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6 Budapest Ruin Pubs

If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know that we love to discover urban oddities. One of Budapest’s main offbeat attractions are ruin pubs. Do you know what they are? What are ruin pubs? Imagine a dilapidated building, walls covered in graffiti, mismatched furniture and an artsy vibe. At first glance, you could be … Read more

5 Unusual Beijing Places

Forbidden City? Check. Temple of Heaven? Check. Tienanmen Square? Check. To bide farewell to China, we’d like to show you unusual Beijing. From public bathhouses to artsy pubs, from a hutong with a resident rabbit to an abandoned amusement park. Ready? 1) Shuang Xing Tang Public Baths Did you know that you can go to public bath … Read more

Five Things to do in Datong

Think about China cities. What comes to mind? Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong? In fact, pretty much the whole of China is a city. With this post, we’ll share with you five things to do in Datong, the first Chinese city we visited.

Continuing our China series, we travel to Xi’an, home to the world famous Terracotta Warriors. Here we show you things to do in Xian besides the Terracotta Warriors. Things to do in Xian Xi’an is on the radar of most travellers to China, and rightly so, as it is the home of the Terracotta Warriors. The … Read more

Off the Beaten Track with Adventure Warsaw

For the second instalment of our Warsaw series, we would like to take you with us on an ‘Off the Beaten Track’ tour with Adventure Warsaw, to unveil the soul of this extraordinary city. Warsaw and its history Warsaw is an odd city. It’s not particularly pretty, at first glance. It is a city that cannot … Read more

An Ode to the Francesinha

We briefly hinted to how much we loved francesinha in our Porto Five Insider Tips. Do you want to know what it is, and why we loved it so much? Walking around Porto, you’ll see people tucking into a funny-looking sandwich on a plate, covered in melted cheese and a strange red-orange sauce. At a first … Read more