The Travel Pages

The Travel Pages is an informative and inspirational travel website where we share stories and photographs of the fascinating people and places we’ve come across on our travels. We highlight activities we’ve loved and attractions that have impressed us. And we give honest reviews of our top places to stay, eat and drink.

Top US Cities for Food Tours

Some of the best food tours across the USA, from New York and Boston to Tucson and Los Angeles.

Front and back covers from the Food Trails guidebook from Lonely Planet

Food Trails Book Review

Food Trails is a guidebook from Lonely Planet for the culinary traveller which helps you plan 52 Perfect Weekends in the world’s tastiest destinations.

Float for the Mystic Striper Society in the Mardi Gras Parade in Mobile, Alabama

Mardi Gras in Mobile

Enjoying parades and pizza at Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, the oldest Mardi Gras in the USA.

Hors d'Oeuvres on a wildlife cruise in scotland

Chef All at Sea

Chef All at Sea: How to prepare gourmet food in a tiny kitchen while on a cruise in the Scottish islands.

The Gandzasar Monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh

To the Country That Doesn’t Exist

Visiting Armenia and taking a side trip into Nagorno-Karabakh, the country that doesn’t exist.

Take a Walk on the Wine Side

Visiting Martinborough in New Zealand, taking a vineyard hike and learning how you tell a good pinot noir.

A Very Sherry Girl

The Travel Pages visits Jerez in Andalucia, Spain, and tours the Gonzalez Byass bodega, where they make the legendary Tio Pepe sherry.

Hank Williams Country

Touring Hank Williams Country in Alabama, including visits to his boyhood home, the Hank Williams Museum in Montgomery, and Hank’s grave in the Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery.

Drinking Them Dry in Guyana

Visiting the rainforests of Guyana, staying at the Iwokrama International Centre, seeing cayman, boa snakes and king vultures, and drinking lots of rum.

Thornby Moor Dairy's Cumberland Smoked Cheese

Cumbria on a Plate

Touring Cumbria with Cumbria on a Plate and visiting butter makers cheese makers and other local food producers.

Private Tour of Stonehenge

You can get up close and personal with the stone circle at Stonehenge by booking a private visit through English Heritage.

Gulf Shores in March

Visiting Gulf Shores in March and discovering the wonderful sandy beaches and seafood of Alabama’s Gulf Coast.

Armenian Rhapsody

Armenian Rhapsody: Mike Gerrard visits Armenia and enjoys too much Armenian brandy before heading for a monastery in the mountains.

Sign for St Radigunds Street in Canterbury in Kent

Best Things to Do in Canterbury

The Best Things to Do in Canterbury include visiting Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury Tales Museum, St Martin’s Church and seeing the old buildings and narrow streets.

I Hate Cheerful People

How you doin’? Discovering the delights of Treasure Beach on the south coast of Jamaica.

Georgia on My Mind

Mike Gerrard visits Georgia, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and finds a country of fabulous food and many surprises.

Journey to Armenia

Mike Gerrard visits Yerevan and the rest of Armenia, standing in the shadow of Mount Ararat and located on the edge of both Europe and Asia.

Our Guide, George, on a boat tour on the River Stour in Canterbury, Kent.

Canterbury River Tour

A Canterbury River Tour along the River Stour with Canterbury Historic River Tours based by the Kings Bridge by the Old Weavers Restaurant is definitely one of the best things to do in Canterbury.