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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.

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.

Lyon Bouchons

Lyon has a unique kind of eating place known as a bouchon. They’re known for serving inexpensive, traditional cooking in a convivial atmosphere.

Amsterdam Annual Events

This potted guide to Amsterdam Annual Events covers the King’s Day celebrations, Amsterdam Gay Pride, Christmas and New Year, and other events.

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Learn to Blend Your Own Whisky

Mike Gerrard learns the skills of the whisky blender at the Cardhu Distillery on Speyside

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A Passion for Pétanque

Travel writer Mike Gerrard visits St Paul de Vence in Provence in the south of France and learns how to play petanque.

On the Painters’ Trail in Provence

Mike Gerrard follows the Painters’ Trail on the Cote d’Azur in Provence, France, and meets Renoir’s great-grandson.

California National Parks

California has some of the biggest, best and most famous national parks in the United States, including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Park.

Beside the Seaside in North Norfolk

Mike Gerrard discovers that time travel is possible, on a drive along England’s North Norfolk Coast

Chocolates from Bernachon in Lyon, France

The Lyon King of Chocolate

Mike Gerrard visits the king of chocolate, Bernachon in Lyon, France

A Morning in Monastiraki

Mike Gerrard describes a morning at the Monastiraki flea market in Athens, Greece, followed inevitably by lunch at Sigalas.

Display in the Gold Museum in Bogota, Colombia

So Many Teeth in Bogota

Mike Gerrard visits the Gold Museum and other museums in Bogota, Colombia.

In the Land of Volcanoes

Donna Dailey visits Nicaragua, the land of volcanoes

Sign for the Cave du Fromage at Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida, which has the biggest wine cellar in the world

The Largest Wine Cellar in the World

Mike Gerrard visits the world’s largest wine cellar, at Bern’s Steakhouse in Tampa, Florida

To the Manoir Born

The Travel Pages meets legendary Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc at his country house hotel and restaurant, Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons

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The Stones Meet the Swampers in Muscle Shoals

Mike Gerrard heads for Muscle Shoals in Alabama, where he is one of only a handful of journalists to get a first look behind the scenes at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.