The Blog

Malta’s mysterious cart ruts at Clapham Junction near Dingli: who made them, when, the Għar il-Kbir cave dwellers, Filfla at sunset and how to visit.

Above Victoria, Gozo’s Cittadella has guarded the island for 3,000 years: the 1551 raid, an old prison carved with ships, a painted dome and tips for visiting.

On Gozo, 14 marble statues climb Ta’ Għammar Hill to the Resurrection, and Ta’ Pinu keeps the voice Karmni Grima heard in 1883: the story, a sunset and visiting tips.

On Gozo’s Xagħra plateau, Ġgantija predates Stonehenge and the pyramids: the legend of Sansuna, the Victorians who cleared it, and current tickets and hours.

Walk Valletta from the George Cross memorial to Fort St Elmo’s last stand and Caravaggio’s Beheading, with current Co-Cathedral and museum ticket prices.

Walk the Tarxien Temples — older than the pyramids — for spirals, animal reliefs, the colossal skirted statue, and current Heritage Malta hours and tickets.

Climb the Rotunda of Mosta — Malta’s Pantheon — hear the 9 April 1942 bomb that never exploded, and get current hours, tickets and the bus from Valletta.

Walk Warsaw’s UNESCO Old Town — cobbles, Barbican, market squares, pierogi and craft beer — with film, Stay22 hotels map, Viator tours and practicals.

Climb the Sacré-Cœur steps, walk Montmartre’s souvenir streets to the Moulin Rouge, and plan the stay with clear eyes — film, practicals and maps.

Château Rouge sits a Métro stop from the Paris postcard — and feels a world away. A street-level walk with practicals, stays and clear eyes.

Thieves scope London bureaux, follow customers, and lift envelopes of cash. A Strand walker's checklist from The Wondering Englishman.

Do thieves still target tourists on La Rambla? A street-level Barcelona walk with practicals, stays and the habits that keep your phone yours.

Deep in a Mitte hostel basement near Rosenthaler Platz, Berlin keeps a shrine to David Hasselhoff — Baywatch kitsch, Looking for Freedom, and a chunk of Wall.

Dinosaurs and deep time under Warsaw’s Palace of Culture — an honest look at the Museum of Evolution (Muzeum Ewolucji PAN), tickets, labels, and whether it earns an hour on a short Warsaw trip.

A Londoner explains why hop-on hop-off buses are usually a waste of time and money — and what to do instead.

Sofia’s compact craft crawl: bottle shops, grunge taprooms, English cask at BiraBar, and enough Balkan IPA to argue for an extra night.

Saint-Maximin’s Gothic basilica still claims Mary Magdalene’s relics — a Provençal visit to unfinished stone, crypt, and the Sainte-Baume legend.

Toulouse is la Ville Rose — an afternoon walk from Capitole square to Saint-Sernin and the Garonne, with practical France travel links.

Bath’s Freemasonry trail from Georgian obelisks to Old Orchard Street’s Masonic Hall — I walk Circus, Abbey and lodge history in the film, with practical UK travel links.

Warsaw's Old Town was rebuilt brick by brick after wartime demolition — I walk the Barbican, beer streets, market squares and Castle Square in the film, with practical Poland travel links.