Posts Tagged ‘
Cornwall ’
Feb 26th, 2021 |
By The Editor
It is planned to open up the waterfront in Penzance and to prioritise pedestrians and cyclists whilst also encouraging green transport.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Chysauster Ancient Village, Cornwall, Marazion, Market House, Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery Morrab Gardens, Newlyn School of Art, Penlee House, Penzance, Porthcurnow, St Michael’s Mount, The Exchange, The Minack, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens
Jan 16th, 2021 |
By The Editor
Visit Cornwall must be delighted to have get such multi-million publicity. Whether the locals are so pleased is another matter.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: carbis Bay, Cornwall, Tregenna Castle Resort
May 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Vivid Sydney, Black Sabbath and Machu Picco by rail are some of the thoughts of Adrian this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th May 2019
Tags: Air Europa, Cornwall, Costa Rica Festival, credit card fees, Eden Project, Flybe, Home of Metal, Inca Rail, Israel, Jerusalem City Pass, LOT Polish Airlines, Machu Pico, National Gardening Week, Nicaragua, Peru, The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Vivid Sydney
Aug 13th, 2018 |
By The Editor
If you decided to give Cornwall a miss this year because of overcrowding, think again.
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Tags: Cornwall, Kynance Cove., Malcolm Bell, Porthcurno beach, Visit Cornwall
Jul 16th, 2018 |
By The Editor
A new visitor attraction – has opened near the Cornish town of Lostwithiel and only about three miles off the main spinal road of the county – Colwith Farm Distillery – the A30.
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Tags: Colwith Farm Distillery, Cornwall
Jun 16th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Its county show time and with five at the very least happening in the next week or so its time to see how they have altered over the years. And if you visit London, pop to the Brazilian embasssy to see how the country helped the UK in WWII.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 16th June 2018
Tags: 'The Art of Diplomacy: Brazilian Modernism Painted for War', alligator on the runway, Brazil, Cornwall, county shows, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, India, New Zealand, Orlando International Airport, Taj Mahal, Tintagel Castle, tourist taxes, Tunisia, World Cup
Apr 28th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
In a week in which a bird wanted to view impressionist paintings and Venice segregated tourists from locals, Adrian wraps up the smaller stories of the week
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 28th April 2018
Tags: Abu Dhabi, Art gallery of SA, Cornwall, David Evennett MP, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Hungary’s Gourmet Festival 2018, IWM – Imperial War Museum, Jurassic Park - The Ride, Maldives, Mauritius, museum exhibition charges, South Australia, Travelodge, Universal Studios Hollywood, USA, USA national park entrance prices, Venice, Warner Bros
Jan 1st, 2018 |
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: Aborigines, adventure travel, Adventure Travel Show, America, Australia, Ayers Rock, Capital of Culture, City of Culture, Cornwall, culture, Donald Trump, Hull, Japan, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco, RAF, resort, Six star, ski, skiing, sumo, Trump, Uluru, USA, Visit Lincolnshire, winter sports, Yves Saint Laurent
Oct 14th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
More tourists, more spending, smoking bans and new theme park attractions are just some of the things catching Adrian’s attention this week
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 14th October 2017
Tags: Australia, Cairns Aquarium and Reef Research Centre, Castle Campbell, Cornwall, Cuina Oberta, Doune Castle, Dunblane Cathedral, Historic Environment Scotland, IATA, Inchmahome Priory, Movie World, Norwegian, Queensland, Scotland, Singapore, smoking on Thai beaches, South Africa, spain, Stirling Castle, Tate St Ives, Thailand, travel insurance coverage, valencia, Valencia Intramurs
Apr 26th, 2017 |
By The Editor
On May 1st, Visit Cornwall and its members are launching ‘Cornish Summer Time’ (CST) which starts six weeks earlier than ‘official’ British Summer Time.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Cornsih Summer Time, Cornwall, Helston, May Day Oby Oss Festival, Padstow, Visit Cornwall
Feb 20th, 2017 |
By The Editor
The 9-day festival, organised by Cornish Quest, has been created to celebrate the uniqueness of Cornish language, culture and heritage and much of it will take place at The Acorn Theatre in Penzance.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Cornwall, Penzance, St Piran Parade, The Kernewek Festival
Oct 31st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world
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Tags: airlines, Anfield, Budapest, Connecticut, Cornwall, Cumbria, Eating out, Flying, Kit Kemp, languages, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Lost In Translation, New York, Nottingham, Paris, restaurants, Sheffield, Yayoi Kusama
Sep 6th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Nearly every newspaper has run Poldark stories and linked it to tourism. At this rate maybe Visit Cornwall should finance other novels set in Cornwall and sell it to the BBC, ITV, Sky or one of the other myriad of television channels around.
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Tags: Cornwall, Poldark, Stay in Cornwal, Visit Cornwall
Aug 4th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Because we always have perfect warm sunny and dry weather in August in the UK and Ireland we need to take no notice of suggestions made by Trevornick on how to enjoy ourselves when the weather is iffy.
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Tags: Cornwall, Trevornik
Jul 27th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Wandering through Devon and Cornwall in the next few weeks holidaymakers might run into the Cornish Mining Man Engine, a twelve-metre tall mechanical puppet.
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Tags: Cornish Mining Man Engine, Cornwall, tin mining, UNESCO World Heritage Sites
May 1st, 2016 |
By The Editor
According to Travelodge, more than half of respondents in a survey they commissioned say that they will holiday in the UK this year.
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Comments Off on Another bumper, staycation year?
Tags: Cornwall, staycations, Travelodge
Mar 19th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
As easter approached, Adrian has a rather full column rannging from theme parks to gardens and from the new Glasgow Restaurant Festival to how some destinations just have some kitties to entice us to them.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th March 2016
Tags: Airbnb, Alton Towers, American Air Museum, Chessington World of Adventures, Cornwall, Curacao, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Efteling, Europa Park, Gardaland, Glasgow, Glasgow Restaurant Festival, Glendurgan Garden, Greece, Italy, IWM Duxford, Lego Discovery Centre, Loch Lomond, London Zoo, Love Loch Lomond, Macao, Maine, Tregwainton
Mar 5th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A gin distillery at Gatwick captured Adrian’s attention this week but so did Joan of Arc’s ring, the wreck of a gambling ship off San Diego and St Piran’s Day which happens to be today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th March 2016
Tags: ABTA, Alto Atacama Observatory., Belvoir Castle, Capability Brown, Chile, Cornwall, Florida, Flybe, Keukenhof, Kuelap, Miami, Peru, Puy du Fou, Ryanair, San Diego, Shop Miami Month, SS Monte Carlo, St Piran's Day
Jun 20th, 2015 |
By Natasha Blair
Being a foodie, Natasha had to spend some time in Padstow and the Camel Valley exploring the food and wine.
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Tags: Camel Trail, Camel Valley, Cornwall, Eden Project, National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow, Prideaux Place
Apr 24th, 2015 |
By Natasha Blair
The Fal River Festival runs for ten days from 22 May to 31, 2015. Natasha Blair and her beloved dog Poppy went to explore what this area of Cornwall has to offer.
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Tags: Cornwall, dog-friendly holidays, Fal Festival, Fal River, Falmouth, Lamorran, National Maritime Museum, Pendennis Castle, Royal Cornwall Museum, St Mawes Castle, Trelissick
Feb 28th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Golfing in the Algarve, a circus extravaganza in Bayeux and the success of Blackpool are just some of the things that caught Adrian’s eye this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 28th February 2015
Tags: Algarve, Bayeux, Birmingham, Blackpool, Christmas Markets, Cornwall, Holland, Jim Clark Room, Mohammed Reza Amirinia, Newark Air Museum, Philadelphia, Very Bello, Virgin Atlantc
Feb 11th, 2015 |
By Kaye Holland
Hugo Chittenden gave up his career in the city to help raise awareness, funding and support for charities and projects overseas. Here he talks travel and reveals why volunteering is the way forward
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Christmas, Cornwall, England, holiday, Hugo Chittenden, India, Lebanon, Middle East, syria, The Volunteer, Travel, UK, Volunteering
Nov 22nd, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Battle of Waterloo, Moscow, Great Yarmouth and a Cornish oratory are among the things that attracted my attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 22nd November 2014
Tags: Battle of Waterloo, Blackpool Airport, Cornwall, Gatwick, Great Yarmouth, Minnesota, Moscow, National Memorial Arboretum, Southampton Airport, St Piran's Oratory, The Malt Cross Music Hall
Aug 14th, 2014 |
By The Editor
For the bank holiday weekend at the end of August, Falmouth is hosting 47 ships including 12 tall ships that are taking part in the Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta.
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Tags: Cornwall, Falmouth, Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta.
Jul 23rd, 2014 |
By The Editor
Last Monday a new “attraction” opened at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Designed to appeal to the young and the inquisitive, the idea behind “Dinosaurs Unleashed” is that it will turn visitors into explorers.
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Tags: Cornwall, Dinosaurs Unleashed, Eden Project
May 4th, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Freelance expedition leader and outdoor instructor, Jo Bradshaw, has led horse-back expeditions over the Andes, and on foot in Africa, China, and the Himalayas. Here the adventurer reveals her love for Argentina and why Ama Dablam is on her wish list
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Tags: adventure, Africa, Alaska, Ama Dablam, Andes, Argentina, China, Cornwall, Manaslu, rural tourism, The Himalayas, UK
Apr 6th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Two days ago on April 4th, the railway line re-opened allowing visitors to travel by train to Cornwall again.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Cornwall is connected
Tags: Cornwall, Eden Project, Pendennis, Tintagel
Mar 30th, 2014 |
By The Editor
St Michael’s Mount is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Cornwall. The castle rises from the sea and, at low tide, you can cross the ancient causeway and visit the island on which the castle stands.
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Tags: Cornwall, St Michael's Mount