What Happens on the Worst Free Guided Tour of Porto
Does anyone fancy doing the worst guided tour of Porto? I’m being serious! The Worst Tours is the name of an actual tour guide company in Portugal’s second city. They offer tours aimed at travellers...
View ArticleA Local’s Guide to Hastings, England
If you read this post, you’ll know I’ve launched a new series of travel guides on Ellie & Co. Today, following on from our recent day trip, we’re getting to know the East Sussex town of Hastings on...
View Article7 Secret Highlights of a Weekend in Venice Beach, California
Next up in my Seven Secret Highlights travel series, we’re on the lookout for alternative things to discover in Venice Beach, California. After my recent assignment to get to know Brighton’s new Twin...
View ArticleHidden Holland: A Day Trip to Delft
My quest to discover hidden Holland continues. Next up: a visit to the tiny, time-capsule canal city of Delft, Dutch master painter Vermeer’s hometown, in south Holland, between Rotterdam and The...
View ArticleMy 11 Favourite Places to Explore in East Sussex
I live in Brighton, the lively Sussex city by the sea. I also write about things to do in Sussex on this blog and am the author of a guide called, Secret Sussex. You could say I know the charming...
View ArticleHow to Find the Hidden ‘Walk Streets’ of Venice Beach
Just when I thought I’d discovered all the secret highlights of Venice Beach, I stumbled upon others; urban curiosities known as the Venice Walk Streets. What’s a ‘walk street’, I hear you ask, and...
View ArticleThe Luxury Travel Book Your Coffee Table Needs: Grand Hotels of the World
I was wandering around the gleaming lobby of the 18-story St Regis New York, like you do, when I decided I wanted to write this book. Grand Hotels of the World. I was admiring the gilded check-in...
View ArticleSecret Travel Itineraries I’m Lusting After
It doesn’t seem that long since I packed up my trunk and hopped aboard the luxury steamship that inspired Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, and while I was at it, discovered Original Travel, the...
View ArticleNorth Laine, Brighton: A Neighbourhood Guide
If you read this post, you’ll know I’ve launched a new Brighton and Hove neighbourhood guide series on the Ellie & Co travel website. So far, we’ve covered London Road, Kemptown, Seven Dials, and...
View ArticleShe Photographs Gas Station Food Culture In America’s Deep South
For a recent travel writing work assignment, I took a ‘gas station eats’ culinary road trip around Louisiana. At the first stop, Shawarma on the Go, a local fave in New Orleans, the owner tipped me off...
View ArticleWelcome to the ‘Danish Capital of America’
Screen-famous California on America’s West Coast is ripe for a bucket list road trip. Its endless roads weaving along coastal towns fringed by swathes of butter-coloured sand, through decadent desert...
View ArticleShe Was the First British Woman to Swim the English Channel
This year, to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, I’m acknowledging a woman with an indomitable spirit who dared to dream beyond the confines of her era: Brighton-born Mercedes Glietze. She...
View ArticleFiveways, Brighton: A Neighbourhood Guide
If you read this post, you’ll know I’ve launched a new Brighton and Hove neighbourhood guide series on the Ellie & Co travel website. So far, we’ve covered London Road, Kemptown, Seven Dials,...
View ArticleShopping for Vintage Travel Souvenir Straw Bags
Every curious traveller who enjoys discovering the most unique and offbeat spots in town deserves to explore in style, with one of these vintage travel souvenir straw bags I first wrote about here....
View Article7 Secret Highlights of a Weekend in Beverly Hills, California
If you’ve read this post, you’ll know I publish a travel story series on Ellie & Co. called Seven Secret Highlights that looks at off-beat sights in destinations I discovered on my travels. So far,...
View ArticleDo You Love People Watching When You Travel?
As a big advocate for people watching when travelling, I absolutely love this idea for an Instagram account. At home in London or away, friends Alex Mendes and Hugo Catraio, like to imagine short...
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