Turkey is likely to be one of the top short flight destinations again this year. Outside the Eurozone, its exchange rate is kind to British visitors. The country has a huge coastline, with an unending succession of resorts mixed up with quiet little coves, and fishing villages. You are guaranteed top wattage sunshine, and a… Continue reading
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24 hour pedigree of an overlooked French city
Le Mans is synonymous with the annual motorsport marathon, the Le Mans 24 Hours, the “Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency”. But the city is more than a long weekend destination for petrolheads. Le Mans is now an easy short break trip by train from London St Pancras. In 2010 I spent a day in one… Continue reading →
Glory of the South Downs goes national
Britain’s newest national park, the South Downs, came into full operation on April 1st, 2011. The uplifting stretch of high rolling hills, its short chalk downland turf a mass of wild flowers and fluttering butterflies, runs 70 miles from Winchester to the western edge of Eastbourne. Its new status sets it apart as a treasured… Continue reading →
Pub with no sign now has a big name
It’s a fine honour for the No Sign Wine Bar in Swansea to be chosen by Visit Britain as one of its top ten ‘destination bars’ in Britain (Visit Britain super blog) “For when a pint in a local pub just isn’t enough…these places are attractions in their own right either for their sense of… Continue reading →
“Rome wasn't built in a day" Channel 4 villa open to public
The 2010 vintage Roman villa built at Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire, whose construction was featured in Channel 4‘s ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day’ TV series, is now open to the public. A team of seven builders mastered traditional Roman methods to construct the villa, largely by hand, to a ferocious six months deadline…. Continue reading →
Dublin – capital not of the world, but (far better) of the word
The best way to begin a visit to Dublin is not with a drink, but inside a drink. If that sounds too completely barmy even for this city of whimsy and imagination, consider this. The finest view of the Irish capital is from the glass-walled bar on the seventh floor of the Guinness Storehouse, the… Continue reading →