Posted on February 16th, 2008 by
If you find yourself in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in June 2008, you might be tempted by a night at the opera – especially so if that night is held at Northern Ireland’s most prestigious five-star hotel.
Standing high on the wooded slopes of the Holywood hills, overlooking Belfast Lough and the County Antrim coastline, is the […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by
Just off the coast of Normandy, France, Jersey is one of the Channel Islands. Although it is a British Crown dependency, it is not actually part of the UK, nor a member of the EU.
With its lush valleys, rolling green fields, pretty Norman style farmhouses, narrow winding lanes, its unspoilt coastline of majestic cliffs and […]
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Posted on January 20th, 2008 by
If you visit Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, prepare to be amazed the minute you walk in the door. The first thing to greet your eye is the fantastic, perspective warping work by Patrick Hughes, where the painting actually appears to move as you do, and you can look down three painting lined corridors simultaneously. […]
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by
Within Rome itself is the enclave known as the State of the Vatican City, which is the sovereign territory of the Holy See, the Pope. It is the smallest nation in the world, and even has representation in the United Nations, as a non-voting member state.
Within the Vatican City you can find the grand Saint […]
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by
Now that the New Year is almost upon us, it could be time to be considering a spring break, and where better to spend a few days, just as the weather is finally turning warmer, than the wonderful city of Rome?
The Eternal City is built on seven hills, on the River Tiber, and was lucky […]
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Posted on October 7th, 2007 by
Winter is coming to the UK, and it is as the autumn leaves start to fall that I turn my thoughts to escaping off to the south of France, where there are reasonably warm temperatures throughout the winter, or at least warm compared with England.
It seems that Vincent Van Gogh also found the south of […]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by
If you are contemplating a visit to England this fall, it is possible that you had not thought of visiting the city of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, as Bradford is a little off the popular tourist trail. However if you are a big fan of Indian cooking, or an aficionado of the cinema, or even […]
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Posted on October 1st, 2007 by
For anyone contemplating travel in Europe and visiting its most famous sights, sooner or later you are going to come face-to-face with the Renaissance, particularly in the form of the great works of art, and architecture, that date from that period. However, the Renaissance was not just a movement in art, but was an intellectual […]
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Posted on September 27th, 2007 by
Vienna, the capital of Austria, and its largest city, is famous for its long artistic traditions, and cultural sophistication, being particularly highly regarded for its music, theater and opera. Vienna has long been regarded as being the capital of European classical music, with such great names as Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss having associations with the […]
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 by
Claimed to be the most romantic city in the world, and popular with honeymooners, no tour of Europe could possibly be complete without a visit to Paris, which has such an abundance of sights to see, and things to enjoy that you could quite easily spend a month or more here.
Standing majestic […]
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