
Buzz Trips is an online magazine dedicated to slow travel, especially hiking & dining on and off the beaten track.
Special Feature
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As well as being a pretty town with an attractive character, it boasts more restaurants than you might expect from a town of its size, no doubt due to its popularity with visitors. The question [...]
The Destination
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Marvão comes in at first position as it dominated our view for four months. Perched on a rock overlooking the golden Alentejo plains, this walled, Moorish town near the border with Spain is as stunning [...]
Walkabout
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When it comes to tips and advice for hikers, whether anyone is new to walking in the countryside or has notched up thousands of kilometres on the trail, there is always something new to learn. [...]
Picture This
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Whenever we head to any destination, I make a tick list of images I want. Sometimes I have a good idea of what the ‘I want to stand on that spot image’ is, at others [...]
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Spain
Writing about the real Tenerife
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Portugal
How living abroad has changed us
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Europe
The case against Spanish desserts
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Europe
Inside a cave house on Tenerife
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Austria
Europe’s just desserts, ten standout puddings
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Living Abroad
Of postal delivery and speaking another language
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The Canary Islands
Do people know they’re in a purpose-built resort?
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Europe
Travel and weather, beyond the sun and rain
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Europe
Emrelishment, a tale of travel, food and drink preparation
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Europe
Showcasing the best of the real Tenerife
On The Menu
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There are many various views on what constitutes being a foodie, but what most people in the food business agree about is what doesn’t. It doesn’t mean someone who likes food and who likes to [...]
Travel Talk
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It’s sixteen years since we set up our first website to share what we were discovering about the real Tenerife. The website was an afterthought, designed to accompany a driving guide to some of our [...]
Local Flavours

There are hotel bars and there are hotel bars
Food and drink
Writing about hotel bars this week, I made a reference to convivial inns. The person responsible for editing the piece questioned the use of the word inn as opposed to hotel bar or lounge. For [...]

Local food isn’t always fabulous
Food and drink
Other country’s dishes, irrespective of what they involve, are invariably presented in travel articles as though they’re all exceptionally tasty just because they are authentic. […]
Europe
The case against Spanish desserts
The issue is not one of whether these Spanish desserts are good or bad in their own right. It’s only by comparison with the desserts of other nationalities that you can really judge just how [...]
Food and drink
Bacon, an essential travel item
During the course of a neverending monologue from Marcia, with an “aye, that’s right” thrown in by Preston every now and again, she mentioned their suitcase was half-filled with tins of Spam. It snapped me [...]
Europe
Chinese swans to Thai tapas, 10 favourite meals in 2019
I couldn’t tell you how many times we’ve eaten in restaurants, cafes, bars etc. in various destinations this year. Basically, a hell of a lot. But there are some dishes which stand out above others [...]