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by Tanya Rose
Welcome to Travel Secrets with Tanya Rose – the podcast sharing wisdom for fellow travellers. Tanya will be joined by an ensemble of well-travelled guests, sharing perspectives on the art of travel shaped by their varied lifestyles; from the worlds of film, fashion and more. During these conversations, Tanya will discover the guests' six Travel Secrets and learn about the experiences that uncovered them. Unlock insider secrets and learn how to get under the skin of a destination like a local and not a tourist. This podcast might not change your life, but it might just change your plans.
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- Sep 7, 202631 min
Lucy Fleming & Simon Williams’ Travel Secrets | Sailing Across the Atlantic at 50
Recorded live at the HoT Podcast Festival in Henley 🎙️ Tanya Rose is joined by acting couple Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams for a wonderfully entertaining conversation filled with extraordinary travel stories, family history and adventures around the world. Lucy, daughter of Brief Encounter actress Celia Johnson and writer and explorer Peter Fleming, shares stories from her remarkable family history. Her uncle Ian Fleming created James Bond, and Lucy recalls visiting his Jamaican home, GoldenEye, where she sat at the desk where he wrote the Bond novels. She also reveals how she entered a competition to sail around the world, despite not really wanting to, and ended up spending five and a half weeks at sea from Cape Town to Boston, celebrating her 50th birthday along the way. Simon, best known for his role as James Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs, shares why his first visit to New York completely blew his mind, memories of travelling through China and eating oysters straight from the rocks in Oman, and why meeting the people who live in a destination is one of the greatest pleasures of travel. Together, Lucy and Simon take Tanya from the tea country and wildlife of Sri Lanka to leopard spotting in Rajasthan and a magical New Year’s Day watching the sun rise over the Himalayas. Plus, Lucy reveals how her father became known as “Professor Nitpick” when Ian Fleming sent him his James Bond manuscripts to read and make notes on, and the couple share the travel advice they’ve picked up from a lifetime of adventures. CHAPTERS 00:00 Peter Fleming: traveller, adventurer & wartime deception 00:23 Welcome to Travel Secrets LIVE00:52 Introducing Lucy Fleming & Simon Williams 02:06 Posting Letters to the Moon & Lucy’s extraordinary family 04:40 Travel Secret #1: New York 06:07 Arriving in New York by sea 07:05 Lucy’s most unexpected adventure: sailing the Atlantic 09:58 Simon’s experience filming in China 11:49 Ian Fleming, Naval Intelligence & the origins of James Bond 12:47 Oysters on the beach in Oman 13:54 The Savoy Grill, The Ivy & Noel Coward 16:18 Lucy & Simon’s top travel tips 17:25 Why they love Sri Lanka 18:54 Leopard spotting in Rajasthan 20:04 The wartime letters behind Posting Letters to the Moon 23:39 Lucy’s poignant visit to GoldenEye in Jamaica 27:31 The photograph that sums up travel for Lucy & Simon 28:02 New Year’s Day in the Himalayas 29:06 Watching their children leave on their gap years List of places mentioned: • New York, USA • Cape Town, South Africa • Boston, USA • China • India • Oman • Sri Lanka • Galle, Sri Lanka • Rajasthan, India • Jamaica • GoldenEye, Jamaica • The Himalayas Listen to Travel Secrets wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to the channel for more conversations with some of the world’s most fascinating travellers. With special thanks to Hot Podcast Festival and Good Full Media for such a wonderful evening, Gillan Williams for capturing it all, and Lara Shardlow for the wonderful photographs.
- Sep 1, 202633 min
Christopher Biggins: I Was on Virgin Atlantic’s First Ever Flight to New York | Travel Secrets LIVE
Recorded live at the HoT Podcast Festival in Henley 🎙️ For Travel Secrets’ very first live recording, Tanya was joined on stage by someone who really needs no introduction: actor, national treasure, king of the jungle and one of the greatest storytellers around, Christopher Biggins. Christopher is also a dear friend of Tanya’s, a former Travel Secrets guest and someone she has been lucky enough to travel with herself, making him the perfect person to bring Travel Secrets to life in front of an audience. And he certainly didn’t disappoint. From flying to New York on Virgin Atlantic’s first flight and taking a rather unconventional military plane to see China’s Terracotta Warriors, to an unforgettable party in St Petersburg, meeting Hillary Clinton in full Austrian costume and encountering a professional mermaid on a cruise around Japan, Christopher takes us around the world in his own completely inimitable way. He also shares why he still loves the Maldives, his memories of sailing to Easter Island on an unforgettable world cruise and the very different side of travel he has experienced through his work with the HOPE Foundation in Kolkata. Funny, outrageous and occasionally rather moving, this was such a special evening and we’re delighted to finally be able to share it with you. Chapters: 00:00 Christopher Biggins’ travel stories 01:00 Welcome to Travel Secrets LIVE at the HoT Podcast Festival 03:20 How travel changes as you get older 05:17 The joy of travelling by private jet 07:12 Christopher’s childhood holidays at Butlin’s 09:14 China, the Great Wall & an unforgettable flight to Xi’an 11:41 The Peace Hotel in Shanghai 12:09 The unfortunate story of the terracotta horse 13:11 Travel Secret #1: New York 16:31 Most unexpected experience: the Maldives 18:30 Overrated or underrated: the Isle of Man 19:34 Cruising the Mekong & arriving in Saigon 21:30 An extraordinary party in St Petersburg 24:05 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Austria 25:07 Christopher’s top travel tip 25:58 Meeting a professional mermaid in Japan 27:28 Sailing to Easter Island on an unforgettable world cruise 29:19 The photograph that sums up travel for Christopher 29:28 Kolkata & the HOPE Foundation 31:15 Private jets, first class & the other side of travel Places mentioned: • New York, USA • Great Wall of China, China • Xi’an & the Terracotta Warriors, China • Shanghai & the Peace Hotel, China • The Maldives • Isle of Man • Mekong River, Vietnam • Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam • St Petersburg, Russia • Japan • Easter Island, Chile • Tonga • Tahiti, French Polynesia • New Zealand • Sydney, Australia • Kolkata, India • Dubai, UAE Listen to Travel Secrets wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to the channel for more conversations with some of the world’s most fascinating travellers.
- Aug 24, 202640 min
What It Was Really Like Travelling the World with The Rolling Stones | Jo Wood’s Travel Secrets
What happens when a life of travel begins with a modelling trip to Acapulco at 16 and goes on to include touring the world with The Rolling Stones, climbing to 17,000ft in Tibet and even spotting a UFO in Brazil? This week, Tanya is joined by Jo Wood, model, entrepreneur, writer and founder of Jo Wood Organics, whose extraordinary life has taken her all over the world. Jo started travelling as a teenage model, but when she met Ronnie Wood at 22, she began joining him on tour and, as she tells Tanya, thinks she has now been to “most places in the world.” In this episode, Jo shares: Why Japan is the one country Jo thinks everyone should visit Touring Japan with The Rolling Stones and seeing how dramatically the country changed between visits Why Buenos Aires completely surprised her, and arriving there with The Rolling Stones to scenes she describes as “Beatlemania” Spending a month travelling through Tibet with Sadhguru and climbing to 17,000ft at Mount Kailash The night Jo and Ronnie saw what she describes as a “proper UFO” while on holiday in Brazil and her other unexplained sightings while travelling in South America and Zanzibar Taking her own home-grown organic potatoes to Paris while on tour The restaurant hidden in the Spanish mountains that she recommends Her travels through India, from Kerala and Goa to Mumbai and Rajasthan Why she loves Zanzibar and keeps going back The Seychelles trip and photograph that sums up travel for her Her favourite restaurants and what she always takes with her when she travels From rock ’n’ roll tours to remote pilgrimages, this is a life very well travelled. Subscribe to Travel Secrets for a new episode every week, as Tanya asks her guests to reveal their six travel secrets and the holidays and adventures that surround them. And remember: this podcast might not change your life, but it might just change your plans. Chapters: 01:20 How has travel impacted the person you’ve become? 05:44 What’s the one destination everyone should visit once in their lifetime? 08:38 What’s your most unexpected travel experience? 10:52 What’s your most overrated or underrated destination? 20:36 What and where do you love to eat and drink when you travel? 24:39 What’s your top travel tip? 27:58 What’s your most poignant travel memory? 31:51 What photograph sums up travel for you? 34:33 Where are you going next? Places mentioned Japan and Mount Fuji Buenos Aires, Argentina Tibet, Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash Nepal Brazil, including Recife and São Paulo Zanzibar, Tanzania The Seychelles Egypt India, including Coimbatore, Kerala, Goa, Mumbai and Rajasthan Acapulco, Mexico Paris and Cannes, France Tenerife and mainland Spain Los Angeles and Miami, USA London
- Aug 17, 202653 min
The Trip That Changed My Life After Paralysis | Sophie Morgan
Award-winning broadcaster, travel writer and disability rights advocate Sophie Morgan joins Tanya Rose to share the journeys that have shaped her extraordinary life. At just 18 years old, Sophie was paralysed in a car accident. In the months that followed, she believed the adventurous life she had imagined was over. Then one unforgettable trip to Canada helped her realise it wasn’t. It reminded her that adventure was still possible and marked the beginning of a lifetime spent exploring the world. In this episode, Sophie shares: why Scotland is the one destination everyone should experience the snowmobile ride in Canada that transformed the way she saw her future what she learnt from a gruelling expedition through Nicaragua the most memorable meal she’s ever had, at the White House riding a motorbike across America why “accessible” doesn’t always mean accessible the reality of flying as a wheelchair user and why airlines still have so far to go an extraordinary safari in South Africa that shows what’s possible when accessibility is truly considered learning to scuba dive in the Maldives why she’s determined to become one of the first wheelchair users to travel to space Chapters: 00:00 Highlights 00:35 Introduction 02:05 How travel helped Sophie rebuild her life after paralysis 05:39 Visiting the White House & campaigning for disability rights 06:40 Why everyone should visit Scotland at least once 10:52 The Canadian adventure that helped Sophie believe she could still live boldly 16:18 Nicaragua, adventure, resilience & knowing your limits 20:40 Sophie’s most memorable meal 30:35 Why you can’t trust the word “accessible” 44:13 Learning to scuba dive in the Maldives & why luxury travel should be for everyone 46:21 Sophie’s favourite travel photograph 49:20 What’s next: painting, television… and going to space Places: Scotland • India • Canada • Toronto • Nicaragua • South Africa • Kruger National Park • Maldives • Washington D.C. • The White House • Los Angeles • Yellowstone National Park • Grand Teton National Park • Oregon • Pacific Coast Highway • London
- Aug 10, 202652 min
Hollywood’s Top Stylist Shares the Travel Rules She Lives By | Elizabeth Saltzman
Celebrity stylist Elizabeth Saltzman joins Tanya Rose to share her Travel Secrets. Having dressed some of the world’s most celebrated women, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Julia Garner and Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth has travelled the world for decades. Along the way, she’s come to believe that travel is the greatest education of all. In this episode, Elizabeth shares: why she believes everyone should visit the place their family comes from the trip to India that gave her the greatest culture shock of her life the destination that disappointed her more than anywhere else the one packing rule she swears by after decades of travelling why she wore exactly the same outfit to Fashion Week every day for two years — and nobody noticed why she is building a family home in Costa Rica the terrifying hike in Maui that helped her understand the power of nature her favourite restaurants, bars and hidden local spots around the world the legendary Paris bar where she started one of her favourite travel traditions Chapters 02:00 How travel became Elizabeth’s greatest education 10:04 Secret #1: The one place everyone should visit 12:58 Secret #2: Her most unexpected travel experience 16:36 Secret #3: Most overrated (and underrated) destinations 21:40 Secret #4: Favourite food, restaurants and hotel bars around the world 29:13 Secret #5: Elizabeth’s best travel tip 41:54 Secret #6: Her most poignant travel memory Places mentioned New York City The Carlyle Hotel, New York London Russia Poland India Las Vegas Grand Canyon Costa Rica Maui, Hawaii Palm Beach Los Angeles Wisconsin Mexico Venice Paris Hemingway Bar, Paris Harry’s Bar, Venice River Cafe, London Croatia Kenya Hydra, Greece St Barths East Hampton The Hamptons California Shanghai London Hampstead Ponds Serpentine, London
- Aug 3, 202640 min
Kelly Hoppen’s Travel Secrets | Her Favourite Places, Hotels & Meals Around the World
Award-winning interior designer Kelly Hoppen CBE joins Tanya Rose to reveal the travel experiences that have shaped both her life and her extraordinary career. From spending every Christmas in South Africa as a child to designing some of the world’s most beautiful homes, hotels, yachts and private jets, Kelly explains why travel has been her greatest source of inspiration. In this episode, Kelly shares: why Kelly believes everyone should experience Asia at least once how childhood trips to South Africa shaped the designer she became the unforgettable hike to Bhutan’s Tiger’s Nest the hidden side of Beijing and Shanghai the best meal she’s ever eaten in Capri and her favourite hotels and restaurants her top travel tip for packing and planning every trip the final holiday she shared with her father in Sicily why a sunset in Mallorca is one of her most treasured travel memories Chapters 01:32 How travel shaped Kelly’s life and career 06:20 Secret #1: The one destination everyone should visit 10:18 Secret #2: Her most unexpected travel experience 13:49 Secret #3: Most overrated (and underrated) destinations 19:36 Secret #4: Favourite food and restaurants around the world 24:18 Secret #5: Kelly’s best travel tip 31:02 Secret #6: Her most poignant travel memory 35:25 Designing cruise ships, yachts and hotels 37:16 What’s next for Kelly Hoppen? Places mentioned South Africa Asia China Hong Kong Beijing Shanghai Japan Bhutan Finland Antwerp The Cotswolds Capri Ravello Lake Como Sicily Mallorca Ibiza Puglia
- Jul 27, 202637 min
Pixie Lott’s Travel Secrets | Tokyo, Italy & Why She Never Plans Her Holidays
British singer, songwriter and actress Pixie Lott joins Tanya Rose to reveal the travel experiences that have shaped her life. From writing music in New York and Los Angeles as a teenager to touring across Japan, performing in Brazil, discovering hidden gems through local recommendations and falling in love with Italy, Pixie shares the places that continue to inspire both her life and career. She also talks about why she never plans her holidays too far in advance, why Tokyo completely changed her perspective on travel, and the emotional trip to Brazil that she’ll never forget. In this episode, she talks about: Why Tokyo and Rome are the two destinations everyone should visit How music took her around the world from the age of 15 The unexpected trip to Brazil that became one of the most emotional experiences of her life Why Cornwall and the Lake District deserve more recognition The Italian destinations she keeps returning to and the pasta she still dreams about The London restaurants and cocktail bars she always returns to Why she prefers booking travel as she goes and trusting local recommendations Her unforgettable visit to Zambia with Comic Relief Writing her latest album Encino in California Why New York and Nashville still inspire her creativity 🎧 Don’t forget to subscribe to @TravelSecretsThePodcast and listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Chapters 03:44 Number one destination everyone should visit: Tokyo or Rome? 08:29 The unexpected Brazil trip that changed everything 13:26 Why Pixie thinks holidays in the UK are underrated 18:52 Favourite food, restaurants and cocktails while travelling 23:36 Pixie’s best travel advice: trust the locals 26:58 Her most poignant travel memory in Zambia 28:26 Writing Encino in California 30:54 Why New York and Nashville will always inspire her 34:29 The travel photographs that mean the most to her Places Mentioned Tokyo, Japan Rome, Italy Portugal Mallorca, Spain New York City, USA Los Angeles, California, USA Brazil Cornwall, England Lake District, England London, England Capri, Italy Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy Forte dei Marmi, Italy Zambia Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Jul 20, 202629 min
Gossip Girl’s Kelly Rutherford Talks New York, Style & Her Favourite Cafés
American actress and Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford joins Tanya Rose to reveal the travel experiences that have shaped her life. From growing up in California to building a life between New York and Monaco, Kelly reflects on family heritage, the cities she called home and the destinations she returns to time and time again. Together, they discuss everything from her favourite cafés and travelling with children to life in Monaco and the Italian road trip she hopes to repeat with her daughter. In this episode, she talks about: Discovering her English and Danish roots Losing her passport in France Kelly’s favourite city in the world Raising children in New York vs Los Angeles Her favourite cafés in Paris, London and New York What it’s like to live in Monaco The simple suitcase rule she always follows The best way she has found to get her children to go to museums with her Her favourite magazine for travel recommendations The unforgettable Italian road trip she took with her daughter 🎧 Don’t forget to subscribe to @TravelSecretsThePodcast and remember you can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts. Places mentioned New York City, USA Los Angeles, USA Palm Beach, Florida Paris, France Monaco Nice, France Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France Saint-Tropez, France Florence, Italy Rome, Italy Umbria, Italy Copenhagen, Denmark Stockholm, Sweden English countryside Istanbul, Turkey
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