Andy Higgs
Thinking About Sailing With The Family in Greece? Here’s What You Need to Know
Image from pixabay.com Sailing holidays in Greece can be an amazing trip for any type of holiday maker including families. The freedom of being on the open sea and exploring many places all in one holiday, you can see why…
A crumbling monument to insanity – the “Colossus of Rugen”
I think it was the bread rolls that really brought it home to me. The sheer scale of the place was one thing, the madness of the entire concept another. But it was when our guide told us about the…
Hotel Review: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Marlow, England
So the time has finally come. After all that nagging you’ve decided to give in and finally take your daughter to Legoland in Windsor, England. You mean after all these years she’s developed enough interest in Lego to justify the…
Kefalonia – Star of the Ionian Islands in Greece
It may have been some years ago, but the film (and book) Captain Corelli’s Mandolin firmly put Kefalonia on the map. It seems that each decade a new Greek destination is in focus and experiences a rush in tourist arrivals…
First impressions – a Canadian in San Francisco
Here’s the second part of our new (or rather re-booted) series after the first article on an Englishman in New York for the first time. A number of different authors tell us how it went the first time they visited…
Retro Travel Photo – Before We Grew Up: Berlin Wall watchtower, Berlin, Germany
In this new occasional section we share some of the travel photos from our archives – when we paid our dues but rarely our way. Times were tough, hitch-hiking was a favoured mode of transport (even through the Sahara, which…
Something for the weekend: Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Åre, Sweden
I’ve been meaning to reboot this series of articles for some time as I realise that not everyone (myself included) has the opportunity to travel to Japan every week. On the other hand, taking a short break every now and again…
6 of the best…roller coasters in Florida
You should know by now that here at Grown-up Travel Guide we love us a great theme park. Anyway, roller-coasters are without a doubt the most exciting part of any theme park visit. And when you go to some of…