Where Are You Going This Valentine’s Day?

Valentine’s Day is undoubtedly the most romantic day of the year. And what better excuse is there for taking a night or two away from it all and perhaps even surprising your partner in the process? As far as the men are concerned, booking a romantic meal at a quiet location can prove a wonderful way to treat the woman in your life. In addition,…

Cape Town: A Dream Destination for a Rock Climber

Offering an impressive backdrop to South Africa’s second largest and most visited city, Table Mountain provides amazing views over Cape Town, Table Bay and Robben Island proving extremely popular with visitors, locals and climbers alike. While, previously, only adventurers and explorers hoped to reach the top, you will now find the mountain quite busy in the tourist season. These days there are numerous ways to…

Spa Towns in Britain: none beat Bath for history

Although it became fashionable for Britain’s landed gentry to visit the UK’s most popular spa towns during the 16th century onwards, it was the Romans that first promoted health tourism in the country almost 2,000 years ago after discovering the Celts enjoying the spa waters of Bath. Although Harrogate and Cheltenham are also renowned for their waters, the most famous of Britain’s spa towns is…

Subtropical Fever: Discovering the city of Miami

Situated in south-eastern Florida and surrounded by a landscape of world-heritage swamps, marshlands and miles of luxury beaches is the cosmopolitan city of Miami. As the seventh most populated region in the United States, the metropolitan area of Miami sprawls for miles, offering a landscape like no other part of America. The first settlers landed just a few miles from the city of Miami, bringing…

Glasgow: A City at the Heart of World Culture

Glasgow comes with high recommendations. Winner of the European city of Culture in 1990, Glasgow is at the epicentre of Scottish and world culture. From noble beginnings in the medieval period to a world centre for shipbuilding and trade in the industrial period, the city of Glasgow has gone from strength to strength, today sitting proud on the Clyde as one of Europe’s most popular…

Experience Edinburgh in all its Winter Glory

Edinburgh is globally renowned for its annual range of spectacular festivals and events. Indeed, the Edinburgh International Festival is highly regarded as one of the best of its kind, whilst hundreds of thousands of people participate in the Hogmanay celebrations every year. With Christmas fast approaching, it seems the city is once again pulling out all the stops. Launching the festivities, Light Night is held…

An Amsterdam Holiday Could Put Some Yuletide Fun into Your Festive Season

With glowing lanterns decking the streets, festive markets popping up all over the place and the scent of gingerbread in the air, Amsterdam is a great place to visit in the winter time. Not only offering a perfect alternative to Christmas shopping on your local high street, you can also indulge your cultural side in the many yuletide activities on offer. Renowned for being one…

Taking an alternative bite out of the big apple

New York conjures images of sleek skyscrapers, bright yellow taxis and above all the Statue of Liberty. Nicknamed ‘the city that never sleeps; New York is one of the world’s greatest cities. Its strangely welcoming nature, gives even first timers a strange sense of d?j? vu and, combined with the immense range of sights, tastes and sounds make people return year after year. First timers…

Rome and its Romantic Wonders

Rome and romance just seem to be inextricably linked – even when hearing tales of the medieval battles that took place there hundreds of years ago, one cannot help but wistfully imagine sun-drenched battlefields filled with strong looking men clad in shining golden armour, no doubt galloping on glossy brown steeds. It’s an ancient city that does nothing by halves and all this rich history…