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.

Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, at night

Walking in Memphis

Mike Gerrard goes walking (and driving) in Memphis, visiting Graceland, Beale Street and hearing the Reverend Al Green’s Tabernacle Choir.

Fire burning at a Mayan ritual in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Seeing a Mayan Ceremony in Chichicastenango

Mike Gerrard visits the amazing market in Chichicastenango in Guatemala, which results in a visit to see a Mayan ceremony in the cemetery.

Betty Cheese Shop on place Victor Hugo in Toulouse

The Best Things to Do in Toulouse

The best things to do in Toulouse include Europe’s biggest space museum, the Place du Capitole, Basilica Saint-Sernin and museums like the Musee des Augustins.

A Guesthouse in Guyana

The Travel Pages talks to Sydney Allicock, who runs a guesthouse in Samara, a village in Guyana in South America.

Cool New Hotel in Amsterdam

The cool new hotel in Amsterdam is the W Amsterdam, near Dam Square and a short walk from Centraal Station, reviewed here by Mike Gerrard.

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.

Newcastle city centre seen on a Newcastle city walking tour by The Travel Pages

Newcastle City Tour

Mike Gerrard takes a Newcastle city tour with a Blue Badge Guide and learns more about the city’s history than any guidebook can teach you.

Ten Top Things to Do in Taos

The Travel Pages picks ten of the top things to do in Taos, New Mexico.

The Hillbilly Shakespeare

Mike Gerrard travels to Alabama and Tennessee to see where his music hero Hank Williams grew up and is buried.

The USA’s First Mardi Gras

Mike Gerrard visits Mobile in Alabama, home of the USA’s First Mardi Gras, and meets Chief Slacabamorinico.

Jesmond Dene House

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

Manneken Pis statue in Brussels, Belgium, dressed in Delvaux for his Fashion Day

Manneken Pis’s Fashion Day

The famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels, Belgium, has his own Fashion Day when he wears costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier, Delvaux and others.

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.