Here are the answers to your travel questions!

  1. Five restaurants that locals recommend in Copenhagen which are not in the guidebook? Cofocco, Pluto, Bistro Boheme, Sticks n Sushi, Gitte Kik
  2. Where locals in Tahiti go to buy gifts in the markets of Papeete? Mama Fa’aura
  3. Where the gay beach is in Tuscany and how to get there? Leccione in Lucca about an hour by train from the port in Livorno (Port of Florence)
  4. How you can find the best views in Singapore without paying a big cover charge? Go up to the New Asia Bar on the 70th Floor of the Swisshotel (instead of Marina Sands)
  5. How you can visit the home of and meet royalty on the Island of Malta? At the Casa Rocco Piccola owned by Maltese Royalty who will be there for your tour
  6. The most popular dance club currently in San Juan? Circo Bar
  7. How to attend a summer musical performance at the Royal Swedish Opera House when the Opera is dark? They hold 30 minute concerts in the early evening on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there during the summer

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