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.
Review of the Atholl Arms in Dunkeld and a visit to Dunkeld Cathedral
A visit to the historic Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry, and a stay in its new apartments.
Mike Gerrard stays at the fun and quirky Volkshotel in Amsterdam.
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.
Mike Gerrard reviews the historic Ballathie House, a Perthshire Country House Hotel, and samples their award-winning restaurant.
Mike Gerrard reviews The Barriemore Guesthouse in Oban on the west coast of Scotland, a gem of a place to stay.
Mike Gerrard visits the Bay Hotel in Kinghorn, and gets a room with a view.
Donna Dailey takes a chocolate-making lesson in Ghent in Belgium
The Best Things to Do in Bath include visiting the Roman Baths, the Jane Austen Centre, the Thermae Bath Spa and Abbey, and seeing the Royal Crescent.
Mike Gerrard joins a historic walking tour around the toilets of York, more famed for York Minster Cathedral, and learns that the Vikings were a messy lot.
Mike Gerrard visits Simonstone Hall luxury hotel, near Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales
Mike Gerrard meets the man in charge of growing every Loch Fyne oyster you’ve ever eaten… and mailing them round the world!
Epic Drives of the World from Lonely Planet describes 50 of the world’s most exciting road trips, including the Pacific Coast Highway.
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.
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.
Lyon has a unique kind of eating place known as a bouchon. They’re known for serving inexpensive, traditional cooking in a convivial atmosphere.
This potted guide to Amsterdam Annual Events covers the King’s Day celebrations, Amsterdam Gay Pride, Christmas and New Year, and other events.
Mike Gerrard learns the skills of the whisky blender at the Cardhu Distillery on Speyside
Travel writer Mike Gerrard visits St Paul de Vence in Provence in the south of France and learns how to play petanque.
Mike Gerrard follows the Painters’ Trail on the Cote d’Azur in Provence, France, and meets Renoir’s great-grandson.