Earlier this week we spent the day in the Scottish Borders one of the best places to visit in Europe if you enjoy history and beautiful countryside. I thought that the best way to illustrate why I love the Scottish Borders was in a photo tour.
Our first stop was at the Leaderfoot viewpoint, just off [...]
By Molly Fergus
LG Deputy Editor, Travel News
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After floods, Machu Picchu back in business
Trekkers, grab your packs! Destructive floods and rains closed Machu Picchu for two months, but the park is finally set to reopen [...]
Whenever I visit a European city, I am on the look out for museums. Of course, nobody should bypass such prestigious institutions as the British Museum in London or the Louvre in Paris, but what I enjoy most are smaller, more picturesque places – in short, museums where you can get close to the exhibits [...]
The southern French city of Nîmes, on the border between the Provence and Languedoc regions, is famous for two things: Romans and denim. In the early nineteenth century this European city’s textile mills created denims, or de Nîmes – literally ‘from Nîmes’, for the slaves of southern USA. And, from a bit further back in [...]
By Shadia Garrison
Philanthropy Editor
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Photo courtesy of "Slumdog Millionaire"
Unless you’re traveling to Qatar or Liechtenstein, there’s a good chance your trip is taking you somewhere where you might be considered wealthy. No, not next to your fellow tourists but in comparison to the local people who work, live, and play at your destination of choice. If [...]
I had never heard of bandy until moving to Sweden. It’s one of those winter sports that needs a real winter, not like ice hockey. Bandy is essentially a cross between hockey and soccer played outdoors on ice. Skates, sticks, two goals, a small orange ball and a minimum of padding are really all that [...]
Spring is coming and soon its bright days will greet the opening of a new deluxe boutique hotel in the heart of Paris. Ideally located where the rue Duphot meets the rue Saint-Honoré, Le Burgundy Paris, the new intimate, confidential address brings elegance and delicacy to hotel luxury. Architects and decorators have crafted a refined, exclusive decor, [...]
Helsinki is a wonderful European city, one of my favourites. Finland’s capital is such a pretty city – especially with a dusting of snow in winter – and its varied architecture impressed me no end. One of the loveliest buildings is the Uspenski Cathedral – apparently it’s the largest orthodox church in western Europe and [...]
The district of Toledo, cradled between the Mayan Mountains and the Caribbean Ocean, is a 50-minute flight from Belize City and has been called the birthplace of chocolate. Ancient Mayans once used the cacao bean as a currency, and even wore it as jewelry. Today cacao farmers are feeding into the world’s chocolate frenzy by [...]
I’m now contributing to the lastminute.com blog three times a month, you can read my posts here.
I met Eva Keogan, lastminute.com’s social media expert, at the Travel Blog Camp in London organised by Darren Cronian in November 2009. At the Good Stuff Gathering event in Manchester on 18 February 2010, I [...]
