South Australia’s green scene

South Australia is arguably the most eco friendly destination down under says writer and well-known British environmentalist, Tony Juniper

Spotlight on San Francisco

Ahead of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th birthday on May 27, San Francisco has never looked more golden writes Kaye Holland. Read her guide to the city with its head in the clouds, here

Trading Standards

From the website:

“The Trading Standards Institute is a not-for-profit professional body formed in 1881. We have members in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad.

TSI encourages honest enterprise and business and helps safeguard the economic, environmental, health and social well-being of consumers.”

Greece 5000 Years Old

Another country to major on its past is Greece as typified by the slogan (the headline above) that they will be running on the advertising early next year. But as with any successful tourist destination Greece blends the old with the modern. With a history and the remains of buildings going back millennia, part of everyday life is that almost wherever you try and put up a new building or a pipeline you hit Greece’s cultural past. (That would make Channel 4’s Time Team envious!)

Belfast Sees Crowds

When the doors opened yesterday to the Holiday World Show in Belfast, the queues surged in. Hopefully they were drawn by the 3 travel related shows rather than the chance of meeting ex-Corrie star, Julia Howarth, who opened the show or to escape the heavy frost that hardly moved all day in Belfast yesterday. . The visitors headed to those stands, after autographs, where there were competitions but after that they got down to the serious work of finding holidays.

Barbados Set To Cook Up A Storm

As the first and only Zagat rated Caribbean island, it’s no surprise that Barbados is cooking up a treat treats for travellers in 2010. Enter the inaugural Barbados Food & Wine & Rum Festival which will run from 19-22 November. British Michelin starred chef Fergus Henderson will be joined by other culinary stars such [...]

Alastair Sawday’s top 10 places to stay in Wales: part 2

Planning a week-end away in Wales but not sure where to stay? CD Traveller has done the hard work for you. We’ve selected five chic retreats from Alastair Sawday’s new book Special Places to Stay Wales.