Guide to 5 alternative Edinburgh attractions. Discover fabulous attractions many tourists miss.
07/10/2024 .
Trip Reviews
Virgin Premium Economy Class. Making ordinary life a lot less ordinary
I’ve always harboured a secret sense of loathing toward business and first passengers, although I’d never admit it in public. Their smug looks when they get to check in on that red carpet attended to by hand-picked airline staff ready with a waiting smile and fresh flowers to ease them through check in is frankly […]
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The Clock Apartments Jaffa
Early morning in the ancient city of Jaffa and the streets are coming to back to life; the smell of freshly baked bread, car horns bleating from impatient drivers going to work, the sound of shop shutters being raised, a faint chant of a far off muezzin calling to prayer. This is the beating heart […]
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Ethiopian Airlines. Right at the heart of African aviation
Tewolde Gebremariam is looking rather pleased with himself. Not surprising really considering his airline, Ethiopian Airlines, continues its impressive expansion as Africa’s number one carrier running the only daily east-west flight across the continent and a Star Alliance Member since December 2011.
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A weekend wonder on the Calais Coast
From his lofty perch some 53 metres up, Napoleon Bonaparte gazes across at what might have been. Back in 1804 over 100,000 men of his grand army stood alongside him right here at Boulogne sur Mer on the Calais coast poised to invade England.
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On the trail of Richard Strauss in Germany
This is the view from composer Richard Strauss’s house in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Is it any wonder that he wrote the “Alpine Symphony”?
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Pecs. The Gateway to the Balkans
When I went to visit Pécs (pronounced Paych) the 5th city of Hungary I expected to find the grey uniformity associated with decades of communism. As if to prove me wrong the guide started her tour of Pecs by pointing out the brightly covered roof of the town hall, glinting in the sun, defying the […]
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