore its synagogues, including the Moorish Spanish Synagogue, and the Pinkas Synagogue, a Holocaust memorial. The unique design of the Spanish Synagogue It doesn’t look much like a synagogue. The Moorish arches and keyhole windows feel like they belong in…

Czechia, Jewish, neighbourhoods, Prague, World War II

Best Chicago neighbourhoods to visit: A visitor’s guide to the Windy City’s top districts

Discover Chicago's most vibrant neighbourhoods in this guide to the city's diverse districts. From historic Old Town Chicago to trendy West Loop restaurants, explore the unique character and attractions that make each area special for visitors and locals alike. Old Town: Victorian charm meets comedy…

Chicago, Illinois, neighbourhoods, USA

Why visit the Back Bay neighbourhood in Boston?

The Back Bay neighbourhood shows a more modern side to Boston, but there’s still considerable charm down Newbury Street. What’s Back Bay all about? Back Bay is where Boston drops the act of being some sort of prim Olde Worlde historic theme park of breeches,…

Boston, Massachusetts, neighbourhoods, USA

Guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for first time visitors

Two of the world’s great universities – Harvard and MIT – shape the character and appeal of Cambridge, Massachusetts. What makes Cambridge, Massachusetts, unique? To all intents and purposes a suburb of Boston, just on the north side of the Charles River, Cambridge is technically…

Boston, city guides, Massachusetts, neighbourhoods, USA

The Guggenheim on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

A first time visitor’s guide to Manhattan’s Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is New York City at its most wealthily sedate – but there are some excellent museums and mansions to explore. What makes the Upper East Side unique? Those hunting for hip, energetic New York City are unlikely to find it in…

city guides, neighbourhoods, New York, New York City

Queen Street West sign in Toronto, Canada.

Neighbourhood guide to West Queen West, Toronto

Full of galleries and unique shops, West Queen West is a neighbourhood that shows a different side to Toronto. What’s West Queen West all about? The man behind the counter at the organic market inadvertently manages to encapsulate the West Queen West Area. “We don’t…

Canada, city guides, neighbourhoods, Toronto

The Jeronimos Monastery in Belém, Lisbon.

Belém, Portugal: A first-time visitor’s guide

Lisbon’s riverside neighbourhood, Belém, brings unique historic buildings and top class modern art. What makes Belém unique? In a gorgeously sunny spot by the riverside, Belém is where Lisbon’s historic side shines through the most. The 1755 earthquake that left much of the city in…

city guides, Lisbon, neighbourhoods, Portugal