Earlier this year, I found myself icing cakes in celeb-approved Los Angeles bakery Sweet Lady Jane to mark the launch of Airbnb’s newly revamped Experiences section. Not content to serve solely as a platform for your base on holiday, the brand now offers a variety of activities bookable via the platform designed to help visitors gain a deeper understanding of place. To do this, the homestay booking site worked to identity interesting locals in over 100 cities who’d like to share a peek into their world, and the subsequent offerings run the gamut from poetry workshops to cooking classes, landscape drawing and historical walking tours.
A collaboration with Netflix series Chef’s Table has expanded the offering further this month. You can now find a host of private menus, cooking classes and boozy tastings among the 600-strong roster, including a quickly sold-out pasta masterclass with Jamie Oliver, and the chance to learn butchery at one of Traveller’s favourite French restaurants.
As it turns out, I’m not very good at cake decoration. But, fortunately, not all the experiences are so hands-on. Below, nine of the choicest Airbnb Experiences in the capital to explore for foodies, artists and literary buffs for long-time Londoners and tourists alike.
