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Newcastle ’
Mar 19th, 2021 |
By The Editor
The ‘North of England City Experience’ will encourage travel between Leeds, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle and Gateshead once safe to do so.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: 'North of England City Experience', Discover England Fund, First TransPennine, Gateshead, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Marketing Liverpool, Newcastle, VisitEngland
Aug 27th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
As the fun in Edinburgh ends, Adrian looks at the Dublin festivities next month as well as those on Sark and how the BBC reported driver-less taxis in Singapore.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Östersund, British Airways, Dublin, easyjet, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport, Newcastle, Norwegian, replica Kalashnikov's, Ryanair, Sark, Sark Roots Festival, The Night Tube, Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, United Airlines
Jan 27th, 2015 |
By The Editor
With twenty six washing machine drums stacked in a pyramid and a wooden horse on roller skates dressed in leg warmers is it any wonder that The Herb Garden Pizza Kitchen in Newcastle is a bit of a tourist lure?
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Newcastle, The Herb Garden Pizza Kitchen
Jan 24th, 2015 |
By The Editor
Gwen Keating – a confirmed Novocastrian and a green badge guide explains how she plans her travel and where she likes to go.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Brazil, Craster, Falklands, Grenada, Gwen Keating, La Comera, Newcastle, Personalised Tourism Services, Sydney, Tortuga
Aug 31st, 2014 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s all about holidaying with his Royal Highness, Prince Harry, and hanging out in the Peninsula Paris – Paris’ new super-hotel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Africa, amsterdam, Australia, British Airways, British Airways Holidays, Camden Lock Market, Ebola, Europe, Grimsby, Heathrow, London, Newcastle, Paris, Peninsula Paris, Prince Harry, Roamer, spain, Thailand, Turkey, USA, valencia, World Health Organisation
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
Jan 31st, 2013 |
By The Editor
Today sees a new icon on the London skyline, open its doors to the public for the first time. The View from the Shard – the visitor attraction at the tallest building in western Europe – will offer visitors a whole new perspective on the capital
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news |
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Tags: 02, Angel of the North, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dorset, Gateshead, Lake District, London, Newcastle, Olympic Park, Portsmouth, Scafell Pike, Spinnaker Tower, St Paul's Cathedral, The View from the Shard, Weymouth, Windsor Castle
Dec 2nd, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
A new poll by YouGov reveals that, despite 2012 being a year like no other, 52 per cent of Londoners would rather live in another part of Britain
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Cornwall, East Anglia, Holland Park, LA, Leeds, Little Thetford, Liverpool, London, London Eye, Newcastle, Salford, Spitalfields, Stoke, The Thames
Sep 8th, 2012 |
By The Editor
The trend for creating highly visible works of art looks set to continue with today’s public opening of Northumberlandia, ‘Goddess of the North’ – the latest of a number of big and bold public works dotted across the English landscape
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Cerne Giant, Dorset, England, Gateshead, Kent, London, Newcastle, Northumberland, Olympic Park, Visit England, Wiltshire
Sep 6th, 2012 |
By The Editor
Freshers’ week sparks increase in short-breaks and hotel bookings, as Mum and Dad celebrate their first week of freedom
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Newcastle
Mar 18th, 2011 |
By The Editor
With London set to play host to an influx of visitors next month for the Royal Wedding, CD Traveller investigates whether the capital is a rip off for tourists
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Tags: London, Newcastle, UK, Wigan
Feb 15th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Escaping to sunnier shores with the kids this half term but wondering which airport to fly out from? Make up your mind with our handy guide
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Airports, Heathrow, Liverpool, London, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Stansted
Feb 7th, 2011 |
By Adrian Lawes
From the image you may not be able to guess where it is. The picture is taken from the entrance from the Grand Arcade, that ornate Victorian splendour running off Grainger Street in Newcastle.
So why do I nominate Newcastle as having the best tourist information office in England? Well to be fair I haven’t visited all the tourist offices in the country.
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Tags: best tourist office, Leeds, Newcastle, tourist offices
Feb 21st, 2010 |
By Adrian Lawes
The phrase above is the slogan that Visit Britain us using as part of its advertising campaign to encourage Americans to come and see us. The slogan thought up by Californian, Jay Masunaga, in a competition designed to publicise Britain as a holiday destination for the gay community.
To complement the promotion, Visit Britain has also come up with categories of people to whom Britain would appeal. These are Foodies, Night Owls, Event-Goers, Culturati, Chillers and Fashionistas. You can guess what most of these are but how about Chillers
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Brighton, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gay Tourism, Glasgow, Highlands, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, North Wales, Visit Britain