Posts Tagged ‘
Big Ben ’
Sep 30th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Big Ben, Brazil, Brits, Caribbean, Cruise, Fitzrovia, hotel, Jamaica, London, Marmite, New York, Postcards, Rio, Sadiq Khan, Seaside, social media, Tahiti, The Mandrake, The Tower of London, Tooting, UNESCO, Usain Bolt
Aug 21st, 2017 |
By The Editor
With his stentorian, powerful tones, Jacob Rees-Mogg might prove to be a hit as a Big Ben replacement.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Alex Salmond, Big Ben, Jacob Rees-Mogg
Mar 31st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: airport, Ancoats, Barcelona, Big Ben, Brexit, easyjet, Ed Sheeran, Edinburgh, Emirates, Framlingham, France, Granada, Hawaiian Airlines, holiday, London, London Eye, Madrid, Manchester, Package holidays, Prosecco, Ryanair, Scotland, Singapore, Singapore Changri, spain, Suffolk, Terminal, The North, Thomas Cook, UK, weighing airline passengers
Jun 1st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world this month …
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Tags: Big Ben, Britain, Cuba, Egypt, Elizabeth Tower, Fish Market, Harry Potter, Japan, London, Machu Picchu, Peru, Singapore, Surrey, Tenerife, The Great Clock, what's hot
Jan 28th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
The best way to get to grips with the UK’s colourful, cosmopolitan capital is on foot, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Big Ben, Blitz, Buckingham Palace, Charles Dickens, Downing Street, High Society, Horse Guards Parade, John Bosco, London, Monument, St Paul's Cathedral, St. James’s Palace, Talk of the Town, Talk of the Town London, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Valentine's Day, walking tours, Westminster Abbey
Oct 27th, 2013 |
By Kaye Holland
Brixton often gets a bad rap – a legacy of the riots that occurred in the 80s – but don’t be scared by its sinister reputation. True it isn’t the safest neighbourhood in town – the sound of police sirens is never too far away – but it is the most enticing and there are scintillating sights if you know where to go. Kaye Holland is smitten by the south London neighbourhood
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Big Ben, Brixton, Brixton Academy, Brixton Village, Buckingham Palace, Caribbean, champagne, Clapham, David Bowie, Foxtons, John Major, Lambeth, London, Mexican, National Trust, Plan B, Riots, Ritzy cinema, south London, The Effra, The Windmill, Time Out, Waitrose
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
By The Editor
The world’s largest greenhouses and its best mountain biking routes, a first edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets and Europe’s first international dark sky reserve all help make up VisitEngland’s ‘101 things to do before you go abroad’, revealed today to mark St George’s Day
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Big Ben, Cambridgeshire, Europe, Exmoor National Park, Ian Fleming, John Rylands Library, Kent, Lincoln, Newcastle, Nottingham, St George\'s Day, Stonehenge, The Eden Project, The Shard, UNESCO
Oct 27th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Kids are flocking to museums this half term break in favour of thrill seeking attractions
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Big Ben, Blackpool Tower, Buckingham Palace, Edinburgh Castle, Great Britain, Hadrian's Wall, half term, Stonehenge, The Tower of London
Jun 7th, 2012 |
By Jane Egginton
Jane Egginton and her discerning three old let us in on some of their favourite quintessential London experiences and share some of their city secrets
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Afternoon tea, Big Ben, Boyd's, Canary Wharf, Duck Tours, Europe, London, Matilda, St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, Thames, The Bingham, The London Eye, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, The Wolseley, Tower of London
Oct 10th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Egypt may have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons this year (the clashes in Cairo earlier this week killed 25 people and injured more than 300), but the Egyptian pyramids remain the sight most people want to see before they die.
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Big Ben, Cairo, Egypt, Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Mount Rushmore, Northern Lights, Statue of Liberty, Taj Mahal, The Niagara Falls, Venetian Canals
Jul 11th, 2009 |
By Adrian Lawes
Walk across Westminster Bridge in London and at some stage you will be barred by a tourist taking a picture of the tall building that houses Big Ben, the bell that everyone hears at some stage in their lives. .Be it on HP sauce bottles, the opening credits of the old London Films, BBC news or a host of other services, the use of the building immediately tells the world it is related to London. To use that much overused word, it is iconic. As
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Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Big Ben, London