Yorkshire Evening Post - Travel Reviews Feed

Travel review: Roxbro House, Warkworth, Northumberland

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:17:50 GMT

Luxury and grandeur are words that don’t immediately spring to mind when considering bed and breakfast digs.

Travel review: Basque-ing in the beautiful glory of northern Spain

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:19:08 GMT

The throb of Spanish guitars and the frantic click of castanets - courtesy of our tour guide’s CD on the coach - provided the perfect soundtrack as I was swept into the Basque country.

Travel review: Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:51:19 GMT

At the heart of the Stabian Baths lie two bodies, their bones preserved forever in plastercast moulded into the agonised positions in which they died.

Travel review: Gilpin Hotel and Lake House, Lake District

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:32:34 GMT

There is no sound but birdsong. The lake is mirrored calm, the air is still but fresh, the jetty an oasis of peace.

Travel review: Bangkok and Hua Hin, Thailand

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:36:16 GMT

As an idyllic beach getaway or an eye-opening inner city adventure, holidays at both ends of the Thai spectrum bring their own delights.

Travel review: Titanic spa, Linthwaite, Huddersfield

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:40:44 GMT

If we’re honest with ourselves I don’t think that, as a nation, the British are naturally predisposed to the intimate pleasure offered by the art of massage.

Travel review: Seaham Hall, Seaham, County Durham

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:42:44 GMT

It would be hard to come up with a better history for a hotel. Seaham Hall, a cream country mansion on the edge of the sea in the north east of England, was built as the 1700s drew to a close.

Days out in Yorkshire: Go Ape, Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:47:49 GMT

If you enjoy adventure and want something a little different to do this Easter then you can’t go far wrong with ‘Go Ape.’

Travel review: Taiwan

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:44:07 GMT

A loud thwap, thwap reverberates around the temple as my friend, held down by two old men in red wicker hats, undergoes what can only be described as one of the weirdest religious traditions in the world: a spiritual spanking by a Taoist priest to exorcise bad luck.