Welcome to this week’s episode of Escape with Simon Calder, we’re delighted to be joined once again by Georgina Dee, Head of Travel Publishing at Guidebook publisher DK Eyewitness.

This week Georgina and Simon will be covering a masterclass in ‘how to use a guidebook’, 48 hours in this weeks city destination, Singapore, plus top safety tops for when visiting Prague. 

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0:03:15 Fly-drive Holidays USA - www.completenorthamerica.com/fly-drives/usa/

0:03:48 7 Adventures, 7 days - www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/simon-calder-seven-adventures-days-series-river-fowey-cornwall-uk-travel-a9064716.html

0:06:15 Dublin City Tour Bus - www.dublinsightseeing.ie/dublin-sightseeing-tour-bus/citytour

0:08:18 Visit Singapore - www.visitsingapore.com/en/

0:09:11 London <-> Singapore - www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl./m/06t2t.2019-12-01*/m/06t2t./m/04jpl.2019-12-16;c:GBP;e:1;sd:1;t:f

0:09:11 London <-> Singapore via Singapore Airlines - www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl.SIN.2019-12-13*SIN./m/04jpl.2019-12-17;c:GBP;e:1;a:SQ*SQ;sd:1;t:f

0:09:17 London <-> Singapore Quantas - https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl./m/06y57.2019-11-28.LHRPER0QF10~PERSYD1QF582*/m/06y57./m/04jpl.2019-12-11;c:GBP;e:1;sd:1;t:f;sp:2.GBP.112252
0:09:51 Chinatown, Singapore https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g294265-d317415-Reviews-Chinatown-Singapore.html

0:09:59 Little India, Singapore - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g294265-d324541-Reviews-Little_India-Singapore.html

0:10:35 Arab Street Singapore - https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g294265-d324757-Reviews-Arab_Street-Singapore.html

0:10:45 The Colonial District - https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/asia/singapore/colonial-district/

0:11:05 Marina Bay Sands - https://www.marinabaysands.com/

0:12:43 Tree Top Walk, Singapore - https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/parks-and-nature-reserves/central-catchment-nature-reserve/treetop-walk

0:14:09 DK Eyewitness - https://www.dk.com/uk/category/travel/

0:23:05 Tintagel Castle - https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tintagel-castle/

0:26:04 - London<-> Prague: https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl./m/05ywg.2020-01-09*/m/05ywg./m/04jpl.2020-01-13;c:GBP;e:1;sd:1;t:f

0:26:37 Safety & Security in Prague: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/czech-republic/safety-and-security

0:27:20 N9 Bus Route - https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/n9/

0:27:35 x26 Bus Route - https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/x26/