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.

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.

Radisson RED Brussels

The Travel Pages reviews the new Radisson RED Brussels hotel in Belgium.

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French Quarter Hotel

The Hotel Dauphine Orleans has an ideal location in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter.

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How to Drink Your Bread

Donna Dailey visits the Brussels Beer Project and meets the innovative brewers who are taking Belgian craft beer into the 21st century.

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Warm in the Rain in Nicaragua

Taking a cultural and historical tour of Nicaragua, visiting Managua, Leon and Granada.

Jamaican Treasure

Visiting Treasure Beach and Alligator Pond on the south coast of Jamaica, the other laid-back side of this Caribbean island.

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Fatty-Fatty Bum-Bum

Taking a bike ride through the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

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.

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