The WORST episodes of Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Every episode of Travel Man: 48 Hours in... ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Travel Man: 48 Hours in...!
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#1 - Lanzarote
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2024
Jessica Fostekew and Joe enjoy volcanic vino and cactus croquettes on their Canarian caper
#2 - Marseille
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/2023
Asim Chaudhry joins Joe to spend le weekend in Marseille. Together they visit Hotel Le Corbusier, venture through an underwater museum, and learn some tricks at a world-famous skatepark.
#3 - Dublin
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2023
Comedian Mawaan Rizwan joins Joe Lycett to explore Dublin. Ten statues across the city have been given QR codes. When visitors scan the code, the statue phones them, so Joe and Mawaan get to hear from Oscar Wilde and Molly Malone. After exploring the city's smallest restaurant, they head to its largest tourist attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, where they learn how to pour the perfect pint and even get their faces printed on it. Day two begins with a swim at Forty Foot, then at Windmill Lane studios the duo learn the story of Ireland's answer to Abbey Road and lay down a track of their own.
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#4 - Rovaniemi
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/29/2024
Desiree Burch joins Joe in Rovaniemi for some aurorae-gazing and sleigh-riding shenanigans
#5 - Trieste
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2024
Alan Davies and Joe traverse around Trieste and shoot the breeze at the Wind Museum
#6 - Vilnius
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2023
Fellow comedian Sarah Millican joins Joe for a fast and funny exploration of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. As one of the best places in the world to try hot air ballooning, Joe and Sarah take to the skies to see the city from above; an experience they find by turns terrifying, thrilling, and beautiful.
#8 - The Basque Country
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2022
Joe Lycett is joined by James Acaster for a long weekend in the Spanish part of the Basque Country, travelling from the Guggenheim in Bilbao to Mount Igueldo. Along the way, they sample the local tipple Kalimotxo, a combination of red wine and cola, take a vertigo-inducing walk across the world's first transporter bridge, and pay homage to artist Eduardo Chillida.
#10 - Antwerp
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2022
Joe and Katherine Parkinson explore Antwerp by hitting a golf ball around it, before they sample the local beer, have breakfast in a launderette and journey down into the subterranean tunnels.
#12 - Milan
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2018
Richard Ayoade is joined by actress and comedian Morgana Robinson for a two-day break in the Italian city of Milan, taking in art, pasta, the bowling game of bocce, and a drink in Backdoor 43 - a tiny bar that can hold a maximum of four customers at a time. At a viewing of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, Richard finds the painting to be quite good, but Morgana thinks it's "no Tracey Emin". The pair also take in the city's epic cathedral and drop in on a pasta-making lesson that proves strangely musical.
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#13 - Côte d'Azur
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2018
Shazia Mirza joins Richard Ayoade for a two day detour in the south of France, including blue art, fancy yachts, a glam helicopter ride and a trip to the casino.
#14 - Split
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2022
Joe Lycett is joined by Aisling Bea for a trip to the Croatian city of Split, where they go on a dog walk organised by a local animal shelter, try their hand at paddleboarding and visit a museum of stuffed frogs. They also learn to prepare a local fish dish despite neither of them liking seafood, and explore the maze of alleys and squares that were once a palace built by the Roman emperor Diocletian.
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#16 - Dubrovnik
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/2019
Richard Ayoade is joined by Stephen Merchant to enjoy a weekend break in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Having checked in to their fancy rooms at a 16th-century townhouse, they head off round one of the world's best-preserved medieval cities. A Game of Thrones tour features some of the show's most celebrated locations, while Richard and Stephen also visit a hilltop fort still littered with landmines dating from the war of the 1990s.
#17 - Madrid
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2019
Richard Ayoade and comedian Ellie Taylor head to the Spanish capital for a two-day break, following an itinerary rich in art, history, histrionics and ham. The pair go on a guided tour in which they view masterpieces by Bosch, Velasquez, Picasso and Dali, before they attend a ham-carving workshop and a sample a five-course tasting menu, of which four courses are pork or ham, including a tartare dish. They also take in a lively boating lake, a circus church and a grisly tour of the Spanish Inquisition.
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#18 - Rome
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/2017
Joined by comedian Matt Lucas for a frenetic 48 hours in the Italian capital. Their first challenge is finding suitable headgear to protect from the scorching Italian sun. They then take a guided tour in vintage Fiat 500 cars, and after wending their way past the Circus Maximus finish atop Gianicolo Hill in time for the cannon being fired - a daily ritual since the 1850s. Next they head to the border of the Vatican, before experiencing the very best of modern Italian cuisine. Day two sees visits to the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum, perhaps Rome's most incredible antiquity.
#20 - Ibiza
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2018
Richard Ayoade is joined by writer and actor Jessica Knappett for his latest trip, touring the island in a silver Citroen 2CV, discovering there is more to Ibiza than foam parties, and visiting the Unesco world heritage site of Dalt Vila in the capital. They also take in al fresco art at the island's version of Stonehenge, experience an exclusive supper club run by the global superstar chef Boris Buono and sample a selection of pricy cocktails, flowriding and a hippy gong bath.
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#23 - Bergen
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/2019
Richard Ayoade is joined by comedian Lou Sanders for a two-day break in the Norwegian city of Bergen, taking a speedboat transfer from the airport to their waterfront lodgings. They explore the historic neighbourhood of Bryggen, ride a cable car to the top of Mt Ulriken and fly down the the fastest zipline in Norway - against Richard's better judgement.
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#25 - Tallinn
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2019
Richard Ayoade is joined by TV and radio presenter Alice Levine for a packed two-day break in the Estonian capital Tallinn. The pair head to the top of the country's tallest building, while Alice gives a masterclass in TV presenting, and they walk through a thousand years of Estonian history - including peeping Toms and a cold-war cocktail. They also visit an old KGB outpost, try the sport of kick sledging and sample some new Baltic cuisine, before boarding a submarine for an end-of-trip recap.