Originally semi-legal bars set up in abandoned courtyards, Budapest’s kerts have been the city’s staple summer hang outs for over a decade. However, growing in both scope and numbers, these so called ‘ruin pubs’ have evolved into much more than beer gardens, as Duncan Rhodes discovers. “This place was a hill of shit,” explains Balázs [...]
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Mobile and Miserly in Melbourne
Melbourne’s new Bike Share scheme is great value for money and it’s not just for commuters. Richard Tulloch enjoys a whistle stop tour of his birth city for the price of a bottle of water… and invites UTB readers along for the ride. I’m a tightwad traveller. I shun expensive hotels, keep my hands deep [...]
Ticket to Ride: Los Angeles by Subway
Korea Town, Angels Flight, the Mexican historic zone and a resurgent Financial District, full of bars and restaurants, are just some of the alternative attractions of LA… you just need to buy a ticket for the subway, says Vince Robbins. Whether you’re travelling to Tokyo, Mount Everest, or the moon, there’s seldom a better way [...]
Turn of the Corkscrew: Wine Tasting in South France
With three times more hectares dedicated to viticulture than Bordeaux, and better weather, isn’t it time winos started visiting the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France? Sasha Arms indulges in a drop of eno-tourism. There are some disagreeable and slightly galling misconceptions about France and wine that need to be redressed. Number one: The likes of Nice, [...]
101 Dalmatian Delights: Cycling and Island Hopping in Croatia
As the tourists desert Croatia’s stunning coastline this September, Stuart Wadsworth sets off to explore by bike and ferry. Along the road from Trieste to Dubrovnik he is smitten, and bitten, in equal measure… (photos Henry Wasung) A pleasant tail-breeze was blowing, a herd of sheep were braying by the side of the road, and [...]
