This winter passengers can follow the great Arctic adventurers and set sail aboard the Arctic Explorer in Northern Sweden, an icebreaker vessel that can cut through ice fifty centimetres thick, before walking on the frozen sea and taking a dip in the sea to complete this unforgettable Arctic adventure. Offered for the first time this winter by Off ...

​ Venice during carnevale sees citizens, together with thousands of visitors from around the globe, take to the streets dressed in elaborate, fantastically masked costumes, providing one of Europe's most visually stunning event. The Venice Carnival always takes place during the ten days leading up to Shrove Tuesday. Carnival, being a pre-Lent festi...

Husband and wife, Warren Sanders and Esther Tacke, cycled 32,499 miles on a four-year round-the-world trip, taking in Asia, USA, Europe and New Zealand. Now the couple plan to draw on their own cycling experience and share their passion for Dumfries and Galloway through Galloway Cycling Holidays. They took over the cycling tour company, after the p...

Paul Tamburrini is described as being one of Scotland's most exciting chefs and he aims to encourage diners to Bistro Deluxe with a creative menu based around the locality and using seasonal produce. The contemporary, 80-cover restaurant is situated in the 157-bed Macdonald Holyrood Hotel which has recently undergone a £3m facelift. The restaurant ...

Atmosphere is important when you dine out. Nyhavn has bags of it as well as having a massive choice of eating places. Competition is fierce but this is the place to be at night in wonderful Copenhagen. One word of warning. It's not cheap but most restaurant staff speak English and the meals we had were enjoyable. H C Andersens café provided what we...

The MacDonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa is located at Peebles near Edinburgh, Scotland Peebles once played a key role in the Borders wool industry, but times have changed. Most mills closed by the 1960s and now the town is home to many people who commute to work in Scotland's capital. Peebles is also now a popular tourist destination, especial...