Fun and exciting info for senior travellers
The National Trust promotes Calke Abbey as the ‘un-stately’ stately home, and indeed many of the rooms in the house are in a bad state of decoration and are overflowing with masses of bric-a brac. I found it interesting up to a point to check out what appealed to aristocratic hoarders and it made me […]
The post National Trust Derbyshire: Calke Abbey appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Written by Sarah Owens (A Runner-up entry in the Heritage Writing Competition.) The smiling Maharaja bows and offers me a drink. “Madam, welcome to Bhanwar Vilas Palace.” He beckons me into a magnificent hallway lined with family portraits and dotted with stuffed tigers. It’s late afternoon and I’m hot, dusty, and shattered after travelling the […]
The post How to Live Like a Maharaja in Bhanwar Vilas Palace appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Northumberland is very well endowed with fine National Trust and English Heritage sites, including Cragside House, Belsay Hall and several castles, but my favourite property is Wallington. Situated just twenty miles NW of Newcastle in the first foothills of the Pennines, Wallington has everything to satisfy the discerning senior traveller in pursuit of interesting heritage […]
The post National Trust Northumberland: Wallington Hall appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Written by Sarah Owens (A Runner-up entry in the Heritage Writing Competition.) The smiling Maharaja bows and offers me a drink. “Madam, welcome to Bhanwar Vilas Palace.” He beckons me into a magnificent hallway lined with family portraits and dotted with stuffed tigers. It’s late afternoon and I’m hot, dusty, and shattered after travelling the […]
The post How to Live Like a Maharaja in Bhanwar Vilas Hotel appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Northumberland is very well endowed with fine National Trust and English Heritage sites, including Cragside House, Belsay Hall and several castles, but my favourite property is Wallington. Situated just twenty miles NW of Newcastle in the first foothills of the Pennines, Wallington has everything to satisfy the discerning senior traveller in pursuit of interesting heritage […]
The post National Trust Northumberland: Wallington Hall, Gardens and Parkland appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Senior Travel Expert’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, and his wife have family connections with the Devon town of Sidmouth and hence have visited many times. Here are his tips for an enjoyable short break in this perfect, little, seaside town. Sidmouth is an attractive Regency seaside town on the south Devon coast. It is situated […]
The post Sidmouth, Devon: A Perfect Seaside Town for Senior Travellers appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Cheshire is well endowed with National Trust properties which include fascinating houses, large well-tended gardens and extensive parklands. This article focuses on my three favourite properties – Lyme, Dunham Massey and Little Moreton Hall – but includes mention of other National Trust and English Heritage sites in the county. Lyme My most recent visit to […]
The post National Trust Cheshire: Lyme, Dunham Massey, Little Moreton Hall appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Written by Alex Drobniewski (A Runner-up entry in the Heritage Writing Competition.) Situated as it is between the Roman grandeur of Nîmes and Avignon to the west, and the decadent riches of Cannes and San-Tropez to the east, France’s second city offers a heady mélange of cultures and sights. From an historic centre founded by […]
The post Marseille: France’s Second City Offers a Heady Mélange of Cultures and Sights appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Written by Julia Thorley (One of two winning entries in the Heritage Writing Competition.) The Black Lion in Consall, North Staffordshire, isn’t the sort of pub you simply happen upon. Even the pub’s own website admits it looks difficult to find. To get there by road you need to deviate from the A52 and head […]
The post The Black Lion Guarding Staffordshire’s Heritage appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico
Spectacular scenery with soaring mountains and hill-top villages, plus historic cities and towns with some of the most outstanding buildings in the world. This is probably not what the term Spanish Costas brings to mind. Yes, of course, the Spanish …
The post There’s a Lot More Than Beaches to a Spanish Costas Holiday appeared first on Senior Travel Expert.
Powered by WPeMatico