Travel
Travel: The Ligurian Mountains, Italy
WHEN you tire of the French Riviera’s celebrity lifestyle, the beautiful scenery, historic villages and delicious food of the Ligurian Mountains are the perfect tonic.
Travel: Biggar
WITH seven museums and a historic castle to stay in, Biggar is a treat for time travellers
Do not disturb: The Old Station, St Andrews
IF YOU are looking for somewhere unique to spend some time away or you’re just a bit of a trainspotter at heart, the Old Station four-star B&B, just outside beautiful St Andrews, provides a railway-themed weekend with vintage appeal.
Travel: Tarn, France
A TINY, ancient woman peers down from a window of her chateau and tosses us the keys to let ourselves in. This spry little aristocrat, Madame Tapié de Celeyran, is the granddaughter of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s cousin, and she takes great delight in showing us around Chateau du Bosc, in the Aveyron region, where the artist spent many holidays as a child
Travel: Australia
For rugby union fans, it’s regarded as one of the sport’s ultimate supporter experiences, one they dream of taking part in at least once in their lifetime.
Travel: Fort William
STRAPPED into a harness, I am focusing on a piece of cable in front of me, when just for a second the cable blurs and instead my vision takes in the ground far below me.
Travel: The Four Seasons, St Fillans, Perthshire
WHAT do you want from a weekend break? Food better than you can cook at home and a stunning view while you eat it. Somewhere you can get to quickly, because if you’re away for a short time, you don’t want to spend that travelling. Finally, for me – and this is the hard one – somewhere that welcomes dogs too.
City guide: Florence, Italy
FLORENCE is a city designed to be explored on foot, especially since the city administration pedestrianised large parts of the old centre, banishing the buzzing Vespas and tooting vehicles. This makes dawdling around gawping at its Renaissance splendours, amazing architecture – oh, and gorgeous shoe shops – a much safer proposition.
From high street to factory floor to hotel room, slump worsens
SCOTTISH firms have suffered deteriorating business conditions and there are few signs of an economic recovery, a report by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce claims today.
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Travel: Keep the kids happy with a family-friendly October break
GONE are the days when holidays meant clubbing until dawn and long days lying on a lounger by the pool to recover, ready to do it all again.
Travel: Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
RUMOUR has it that a private lift exists to whisk the Queen from her train platform at Waverley right up to her suite in the Balmoral Hotel. We had a good old snoop but couldn’t track it down, sadly.
Travel: Bargain Breaks
Prices for three nights in Copenhagen start from £373pp, a saving of 35 per cent.
Travel: The Northern Belle railway
If you regularly have to travel on overcrowded commuter trains you may wish to avoid ever taking a trip on the Northern Belle, part of the Orient-Express collection. It will ruin you.
Travel: Los Angeles, California
California’s largest city has never been known as the world’s most accessible destination for business travel. Its airport, LAX, has become largely outmoded, and the city itself is more renowned for its superficial, disconnected social life than for efficient business dealings.
Erikka Askeland: There’s always time for martinis in Manhattan
I’ve always had a knack for catching planes and trains at just the last minute. Actually, it’s probably just my dumb luck. But it is why I decided to push my luck and make a break for Manhattan on a stopover in New Jersey this week.
Island of the week: Orkney
This week we’re off to Orkney; nearest of the Northern Isles, sixth largest of the Scottish islands, and the tenth-largest of the British Isles.
Fair Isle ranked fifth best island in the world
Fair Isle has been rated fifth- best island in the world, ahead of the likes of Tahiti and Capri.
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Travel: Munich
I am soaking up the atmosphere of Munich, a major European cultural hub which has played host to many prominent composers – Mozart, von Weber, Mahler, and, of course, that great 19th-century German romanticist, Richard Wagner, whose bicentenary falls next year. It promises to be a “year of years” for any Wagnerite. I can’t wait.
Travel: Western Lake District
My geography is pretty rotten. On accepting the offer of a trip to the Western Lake District, I wondered if we could pop by Beatrix Potter’s cottage.
Travel: 48 hours in Kilsyth
• Friday, 2pm Check in to The Coachman Hotel, 4 Parkfoot Street, Kilsyth (www.coachmanhotel.com). Prices for a double room with en suite start from £57.20.
Travel: Israel
WHEN the sun’s warm, the tarmac’s smooth and the roads are empty, the best way to see another country is by bike. Smell the flowers, create your own breeze, stop where you want.
Travel: George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh
NESTLED into the Georgian splendour of Edinburgh’s East End, in the shadow of the Scott Monument and walking distance from the castle and National Galleries of Scotland, the location of the George Hotel gives it a head start when it comes to choosing your stay in the capital if based on the street map alone.
Island of the week: Shetland
This week we look at Shetland, the most northerly part of the UK. The largest of Shetland’s islands, Mainland, is the third-largest of the Scottish islands, and the fifth largest of the British Isles.
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Travel: County Durham
RELAXED grandeur and fabulous food make a stay in County Durham a decadent treat to remember
- Celtic shareholders urge club to drop joint commercial deals with Rangers
- Earthquake that killed nine people in southern Spain was ‘man-made’
- Charles Green apologises to fans for revealing death threats
- Scottish independence: Row over SNP bid to ‘rig’ cash limits for referendum
- Fleet grounded after helicopter ditches in North Sea
- SNP party conference: ‘We’re ruled by a bunch of Snootys,’ says Alex Salmond
- ‘Who dares wins’: Cheers and boos as SNP votes to end opposition to Nato
- Scottish independence: Spain ‘would not allow Scots automatic EU entry’
- Scottish independence: Row over SNP bid to ‘rig’ cash limits for referendum
- Charles Green says path now cleared for Mike Ashley to buy stake in Rangers
- Scottish Government urged to review smoking ban
- Abercrombie & Fitch: The brand might soon open a store in Glasgow, but does its 'heritage' fit the city?
- Edinburgh trams: £100m left in budget as council pushes for faster progress
- Fleet grounded after helicopter ditches in North Sea
- Earthquake that killed nine people in southern Spain was ‘man-made’
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