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Travelling Europe... by train

Travelling Europe... by train

Europe and train travel just seem to go together like peanut butter and jam, wheat beer and salty pretzels, wine and cheese... you get the picture. With so little space between one country and the next, train is the best way to visit Continental Europe....

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Your guide to: Yorkshire

Your guide to: Yorkshire

Yorkshire is reveling in the attention its getting following the huge success of its athletes in the London Olympic Games. A good part of Team GB's medals came from athletes from Yorkshire which has everyone wondering what's the big deal about this English...

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Are postcards dead?

Are postcards dead?

Postcards were once the reason to travel, to collect these pretty images on firm card. We have them on our fridge doors, on our bedroom walls, tucked carefully away to read again later. They are momentos from far away places, tokens and souvenirs from...

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Discovering Britain's great outdoors

Discovering Britain's great outdoors

Britain has some amazing outdoor spaces, we just happen to forget about them. We don’t need to scurry off to far-flung places to find great wilderness and adventure. If nothing else, the Olympic Games have really showcased the greatness of nature we have...

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Get active this holiday

Get active this holiday

Thanks to the outstanding performance of Team GB in the Olympic Games, tour operators in Britain are reporting record highs of English holidaymakers booking activity tours and activity trips. Looks like the country’s star athletes are inspiring others...

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Your guide to the Edinburgh Fringe

Your guide to the Edinburgh Fringe

It's that time of the year again: Fringe time. Edinburgh is bursting with the world's top street performers as this year's Fringe Festival is ready to kick-off. Edinburgh celebrates the festival's 66th year and if you ask any expert, they'd say that this...

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Souvenir shopping in your hotel room

Souvenir shopping in your hotel room

Why go souvenir shopping out in the streets when you can do it right in your hotel room? Hotel rooms are changing. They're no longer just places to crash, shower and leave your luggage while you're out taking the city by storm while you're on holidays....

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Europe, away from the crowds

Europe, away from the crowds

Too many Eurotrips only include the big ones: London, Paris, Munich, Prague and Barcelona. While these cities certainly have their charms why limit yourself there when there is so much more to Europe to discover? We promise our choices will have just...

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Rome's Colosseum has got a tilt

Rome's Colosseum has got a tilt

These ancient stone buildings weren't meant to last forever and it is becoming harder and harder to keep them preserved with the changes in weather, climate and especially ground conditions are the centuries pass. Rome's Colosseum is the latest victim...

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