TravelBrandTwt, assisting travel brands to maximise Twitter’s potential, launches today. As travel blog editor @karenbryan I’ve spent a lot of time on Twitter recently and come to the conclusion…
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Sweden is full of UNESCO World Heritage sites with quite a few of them just around Stockholm. There’s Birka, the Viking Age town, there’s Drottningholm, a royal residence, and then there’s …
One of my favourite museums in Zagreb is the Croatian Museum of Naive Art. Situated in the old town, close to St. Mark’s Church, this museum displays some of the finest works of naive art…
Edinburgh is one of my very favourite European cities and that’s not just because I’m Scottish, so I was looking forward to reading and reviewing Andy Hayes’ Historic Walking Guides Edinbugh. As…
Europe a la Carte is offering readers a £15 discount code, applicable to the price of flexible rate roons at many UK Travelodges for stays between 19 September and 6 December 2009. You’ll need to…
I recently had the pleasure of visiting County Durham to join in the festivities for UK Peace and Tranquility Week. After four days of making new friends, seeing some of the best local…
For many Rome is about the Colisseum, the Trevi fountain, the gelato and the neighbourhood Trattoria. For others it’s the heart of Christianity, the home of the the Catholic church and El Papa…

Having a hobby can be a great way of deciding on a holiday destination. I used to travel a lot with a friend who had a slightly unusual sporting hobby – he was a kendo player, having taken…
The Pitlochry Autumn Festival runs from 16 October to 1 November 2009. One of the main events is the Enchanted Forest lights show held in Faskally Wood. It’s a wonderful spectacle which I’ll be…
I like to go exploring when I travel. Even when I end up in a big city where there is plenty to see, there tends to be something to find on a backstreet. Plus, I love history. Which is how I…