TouristTrap

I’ve recently noticed that many shops and restaurants in Turkey (including Istanbul and Antalya) are displaying prices in Euros rather than Turkish Lira, which feels very different from past visits when Lira was the standard currency. This seems particularly common in...

A friend of mine, an elderly American woman, recently went out for dinner alone in Trastevere in Rome. She chose a busy restaurant thinking it would indicate good food quality, but later realized most of the other diners were part of tour groups. After what she described as a...

I’m currently in Rome near the Pantheon and was shocked to see a gelato shop charging around €18 for a cone, with no clear indication of portion size or number of scoops. In other places I’ve visited, gelato pricing is usually straightforward and reasonable, but here it feels...

I’m visiting Paris and tried using public transportation to go to Versailles on my first full day. After coming from London, where transit is simple and contactless, I found Paris much more confusing with multiple apps and ticket options. After some research, I decided to buy...