Food and Drink

Snakes Alive in Yangshuo

Visiting Yangshuo in China and sampling one of the local delicacies: snake.

Visiting Lyon

Lyon’s delights include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the chocolate-maker Bernachon, bouchons, and the Croix-Rousse silk weaver district.

Waterside Hotel in Inverness

The Travel Pages reviews the Waterside Hotel in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, and finds haggis heaven in their restaurant.

The beach at the Hotel Bon Sol Resort and Spa in Mallorca in Spain.

Mallorca Resort Hotel

One of the best and oldest Mallorca resort hotels is the Bon Sol Resort and Spa, a family-run eco-friendly hotel with three pools, two restaurants and a spa.

Jesmond Dene House

The Travel Pages visits Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle and reviews this boutique hotel… and its signature Chocolate Sphere dessert!

On a wine tour at Eberbach Abbey near Frankfurt in Germany

Eberbach Abbey Wine Tour

The Travel Pages takes a wine tour at Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau wine region of Germany, near Frankfurt, with tastings in the monastery’s historic rooms.

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How to Drink Your Bread

Donna Dailey visits the Brussels Beer Project and meets the innovative brewers who are taking Belgian craft beer into the 21st century.

Drinking the spa healing waters in Wiesbaden, Germany

From Water to Wine in Wiesbaden

Donna Dailey visits the German spa town near Frankfurt, tastes the healing spa waters and discovers some local wine too.

The Atholl Arms in Dunkeld

Review of the Atholl Arms in Dunkeld and a visit to Dunkeld Cathedral

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Pairing Whisky with Bacon

Pairing Whisky with a Bacon Roll is the kind of fun whisky thing you do at the Speyside Whisky Festival, and Mike Gerrard was there.

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Perthshire Country House Hotel

Mike Gerrard reviews the historic Ballathie House, a Perthshire Country House Hotel, and samples their award-winning restaurant.

Belgian Chocolate-Making

Donna Dailey takes a chocolate-making lesson in Ghent in Belgium

Simonstone Hall luxury hotel in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales Luxury Hotel

Mike Gerrard visits Simonstone Hall luxury hotel, near Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales

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The Oyster Man of Loch Fyne

Mike Gerrard meets the man in charge of growing every Loch Fyne oyster you’ve ever eaten… and mailing them round the world!

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Best Restaurants in Northern Ireland

With a wealth of superb natural produce on their doorstep and a wave of artisan producers supplying everything from handmade butter and oils to goat kid meat, creative chefs are making Northern Ireland the UK’s hottest foodie destination.

David Ridgway, chief sommelier at the largest wine cellar in Paris at the Tour d'Argent restaurant

The Best Wine Cellar in Paris

Mike Gerrard meets David Ridgway, the Englishman in charge of the best wine cellar in Paris – in fact the best cellar of French wine in the world – at the Tour d’Argent restaurant.