Travel Secrets

Niamh Algar, star of the new hit TV thriller series The Iris Affair on Sky Atlantic, joins Tanya Rose to divulge her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Niamh shares how learning how to sail inspired her love of travel, discusses her experience on safari in Cape Town and reveals why she never travels anywhere without a swimsuit… Plus, Niamh unpacks why she thinks the Trevi fountain is underrated and tells all about the wonderful places she visited in Italy whilst filming her new show, The Iris Affair. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube.Places mentioned: Cork, Ireland Sardinia, Italy Rome, Italy Bocca della Veritá, Rome, Italy Cape Town, South Africa Mossel Bay, Cape Town, South Africa Florence, Italy Pino’s Sandwiches, Florence, Italy Cagliari, Sardinia Alghero, Sardinia Barcelona, Spain Mullingar, Ireland Lisbon, Portugal Maynooth, Ireland Chapters 00:00 Intro 06:04 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 08:49 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 13:37 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 15:19 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 24:36 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 30:30 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 32:46 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, the phenomenal filmmakers behind Bend It Like Beckham and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, join Tanya Rose to share their travel secrets this week. In this episode, Gurinder shares how a trip to Pakistan inspired her film Bride and Prejudice and Paul discusses the unexpected kindness he received when backpacking across Europe. Together, they dive into why a visit to The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is an experience everyone should have. Plus, the couple discuss the best meal they had whilst visiting the Malaysian Royal family and Gurinder reveals where she had the best Chinese food of her life… MEGAPHONE: Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. YOUTUBE: Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can listen to all of our episodes on your travels by listening on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Places mentioned: The Golden Temple, India Amritsar, India Spice Village (CGH Earth), India Lahore, Pakistan Hanoi, Vietnam Greece Goa, India Padua, Italy Iceland Oslo, Norway The Peninsula, Hong Kong Bukhara, New Delhi, India Elco Market, Mumbai, India Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi The Datai Resort, Malaysia Maldives The Hamptons, USA Montauk, New York, USA San Clemente, California, USA The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Chapters 00:00 Intro 04:57 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 10:30 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 19:06 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 23:04 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 32:46 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 36:54 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 48:53 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 50:49 Outro

The wonderful British actress Rosamund Pike joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets today. In this episode, Rosamund unpacks her transformative experience watching the sunrise in Cambodia, her exclusive tour of the Boeing Factory and tells the story of how she once got trapped in Vietnam! Plus, Rosamund discusses her awe-inspiring experience in Jordan and shares tales from the many road trips she’s been on in her beloved Citroën DS. Rosamund’s new film NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T is out now in cinemas. Rosamund’s incredible performance in the National Theatre’s Inter Alia is available to watch in cinemas via NT Live, you can find a screening near you at NTLive.com. Inter Alia is transferring to Wyndam’s Theatre in the West End in March 2026! Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Los Angeles, United States The Four Seasons, Los Angeles Tuscany, Italy Petra, Jordan Dead Sea, Jordan Hanoi, Vietnam Boeing Everett Factory, Washington, United States Croatia Prague, Czechia France Hotel Bellevue des Alpes, Switzerland Mount Eiger, Switzerland Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland Siem Reap, Cambodia China Hisa Franko, Slovenia El Bulli, Spain Santa Fe, New Mexico Louvre, Abu Dhabi Museum of the Future, Dubai Chapters 00:00 Intro 05:30 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 08:33 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 19:32 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 28:30 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 33:05 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 38:09 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 46:13 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 47:50 Outro

Former tennis champion, broadcaster and Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Annabel takes us on a journey of all the fabulous places she’s visited whilst on the tennis tour, shares why she believes everyone needs to visit the Igazú Falls in Argentina and describes her gruesome experience on ‘Snake Alley’ in Taipei… Plus, Annabel reveals her favourite restaurant in Portugal and tells the hilarious tale of her hotel room getting robbed on a family holiday in Thailand! Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Igazú Falls, Argentina Rio de Janeiro, Brazil San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Taipei, Taiwan New Zealand Pisa, Italy Split, Croatia Cape Town, South Africa Sr Franco, Almancil, Portugal Thailand Chapters 00:00 Intro 07:47 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 12:42 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 19:41 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 29:19 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 34:35 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 37:20 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 44:42 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Star of Succession and Pride & Prejudice Matthew Macfadyen joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Matthew shares his extraordinary experience filming Succession in a deserted Florence, his poignant family skiing holiday and reveals why he believes a good tour guide is worth their weight in gold… Plus, Matthew shares his top travel tip and unpacks his emotional experience visiting a small church in Bologna. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Lincolnshire, England Aberdeen, Scotland Jakarta, Indonesia Church of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna Ristorante Al Pappagallo, Bologna Florence, Italy Hotel San Michele, Celle Ligure, Italy Trattoria Sostanza, Florence Disney World Orlando, Florida Villa d’Este Hotel, Lake Como Otago Region, New Zealand New Mexico, USA Switzerland Croatia Budapest, HungaryChapters 00:00 Intro 04:25 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 06:32 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 10:01 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 13:13 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 18:31 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 20:16 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 24:10 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 26:24 Outro

The brilliant British actor Alistair Petrie joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Alistair discusses his nomadic childhood travelling across the world as a military family, shares his wild story of partying in a palace in India and tells all about his fascinating experience swimming with dolphins in Hawaii. Plus, Alistair shares his poignant experience visiting the Taj Mahal with his family and reveals his favourite travel destination that is so underrated, they operate by word-of-mouth advertising only… Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Aberdeen, Scotland Yorkshire, England Saudi Arabia Maidenhead, England Nigeria Tel Aviv, Israel The Mercer, New York City New Haven, Connecticut New Delhi, India Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India Joan Ocean, Hawaii Kohala, Hawaii Montana, United States Cognac, France Bordeaux, France La Tupina, Bordeaux Hotel Post, Austria Majorca, Spain Ca’s Patro March, Mallorca La Residencia, Mallorca Little Owl, New York City Taj Mahal, India Sydney Opera House, Australia Kenya Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

The brilliant Canadian-British fashion designer Patrick Cox joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Patrick takes us behind the scenes of his extraordinary private tour of the Palace of Versailles, shares how spotting gorillas in Gabon was a transformative experience and discusses his poignant experience swimming with whales in Indonesia. Plus, Patrick shares how his travel journey has also been a spiritual one, and reveals how being introduced to psychedelics in Ibiza changed his life… Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Lagos, Nigeria Chad Edmonton, Canada Cameroon Toronto, Canda Milan, Italy London, England Gabon Versailles, France Park Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo Jaipur, India Mojo Island, Indonesia Ibiza, Spain Chapters 00:00 Intro 10:54 Secret 1: Most unexpected travel experience 18:40 Secret 2: Most Overrated or Underrated travel experience 23:36 Secret 3: Best Food & Drink while travelling 28:06 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 36:35 Secret 5 Poignant memory from a trip 51:10 Secret 6: Special travel photograph

The exceptional actor, author and presenter Rose Ayling-Ellis joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Rose tells us all about her recent solo backpacking trip across Southeast Asia, why she thinks Bali is overrated and the travel destinations which have inspired her passion for nature conservation. Plus, Rose shares her poignant memory seeing manta rays in the Maldives and reveals the restaurant where she had the best pasta dish of her life…  The full transcript of this episode is available here. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Malaysia Phillipines Bali, Indonesia Australia Scotland South Africa Torcolo, Verona Hoppers, London Sicily, Italy Hard Rock Hotel, Maldives The Standard, Maldives Chapters 00:00 Intro 05:10 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 08:48 Secret 2: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 13:12 Secret 3: Most unexpected travel experience 14:58 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 18:22 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 21:56 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 28:33 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 29:22 Outro

The brilliant comedian, TV presenter and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Ruby tells us all about how she escaped from finishing school in Switzerland, takes us behind the scenes of some of her most iconic celebrity interviews and reveals how she hitchhiked to Mexico whilst at university! Plus, Ruby discusses her poignant experience volunteering at a refugee camp in Cape Town and shares how her friendship with the late Alan Rickman shaped the course of her life. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Jamaica Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro Montreux, Switzerland Cape Town, South Africa Blue Spirit Retreat Centre, Costa Rica Mexico Glasgow, Scotland Findhorn, Scotland Asheville, North Carolina Dukes, London Chapters 00:00 Intro 10:00 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 14:02 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 21:51 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 30:39 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 38:19 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 40:38 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  43:45 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 45:17 Outro

The incomparable actor, presenter and activist Jameela Jamil joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Jameela tells the tale of experiencing an earthquake in Tokyo, shares why she wants to grow older in Berlin and reveals why she always checks hotels aren’t haunted before staying the night… Plus, Jameela shares how the lack of culture in Los Angeles helped her find herself and discusses why it’s so important to capture every waking moment of your travels. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: London, England Marbella, Spain Pakistan Barbados The Peninsula, Tokyo Lake Garda, Italy Los Angeles, United States Shangri-La, Mauritius Berlin, Germany Chapters 00:00 Intro 05:44 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 09:24 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 11:08 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 20:14 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 25:39 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 36:30 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  42:31 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 44:37 Outro

Legendary celebrity hairdresser Sam McKnight joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Sam shares his poignant experience visiting Pakistan as Princess Diana’s personal hairstylist, recounts his adventures visiting Paris for Karl Lagerfeld’s fashion shows and discusses his unbelievable adventure whitewater rafting across America for a British Vogue photoshoot! Plus, Sam reveals why Italy is his top travel destination and gives some expert advice for protecting your hair from the sun when on holiday. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Ayr, Scotland Blackpool, England Naples, Italy Park Hyatt Milan, Italy Hassler Hotel Roma, Italy Green River, Utah Costa Rica Rio de Janerio, Brazil Brasîlia, Brazil Highgrove, Italy Ibiza, Spain Claridge’s, London Pakistan Taj Mahal, India Sri Lanka Maldives Chapters 00:00 Intro 04:53 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 07:13 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 12:22 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 19:27 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 25:50 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 31:38 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  36:14 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 36:53 Outro

Olivier Award-winning actress Celia Imrie joins Tanya Rose to divulge her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Celia discusses her life-changing experience filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in India, why she believes everyone needs to visit the Grand Canyon and opens up about why she’ll never travel by plane again! Plus, she recounts an eventful train journey from Bulgaria to Paris and explains why staying in an ice hotel didn’t quite live up to expectations… Celia stars in The Thursday Murder Club, which is out now on Netflix. She is also appearing in The Celebrity Traitors - coming this October! Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned:  Nice, France Grand Canyon, USA New York, USA Le Chantecler, Nice La Petite Maison, Nice Sofia, Bulgaria Zagreb, Croatia Udaipur, India Jaipur, India Estwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) Inverness, Scotland Australia Chapters 00:00 Intro 03:21 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 06:55 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 13:13 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 15:54 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 21:17 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 24:51 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  32:08 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 35:43 Outro

Star of Slow Horses and Missing You Rosalind Eleazar joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Rosalind discusses how her love of travel was forged going on business trips with her mother and her fond childhood memories spent on multiple Greek Islands. Plus, Rosalind shares how a trip to Colombia changed her perspective on the country and her poignant travel experience visiting her father’s home village. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Medellín, Colombia San Javier, Colombia La Piscina Parque Tayrona, Colombia Aberfeldy, Scotland The Fife Arms, Scotland Atlanta, Georgia, United States Spetses, Greece Trattoria Meloncello, Bologna, Italy Siphnus, Greece Keta, Ghana Chapters 00:00 Intro 04:58 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 11:48 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 19:06 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 27:10 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 36:33 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 39:24 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  46:52 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 49:45 Outro

The infamous journalist, broadcaster and TV personality Piers Morgan joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Piers discusses how his love for travelling only began when he first got into journalism, reveals his favourite restaurant you’ve never heard of and tells the tale of playing cricket in front of 10,000 people in Australia. Plus, Piers shares why he thinks Riyadh is incredibly underrated and why he would never go back to Portofino... Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: The Carlyle, New York Newick, Sussex Jumby Bay, Antigua Club 55, St Tropez Melbourne, Australia La Passalacqua, Lake Como Portofino, Italy Central Park, New York Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Cambio de Tercio, London Il Portico, London Shanghai, China Doyles on the Beach, Sydney NOBU, Malibu Munich, Germany Restaurant Le Plaisant, Munich Chateau de Pray, Amboise Chapters 00:00 Intro 06:44 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 12:11 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 18:38 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 22:45 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 27:47 Secret 5: Number 1 travel tip 29:28 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  32:22 Outro

World-renowned travel expert Emily FitzRoy joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. Emily is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to travelling Italy, and tells Tanya all about how she first fell in love with the country whilst on an Italian exchange at school. She reveals the secrets of how she found the perfect shooting locations for Succession and The White Lotus and shares how she found the best restaurant in Venice with Stanley Tucci! Plus, Emily shares her top travel tip and tells the story of how she narrowly-avoided being attacked by a bear in Bhutan! Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Milan, Italy Naples, Italy Trattoria Sorstanza, Florence La Passalacqua, Lake Como Hotel II Pelicano, Italy Bhutan Hebrides, Scotland Venice, Italy Rome, Italy Trattoria alla Madonna, Venice Osteria alla Testiere, Venice La Torricella, Rome Sicily JG Melon, New York The Carlyle, New York Brighton Chapters 00:00 Intro 07:55 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 12:54 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 16:33 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 19:25 Secret 4: Best Food & Drink while travelling 28:59 Secret 5: Poignant memory from a trip  33:12 Secret 6: Number 1 travel tip 35:39 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Star of Lucifer and the upcoming The Thursday Murder Club Tom Ellis joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Tom shares how his love of travelling began whilst on caravanning holidays as a child, why the Maldives is his all-time favourite travel destination and why he was left feeling underwhelmed by Australia… Plus, Tom reveals the best meal he’s ever had on holiday and discusses his poignant travel memory visiting Brecon Beacons with his children. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned:  Cardiff, Wales Cocoa Island, Maldives Vancouver, Canada Mexico City, Mexico Sydney, Australia Queensland, Australia Uluru, Australia Perth, Australia The Four Seasons, Hawaii Los Angeles, United States New York, United States Paris, France Rome, Italy Brecon Beacons, Wales Chapters 00:00 Intro 05:35 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 08:01 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 11:24 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 15:38 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 24:56 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 28:24 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  31:04 Secret 7: Special travel photograph 32:16 Outro

The wonderful British actor and model Elizabeth Hurley joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Elizabeth discusses her love for holidays in the Maldives, her unexpected experience filming in Russia in the early 90s and why she’s keen to make the most of the English summer with a staycation this year... Plus, Elizabeth shares her top travel tip for making the most of your holiday and reveals why India has always felt like a second home to her. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Luxor, Egypt Chechnya, Russia Budapest, Hungary Mustique, Caribbean Nevis, Caribbean Vakkaru, Maldives Mauritius The Ritz, Paris Jaipur, India Melbourne, Australia Hotel Emperador, Madrid

Britain’s fastest woman Dina Asher-Smith joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Dina shares why she believes Rome is underrated, why moving to Texas for her training has made her fall back in love with London, and why despite travelling the world for her athletics, she doesn’t feel like she’s seen a lot of the countries she’s raced in… Plus, Dina discusses her poignant experience visiting New Orleans after studying its history at university and reveals why she believes that as an elite athlete, you need a good holiday to realign your mind. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: London, United Kingdom Austin, Texas Honolulu, Hawaii Rome, Italy New Orleans, United States Beijing, China Paris, France Fallow, London Los Angeles, United States Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:41 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to 06:18 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience 12:11 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience 17:42 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling 24:32 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip 26:30 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip  35:56 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

Emmy-nominated actress, Erin Doherty, star of Adolescence and A Thousand Blows joins Tanya Rose to share her travel secrets this week. In this episode, Erin reveals why Sri Lanka is her number one travel destination, why she believes the UK has many underrated travel destinations and tells all about her life-changing trip to Bosnia which inspired her to become an actor…  Plus, Erin shares how food influences her travels and her unexpected yet magical experience visiting the waterfalls in Ireland. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Portugal Bosnia  Crawley, England Donegal, Ireland Connemara National Park, Waterford, Ireland Cliff House Hotel, Waterford, Ireland Horsham, England Inverness, Scotland Jeffrey’s Grocery, New York, United States Frog by Adam Handling, London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Acclaimed British actor Joseph Fiennes joins Tanya Rose to divulge his travel secrets this week. In this episode, Joseph shares why his love of scuba diving, why he believes everyone should visit Egypt and tells the tale of his ‘soulless’ trip to the Bahamas… Plus, Joseph discusses his expedition across Canada with his cousin Sir Ranulph Fiennes and reveals why he thinks the best adventures are found when you venture into the unknown. Don’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube. Places mentioned: Bora Bora, French Polynesia Luxor, Egypt Aswan, Egypt Costa Rica The Bahamas, Caribbean Claridge’s, London Sicily Baleariac Islands, Spain Cap Rocat, Palma Dordogne, France British Colombia, Canada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.