Isle of Wight Festival Island
The 50th anniversary of the Isle of Wight Festival in 2018 has given rise to a wider ‘Festival Island’ campaign on the Island this summer. In addition to the Isle of Wight Festival…
Burghley Film Festival Returns July
From Jive Talking to Hakuna Matata, film fans are in for some extra treats this summer when one of the UK’s most picturesque outdoor cinemas returns with five days and nights of silverscreen…
Margarita Island: Fading Grandeur Fighting Back
Despite a terrible recession, Venezuela’s Margarita Island still has much to offer as Mark Heath realised when he visited…
Inti Raymi, Cusco: Festival of the Sun
The Inti Raymi is considered by many to be the most famous festival in Peru and other parts of South America. It celebrates the Inca Festival of the Sun. It was suppressed by the Spanish…
US National Travel and Tourism Week
May 6-12 marks the week-long event of National Travel and Tourism Week in the US. Whilst many know the well-trodden tourist spots, there are local art, food and cultural favourites distinctive to destinations…
Walk Japan with Basho Wayfarer Tour
Leading tour operator in Japan, Walk Japan has launched the latest in its series of self-guided walking tours, the Basho Wayfarer – a six-day, five-night tour offering a comfortable…
Visit the Home of Frida Kahlo in Mexico
The V&A’s landmark Frida Kahlo exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up opens in June, presenting an extraordinary collection of previously unseen personal artefacts…
Visit the Gold Coast Not Just for the Games
The Commonwealth Games are now only a couple of weeks away. For those inspired by the games, Tourism and Events Queensland have unearthed just some of the top…
New Conference and Leisure Complex for Hull
A new, £36m music and conference centre is set to open this summer as Hull continues to build on its 2017 City of Culture success – a title it retains until the end of 2020. Yorkshire’s maritime…
The Grand Tour Exhibitions Extends to June
This series of landmark exhibitions includes major shows by Linder at Nottingham Contemporary and Chatsworth, a delicate range of lithophanes…
Ancient Egypt Mummies Come to Bruges
The temporary exhibition “Mummies in Bruges – Secrets of Ancient Egypt” will be inaugurated on 31 March at the Oud Sint-Jan Exhibition Centre in Bruges. This fascinating…
Barbados Celtic Festival 2022, Barbados
The Caribbean island of Barbados is to host the Barbados Celtic Festival, from 12 to 15 May, in the capital Bridgetown; a celebration of Celtic and Bayan music and rum. …
Almaty: the Coolest City in Central Asia
Johan Smits explores Kazakhstan’s former capital Almaty and discovers an overlooked city destination full of cafe culture and a respect for its former Soviet heritage waiting to be discovered by…
SIr Hotels Launches Sir Explore
Sir Hotels is this month, March 2018, launching Sir Explore, giving exclusive access to cities and ‘in-the-know’ personalities in Ibiza, Hamburg, Berlin and Amsterdam…
From Palaeolithic Rock Art to Picasso
Launched this month, the new highly anticipated BBC Arts series Civilisations, inspired by Kenneth Clark’s groundbreaking 1960’s namesake, is being… …
Pop to Chichester for Culture
With the launch of Pop! Art in a Changing Britain exhibition at Chichester’s Pallant House Gallery and the new Festival 18 line-up at the Chichester Festival Theatre…
From Beer to Mussels: Things to Do in Brussels
On a long weekend in the Belgian capital, Mark Bibby Jackson discovers many things to do in Brussels, although most seem to revolve around the city’s delightful bars…
Hampshire to Celebrate Jane Austen in 2018
The 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen in 2017 reinforced the Hampshire author’s Hampshire author’s position as one of the best-loved literary heroes in Britain…
Learning Holidays from Ukraine to China
From papermaking in Japan to photographing Chernobyl, and from a culinary course in Italy to a painting retreat in Kerala, learn new skills with these holiday ideas from travel specialists…
Disney, Electronic Music and Gardens in Frankfurt
Exciting things are happening in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region: Bingen am Rhein will be celebrating a special anniversary, a new hotel has opened in Darmstadt, and…
Discover Historic Bath by Bicycle
March will see the launch of Bath Bike Tours, the first of its kind to provide a programme of bicycle tours in the city and surrounding areas. So maybe this Spring you should get on your bike and see what the Roman…
Snowboarding, Cuba and Hans Christian Anderson
If you’ve had enough of all this cold weather – look no further – and we even have some ideas about how you could enjoy the snow if you’re that way inclined, with our weekly salvo from our friends at Travel PR. So…
Norway & Finland: Summer Holidays
Leading Nordic travel specialist Discover the World has just launched a variety of new Nordic holidays for travel during summer, from family houseboat holidays on Finland’s lakes and island hopping…
Winchester Festival Calendar 2018
From food and drink to music and culture, Winchester bursts with life. And for those who love festivals, England’s vibrant, ancient capital has a calendar full of them…
