Actress Minnie Driver joins Tanya Rose to reveal her travel secrets in this week’s episode.

Minnie shares her adoration for surfing, why she thinks Blackpool is an underrated travel destination and tales of living in Barbados as a child.

Plus, she shares her love of Italian food and reveals how she first made a home for herself in Los Angeles.

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Places mentioned:

• Los Angeles
• Malibu Beach
• San Isidro, Argentina
• Saint Paul de Vence, France
• La Colombe d'Or Hotel
• Kauai, Hawaii
• Rome
• Lo Scoglio, Nerano
• Portofino
• Yorkshire Fisheries, Blackpool
• Shu Xiangge, London
• Dorian, London
• Strakers, London
• The River Cafe, London
• Tavarua, Fiji
• Coral Reef Club, Barbados
• The Lone Star, Barbados
• Tonga, Oceania

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Actress Miranda Richardson shares her incredible travel secrets on this week’s episode.

Miranda reveals to Tanya Rose why Istanbul makes her feel better about being human, the most accessible cruise she’s been on (as someone who isn’t a fan of cruises!) and why you should never order food during a full moon in Sri Lanka.

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Places mentioned:

• Istanbul, Turkey
• Alaska
• Italy
• Naples
• Tuscany
• Portofino
• Sri Lanka
• Luxor, Egypt
• Finland

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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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