Did you know that you can see the inside of a Concorde airplane in Scotland? Yup – there’s one waiting for you at the Museum of Flight in East Fortune, about halfway between Edinburgh and North Berwick in East Lothian. You can get there via a bus from outside the North Berwick train station, but [...]
On my recent visit to Munich before Christmas, I enjoyed a bracing walk that took my breath away – literally. This was a walk of the vertical rather than horizontal kind, up the many steps of St Peter’s Church tower just by Marienplatz, in the heart of old Munich. You pay a couple of Euros [...]
My family and I were on holiday in beautiful Montenegro, when we decided to take a daytrip into Kosovo – to the town of Pejë (in Albanian) / Peć (in Serbian). Of special interest to us were two spectacular Serbian Orthodox monasteries: the 14th century Dečani Monastery and the 13th century Patriarchate Monastery. Travelling in [...]
When it comes to the Europe’s Neolithic period – that time in prehistory associated with the origins of farming in Europe – Stonehenge in southern England is perhaps the best known. The area surrounding Stonehenge is rich with all sorts of other monuments from this period, including such sites as Avebury, Silbury Hill and various [...]
I had seen the New Europe Tour guides playing the Pied Piper in Berlin in the spring of 2009. Actually, I just wandered by as the tour guide was making a final pitch for tips. When I saw the company was offering tours in Dublin, I was intrigued. Mostly because they bill the walking tours [...]
Those looking to visit a city rich with religious history should certainly visit the charming town of Wittenberg, Germany – a gem to historians and religious scholars. The quaint town stands as a critical milestone in the history of Christianity. Wittenberg was home to Martin Luther, the man responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation, and [...]
One of the problems of visiting the Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany is that unless you arrive early, or are organised to book ahead online (with an extra cost), then you can spend all day waiting for your chance to tour the castle. So here’s my tip – enjoy the exterior of Neuschwanstein, especially the [...]
I love markets, and I take any and every opportunity to visit one. Some time back I visited London’s Portobello Market, and as expected, I fell in love with it. Here are a few reasons why: Location – The Market is situated in London’s upmarket Notting Hill district (yes, the same as the movie). Along [...]
Summary: Don’t give away part of your holiday spending money to your bank. You could be losing around 5% in card charges made by your bank on overseas transactions and withdrawals made with your current account debit card. With a CaxtonFX Euro currency card you load the card (a Mastercard prepaid debit card) in Euro, [...]
In this guest post Michael Phillips of iGuidez.com explains why videos are so useful in travel planning as they give you a much better feel for an attraction or destination as opposed to a short description accompanied by a static photo. “Travel guides have failed to catch on early that online location based services are [...]
