Spotlight on San Francisco
By: Kaye | May 22, 2012 – 6:31 am | No Comment

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

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Knightshayes, Devon – Knightshayes Photography Competition
By: | March 15, 2012 – 11:13 am | No Comment
Knightshayes, Devon – Knightshayes Photography Competition

[ February 11, 2012; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] After the success of the 2011 photography competition, we invite you to once again submit some of your images of Knightshayes. This year, we are looking the image that you feel sums up your feelings of Knightshayes. Whether it be the fabulous veg in the walled garden, the woodland walks, or the glades of the [...]

St David’s Day Procession
By: The Editor | February 29, 2012 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
St David’s Day Procession

[ March 1, 2012; 11:50 am to 1:00 pm. ] St Davids, Pembrokeshire
starts at Oriel y Parc in St David’s at 11.50

St David’s Day Celebrations & Parade
By: The Editor | February 29, 2012 – 3:37 pm | No Comment
St David’s Day Celebrations & Parade

[ March 1, 2012; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ]
Cardiff City Centre, CF10 1AH
11.30 meet at the civic centre; 12.30 parade begins; 13.15 ends at the Hayes.

The Big One 2012
By: The Editor | February 29, 2012 – 6:01 am | No Comment
The Big One 2012

[ March 11, 2012; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]
Farnborough Airfield, GU14 6AZ
The UK’s largest fishing sale and show.
Tickets (in advance): £10 per day; £5 per half day; concessions £6 per day; children under 12 free
on Sunday open from from 10am-16.30.

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Top five hen/stag weekend destinations
By: The Editor | February 29, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Top five hen/stag weekend destinations

Two of my best friends are getting married in May and so the talk has turned to hen dos. One has suggested a long weekend in Paris while the other is thinking about a break in Brighton.

Crans-Montana: nowhere more peaceful or more beautiful
By: Frederic de Poligny | February 29, 2012 – 5:37 am | No Comment
Crans-Montana: nowhere more peaceful or more beautiful

Frederic shows you more about why he – and Roger Moore – are fans of Crans-Montana.

Travel guide books: good or bad?
By: The Editor | February 28, 2012 – 6:48 am | No Comment
Travel guide books: good or bad?

Yesterday we told you how glossy travel brochures could soon be consigned to the bin.

But if my experience today is anything to go by, it is not brochures but travel guides by the like of Lonely Planet at al that could be on their way out.

An opportunity for luxury in France
By: Frederic de Poligny | February 28, 2012 – 6:10 am | No Comment
An opportunity for luxury in France

Paris hasn’t been known for its luxury hotels but fast forward to 2012 and it’s all change. Frederic – our Paris correspondent – reports on the slew of sumptuous new sleeps in the French capital

Join the Big Pull
By: The Editor | February 27, 2012 – 6:58 pm | No Comment
Join the Big Pull

Come St David’s Day this Thursday, the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust wants you. In particular, sixty of you. And the more, the merrier!
Why?

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TNT Travel Show 2012
By: The Editor | February 27, 2012 – 8:15 am | No Comment
TNT Travel Show 2012

[ March 3, 2012; 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. ]
Earls Court 2, London.
register on the website for free entry; otherwise £2 on the door

Have holiday brochures had their day?
By: Kaye | February 27, 2012 – 6:26 am | One Comment
Have holiday brochures had their day?

Tui Travel’s distribution and online director, Nick Longman, has gone on record as saying that travel companies could soon become completely brochure free – as more and more Brits choose and book a trip online, rather than through a glossy brochure.

Riding the Coast Starlight: part two
By: Adrian | February 26, 2012 – 6:49 am | No Comment
Riding the Coast Starlight: part two

Adrian rides the rails with Amtrak. Read about his rail journey – arguably the best way to cover America’s huge distances – exclusively on CD-Traveller

Wales in Los Angeles
By: Adrian | February 26, 2012 – 6:09 am | No Comment
Wales in Los Angeles

I have been in Los Angeles to see the LA Times Travel Show, one of the largest in the US. I expected to see stalls promoting parts of California, the Caribbean and Asia but Wales?

Gatwick gets The Goring treatment
By: The Editor | February 25, 2012 – 6:38 am | No Comment
Gatwick gets The Goring treatment

London’s second airport has hired The Goring – the West End hotel where Kate Middleton spent her last night as a single woman – to teach airport staff how to deliver service fit for royalty ahead of the Olympics.

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From the surf to the snow: riding the Coast Starlight
By: Adrian | February 25, 2012 – 6:30 am | One Comment
From the surf to the snow: riding the Coast Starlight

Adrian rides the rails with Amtrak. Read about his rail journey – arguably the best way to cover America’s huge distances – exclusively on CD-Traveller

MarryAbroad.co.uk predicts panoramic trend for weddings in 2012
By: The Editor | February 24, 2012 – 6:19 am | No Comment
MarryAbroad.co.uk predicts panoramic trend for weddings in 2012

Destination wedding website, MarryAbroad.co.uk, has predicted that 2012 will be the year of the vista, in terms of wedding hotspots abroad.

Ryanair rapped over provocative ad
By: The Editor | February 23, 2012 – 6:21 am | No Comment
Ryanair rapped over provocative ad

Ryanair – the airline that everyone loves to hate – has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Agency over its latest newspaper campaign.

Whetting your appetite for Paraguay: part two
By: Frederic de Poligny | February 23, 2012 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Whetting your appetite for Paraguay: part two

Times are hard, money is tight and credit is in short supply. But life is short too, so don’t pass up Paraguay. Frederic reports on one of South America’s best kept secrets

Events you shouldn’t miss
By: Cathrene | February 22, 2012 – 9:55 am | No Comment
Events you shouldn’t miss

Recently we have had was “No Trousers on the Tube” Day which was held as part of the international “Global No Pants on the Subway Day.” Maybe you wouldn’t have gone to see that one but there are lots of “interesting events” that happen each year that will give a good day out.

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Whetting your appetite for Paraguay
By: Frederic de Poligny | February 22, 2012 – 6:18 am | No Comment
Whetting your appetite for Paraguay

Times are hard, money is tight and credit is in short supply. But life is short too, so don’t pass up Paraguay. Frederic reports on one of South America’s best kept secrets

Hyde Park can party in 2012
By: The Editor | February 21, 2012 – 11:44 pm | No Comment
Hyde Park can party in 2012

Last week we learnt that Westminster council’s licensing committee was mulling over whether rule against open-air concerts in Hyde Park.

York drops plans to introduce a ‘tourist tax’
By: The Editor | February 21, 2012 – 5:56 am | 2 Comments
York drops plans to introduce a ‘tourist tax’

York won’t be imposing a tax on tourists after council chiefs confirmed they do not have the powers to introduce it.

Amtrak: practical hints on riding the rails on the west coast
By: Adrian | February 20, 2012 – 7:00 am | No Comment
Amtrak: practical hints on riding the rails on the west coast

Adrian has some hints to help you enjoy your travels with Amtrak – arguably America’s best kept secret

Momondo.com colour codes travel with Online City Guides
By: The Editor | February 20, 2012 – 5:58 am | No Comment
Momondo.com colour codes travel with Online City Guides

With London Fashion Week in full swing, travel search site Momondo.com has identified that colour is intrinsically connected to travel choices.

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Complimentary tickets to The Cruise Show up for grabs!
By: The Editor | February 19, 2012 – 6:10 am | No Comment
Complimentary tickets to The Cruise Show up for grabs!

Looking to get as far away from wintry Britain as possible? A cruise could be the way to go.

Whether you’re new to cruising and need help planning your first voyage or are seasoned cruiser searching for inspiration for your next holiday at sea, don’t miss The Cruise Show at London’s Olympia from March 24-25.

Wicked Westminster needs to realise that silence is not always golden
By: The Editor | February 18, 2012 – 6:48 am | No Comment
Wicked Westminster needs to realise that silence is not always golden

Colin Barrow – the much lampooned former leader of Westminster council – might have departed but the Tory council still seems to be hell bent on causing controversy.

Cooking up memories of Marrakesh
By: The Editor | February 18, 2012 – 6:15 am | 8 Comments
Cooking up memories of Marrakesh

Catherine Henderson learns how to make some Morrocan morsels in North Africa’s souk city

Brazilian beats
By: The Editor | February 17, 2012 – 6:24 am | No Comment
Brazilian beats

Carnival kicks off in Rio this Saturday and Jane has the low-down on what is arguably the greatest show on earth.

But if a break in Brazil isn’t on the cards this month, you can still get into the carnival spirit by giving zumba – the Latin rhythm driven dance craze beloved by Victoria Beckham and Michelle Obama and a whole host of other celebs – a go.