As drivers hurtle up and down the M6 to and from the Lake District and Scotland it’s easy to miss out on some of the north of England’s most interesting sights. Lancashire is an incredibly diverse county with vast areas of charming countryside, rural villages, historic towns and, in Blackpool,...
Of course, ROME is one of the most visited cities in the world. Even if you haven’t seen the Colosseum and the Forum for yourself, you’ve probably seen enough pictures to make you feel like you’ve been there. But if you think that’s all there is to this ancient city, think again. There are a great...
Myriad stalls line both sides of Skipton High Street on Market Day, selling everything from home made jam, via chunky knits to Greek olives. Whatever the weather the stallholders always seem to have a smile and a cheery greeting. On both sides of the road, substantial, but not imposing, Victorian...
In the sixth of our series of interviews with holiday homeowners from around the world, Jeff and Tish talk about how they bought a ruin in a spectacular setting in Andalucia and turned it into a stunning Moorish-style boutique villa. Originally from London, Jeff and Tish bought a ruin in...
“Whoo – that’s the best meal I’ve had all holiday.” When a teenage boy tells a waitress that, you know something is very right. When the main ingredient of that meal is a fish you’ve never heard of, in a foreign island far from home, then you know it is probably extraordinary....
It's not every day that you can see the Eiffel Tower, pyramids of Giza and Great Wall of China before lunch. That is, unless you know where to go … In the bustling metropolis of Shenzhen, China is found a kitschy, (not so) little attraction known as ‘Window of the World’....
Inveterate traveller Tammy writes about some lesser known places in Cambodia that guarantee a more in-depth look at this fascinating country, in the next of our World Travel Blogger series “You want a tuk tuk sir?” We have arrived in Phnom Penh and we will be asked this same question many times more...
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