We may have decided not to use guidebooks as part of our local travel experiment, but we’re certainly not discarding the map, which, as far as we’re concerned, is often all you ever need to explore a city. We bought this cool little ‘Not For Tourists’ guide to New York City primarily for its maps. …
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Aug
05
New York City, but Not for Tourists
by Lara Dunston
Categories: Local Knowledge, Local Produce, Local Products, Local Travel, Trip Essentials
Tags: bar, best breakfast, cafe, coffee, guidebook, local neighbourhood, Local Travel, lunch, maps, navigating the city, New York, New York City, Not for Tourists, park, restaurant, Spanish Harlem, sustainable travel, transport information
Apr
05
Weekend in Perpignan
GETTING YOUR BEARINGS Our bus (one euro) from Ceret to the regional capital Perpignan dropped us at Gare Routière, closer to the centre ville (town centre) than Gare SNCF, which is where you’ll arrive if coming by train from Paris or Barcelona. From Gare Routière it’s a five-minute walk along Avenue Général Leclerc to Place …
Categories: Eating Out, Food and Wine, Getaway, Local Produce, Local Products, Walking Tour
Tags: aperitifs, Au Crémier Gourmand, Aux Bonnes Olives, Bar de la Marée, bars, Bodega de Castellet, Brasserie Le Casty, brunch, Café Sansa, Café Vienne, cafes, Cailis, Cathédral St-Jean, Church of St-Jacques, culinary travel, Déclic, dessert, Dining, drinks, Eating Out, El Serrano, Epicerie Sala, experiential travel, exploring, France, getting your bearings, gourmet travel, gourmet walking tour, Grand Café de la Poste, La Basse, La Cafetiére Dammann Freres, La Galinette, La Table, Le Castillet, Les Comptoirs, Les Indigenes, living like locals, Local Travel, lunch, L’Atelier, Michelin-star chef Christophe Comes, Palais des Rois Majorque, Perpignan, Place Arago, Place de la Républic, Porte Notre-Dame, Pradal, Republic Café, restaurants, Rue de la Cloche d’Or, Rue de l’Ange, Rue Voltaire, shopping, shops, sightseeing, slow travel, Southern France, sustainable travel, sweets, travel, wine bar, wine shop
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