Sasha Arms explores the unique and unpredictable museum scene of Havana, and reveals her five favourite options for oddball culture in the capital. Few would argue that Havana is a city of intense contrasts and the unexpected – rapidly evolving … Continue reading
Stuart Wadsworth visits five of Budapest’s famous bath houses, where he encounters boardgames, beers, rub downs and raves… and still allows himself plenty of scope for a relaxing soak. “This is the place where Budapest comes to chill out,” Laszlo, … Continue reading
Hungary has brought to life some of the world’s most innovative designs, including the rather handy ballpoint pen – aka Biro – and the must-have puzzle game of the 1980s – the Rubik’s cube. Today Budapest has more designers than … Continue reading
For decades The Ritz’s Bar Hemingway was lauded as the best cocktail bar in Paris by everyone from Ernest himself to the NY Times, Forbes and Le Figaro. Chris Osburn checks out the best of a new generation of cocktail … Continue reading
You may have tasted it in a Late Night London bar, but it’s not quite the same… Barcelona bloggers Iris and Rocinta from Lifestyle Barcelona give us the lowdown on the best places to sample Cava in the Catalan capital. … Continue reading
The birthplace of several world-famous beer brands, the Czech Republic, led by its capital, is also one of the best places for sampling home-made brews. Fiona Gaze hops onto a tour of the five best microbreweries in Prague. When thinking … Continue reading
Below the sunny squares of Poland’s royal capital lies a shadowy world of legends and fantasy, music and cabaret… vodka and beer. Nick Hodge is your guide as we delve deep into the five best cellar joints in Krakow. Beelzebub … Continue reading
…not created by Gaudi. Although you might find it hard to believe, given the column inches dedicated to our Antoni, Modernisme in Barcelona was far from a one man show. The style was a joint effort by late 19th Century … Continue reading
Cheap and filling, it’s sometimes hard to separate the Polish pierog from hard times under the Communist hammer… but with exotic fillings increasingly en vogue the doughty dumpling is reinventing itself as a decidedly bourgeois treat. Simon Taylor samples the … Continue reading
London’s main attractions are known by virtually every nursery school child from Chile to China, but for this top five we asked Sam Chimes from STA travelbuzz to recommend five of the capital’s forgotten treasures… London is a vast and … Continue reading