Syros: The Queen of the Greek Islands ​ ​Syros: The Queen of the Greek Islands You may think this is a strange title for an article about a Greek island. After reading this travel blog, I hope you agr...

There are many, many thousands of people worldwide who just for the love of it sing, dance, perform street theatre, conjuring and general entertainment publicly. Not to make money but to gain the sati...

In a stunning but well-deserved victory, Ha Giang—Vietnam's northernmost province—has won the prestigious title of Asia's Leading Regional Cultural Destination at the 2024 World Travel Awards in Manil...

VIVA Cruises is a premier operator on the major European rivers including the Rhine, Moselle, Danube, Elbe, Rhône and Seine. VIVA ONE, with twin sister VIVA TWO, are the flagship in VIVA's eight stron...

​ The world premiere of the musical Why am I so single is playing at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. It comes from the writers of the musical SIX and follows two musical theatre writers and ...

Nestled at the gateway to Alaska's Inside Passage, Ketchikan proudly wears the title of the 'First City,' where rugged wilderness meets rich history. This picturesque coastal town, framed by towe...

The Finnish city of Tampere has so much to offer the visitor, and it is so worth the little extra effort it takes getting there. It is to be found between the Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi lakes, two huge a...

Thornbury Castle, on the outskirts of the English market town of Thornbury in rural Gloucestershire, is a hotel in a Tudor castle. Built over 500 years ago, it saw King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn stay...

The port city of Szczecin is located on the Oder River in northwest Poland. When Poland rejected Communist rule for a democratic future in the early 1990s, Warsaw Poznan, Krakow and Gdansk were the fi...

Travelling to and through and airport can often be the most stressful and traumatic part of any trip away. Particularly when it means travelling out via one of the large international hubs, where secu...

Travelling from Zagreb to Ljubljana – a distance of only 138 kilometres – we decided to take a bus, rather than subject ourselves to the tyranny of airports or the uncertainty of rail travel on this p...

Zagreb is the capital city and cultural centre of Croatia with a thriving restaurant scene, excellent patisseries and an amazing selection of quirky museums. It has numerous architectural and historic...