Month: February 2019

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) yesterday announced that Scottish heritage sites have had a fantastic record-breaking year. In 2018, HES has reported that over 5 million people (5,229,049) visited its staffed sites around the country. Edinburgh Castle was the most popular site with 2,111,578 visitors visiting Scotland’s most iconic landmark. Second most-visited, Stirling Castle saw 605,241 […]

Would you travel the world with a stranger? Online travel agency TourRadar is currently searching for two complete strangers to travel the world together from May through to June 2019. The opportunity, part of the Travel agency’s ‘Tour the World’ campaign, will see two people travelling together around the globe together. During the tour, the participants […]

Travel website TripAdvisor has recently announced its Top 10 beaches in the UK for 2019. Bournemouth Beach on the English coastline has taken the top spot on the notable list, just announced today. This is the second year running that the Dorset beach has been named the best-rated beach in the UK in TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice […]

In a timely announcement to help us try and forget the dreary winter weather, Airbnb has recently announced 10 of the top trending destinations its users are heading to this coming Spring. Airbnb notes that the majority of trending destinations are not your typical sunny beach destinations with a number of cities making the list. Based […]

Today, February, 26, the Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years since its designation as a National Park. UNESCO-listed, the Grand Canyon National Park, founded in 1919, welcomes over 6 million visitors each year and is one of the great natural wonders of the world. Visitors flock to the Park looking to experience the spectacular landscape for […]

The Faroe Islands, famed for their beautiful natural landscape, are set to close to tourists for a weekend for maintenance work to help maintain the country’s unspoiled landscape. With a scenic coastline, waterfalls, and notable bird population, the Faroes has seen an around 10% growth in tourist numbers in recent years. Due to the country’s […]

‘Free Solo’ last night won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, ‘Free Solo’ is one of the most visually striking films released in the last year. The film charts free soloist climber Alex Honnold’s attempt at climbing the face of the […]

Holly Golightly once said that jumping in a cab and going to Tiffany’s in New York, calmed her right down and made her feel great again. When I watched the iconic scene from Breakfast at Tiffany’s of Audrey Hepburn’s character eating the croissant and holding a cup of coffee outside of Tiffany’s, I could only […]

Travelling the world and seeing the sights within it can sometimes leave us marvelling at nature, creative artists and feats of architecture. Certain sights can leave a lasting impression on us while others are great as a photo souvenir to show were we have been on out travels. In looking in particular at the statues […]

A great holiday destination, Italy can cater to all tastes. Today, we take a look at the ‘Beautiful Country’ from a hiker’s perspective, highlighting 5 ‘bellissimo’ destinations that attract thousands of hikers of all experience levels to the country as they search for some of the best sights in Europe, and indeed, the world. 1. Piedmont […]