While not exactly the same, I used to travel a lot for work (consulting company). I think the best advice for traveling I've come up with is: meet locals. Skip

While not exactly the same, I used to travel a lot for work (consulting company). I think the best advice for traveling I've come up with is: meet locals. Skip the tourist traps, plenty of pictures online. Have a drink at a bar and strike up a conversation, ask them what they do for fun. While in London, I did this and the guy said him and his gf were going to do swing dancing at another place on a weeknight. The place was a total dive, but had a live jazz band, cigar smoke, and rare whiskey. It was truly one of the coolest experiences I've had.