Local Guides
Every pick verified and hand-selected. Filter by category, city and budget to plan your trip.
‘O Scugnizzo brings a proper taste of Naples to Arezzo — a lively, long-running pizzeria turning out true Neapolitan pizza with puffy, charred, wood-fired crusts. It is a firm local favourite in…
★ 4.4
2
Every last friday of the month “Karin” folk dance group organizes free traditional dance lessons. The event takes place either outdoors at Cascade Complex (warm months, May-Sept) or indoors at “Naregatsi” Art…
Central Park South
Sustainable luxury a block from Central Park, with farm-to-fork dining.
★ 4.7
$$$
Obchodna
A big, buzzing pub on the main shopping street, loved by students for hearty, affordable Slovak cooking – much of it from the owners’ own organic farm. Eleven rooms each tell a chapter of Slovak history; don’t leave without trying bryndzove halusky, the national dish.
★ 4.2
$
Pantang Village, Liwan
Why it matters: architecture graduate Liu Erxi opened 1200bookshop in July 2014 – Guangzhou’s first 24-hour bookstore – after walking 1,200km around Taiwan on the kindness of strangers, and he paid it forward by keeping a small room of free beds for backpackers, who write in with their story and reasons for wanting to stay. He called himself the city’s night watchman, and in the first two and a half years more than ten thousand people slept here: students, backpackers, people struggling with depression, homeless kids, elderly waste-pickers. Daytime sales covered the nighttime losses, and Liu said he would keep the lights on even if only ten people showed up after dark. The Liwan Lake Park flagship, 1200book&bed, is the one to visit – a bookstore, cafe and hostel in Pantang Village, a 15-minute walk from Changshou Lu metro and the best base for wandering Liwan’s craft workshops and second-hand shops.
Charlottenburg
A playful, jungle-themed design hotel by the Zoo and Ku’damm, with a superb rooftop bar-restaurant (Monkey Bar) overlooking the animals and the Tiergarten. Fun, central-west and full of character.
★ 4.5
$$