Image (c) 2015 Hilton Hotels & Resorts As you’ll know if you read the ‘teaser’ for our latest trip to London, one of the purposes of this long weekend was to test a couple of hotels in the capital. We are…
Pollensa (On Mallorca island), the quaint and serene fishing village in Spain, attracts many visitors from every part of the world. This beautiful destination is blessed with a year-round balmy climate, pristine beaches and tons of attractions for the visitors…
Barcelona has become an urban tourist hotspot and attracts millions of visitors year on year. As it gets more and more popular, the prices of staying there get bigger. So how can you save money and still stay comfortably in…
Image (c) Andy Higgs, Grown-up Travel Guide After a lot of solo travel recently I’m very pleased to report that all three of us are going to be taking part in our next trip – a long weekend in London.…
Christchurch in New Zealand is so beautiful that you cannot help but think that you are living in a fairytale! Perched majestically on the east coast of the South Island, Christchurch has many a landscape that will simply leave you…
At the beginning of March I was back in Berlin for the annual craziness that is ITB – the world’s biggest travel trade fair. Despite being all-to-aware of the situation I spectacularly failed to arrange accommodation far in advance and…
In response to numerous appeals from first-time visitors to various destinations we’ve caved in to the pressure and decided to publish a series of articles highlighting the popular sights actually worth your time in a given city. The tourist traps,…
by Billy Idle When it comes to scenery, snow, glaciers and geysers, there aren’t many destinations to compare with Iceland. Throw in mountains, whales, incredible waterfalls and locals who are warm, friendly and welcoming to a fault and you are well…
As regular readers will be aware of by now, there are plenty of things to do in Berlin, whether the sun is out or it’s dull and you fancy visiting some of its many peculiar shops. But there are also…
Ah, summer in Berlin. After the biting winds and bitter cold of the winter and the short but welcome spring, the city is transformed and it’s time to get out and take advantage of the warm weather. There’s plenty of…
Ostalgie? What’s that, some kind of infection? Not exactly. In the words of Wikipedia, Ostalgie is a German term referring to nostalgia for aspects of life in East Germany. It is derived from the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie…