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 first to become ready and able to welcome international visitors. The city of Szczecin needed more time to establish itself as a short break destination...

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 security is at its most stringent. London Heathrow Airport is one of the world's busiest airports with its five terminals handle 80 million plus passenger...

The south-west English county of Devon takes in sandy beaches, fossil cliffs, small country and coastal towns and villages and national parks. Many visitors look to the cities of Plymouth or Exeter, head for the English Riviera resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham, or opt for Exmoor. Equally well worth a visit is the area of the county within t...

The North Devon coastline takes in some 66 square miles of designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This mainly coastal landscape stretches from around the traditional seaside resort of Ilfracombe to the Hartland Peninsula. The area also takes in a long stretch of the South West Coast Path. This is England's longest, long-distance, footpath ...

The city of Bath, one of the UK's most popular short-break destinations, has been luring travellers since Roman Times. Bath was founded as a thermal spa settlement in the first century AD by the Romans and named for the resplendent baths built here. Into the Middle Ages and Bath had become an important centre for the wool industry and with its maje...

Warsaw, the Polish capital, is a vibrant, confident and outward looking city that welcomes visitors with genuine warmth. This is very much in contrast to the city's relatively recent history. Warsaw was ravaged during World War II with Poland itself repressed, as a Soviet bloc country, for forty plus years afterwards. Eagerly embracing democratic c...