Why Helsinki takes the crown as Scandinavia’s food capital
I’ve been planning a trip to Finland with my family and I thought it might be a good idea to bump this article up to the front page. In case you missed it the first time – or just want…
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Size isn’t everything: the best small towns to visit in Australia: Port Douglas
After the last feature on Broome, we continuing our new series on great small towns to visit when travelling. After showing you the best things to do in Strahan, we’re staying Down Under but moving on to Queensland in this…
Oh lordy, yet another 13 reasons why…you need to visit Africa
So, here we go again then? Yup. As you’ll recall, we kicked off with 13 reasons why to visit Africa, and before long followed it up with Another 13 reasons why you have to visit Africa. And you may also…
13 reasons why…you owe it to yourself to visit Africa
Only 13? Given your complete and never-ending addiction to the continent, I would have expected more, to be quite frank… Well I had to keep it down or I would never have got this article published, would I? Clearly I…
6 of the best…places to take the kids in Copenhagen
The Danish capital has something for everyone – especially the smaller ones. Starting with the obvious, there’s Tivoli Gardens, a delightful mix of old-fashioned fairground and modern high-adrenaline rides located slap bang over the road from the main train station…
An unforgettable Botswana safari Part 3 – Hyena Pan
This is the final part in the series describing my adventures in Botswana with Sunway Safaris – read the first post with full details on the company here: An unforgettable Botswana safari: Part 1 – The Okavango Delta. The second article…
An unforgettable Botswana safari Part 2 – Moremi Game Reserve
You’ll find the first part of this article, along with a full introduction to the company I travelled with, right here: An unforgettable Botswana safari: Part 1 – The Okavango Delta. So if you haven’t already, go and read that…
Hotel Review: Sopot Marriott Resort & Spa, Poland
If you came here from my article describing the fun I had in Sopot, you will already be aware that I loved this hotel. If you didn’t, you are now up to speed with the rest of the readers. I…
My five best Grown-up Travel experiences (so far)
1. Taking our (then) eight-year old daughter to her first rock concert June 2010. Muse live in Goffertpark, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Catching a gig in a foreign country gives you two experiences for the price of one. If you live somewhere…
6 of the best…breakfast joints in London
London is bursting at the seams with places to see and things to do, but you still have to eat, right? If you’ve never had a proper English breakfast, then you don’t know what you’re missing – apart from several…
Planning your Grown-up Travel – the 12 step programme
Use this handy guide to plan your trip Image obtained from Flickr.com under Creative Commons (c) Kaushal Karkhanis This is the list we at Grown-up Travel Guide use to plan our travel and we’re sharing it here to help readers…
Next trip details: Germany – what’s the wurst that can happen?
Next trip details: Germany – what’s the wurst that can happen? Photo credit: Hanse Sail 2013 via photopin (license) Ouch. I know, I’m sorry about the title but sometimes the cheesiest of puns are also the most irresistible. The Wurst…