I can’t believe that it’s taken more than five years of living in Berwick upon Tweed to get around to visiting Chain Bridge Honey Farm which lies around three miles outside the town, easily accessible from the A1. I did try to visit one weekend in low season but it’s only open on weekdays from [...]

We’re stayed in Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland on a three night budget Summer UK staycation at the end of July 2011. I managed to book a Travelodge room for £19 a night in early March 2011 by following one of my money saving travel tips of signing up to receive travel companies’ email [...]

Archaeologist and former member of the Europe a la Carte blogging team,  Thomas Dowson, has launched the Archaeology Travel website to make it easier to find out about all things archaeological in Europe. Each country has its iconic archaeological sites: England for example has Stonehenge, France has Lascaux, and Italy has Pompeii. There are also [...]

UK budget hotel chain Premier Inn, highly rated by Europe a la Carte readers, has some £29 rooms on offer for Sunday night stays, in selected hotels during August 2011, in their Summer Sundays promotion. Below are some of destinations with £29 rooms up for grabs, with links to our tips for things to do [...]

The Belgian capital of Brussels is sometimes overlooked as one of Europe’s less exciting cities but we here at Europe a la Carte definitely think otherwise and Brussels is featured in our best European cities to visit post. Here are some of the great things to do in Brussels from the blogging team, whether your [...]

Summary You can save some extra money on purchases using UK cashback sites. In my example below, I could receive a cashback of 12% on an Expedia hotel booking by using TopCashBack. This would be a saving £18.48 on the best rate of £154 per night, found on the HotelsCombined price comparison site.  To me, [...]

Here are some of the best European markets, collated from travel tips by members of the Europe a la Carte blogging team. Alkmaar Cheese Market, The Netherlands Although Amanda acknowledges that the Cheese Market in Alkmaar, around 20 miles from Amsterdam, is a bit of tourist show, it’s still some colourful, if staged, fun. Alkamaar [...]

In decades past, the Welsh capital of Cardiff may have been considered an industrial city without much to see, but it’s really changed and is fast becoming one of Britain’s major tourist destinations. Along with a renewed interest in Wales and Welsh culture, it’s also a very green city and is great to visit in [...]

Update 21 September 2011 – You can now read my review of the Ardanaiseig. I’m really looking forward to our two night stay at Ardanaiseig Hotel on the banks of Loch Awe near Oban in Scotland in September. We’ll be staying in the boat shed. The Boat Shed at Ardanaiseig

We visited the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, designed by the architect Zaha Hadid, in July 2011. The museum, which opened in June 2011, is the new home of Scotland’s Museum of Transport and Travel. It continues Glasgow’s ongoing regeneration as a European cultural capital. It’s a great day out, even if you’re not a great [...]