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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.

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.

A plate of hummus at the Shaya restaurant in New Orleans.

Beyond the Beignets

Mike Gerrard reviews the award-wining Shaya restaurant in New Orleans, whose Israeli chef serves up an eclectic Mediterranean menu.

The Lounge at the Hotel Indigo in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Dusseldorf’s Fashionable Hotel Indigo

Mike Gerrard visits the Hotel Indigo, a fashion hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany’s city of fashion.

Secret Amsterdam

The Secret Amsterdam guide from Jonglez reveals the city’s hidden curiosities and secret places.

Names on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Flanders, Belgium

In Flanders Fields

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.

Travel writer Mike Gerrard at the wheel of a Morgan 4/4 sports car available for hire to drive in Scotland.

Drive Scotland in a Classic Car

Mike Gerrard hires a couple of classic cars and takes them for a spin in Scotland.

Harlow Carr Gardens

A visit to the Kitchen Garden at Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

The charming Hotel Mar-i-Vent in Banyalbufar, Mallorca, Spain

Charming Mallorca Hotel

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.

Fingal the barge in the lock at Fort Augustus while cruising the Caledonian Canal on an activity and walking holiday in the highlands of Scotland

Cruise the Caledonian Canal

Cruise the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands by way of a country walking holiday through the Great Glen on board a Belgian barge.

Casanova in Venice

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.

Off the Strip in Las Vegas

10 Fun Things to Do that Aren’t a Gamble in Las Vegas

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