Trip Reviews
Brilliant Edinburgh festivals and other fancies
When my friends say they’re going to the ‘Edinburgh Festival’ I’m tempted to ask – which one? These days there’s a whole host of them year round – 12, in fact, from the Jazz and Blues fest to the Storytelling to the famous Fringe.
Read the full story hereSlack Deux Caps Art Festival. Where beautiful art and nature merge.
The coast, between Calais and Bologne sur-Mer, just across the English Channel is relatively undiscovered by visitors and it may because of this that an outdoor art exhibition has been mounted on some of its most scenic points. Slack Deux Caps art festival is running between, 20th June to 20th September 2015 and the idea is that the art fits seamlessly into the landscape.
Read the full story hereBarcelona Primavera Sound 2015 by Train. Arrive at Barcelona’s premier festival in style.
Anna Smith attends Barcelona Primavera Sound 2015 but travels by train from the the UK.
Read the full story hereWalking Holiday in Le Marche
Our first evening briefing in the lounge of Hotel Leone was preceded by wine and nibbles, so naturally, on the pretext of looking to store much needed energy for the next day’s trek, the majority of my nibbles were gratefully received . After all, you don’t go on a walking holiday in Le Marche trekking the mighty Sibillini national park with hunger pains, that would be foolish wouldn’t it?
Read the full story hereThe Loire Valley. Wine and castles
Lucy Daltroff heads to the Loire Valley in search of wines and castles
Read the full story hereKinsale. Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
The start or end of Ireland’s 2,500 km Wild Atlantic Way –a route tipped as one of the world’s great road trips – is in Kinsale, County Cork, depending on which way you are holding the map.
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