Estonian Song and Dance Celebration
There are few nations in the world for which song holds a greater cultural status than Estonia. The bloodless, so-called Singing Revolution in the late 1980s was a defiant national…
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There are few nations in the world for which song holds a greater cultural status than Estonia. The bloodless, so-called Singing Revolution in the late 1980s was a defiant national…
Coimbra is the perfect launch point for the next part of my voyage. Accompanied by my brilliant guides Rafaela and Liliana of Portugal Green Travel, we set off on the…
Nature, history, food and wine: the Centre of Portugal has it all, as Judith Schrut discovers on her visit to Portugal’s green and gorgeous heart. At this time of year…
It’s not news that the winter season gets a lot of knocks from people who don’t like the cold, but embracing the drop in temperatures can be an exciting way…
Mark Bibby Jackson goes on a Nova Scotia road trip taking in UNESCO old town Lunenburg and Peggy’s Cove while discovering the amazing warmth of the locals even in the…
I first heard of the Muir hotel Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada at a travel convention in London. I was so impressed by the presentation that I put it on…
Mark Bibby Jackson pays his first trip to Nova Scotia Canada to meet Lucy the Lobster and become a judge in the annual lobster roll competition. Southwest Nova Scotia is…
Vegas, Hawaii, Nashville and, of course, Graceland, Memphis – these are destinations many an Elvis fan has firmly in their pilgrimage sights, or indeed, has visited multiple times. Yet there’s…
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Debbie North flies North to sample the delights of Bergen for a Accessible Norwegian Adventure Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city, has long been known as the ‘Gateway to the Fjords,’ often…
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Mark Bibby Jackson checks into L’Hotel Barrière Le Westminster Le Touquet and falls in love with this Anglo-French gem on the Opal Coast. For the past hundred years there has…
Mark Bibby Jackson ignores weather warnings to travel to Pas-de-Calais France during Storm Darragh with his mother. Does he live to tell the tale? The plan is to visit the…
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Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in February 2025 across the Globe, from Mongolia to Easter Island, so wherever you are you just can’t help celebrating the…
Looking for day trips from Bratislava Slovakia? Follow Mark Bibby Jackson on his trip into the surrounding countryside. There are times when I realise I never would have cut it…
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Roger and Eileen conclude their voyage through Sri Lanka visiting Negombo, Yala National Park and Colombo. To read the first half of their adventures, click here. We reluctantly left Uga…
On the first leg of their whistle-stop tour through Sri Lanka, Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise visit Uga Ulagalla in the island’s Cultural Triangle. The teardrop of India, or the…
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On his way from Carinthia Austria to Bratislava in Slovakia, Mark spends a night in Vienna, to review the NH Wien Belvedere hotel, next to the famous Belvedere Palace. A…
It has been six years since Mark Heath was last in Merida. Despite the political upheavals, he found the city and surrounding area even more enjoyable; especially with the resurrection…
Culture & history are essential elements of the Over 40 and Over 50 travel experience. Gone have the days when you were content just to lying on the beach, and – perhaps – the kids have trailed off on holidays of their own. At Travel Begins at 40, our team of expert writers have traversed the globe to bring you their favourite cultural and historical highs – some of which might just take you by surprise. So whether you fancy taking a tour of Florence or visiting the Louvre – the Abu Dhabi one naturally, we have the travel experiences that might just inspire you to go on a trip of your own. From Pittsburgh to Almaty and Cartagena to Oman, we have experienced the world’s greatest festivals and museums, castles and temples. Read our adventures and don’t forget to go on similar ones of your own. Culture, history and the people who have shaped them at travel Begins at 40.