12 November 2013
Travel writer Ron Smith sets off on a trail over the First World War cemeteries of northern France and Belgium...
28 October 2013
Travel writer Ron Smith unearths stories of how the Nazis tried to start a new religion and how a cathedral was robbed of its treasures, as he explores…
21 October 2013
MOVING on from the Quedlinburg area of Germany (previous article in this series) we go by train for a little over an hour to Dessau.
14 October 2013
Hector Mackenzie makes the long trip south to check out one of the biggest visitor attractions in the UK.
23 September 2013
NAUMBURG is a lovely town in central Germany and fairly easy to get to.
09 August 2013
JERUSALEM is a unique place.
25 June 2013
CAMBRIDGE'S history as a town can be traced back to the year 1AD.
29 May 2013
YOU know you're getting old when one of the cars you used to drive ends up in a museum – alongside the bicycle you lusted after as a child.
27 May 2013
BUCHAREST, with a population of just over two million, is full of surprising contrasts, which makes it fascinating and well worth visiting.
03 May 2013
THE eastern side of Switzerland is separated from Germany by the Lake Constance.
29 March 2013
THE Seiser Alm is an area in the most northerly part of Italy, in one of the regions that more or less govern themselves, which some would see as a good…
07 March 2013
POLAND has such a tormented history, perhaps nowhere more so than in Szczecin.
01 February 2013
NORWAY really is a special place.
04 January 2013
OSLO has the largest share of population, at around 600,000, of the 4.7 million people in Norway.
01 January 2013
Brightwater Holidays is the UK’s leading specialist Garden Tour Operator. Our fully inclusive itineraries combine famous and grand properties with small…
01 January 2013
Cathar Country in Languedoc-Roussillon is a land of legend, mystery and stunning scenery. In Carcassonne, you will find the most complete medieval walled…
01 January 2013
As well as a spectacular tour of the beautiful island of Corsica featuring the coast of Cap Corse in the north and the old capital of Corte in the centre,…
01 January 2013
Diamond Holidays is a leading tour operator, specialising in UK holidays and short breaks to a wide and varied range of attractions, events and destinations.
01 January 2013
Our unusual 10-day holiday features the beautiful areas of Spain’s north-west
01 January 2013
A week on Lago Maggiore – with Como and Lugano too! Although Lake Garda is perhaps the best-known of the Italian Lakes on the British market, it is not…
