This week Time Out posed the question “Want a fun city break without the overwhelming crowds?” If you answered “yes”, they suggested you visit Derby! Why Derby? The City Adventurers visited in 2022 and did not find it particularly lively. However, it appears Derby has undergone a major cultural glow-up, shifting from a sleepy stopover … More One of the UK’s most overlooked staycation destinations?
We’ve all seen the photos: a sea of selfie sticks at the Trevi Fountain or a queue of hundreds waiting to summit Everest. This is overtourism, a phenomenon where the sheer volume of visitors negatively impacts the quality of life for locals and the quality of the experience for travelers. Why is our world feeling … More Beyond the Bucket List: Navigating the Era of Overtourism
While in North Wales, the City Adventurers visited a few castles. Conwy takes its place alongside Edward’s other great castles at Beaumaris, Harlech and Caernarfon as a World Heritage Site. Another tick on our UNESCO travels. Beaumaris Castle was the second castle in a day with our Wales Official Blue Badge Tourist Guide, Rhian Wyn … More North Wales Castles
Edinburgh (2004) Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, designated in 2004. It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar. Publishing Scotland, the national body for … More UK Cities of Literature – part three
Nottingham is a UK City of Literature and boasts a rich history of literary figures. (See our previous blogs on Lord Byron, and D.H. Lawrence ) Now it was time to hit the city centre. Keen to discover more about the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature the City Adventurers set off to follow one of their suggested routes in … More UK Cities of Literature – part two
Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. It is joined by Nottingham and Manchester. … More UK Cities of Literature
The City Adventurers recently headed to The Tower of London where the moat is now home to a new floral display created for the Platinum Jubilee. Called Superbloom, it has been planted to produce different colours throughout the summer. … More Superbloom at the Tower of London
The City Adventurers took a day trip to Derby and explored the museums in the centre of the city. Derby is part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The Derwent Valley Mills and the surrounding landscape were inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. They achieved international recognition as the valley “saw the … More A Day At The Museums In Derby
Farnham (England) Farnham town is the first region in England to have been awarded prestigious ‘World Craft City ‘status, joining a network of world craft cities who contribute to the UNESCO Creative Cities programme. Farnham and the surrounding countryside is home to an astonishing number of craft makers. This includes The Farnham Maltings, with its … More UNESCO Creative Cities
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