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.
Mike Gerrard visits the war graves and cemeteries around Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, and witnesses the moving ceremony that takes place at the Menin Gate.
Mike Gerrard hires a couple of classic cars and takes them for a spin in Scotland.
A visit to the Kitchen Garden at Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
For a charming Mallorca Hotel visit the family-run Mar i Vent in the quiet coastal village of Banyalbufar, ideal for hiking and cycling, and with its own swimming pool and good restaurant.
Cruise the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands by way of a country walking holiday through the Great Glen on board a Belgian barge.
Look for Casanova in Venice and you can still see his prison cell in the Doge’s Palace, from where he made a daring rooftop escape, and the Bridge of Sighs over which he was taken to prison.
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Travel writer Mike Gerrard learns how to polish a diamond at Coster Diamonds in Amsterdam
We review the Manor Restaurant at Eastwell Manor Champneys Hotel and Spa, a luxury country house hotel with spa and landscaped gardens near Canterbury and Ashford in Kent.
The Crinan Hotel in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland is in a perfect location by the entrance to the Crinan Canal and overlooking the sea and Loch Crinan.
Mike Gerrard walks the Watercress Way near Winchester, along the River Itchen.
Some of the best cafes and restaurants in Amsterdam today are in its visitor attractions including museums like the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum.
The Secrets of the Bastille include tales of the Spider King, the Viaduc des Arts and furniture-makers who can be found down hidden passages.
A visit to the BB King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi, a tribute to the king of the delta blues.
Mike Gerrard gets the VIP treatment on a tour at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam.
The best things to do in Lyon include Vieux Lyon (the Old Town), Fourviere, and the Croix-Rousse districts, seeing the cathedral, basilica and several museums including Lumiere and Beaux-Arts museums.
A visit to the Tupelo Automobile Museum, the largest private collection of cars east of the Mississippi.
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The best Lyon Museums include the Musee des Beaux-Arts, the Silk Museum or Musee des Tissus, the Resistance and Deportation Museum and the Lumiere Museum