Edinburgh
Tynecastle Park Hotel opens in Edinburgh
Scottish Premiership football club, Heart of Midlothian, has launched its new 25-bedroom hotel and events space Tynecastle Park Hotel Tynecastle [Read more]
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Two new sites for Highland Coast Hotels
Highland Coast Hotels has announced plans to open two new venues in spring 2024 Lochardil House in Inverness and The [Read more]
England
Marchmont Street Foundling Tokens
The sad story behind Marchmont Street Sculptures Walking along Bloomsbury’s Marchmont Street, look down, instead of the usual up, for [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: Le Corbusier in Berlin
Brutalist architecture in Berlin by Le Corbusier For years I thought brutalist architecture was awful. I grew up in Cumbernauld [Read more]
Scotland
Ten things to do in Tobermory, Scotland
What to see in Tobermory Tobermory is the main village on the Isle of Mull and at just under 1,000 [Read more]
Italy
The Top Things to Do and See in Bergamo, Italy
What to see in Bergamo, Italy Bergamo is a town in Lombardy to the east of Milan. There are two [Read more]
Glasgow
SWG3 Hotel for music lovers in Glasgow
New hotel and hub for Glasgow riverside Plans have been submitted for a hotel and multi use site in Glasgow’s West [Read more]
Travel
The home of Stracciatella ice cream
Stracciatella Ice Cream from Bergamo Did you know that Stracciatella ice cream originates from Bergamo? We visited La Marianna in [Read more]
Scotland
Review of Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries
Feeling festive in Dumfries A mere 5-minute walk from Dumfries Railway Station is Cairndale Hotel. The station has services from [Read more]
news
LeShuttle Black Friday Sale: Travel Under the Channel from only £24
Book a self-drive ski trip or take advantage of tax-free Christmas shopping LeShuttle Black Friday sale involves discounts on all [Read more]
Glasgow
First look at Glasgow House of Gods
House of Gods share first glimpse into new Glasgow opening. House of Gods Glasgow has given a first glimpse of [Read more]
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Off Peak fares all day with ScotRail
ScotRail Off-Peak fares all day long Some superb news from ScotRail. A six month trial funded by the Scottish Government [Read more]
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Venice Tourist Tax
All you need to know about the Venice Tourist Tax The city of Venice, in Italy, has approved the trial [Read more]
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Scaffolding to be removed at Salisbury Cathedral
Works finally complete at Salisbury Cathedral Iconic building Salisbury Cathedral has been undergoing major restoration work for the past 40 [Read more]
Argyll and Bute
A look inside the reopened Kilmartin Museum
Kilmartin Museum re-opens the doors to over 12,000 years of history Kilmartin Museum reopened to the public on Sunday 3rd [Read more]
Travel
Heritage Open Days Programme Launched
Festival of history and culture returns with a packed programme of free events Heritage Open Days (HODs) returns this September [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: Mengenlehreuhr, Berlin
What time is it on the Mengenlehreuhr? This is surely the craziest clock we have ever seen, the Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin [Read more]
Travel
Visiting Scotland – driving tips
Advice for driving in Scotland As this site is based in Scotland, it makes sense to highlight some of the [Read more]
Germany
A film locations walking tour in Gorlitz
From Hollywood to Görliwood You’ll have seen Görlitz in many films but were probably unaware of its existence. The town [Read more]
Travel
Overnight to London with Caledonian Sleeper train
A guide to travelling on the Caledonian Sleeper, the overnight train journey from Glasgow to London, with everything you need [Read more]
England
Travel : London’s Smallest Police Station
Could this be London’s smallest Police station? The centre of London, on Trafalgar Square, isn’t the first place you would [Read more]
Berlin
Street Yoga Figures of Berlin
Street sign figures of Berlin If you have visited Berlin you may have spotted the little cork figures doing yoga [Read more]
Japan
Travel To Do: Cat Island, Tashirojima, Japan
Cats are King on Tashirojima Island Tashirojima (田代島) is a small island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is a small [Read more]
Berlin
Food: Taste the GDR at Alain Snack, Berlin
Currywurst or Ketwurst – GDR snack time at Alain Snack Alain’s Snack Bar in Prenzlauer Berg not only dates back [Read more]