Publicist to the stars, Ciara Parkes joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. 

As former Explorer for Tatler, Ciara shares why she much prefers travelling on her own time, how a diary found in an Oxfam shop led her to trek to Peru and her underrated pick for a beach holiday in Spain.

Plus, she shares the incredible and bizarre menu of food she had in Vietnam, as well as a very niche yet useful travel tip about altitude. 

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Places mentioned:

• South America
• Chile
• Bolivia
• Argentina 
• Peru
• Patagonia 
• Penu, Peru, South America
• Tarifa, Spain
• Saigon, Vietnam 
• The Park, London
• Riddle & Finns, Brighton
• Jack’s Camp, Botswana
• Makadikadi Basin, Botswana

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To kick off a new year of more Travel Secrets, Actor Toby Jones joins Tanya Rose on this week’s episode.

Toby shares what it was like studying theatre and mime in Paris, how Robert DeNiro bagged him a table at one of the world’s more luxurious restaurants and he reveals a poignant travel memory supporting sex education teachings in East Africa. 

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Places mentioned:

• Paris, France
• India
• Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
• The Himalayas 
• Barcelona, Spain
• El Bulli, Barcelona 
• Milawi, East Africa
• California, USA

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Actress Indira Varma joins Tanya Rose to reveal her travel secrets this week.

She explains how her Indian and Swiss parents informed her approach to travel and cuisine, the national park in California where she always stumbles upon strange things and she shares the places in Switzerland to find the best fondu.

Plus, she shares a secret from Venice so you can try a luxury hotel without the stay and a poignant travel memory which highlights the kindness of strangers. 

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Places mentioned:

• India
• Joshua Tree National Park, California
• Vancouver Island, Canada
• Tenerife
• Lausanne, Switzerland
• Calabria, Italy
• Jikoni, London 
• Palace Hotel, Gstaad
• Café du Cerf, Rougemont
• La Sage, Switzerland
• St. Marks Square, Venice
• MMuseum, New York
• The Frick, New York
• Naples, Italy

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Food writer, critic and son to Her Majesty the Queen: Tom Parker-Bowles joins Tanya Rose with his foodie travel secrets this week. 

In this episode, Tom describes his love affair with Mexico, the countries with the world's best street food and why you should never trust a Michelin-star restaurant in Italy.  

Plus, he shares his poignant travel memory featuring his late adventurer uncle Mark Shard and a photograph showing the behind-the-scenes of eating dangerously.

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Places mentioned:

• Mexico
• Mexico City
• Four Seasons 
• Tulum 
• Cuixmala Hotel
• Hacienda de San Antonio
• Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• French Quarter, Shanghai 
• Sting Ray Bay, Antigua
• Acapulco, Mexico
• Naples, Italy
• Da Adolfo, Positano
• Trattoria da Maria Grazia, Sorrento
• El Bulli, Roses
• Noma, Copenhagen
• Bibdendum, London
• Josephine Bouchon, London
• India

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Creative Director and fashion & homeware extraordinaire, Alex Eagle joins Tanya Rose this week. 

Alex reveals the Italian destination that she believes has it all – including the tourist hot spot she would highly recommend; she explains why the British countryside should be higher on your travel bucket list as well as the restaurant she’d go to for her final meal. 

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Places mentioned:

• Venice
• Aman Hotel
• Harry’s Bar
• Caffé Florian
• Cipriani 
• The Gritti Palace
• New York
• Central Park Zoo
• British Countryside
• Hay-on-Wye
• Cornwall
• Cotswolds
• Ristorante Da Adolfo, Positano
• Il Pellicano Hotel
• Ischia, Italy
• India
• Varanasi, India
• Ibiza

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Actor Freddie Fox joins Tanya Rose to share his eclectic collection of travel secrets in this week’s episode.

Freddie shares the incredible dream trip to Cuba and the number one piece of advice he received before travelling there; he divulges his underrated trip to Dollywood and as a self-proclaimed ‘food slut’ he shares his top places to eat in Italy. 

Plus, he gives us quite a controversial travel tip and shares his Cuban scrapbook filled with fantastic photographs. 

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Places mentioned:

• Havana, Cuba
• Shanghai
• Oman
• Ziggy Bay
• The Cheddy
• The Albastan Palace
• Dollywood
• Italy
• Joe Jilks
• Osteria Le Logge, Siena
• Love and War in the Apennines, Da Divo
• Pensione Palazzo Ravizza, Siena
• Bavaria
• Florence
• Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo
• Kimmeridge, Dorset, England
• The Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life
• Cornwall
• Passalacqua, Lake Como

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Travel aficionado and former editor of Condé Nast Traveller, Melinda Stevens sits down with Tanya Rose on this jampacked episode of Travel Secrets. 

Melinda shares where her pathological curiosity has taken her over the years: she explains why Egypt lives in her head rent-free, the extraordinary museum she found in London and why she loves visiting supermarkets abroad.

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Places mentioned:

• Cala di Volpe
• Egypt
• The Grant Museum of Zoology, Bloomsbury
• Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
• Russia
• London
• no drama, London
• Akub, Notting Hill
• Holy Carrot, Portobello
• Switzerland
• Cyclades, Greece
• Lima, Peru
• Honduras
• Atacama Desert, Chile

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Broadcaster, writer and hosting guru Laura Jackson joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. 

In this episode, Laura stresses the importance of experiencing culture through restaurants and museums, she shares why she’s terrified to take her children to New York (and reveals many fabulous places to eat), and she discusses trying to shake off the preconceptions of luxury hotels. 

Plus, she divulges her terrible Airbnb experience in France, her poignant road trip up the west coast of North America and her top insider travel tip. 

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Places mentioned:

• Grantley Hall, Yorkshire
• The Diner, Brooklyn
• Cafe Gitane, New York
• Serendipity, New York
• Dimes, New York 
• Soneva, Maldives
• Brittany, France
• Smokehouse Cottage, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Mexico City, Mexico
• Tulum, Mexico
• Canta Rana, Lima, Peru
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Chez Panisse, San Francisco
• Zuni Café, San Francisco
• Tofino, Vancouver Island

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Writer, broadcaster and the king of fabulous jumpers, Gyles Brandreth joins Tanya Rose with a collection of captivating travel secrets.

In this episode, Gyles shares the joys of disappearing into the side streets of Venice, the trip that had such a profound impact he turned vegetarian and if you’re going to the Taj Mahal, why you should go alone. 

Plus, he shares his number 1 destinations that are both abroad and much closer to home. 

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PLACES MENTIONED

• The Peninsula, London
• Broadstone, Kent
• Venice, Italy
• Trattoria alla Madonna, Venice
• Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice
• Iceland
• Greenland
• Isle of Wight
• Israel 
• India
• Petra, Jordan
• Rome, Italy
• St Peters Square, Vatican City

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In this episode, Jo Malone shares an abundance of tips and secrets not just limited to travel!

Jo joins Tanya Rose on the Travel Secrets sofa this week to share the magical experience with a Sting Ray which inspired an important JoLoves scent; what’s in her travel bag to have the most relaxing flight possible and her experience in South Africa close up with wild elephants. 

Plus, Jo shares many travel tales behind creating her iconic fragrances, as well as the place in France where it all began. 

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PLACES MENTIONED

• Grasse, France
• La Bastide Saint-Antoine hotel, Grasse
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Montana, USA
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Thula Thula Private Game Reserve, South Africa
• Mountain Sky Ranch, Montana

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