Charlotte is founder and editor of Quirky Guide. She is a veteran of Lonely Planet, MSN, World Travel Guide, Wanderlust and MQ Publications, and also goes by the name of Beech. For more information, visit her website, or her Lonely Planet profile.
Need an outlet for your Easter sugar rush? Then join in this peculiar annual melee of bottle kicking in Leicestershire.
Eat crocodile, snake or chocolate-covered scorpion amid mounds of cushions and Buddha-themed décor.
A stony chamber, 155m below ground in a cold, dark mine. An unlikely setting for a hotel suite, or so you might think.
Fancy a wintry dip in the Thames? No, we didn’t think so. But taking a bath in Berlin’s River Spree is a surprisingly appealing prospect.
Four centimeters. It doesn’t sound like much of a divide between 700kg of ravenous saltwater crocodile and a rather tasty-looking tourist or two.
A new hotel in the South Stand of Twickenham Rugby Stadium has just unveiled six rather special suites overlooking the hallowed turf.
If your local swimming pool was brown and frothy, would you dive in? Of course not. But how about if it was filled with beer?
As far as accidentally quirky attractions go, Peru’s capital Lima boasts the most endearing that we’ve ever seen.
A serious investigation into male potency, or a puerile hoard of snigger-triggers?
Surfers take note. The UK’s first Flow Rider – an artificial inland surf wave – opens in April... Read More »
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live a cloistered life, you can now try it out... Read More »
Stepping off the seventh floor of a building is not something I would generally recommend. Not unless... Read More »
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