Spain: The intriguing cider house of Astigarraga
Once the txotxero opens the tap, you place your glass under the stream ...
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Ben Groundwater
Traveller's globetrotting backpacker, Ben Groundwater, finds the good, the bad and the ugly in the world’s best destinations. Ben is a columnist, blogger, feature writer, and host of Traveller's podcast Flight of Fancy, who has visited more than 80 countries during his 12 years in the industry. Ben was named travel writer of the year by the Australian Society of Travel Writers in 2014 and 2015.
The world's 14 greatest snack foods every traveller needs to try
Why limit yourself to just three meals a day?
Podcast: Why train travel is the best way to see a country
Whether it's high-speed, luxury or an old rattler, people have become so obsessed with train travel for a reason.
Tourists, gawking at poverty is not seeing the 'real' destination
Authenticity. Have a scan through pretty much any travel story ever written and you'll find that word, or at least that concept.
The nine biggest things in travel right now
You might think travel exists outside of fashion and trends, that all of the world's destinations are always open to us to visit so there's no "cool" and "not cool" – but you'd be wrong.
Eight holidays other people are having you should definitely be jealous of
I'm envious of other people's adventures, of the great things my friends and colleagues are doing, even when I'm travelling.
Airport review: Pity this airport's beauty is only skin deep
The queues are long and it's not easy to navigate, but you can appreciate it's an architectural wonder.
The 11 things some travellers think they're entitled to (but they're not)
You might feel you're entitled to some of the following things. But, you're not.
Podcast: Six travel experiences to have before you die
The ‘bucket-list’ experiences every traveller should do at least once in their life.
Your future passport won't be a passport at all
There's an old truism of travel: as long as you've got your passport, you'll be fine.
The one thing in travel you can never take for granted
It's one of the worst things that can happen – and there's nothing you can do about it.
The best place to eat in Rome
Rome's king of carbonara has been crowned.
The countries with the world's scariest drivers
It's not easy driving a car in another country. Especially in these countries.
No, you're not entitled to complain about my screaming baby
When you write a column about the difficulty of travelling and dining out with a baby, the response is sadly predictable.
The best travel experience in the world has changed forever
Sight-seeing trips, as we knew them, are finished.
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