Cookies

What we use

The site itself is static — it has no login, no basket, and no session to remember, so it sets no cookies of its own for those purposes.

We use two analytics tools, treated differently because they work differently. Umami counts visits without using cookies at all — it's on for everyone, always, and it can't be used to identify you individually. It only ever sees anonymous page-view counts.

Google Analytics only runs if you accept it in the banner shown on your first visit — see "Your choice" below. If you do, it uses a cookie to tell a returning visit from a new one, and also collects which pages you view, general device and browser information, and an approximate location from your IP address (not a precise one). It also records a few specific actions — clicking a "Check availability" booking link, submitting the email checklist form, or using the contact links — so we can tell which pages are actually helping people book or get in touch, not just which ones get visited.

Omnisend, the service that sends our email guides, also has an on-site script, and it's covered by the same choice — accept and it loads, decline and it never runs. When it does load, it records the pages you view so that the emails you've signed up for can follow what you were actually reading. Signing up for the checklist works either way; that's you asking us to email you, not tracking.

Advertising

Google AdSense loads on every page so the site can show ads once the account is approved. It isn't covered by the analytics banner — Google has to see its own script in the page to verify the site, and ads need that same script to serve. AdSense may set its own cookies and (where Google's own consent messaging applies) ask separately before showing personalized ads. Declining analytics still leaves AdSense in place.

Booking widgets

Some pages embed interactive tools from our booking partners — a GetYourGuide activity search box, for instance. These load regardless of your analytics choice, because blocking them would mean the tool itself doesn't work, not just that it goes untracked. They may set their own cookies under their own policies; we don't control that.

Fonts

The typefaces on this site are hosted on our own servers, not loaded from Google or any other third party — so simply loading a page here never sends a request (or your IP address) anywhere just to display text.

Affiliate links

Following a link to a booking platform (Airbnb, Booking.com, etc.) hands you over to that platform, which will set its own cookies under its own policy — the same as visiting it directly.

Your choice

The banner shown on your first visit lets you accept or decline Google Analytics and Omnisend — declining still lets you use every part of the site normally, booking widgets and AdSense included. Your choice itself is stored in your browser's local storage, not a cookie. Change your mind anytime:

Turning them off

Every browser lets you block or clear cookies in its settings, and doing so won't break anything here — no part of this site depends on them. Most browsers also offer a "do not track" setting, which analytics tools increasingly respect.

Questions

If something here is unclear, ask — see contact. See also our privacy notice.