Bali vs Madeira: my island notes
A white teapot, good cafés and a contest between two kinds of island time.
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Places to explore, routes to make your own, and photographs worth keeping.
London coffee shops: ten choices by neighbourhood
Coffee before a museum, a longer brunch, or a cup between City streets.
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Brighton from my notes: a good meal, the pier and somewhere to stay
Food for Friends, seafood by the sea, and two different ideas of a Brighton hotel.
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Phuket Old Town from Patong: a street-and-museum day
Leave the beach base for a day of façades, lanes and local history.
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Girona from Barcelona by train: give the old city a day
Book the journey, then keep the river and upper streets together.
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Two days in Bordeaux: old streets, Chartrons and wine culture
A walking day in the centre, then a second day with a different focus.
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Louvre, Orsay or Orangerie: choose your Paris art day
A broad collection, nineteenth-century art or Monet’s painted rooms.
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Give the museum a date. Let the walks fit around it.
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Prague Castle: choose the circuit before the climb
Four buildings, one ticket choice and an approach that suits your feet.
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Keep the river crossings useful and give the castle its own morning.
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Seeing Bali’s monkeys without making them perform
Watch from a distance, keep belongings secure and let the animals choose their own day.
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Give the evening one fixed point and enough room around it.
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