Travel Secrets

Celia Imrie | Why I NEVER Travel By Plane

Sep 15, 2025 · 39 min
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Olivier Award-winning actress Celia Imrie joins Tanya Rose to divulge her travel secrets this week.


In this episode, Celia discusses her life-changing experience filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in India, why she believes everyone needs to visit the Grand Canyon and opens up about why she’ll never travel by plane again!


Plus, she recounts an eventful train journey from Bulgaria to Paris and explains why staying in an ice hotel didn’t quite live up to expectations…


Celia stars in The Thursday Murder Club, which is out now on Netflix. She is also appearing in The Celebrity Traitors - coming this October!


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Places mentioned: 

  • Nice, France
  • Grand Canyon, USA
  • New York, USA
  • Le Chantecler, Nice
  • La Petite Maison, Nice
  • Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Zagreb, Croatia
  • Udaipur, India
  • Jaipur, India
  • Estwatini (formerly known as Swaziland)
  • Inverness, Scotland
  • Australia


Chapters

00:00 Intro

03:21 Secret 1: Number 1 travel destination everybody should go to

06:55 Secret 2: Most unexpected travel experience

13:13 Secret 3: Most Over or Underrated travel experience

15:54 Secret 5: Best Food & Drink while travelling

21:17 Secret 4: Number 1 travel tip

24:51 Secret 6: Poignant memory from a trip 

32:08 Secret 7: Special travel photograph

35:43 Outro