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.

Drinking the spa healing waters in Wiesbaden, Germany

From Water to Wine in Wiesbaden

Donna Dailey visits the German spa town near Frankfurt, tastes the healing spa waters and discovers some local wine too.

The Atholl Arms in Dunkeld

Review of the Atholl Arms in Dunkeld and a visit to Dunkeld Cathedral

The Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry

A visit to the historic Atholl Palace Hotel in Pitlochry, and a stay in its new apartments.

Volkshotel Amsterdam

Mike Gerrard stays at the fun and quirky Volkshotel in Amsterdam.

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Pairing Whisky with Bacon

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.

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Perthshire Country House Hotel

Mike Gerrard reviews the historic Ballathie House, a Perthshire Country House Hotel, and samples their award-winning restaurant.

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The Barriemore Guesthouse in Oban

Mike Gerrard reviews The Barriemore Guesthouse in Oban on the west coast of Scotland, a gem of a place to stay.

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Hotel with a View in Kinghorn

Mike Gerrard visits the Bay Hotel in Kinghorn, and gets a room with a view.

Belgian Chocolate-Making

Donna Dailey takes a chocolate-making lesson in Ghent in Belgium

Best Things to Do in Bath

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.

Touring the Toilets of York

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.

Simonstone Hall luxury hotel in the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales Luxury Hotel

Mike Gerrard visits Simonstone Hall luxury hotel, near Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales

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The Oyster Man of Loch Fyne

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

Epic Drives of the World from Lonely Planet describes 50 of the world’s most exciting road trips, including the Pacific Coast Highway.

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Best Restaurants in Northern Ireland

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.

David Ridgway, chief sommelier at the largest wine cellar in Paris at the Tour d'Argent restaurant

The Best Wine Cellar in Paris

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.