Excerpt from the book Travels through History : Northern Ireland and Scotland Belfast and the Causeway Coast has been rated best region in the world to visit in 2018 by Lonely Planet. In September 2017, Scotland was voted the most beautiful country in the world by a respected travel company, Rough Guides Taking the A505 westwards from Cookstown inContinue reading “Beaghmore Stone Circles”
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Need a hygge? Try Copenhagen for a happiness fix
With its startling architecture and world class food the Danish capital is all about enjoying the good life … at a price. Our writer is also struck by the story behind a statue – and it’s not of a mermaid
From friendly locals to Harry Potter’s house: a brief guide to Lavenham
The Suffolk town’s beauty apparently saved Andrew Lloyd Webber from thoughts of suicide. What makes it so special?
10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips
Weird wonders, including a prowl around Amsterdam’s cat museum, a truly deep Transylvanian theme park and ‘Stalin’s World’ in Lithuania, have made readers embrace the quirky. Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through HistoryContinue reading “10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips”
From Georgia to Grimsby: campaign seeks to save Europe’s neglected heritage sites
An initiative led by Europa Nostra has shortlisted at-risk cultural landmarks and aims protect seven of the most endangered Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through History – Northern Ireland and Scotland
Kraków’s Lenin Steelworks: a rare view of a socialist realist gem
The interior of the plant in Kraków’s utopian socialist new town is preserved in all its 1950s glory, a fascinating window on Soviet-era design
Making light work: grand designs at Bodø’s Stormen library and cultural centre
This Norwegian town, hastily rebuilt after second world war bombing, now has a vibrant and innovative arts centre in pride of place on its waterfront
Gaudí opening to lead Barcelona’s tourism comeback
The first house designed by the iconic architect – exuberant Casa Vicens in the beleaguered city’s Gràcia district – opens to the public later this month. ‘This could be a moment of peace,’ says its manager
The iron, the melon and the jug: the weirdest Stans buildings – in pictures
From Ashgabat’s falcon-shaped airport to Dushanbe’s giant flagpole, and more than a few Eyes of Sauron, the Stans don’t shy away from eye-popping architecture
Avant garde Africa: Italian modernism in Eritrea – in pictures
In our weekly look at travel through three Instagram images, Samantha Runkel finds eye-catching architecture in Asmara
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