Escape Podcast

Escape Podcast

This is the home of the Escape Podcast with Simon Calder. Plug in to gain insights into the best places to travel around the globe, with tricks and tips from the UK's best known authority on travel.

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December 20, 2019 15 mins
Welcome to this week’s special episode of Escape, today we’re looking travel adventures for 2020 and Simon is bringing you his Wishlist, hoping to lift a bit of that winter gloom! Points of Interest: Montenegro: www.visit-montenegro.com London —> Tirana: https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl./m/07m_f.2020-02-01*/m/07m_f./m/04jpl.2020-02-02;c:GBP;e:1;a:U2*U2;sd:1;t:f Sharm el Sheikh: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/...
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Escape with Simon Calder where we’re joined by expert travel guide, Paul Goldstein. This week Paul will be digging into travel euphemism, how to spend 48 hours in Barcelona and whilst on the topic of Spain, let’s discuss issues with drinking in the streets… 
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 Paul @paulgoldstein59 Paul Instagram: @paulsgoldstein www.paulgoldstein.co.uk/
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Escape with Simon Calder, we’re delighted to be joined once again by Georgina Dee, Head of Travel Publishing at Guidebook publisher DK Eyewitness. This week Georgina and Simon will be covering a masterclass in ‘how to use a guidebook’, 48 hours in this weeks city destination, Singapore, plus top safety tops for when visiting Prague. 

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Welcome to this week’s episode of Escape with Simon Calder, this week we’re joined once again by adventure tour leader, photographer and wildlife expert, Paul Goldstein! Coming up in this episode, Paul will be conducting a masterclass on African Safaris, plus how to spend 48 hours in Vancouver and whether its still worth visiting the Caribbean during storm season. 
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Welcome to this week’s episode of Escape with Simon Calder, we’re delighted to be joined by Georgina Dee, Head of Travel Publishing at Guidebook publisher DK Eyewitness. Georgina and Simon will be covering a masterclass in UK cultural tourism with children, 48 hours in Lisbon, plus the scams associated with the new New Zealand eVisa… 
Contact Simon: Twitter @SimonCalder
Instagram @simon_calder
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Welcome to Escape with Simon Calder, this week we’re delighted to be joined once again by the fantastic Lyn Hughes, co-founder of Wanderlust Magazine! 
 Contact Simon: Twitter @SimonCalder
Instagram @simon_calder Contact Lyn: Twitter @Wanderlust_Lyn
 Instagram @wanderlust.lyn
 0:00:35 Wanderlust Magazine - www.wanderlust.co.uk/
0:07:01 Poste Restante - https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/poste-restante 0:08:19 Visit Georgia - https:/...
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