Forget the pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, the Acropolis or even the Coliseum, the second-best world heritage site in the world to visit is a village in Wiltshire. Avebury is second only to the little-known - in the West at least - Monte Alban in Mexico for visitor experience, according to a global survey by Which? magazine's travel section, which rates it as one of the top two historic sites in the world for presentation, preservation and the appeal of the area around.
ON May Day, 2013, the eyes of the travel world will focus on East Midlands Airport - and the army of planespotters will be gathered together from much further afield than the nearby centres of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. For the first advertised departure of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the colours of a UK airline will see a Thomson Airways flight depart for Cancun, Mexico, followed by another historic Dreamliner lift- off half an hour later bound for Sanford, Florida.
... to combine beaches with World Heritage Sites of Hue and Hoi An. 2 Cruising keeps booming: There...
NONE of the thousands of tourists in Rome this week have come to see the modern. This is a city where the ancient takes precedence, and the hordes of backpackers, schoolchildren following guides toting raised umbrellas and the well-heeled Americans are here for antiquity. One by one, they check off the great sites of a once-mighty empire -- the Forum, the Colosseum, the Pantheon. They cluster around the more recent, yet still historic, arrivals to the landscape, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Vittorio Emmanuele monument.
... Central and South America, from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, El Salvador, all coun...
HE Hay Festival, which opened yesterday for the 24th time, is not just a meeting of minds. Thirty-two marriages have been forged from first encounters amid the cerebral discussions, readings, interviews and book launches in the world's first book town. One couple who married recently had a wedding cake in the shape of a big marquee," says festival founder and director, Peter Florence.
... to two of South-East Wales' greatest historical treasures, Raglan Castle and Chepstow Castle, led ... White are a fascinating trio of historic sites. Join Jeremy Knight, the author of Cadw's official...
MEXICO From Pounds 1,059pp Adventurous types should explore beyond the famous Mayan site at Tulum, and aim for the remote Mayan ruins of Chaccoben. It's worth the 110-mile trek south from Tulum to gawp at the restored temples set in the middle of a jungle. Archaeologists believe the site could go back as far as 200AD.
... of Italy has a wealth of fascinating historical sites. The 2010 find of human remains in a Tuscan ...
IT'S great to visit new destinations on holiday, but sometimes you fetch up on a foreign shore and know instantly that this is just the place for you. The hotel manager becomes a friend, you're on first-name terms with the barman, the locals give you a smile and a wave and you feel so at home that you know you're going to come back... year after year.
...CANCUN, MEXICO. WHY GO BACK? On Mexico's sunny Yucatan Peninsula,... west coast, has an ancient harbour and historic sites nearby. But for a real taste of the island, ...
GET YOUR HEART RACING IN BAJA CAlIfORNIA, mExICO The problem The most exhilarating part of your day is negotiating the escalators on the Tube. The solution Open-wheel tour car racing around the wide- open, rugged subtropical and desert landscapes of the Baja peninsula. You'll feel like Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair. The facts California-based Wide Open Excursions runs wild 'empowered adventure' trips where you get to drive its custom-designed Desert Challenge cars over, through, up and down every kind of terrain from silt beds and sand washes to water crossings, jumps and whoop-de- dos - not just fun but cool, too: Paul Newman was a regular. Seasoned guides offer driving tips so you can push yourself, and your vehicle, to the limit. At the end of each day you'll be dusty, dir...
... visit some of the world's most stunning historic sites, including the ruins at Palmyra, the Crusade...
Fancy staying somewhere a little different on holiday? Travel website VirtualTourist.com has compiled a list of 10 interesting buildings converted into hotels 1. Mandarin Oriental, Prague, Czech Republic Although many of the most famous sites in Prague are located in the Stare Mesto and Nove Mesto, the Prague Castle and many of the city's most atmospheric walks are found on the other side of the River Vltava in the Mala Strana neighbourhood. One of these unique buildings is the Mandarin Oriental Prague, housed in a converted Dominican monastery from the 14th century. Even the hotel group's signature holistic spa experience, including a vitality pool and two saunas, is set in an area of architectural heritage. The spa's entry, a glass walkway, both displays and preserves the remnants of ...
... providing a modern aesthetic with an historical slant. The architecture of the former jail has bee...3. La Purificadora, Puebla, Mexico One of the first projects to catalyst the converte...
IF MAYAN prophecies are correct, there's no better time to visit Mexico - especially as they predict the end of the world in December this year. It's true, well... depending on how you choose to interpret the Mayan Long Count calendar reaching the end of its cycle.
...Bus trips to all the above sites can be booked from tour operators along Playa's ma...
A IS FOR ANOTHER LONDON All eyes may be on Stratford this summer, but there's good reason to steer your gaze toward Pimlico. Tate Britain will be showcasing the city in all its glory, with a display of 180 images by some of the world's best photographers. Showing from the day of the Olympics opening ceremony (July 27) to September 16, the exhibition explores extremes of life among different communities in London from the 1930s to the 1980s. Images of royal occasions and tourist hot-spots sit alongside portraits of urban paupers, who made their living as artists, beggars and buskers. Among the iconic shots are George VI's coronation by Henri Cartier- Bresson, Karen Knorr's series of punks in the 1970s and Wolfgang Suschitzky's study of working class families in the East End in the 1940s....
... Walk, through picturesque parkland and historic trees. During the summer holidays, Osborne House i...Outside, street artists Saner (Mexico City) and RAMED (France) have created murals of ci... of three Tree Top Junior courses at their sites in Thetford Forest, Swinley Forest and Moors Valle...
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