Hobart sits close enough to the rest of southern and eastern Tasmania that most visitors end up choosing between five or six properly different days out, and every “best day trips” listicle online treats them as interchangeable. They are not. I did two of these myself, researched three more properly rather than guessing, and there is one that gets...
I got into Nagoya on a late Shinkansen from Tokyo, checked into a hotel two minutes from the station, and had exactly one day to see a city most people skip entirely. Nagoya sits on the Tokaido Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Kyoto, and a lot of travellers treat it as nothing more than a place the train passes through. I wanted to know if that reputation was fair...
This is the 7 days in Tasmania itinerary I actually did, Launceston to Hobart, one way, no backtracking. It is not the only way to see the island, and if you have longer, I have included an honest section on what I would add rather than pretend a week covers everything. But if you have seven days and want to see the real range of what this island does, this is the...
I spent five days in Hobart across a longer Tasmania trip, and I could have used every one of them. But most people do not have five days, so this is not a diary of what I did in order. It is the itinerary I would hand a friend with three or four days, built from everything I actually saw and checked, reordered where a stranger’s trip benefits from a different...
I did not plan this post the way I planned the others. There was no single walk, no single day. This is what happens when you add up four nights of wandering Hobart’s waterfront, its heritage streets, its markets, and its museums, then step back and look at what you actually did. If you are planning a Hobart trip and want the real shape of the city rather than...
I stayed at exactly one hotel in Hobart, Nightcap at Carlyle, in Derwent Park, north of the CBD on the same side of the river as the city itself. Everything else in this guide is researched and checked against multiple current sources, not personal experience. I would rather say that plainly than write reviews for rooms I never slept in. Hobart is small enough that...
I only ate at two places in Hobart worth calling proper first-person recommendations. Everything else in this post is researched, checked against multiple current sources, and clearly marked as such. I would rather tell you that upfront than pretend I dined my way through the entire city on one four-night trip. Hobart’s food scene has grown into something worth...
I have been asked more times than I can count: “How do you actually plan a trip to Bhutan?” It is a fair question, because Bhutan does not work like anywhere else I have travelled to. You cannot book a flight, land, and figure the rest out as you go. Almost every visitor arranges their entire trip — guide, driver, hotels, permits — through a licensed...
Punakha is a beautiful valley and one of the most visited tourist destinations in Bhutan. While the Punakha Dzong is a gorgeous piece of architecture, Punakha offers some naturally beautiful places to visit too.
I went to TMAG expecting an hour, maybe ninety minutes. I left four hours later, and I still had not seen everything. If you take one thing from this post, take that: budget more time than you think you need. The main entrance signage for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, with an exhibition banner for artist Jodi Haines visible alongside. TMAG sits...