Cookie Policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. We keep our use of them to a minimum: no advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking, and nothing sold or shared with data brokers.

Cookies we always set

These are strictly necessary, so they do not require your consent and cannot be switched off.

Sign-in session — set only if you have an account and are signed in; it keeps you signed in for up to 14 days.

Cloudflare Turnstile and Cloudflare's own security cookies — these protect our forms from spam and automated abuse.

cc_cookie — remembers the cookie choice you made, so we do not ask again on every page. It expires after six months.

Cookies we set only if you agree

iat_lp — records the page you first landed on and the website that referred you, and lasts one year. It tells us which of our guides actually bring travellers to us. It holds no name, email or account identifier, and no advertising profile is built from it.

This cookie is set only after you accept the "How you found us" category. If you decline, it is never written; if you change your mind later, it is deleted automatically.

_ga and a second cookie named _ga_ followed by our Analytics property ID — set by Google Analytics only if you accept the "Audience measurement" category, and kept for 13 months. They tell one visitor's browser apart from another and keep a single visit together, so we can see which pages actually help travellers. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, and we have no advertising account linked to it.

If you decline, these are never written; if you change your mind later, they are deleted automatically. Google acts as our processor for this data and may process it in the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Measuring our audience without cookies (Cloudflare)

We count page views with Cloudflare Web Analytics. It is anonymous and aggregate, it sets no cookies at all, and it does not follow you across other websites — which is why there is nothing to consent to for that part, and why it keeps working whatever you choose above.

Maps and other embedded content

Our maps are drawn with OpenFreeMap, which serves map tiles without cookies or accounts. Loading a map does send your IP address to that service, as any request on the internet must.

Changing your mind

Use the "Cookie preferences" link at the bottom of any page to review or withdraw your choices at any time. Withdrawing is as easy as giving consent, and takes effect immediately.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Note that blocking the strictly necessary ones may stop sign-in or our forms from working.

Changes

We may update this policy; the date at the top shows the latest version. If we add a new category of cookie, we will ask you again before setting it.