The Top Travel Destinations with Kevin Flanagan

Often voted the No. 1 site for visitors to see, the Guinness Storehouse has been variously described as a Willy Wonka Factory for alcohol and a brilliant marketing tool for a global brand. Kevin Flanagan shares his views on Dublin’s most visited tourist attraction and offers an alternative! Listen to the end to discover another fabulous visitor experience. Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravel...

Kevin chats to his old friend and restaurateur Eileen Dunne Crescenzi about where and what to eat when visiting Rome. “Eileen knows more about Italian food than anyone I know,” says Kevin, “Not only has she opened one of Dublin’s busiest and best-known restaurants, Dunne & Crescenzi, she has lived and worked in Rome for many years.” Follow Eileen’s advice and you will enjoy the unique wonder o...

With the death of a pope and the election of another, Kevin revisits a city that has dominated the world news. And he gives his own unique guide to one of the most fascinating places in the world, explaining in the process why it is always in the news.  Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram:...

Due to extraordinary circumstances, Kevin was taken on a tour of places in the Vatican not usually seen by tourists. In this episode, he reveals his insights and shares his secret tips on how to get the most out of a visit to the world’s smallest city-state! Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Insta...

”I wanted to visit Taiwan before the potential Chinese invasion happened,” says Kevin, “I wanted to see, taste and feel what peace was like before it changed.” Kevin visits the beleaguered country that lives under the shadow of war.   Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldesti...

”I have visited some of the most chilling places on earth: The Killing Fields of Cambodia, the site of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Auschwitz,” says Kevin, “but the Ossuary in Verdun where the bones of 160,000 soldiers of all nationalities bear a very heavy message for humankind that cannot be avoided.” Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Tr...

”You can actually pack a hell of a lot into a one-day city break,” says Kevin Flanagan, travel writer and podcaster, after returning from a short stay in the UK’s capital. “As you know I am a big believer in travel as a way to keep your brain young as you get older, so there really is no excuse not to travel and enjoy cities around Europe and beyond even for just one day!” Do visit our website at...

Kevin was invited recently to visit a friend in London. “It was one of my oldest friends Spencer and his wife Bimbi asked me to come on a surprise visit.” After humming and hahhing, Kevin decided to clear his diary and go. “I will never forget the look of sheer surprise and delight on Spencer’s face when I saw him. He was over the moon I had made the effort and it was worth the trip for that alone...

Kevin finds simple delights as he strolls through the centre of London with a friend on a balmy spring day Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Kevin goes back to visit a past that still resonates with lessons as he visits the iconic Winston Churchill War Rooms. The fascinating visit prompts the question: “If we don’t learn from the past are we destined to repeat it?” The answer is sobering . . .  Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagr...

Kevin gives you a tour of his favourite Dublin parks where you can see Spring blossom in front of your very eyes! Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

One day recently Kevin was told that his favourite coffee provider was changing their blend. Initially, this was bad news but life surprised him with a whole new coffee experience. “Every morning I go to Nancy Bluebells on Sean MacDermot Street for my espresso and pop into Our Lady of Lourdes Church next door. The combination of coffee and incense is the ultimate wake-up!”  Do visit our website at...

During his long trips abroad during the winter of 2025 Kevin Flanagan examines the benefits of talking to just about anyone! Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Reflecting on his extensive winter tours around Europe and Asia, Kevin examines why it is important to travel  Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Kevin goes on an adventure in search of the near Rifugio Fuciade - a Michelin-starred restaurant lost in the snowy Dolomite mountains. And so begins an adventure both mouthwatering and amazing . . .   Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Kevin enjoys his first-ever visit to the Dolomites, long considered a leading contender for the “most stunning mountain range in the World” title. Does he award the title himself?  Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Though it’s only January and very early in the season, Kevin visits the legendary Imperial Gardens in search of cherry blossoms. Will he find this most famous symbol of Japanese culture? Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Kevin visits the city of Tokyo, replete with history and strangeness he has found in no other destination. A truly special place that you will get a real sense of in this podcast Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates:  Instagram: @thetoptraveldestinations X: @becreativkev

Following his trip to Hiroshima Kevin ponders the question: what do we get out of travelling to destinations that witness some of the most awful acts of human depravity? Would we not be better off sipping pina coladas on a beach instead? Kevin gives his answer to this thought-provoking question.  Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinati...

Kevin visits the city whose name became indelibly etched into the human mind, following the dropping of the first atomic weapon in 1945. And in Hiroshima, Kevin finds a tale of two cities.  One is a vibrant bustling place with lots of money and many things to do and see.  The second is one of the most sombre places he has ever visited - a UNESCO World Heritage Peace Park where you can stand beside...

Kevin looks at the joys and challenges of travelling solo as opposed to travelling with family and friends and he finds there are huge advantages in both.  “When you do travel solo you create a vacuum that allows others to enter your life. People that would never have befriended had you been with family and friends.” And Kevin shares how that vacuum was filled by Diamond, the concierge he met whil...

“As I come to the end of my five-week odyssey in Asia I reflect on what this journey has given me. And, I have to say, it's been a lot!”  Kevin says as he prepares to leave Asia after visiting Thailand, Taiwan and Japan over five weeks.  “It has opened my heart and invigorated my mind. But most of all it has made me feel alive!”  Join Kevin as he takes you through the highlights of a once-in-a...

Since listening to air raid sirens warning of a nuclear attack as a schoolboy living in London at the height of the Cold War, Kevin has always felt the shadow of nuclear war. “We were living under the threat of nuclear annihilation,” he recalls, having just lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis where all-out nuclear was averted with just minutes to spare. “I remember the day the air raid sirens w...

“I have never experienced such smooth speed and such a quiet cabin in which to sit and take in the views as they flash past at breakneck speed!” So says Kevin as he reflects on his first journey on a Bullet Train from Tokyo to Hiroshima. And Kevin finds many parallels between the experience of being on the fastest train in the world and spending time in Japanesse society, “Both run so smoothly, bu...

What do you do when you arrive late at night, exhausted and sick only to find that the beautiful hotel you booked  is actually dirty, in the wrong part of town and reeking of stale cigarette smoke? Kevin faced this dilemma recently and here the story of what he did! Do visit our website at www. TheTopTravelDestinations.com You can also follow The Top Travel Destinations on social media for updates...