Travel guides
Lisbon Travel Guide: 10 Unmissable Things to See and Do
Lisbon travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: how to get there from the airport, how to get around, Alfama, tram 28, São Jorge Castle, Belém and Praça do Comércio.
Lisbon is one of those cities that grabs you through the eyes and never lets go: the tiled facades, the yellow trams, the never-ending slopes and an evening light that seems invented for photographs. And the best part is its rhythm: it's a city for…
London Travel Guide: 10 Unmissable Things to See and Do
London travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: how to get in from the airport, getting around, the Westminster icons, the free museums, the markets and the best neighbourhoods.
London is huge and, for a first trip, it can be overwhelming: you have to pick and choose. But if you stick to the essentials —the river route, the free museums, the markets and the neighbourhoods with character— the city suddenly becomes manageable and even…
Barcelona Travel Guide: 10 Unmissable Things to See and Do
Barcelona travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: how to get there from El Prat, how to get around, the Sagrada Família, the Gothic Quarter, the Park Güell, the modernisme and Barceloneta.
Barcelona has a mix that is hard to find anywhere else: a Mediterranean city with a beach, architecture from another planet and an old quarter that smells of history on every corner. It goes a little further than the «two days of partying» trip: with…
Berlin Travel Guide: 10 Unmissable Things to See and Do
Berlin travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: how to get there from BER airport, how to get around, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag dome, the East Side Gallery and the Fernsehturm.
Berlin isn't pretty in the postcard sense, and that's exactly why it hooks you: it's a city to be understood, with the weight of history on every corner and a cultural energy few capitals can afford. My advice before you go: don't try to see…
Amsterdam Travel Guide: 10 Unmissable Things to See and Do
Amsterdam travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: how to get there from Schiphol, how to get around, the canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank House and the Vondelpark.
Amsterdam has that magic of cities you can't explain in a photo: the canals, the bikes, the bridges and that golden light of spring afternoons. A week there might not be enough, but with three or four well-spent days you see the essentials and still…
Copenhagen Travel Guide: 10 Must-Sees and Things to Do
A Copenhagen travel guide with everything I wish I'd known before going: currency, language, Tivoli, Nyhavn, the Little Mermaid and how to get around a city that doesn't use the euro.
Planning a trip to Copenhagen and not sure where to start organising it? A little wary of arriving in a European country that doesn't use the euro? Then read on: here's everything I wish I'd known before visiting the Danish capital, point by point. Based…
Krakow Travel Guide: 10 Must-Sees
Everything you need to know before a trip to Krakow: currency, the language, where to eat, the Main Square, Kazimierz, Wawel, Zakopane and Auschwitz.
Off to Krakow and not sure where to start planning? A bit nervous about changing currency and arriving without understanding a single word of Polish? If so, keep reading, because here it is, point by point, everything I wish someone had told me before my…
Where to Eat in Krakow: the Best Spots
Pierogi, the Plac Nowy zapiekanki and the milk bars where Krakow eats for little: the gastronomic route through Kazimierz and the centre.
Krakow has one of the most unfairly overlooked cuisines in Europe: few people travel for its food and yet it feeds you outrageously well for prices that would be laughable in the rest of the continent. Pierogi, zapiekanki, soups that chase away the cold and…
Where to Eat in Paris: the Best Spots
From the bouillons to the Marais falafel, passing through the crepes: the gastronomic route through Paris with the places you go back to again and again.
There's a myth doing the rounds that says eating in Paris is expensive. It's a lie, and the proof is made by millions of Parisians every day in the bouillons, the boulangeries, the markets and the local crêperies. What happens is that Paris rewards those…
What to See in Rome: 15 Essentials and 2 Tours
Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, the Vatican and the corners you can't miss on your first time in Rome: the definitive guide to the Eternal City, with ticket tips and tours.
Rome is one of those cities you discover on foot. You can arrive with the most detailed itinerary in the world and, the moment you round a corner, a square that wasn't on your map appears, or a church that leaves you open-mouthed. That's why…