Finally, head here for packing tips and my essential travel items and favourites, from carry-on luggage to coffee-making kit.
Australia
Canada
London — my home until 1988 and since 2008
- Long weekend in London guide (coffee, food and things to do; there's also a map and downloadable PDF version); there's also a 2014 version
- My top 100 London speciality coffee spots (older versions from 2011, 2012 and 2014)
- A compilation of my London food and drink reviews
- My annual food and coffee awards: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
- Neighbourhoods: South of the River: Bermondsey, Camberwell, Deptford, Peckham; East London; West End: Marylebone; King's Cross
- How to go to the BFI London Film Festival and London cinema etiquette
New York — my favourite and most frequented foreign city
- Long weekend in NYC guide (coffee, food, shopping and things to do; there's also a map); there are also versions from 2013 and 2009
- My speciality coffee guide to NYC (regularly updated since 2017)
- When in Brooklyn...
Other travel guides — your dream destination awaits
I usually take one two-week long-haul holiday each year, as well as a number of other shorter breaks and a smattering of work trips. I love putting together my perfect itineraries for each destination and length of time, usually featuring things to do, places to eat, drink and shop, lots of speciality coffee shops, and plenty of practical information to help you plan your trip. From two weeks in Bali to a long weekend in Porto, I've got you covered!
Australia
- Four weeks in Australia & New Zealand: itinerary and travel tips
- Byron Bay
- Melbourne; Melbourne coffee guide
- Port Douglas: Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest
- Sydney; Sydney coffee guide
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Sweden
France
- Cannes; long weekend in Cannes guide; how to enjoy the Cannes Film Festival; how to spend a day in Cannes for €50
- Paris; best coffee in Paris (2017); best coffee in Paris (2016); a weekend in Paris (2016).
- Toulouse; Toulouse speciality coffee guide
- Cologne
- Berlin; Berlin weekend guide; Kreuzberg and Neukölln coffee walk; Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg coffee guide
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
- Four weeks in Australia and New Zealand: itinerary and travel tips
- Auckland
- North Island road trip: Coromandel Peninsula; Rotorua, Taupo, Waitomo and Hamilton
- Queenstown
- Wellington; Wellington coffee guide
Sweden
- Bath; Bath coffee guide
- Birmingham; caffeinated weekend in Birmingham
- Brighton; Beachy Head day trip
- Bristol: Bristol coffee guide; long weekend in Bristol
- Cambridge
- Canterbury, Whitstable and Ramsgate; Canterbury and Whitstable coffee guide
- Cotswolds
- Edinburgh; long weekend in Edinburgh; Edinburgh coffee guide
- Glasgow; long weekend in Glasgow; Glasgow coffee guide
- Leicester; Leicester coffee guide
- London
- Manchester: Manchester coffee guide
- Margate: day trip to Margate & Broadstairs (2023); day trip to Margate (2018); Margate coffee guide
- Oxford: Oxford coffee guide; 48 hours in Oxford part 1 and part 2; how to survive the Bicester Village sales
- Rye and Camber Sands
- Wales (Barmouth and Montgomery)
- West Midlands and Staffordshire (Birmingham, Lichfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton): West Midlands and Staffordshire coffee
- Austin
- Boston; Boston & Cambridge coffee guide
- Chicago; Chicago coffee guide
- Massachusetts (including Cambridge and Cape Ann)
- New England; New England coffee guide
- NYC
- Portland, Oregon; Third Wave Coffee Tours review; Portland speciality coffee guide; Columbia River Gorge.
- Portland, Maine
- San Francisco; six hours in San Francisco.
- San Jose
- Seattle; Seattle coffee guide; Seattle city guide
- Washington, DC; best coffee in DC (2015); 2016 DC coffee guide; 2018 coffee guide
- 15-day Vietnam itinerary
- Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay
- Hanoi; Hanoi coffee guide.
- Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon); HCMC and Hoi An coffee guide.
- Hoi An; HCMC and Hoi An coffee guide.
- Hué
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