Barcelona: where history and culture meets the Nou

Robin Nowacki combines culture and cuisine with football on a visit to Barcelona – the capital of the Catalonian region of Spain

Letter from France: May 2013

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned traveller, France will steal your heart. Each month, Frederic – our French correspondent – gives us the low-down on what to see and do across the channel

ABTA

From the website:

“Formed in 1950 by 22 leading travel companies, ABTA – The Travel Association – now represents over 5,000 travel agencies and more than 900 tour operations, throughout the British Isles. Our Members range from small, specialist tour operators and independent travel agencies through to publicly-listed companies and household names; from call centres to internet booking services to high street shops. All of them carry the ABTA logo, which means choice, value, and high levels of service. ”

Lest we forget

With Holocaust Memorial Day on the horizon (January 27), CD-traveller spoke to Holocaust survivor Hermann Hirschberger – now in his 80s – about the reality of life in Nazi Germany, the persecution of the Jewish community and the desperation to escape to a new life in England

Turkey named Europe’s leading tourist board

The Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism has been named ‘Europe’s Leading Tourist Board’ at the World Travel Awards 2012

Railway tickets just got simpler?

On the 7th September, new ticket names came in which were supposed to simplify the ticket structure. Instead of Apex, Superapex, Advance Purchase and all the names we had before, we now have Anytime, Offpeak and Advance. So what’s the difference? Well not a lot as far as I can tell but here goes……
Anytime tickets [...]

The Album

Eleanor Keymer, a CD Traveller reader and jet setter par excellence – the 28 year old has travelled to more than 70 countries – takes us on a tour of her favourite destinations