Travel Secrets

Founder of Citizen Femme (the ultimate guide for the female traveller), Sheena Bhattessa, joins Tanya Rose to divulge her travel secrets.  Sheena shares her unexpected experience on safari at the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the worst meal she’s ever had here in the UK and why Italy is the best place to take children.  Plus, she shares the one app you need to take on all your travels and how New...

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. Donate to the Red Cross here, who are supporting victi...

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.  Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch...

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...

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.  Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and...

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...

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...

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.  Don’t forget to follow @travelse...

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 trav...

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. Don’t forget to follow @trav...

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,...

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...

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 tr...

Raised in Montreal in a big Greek community, Viviane Paxinos is the CEO of the incredible women’s members club AllBright. Today she joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets. As a Greek native, Viviane shares why you shouldn’t write off mainland Greece, the best places to visit in the country and why she prefers the quieter side these days. Viviane also shares her favourite past times when visi...

Fashion designer Melissa Odabash reveals her travel secrets with Tanya Rose on this week’s episode – and since she started her modelling career 18 she has plenty of secrets to share.  Melissa explains why Italy is her number one destination and why you’ll eat well no matter where you go, her disastrous trip to Iceland and her favourite activities when she’s staying in Florida.  Don’t forget to fol...

The world’s most successful male model, David Gandy joins Tanya Rose with his extensive travel secrets this week. David shares how he swam with piranhas in the Amazon Rainforest, the idyllic destination he found a bit too boring and what it was like to race classic cars with fellow supermodels in Italy.  Plus, he shares why he loves eating at simple American diners, why he doesn’t take pictures wh...

Former Minister for Culture and Broadcaster, Ed Vaizey is sharing his Travel Secrets with Tanya Rose this week.  Ed shares the many fantastic and unique places he had the privilege of visiting while working as an MP, from the Middle East to the French Embassy, the villa where you can step inside an iconic painting and the Wonder of the World that definitely is as good as it looks in photos.  Don’t...

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter and film director, Christopher Hampton joins Tanya Rose to kick off this new season of Travel Secrets.  Christopher reveals the unexpected trip which almost led him to jail, why Italy is his favourite country and his poignant memory which was a moving experience at an Orangutan Sanctuary in Malaysia.  Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and rememb...

Critically acclaimed actor, Dominic West joins Tanya Rose on a trip around the world through his six travel secrets.  Dominic shares how he hitchhiked across Europe and the joys of travelling with as little as possible. He reveals his obsession with trees, why the South Pole was a little disappointing and the hilarious story of his Mother-in-Law telling a certain celebrity there was no room in the...

Actor and pantomime legend Christopher Biggins reveals all his travel secrets with Tanya Rose.  Biggins shares his first days as a Dame at Butlins, how you can go to New York on a small budget and the extraordinary experience of seeing the Terracotta Warriors in China.  Discover the charity dinner hosted Bill Clinton and Sir Elton John, why a cruise is Biggins’ favourite way to travel and the impo...

BAFTA nominated actor Rupert Everett joins Tanya Rose on the Travel Secrets couch this week. Rupert shares why he recommends Rome as your next destination, the extraordinary experience of European train travel and why he thinks luxury travel is overrated. Plus, he explains his frustration with fancy food, why restaurants are a great way to feel less lonely when travelling solo and he shares many s...

Vogue’s former fashion director, Lucinda Chambers is the most adventurous traveller Tanya has ever met and offers her six travel secrets gathered from her incredible career and life.  Despite travelling the world, discover why Cornwall is one of Lucinda’s number 1 destinations, how she wrangled a fashion shoot location so she could go white water rafting (while 6 months pregnant!) and the horrifyi...

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a prize-winning historian and bestselling author, and he shares an abundance of travel secrets with Tanya Rose this week.  Simon shares the hotel in Italy you should avoid, top tips for finding the best coffee wherever you’re visiting and why his best meal was in a shack in Romania.  Plus, Simon offers a substantial list of hotel recommendations across the world, the sini...

Multi-talented actor and writer Matt Lucas joins Tanya Rose for an episode brimming with humour, nostalgia, and travel wisdom.  Discover why Matt believes everyone should visit New York multiple times, his unexpected journey to a Christian-themed Las Vegas in Missouri, and why he thinks water parks are highly underrated.  Matt also opens up about his poignant visit to Amsterdam and Berlin, tracing...

Owner of luxury travel wear brand, Rae Feather joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets.  Rae shares how she landed her first job at Formula One, what it was like to cycle the idyllic rice paddies of Vietnam and why family holidays in Portugal are her most poignant memories. Plus, she reveals the best meal she had after the Monaco Grand Prix and a heart-stopping encounter with George Clooney…...