The riverside village beloved of Jerome K Jerome and George Clooney is home to a swish bar and restaurant and, now, characterful but good-value bedrooms to match It is obligatory, when writing about the Thames-side village of Sonning, to quote Jerome K Jerome. In his 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat he said: “It…
The Gerald of Wales, which runs the length of the country, is a rarity: a train with an onboard chef serving three-course meals and proper morning fry-ups I can smell Gerald long before I can see him. It’s a misty summer morning and there’s an aroma of frying bacon wafting from the onboard kitchen of…
Britain’s motorway service stations aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but there are great picnic spots, cafes, gardens and attractions just beyond the hard shoulder Heading up to Bristol from Plymouth on the A38 we broke our journey by heading into Dartmoor to Hound Tor (a short drive off the A38 from Ashburton) to explore the…
Demos in San Sebastián and crackdowns in Rome and Dubrovnik as locals vent frustration at city-breakers and cruise ships With the continent sweltering under a heatwave nicknamed Lucifer, tempers have been boiling over, too, as a wave of anti-tourism protests take place in some of Europe’s most popular destinations. Yet, as “tourism-phobia” becomes a feature…
Measures to ‘make tourism more sustainable’ include the mandatory obtention of a licence to run an Airbnb from your home British tourists are set to find trips to Mallorca and Ibiza more expensive as a law placing a cap on the number of hotel beds and stricter rules governing holiday rentals are introduced. Related: Airbnb…
España Verde is renowned for food, landscape and history. Share your experiences of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque country for the chance to win our weekly prize Spain’s northern coastal area boasts amazing seafood, fantastic architecture, verdant mountains and a dramatic coastline. Whether you’ve stayed in a finca deep in the interior or one…
Right by the city’s retail-heavy İstiklal Caddesi is an elegant space offering tranquillity, free exhibitions and fascinating insights into old Istanbul For visitors, history is one of the city’s main draws, and while the Istanbul Research Institute might sound dry, it is an essential – and fascinating – destination if you’re trying to get a…
For one week, we handed our Instagram feed over to drone photographer Marina Vernicos. These images are her ode to summer in the Sporades islands Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
With the Canadian artist’s joyful work celebrated in a new film, Maudie, a road trip around dramatic coast and picturesque villages reveals the area she loved to paint The film Maudie is every bit as magical, hypnotic and heartwarming as the child-like paintings of rural Nova Scotia by artist Maud Lewis, whose life and work…
From Del Boy’s three-wheeler and Harry Potter’s Flying Ford Anglia to crazy Top Gear contraptions, this museum in the New Forest has tankfuls of va-va-voom The grand family home of the motoring-mad Montagu family in the New Forest and the site of one of the finest collections of cars, motorbikes and motoring memorabilia in the…