"Because of all of the production staff running about, I just felt like an extra on a TV show. One that I paid to be in, and one that I didn’t like."

It’s that time of year when London’s Secret Cinema charges you to briefly live inside the world of a film they’ve chosen for you. As soon as I got the email revealing this year’s pick was Grease, I slicked back my hair, threw on a biker jacket, plain white tee, skinny black jeans, and mentally prepared to shove some nerds into lockers, smoke wherever I liked, and dance like I’d been tasered. Instead, I paid good money to watch what felt like a dress rehearsal. Secret Cinema is (or was; appare...

"After the initial scrub, cold water was thrown on me which felt amazingly renewing - possibly the only time I've enjoyed having cold water thrown on me without warning"

1100 Turkish Lira (around £50) per person Aga Hamami Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey Situated in the hyper-bohemian Cihangir area of Istanbul where the street cats and dogs roam about as if they rule the place is the oldest Turkish hammam in the city (and I'm assuming because of that, the universe). Now, I had no idea what a hammam was nor did I know the difference between a Turkish bath, a Roman bath, a B&Q bath, the city of Bath, et Cetera. My levels of interest and curiosity we almost at an all...

15 Euros (Online booking price) Sagrada Família, Barcelona Jutting out of the Spanish sky like a blind child’s attempt at a Lego and popsicle stick tower covered in melted wax is the famed Sagrada Família. Located in Barcelona the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family is a masterpiece in biting off more than you can chew. Still incomplete and with cranes stationed around, presumably for show ...