United Kingdom travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

The London Frieze Art Fair was full with richly stocked booths, exhibitions, opening parties and other festivities.

Continue reading The Frieze Art Fair in London

“Inamo” is one of the newest restaurants in London‘s West End, which opens in September 2008. It is a pioneering Oriental – Asian fusion restaurant and bar where the control of the dining experience is placed firmly in your hands. “Inamo” is a totally new concept in restaurants. It uses an interactive ordering service which is slick and fun – but really it’s all about the tasty tasty food.

Continue reading New Soho’ Restaurant – “INAMO”

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, in England is now open to the public. The spectacular structure – designed and engineered in collaboration with Arup.The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is one of the most anticipated events in the international design calendar.

Continue reading Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, London

We present you a four of free access gardens in Europe – in Scotland, Netherlands and of course France. Rest awhile!

We start with a Villandy Gardens, France – a voyage into the symbolism and romance. The unique  gardens of Villandry are among the most fascinating gardens of France and of the World. Villandry’s Ornamental Gardens, water Garden, Herb Garden, and kitchen Garden have an international fame…

The gardens of Villandry comprise three tiers of terracing. The lowest level, in the Louis XIV style, takes the form of a rectangle of slightly irregular shape surrounding on three sides the two higher tiers of gardens. It is devoted to vegetables and has 9 square sections divided into beds of various colored plants, surrounded by box hedges and hardy plants.

Continue reading Green, green … ever green

The Pepsi Max Big One is a steel roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in the United Kingdom. The ride was originally created by Arrow Dynamics. The ride cost a high price of £12,000,000 to build. The ride has undergone a few changes over the years, including re-profiling of the first drop and of the turnaround over the north entrance of the park.

Continue reading The Pepsi Max Big One

Today a spectacular elevated walkway has opened at Kew Gardens in London. This walkway is amazing, because it will take visitors eighteen meters high in the tree canopy for a birds eye view of Kew. The walkway it’s going to be the UK’s only walk-in sightseeing spot, expressing the rich world of the tree root biology.

Continue reading Kew Gardens, London

The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, United Kingdom. Known as “London by the Sea”, the city of Brighton is the UK’s most famous seaside holiday resort. Brighton was just a fishing village until 1787 when the Prince George, Prince of Wales, decided to build a spectacular palace there. The Brighton Pavilion was built over the next 20 years. With its oriental stylistic architecture, the Royal Pavilion of Brighton certainly stands out from the other tourist attractions of Britain.

Continue reading The Brighton’s Royal Pavilion

Oxford is a spectacular city situated in North West of London. The city is romantic but also visitors will experience the crowd, which is always there. Tourists will be amused by never-ending steam of buses and the fast-flowing pedestrian traffic.

Continue reading Oxford

Each year the Edinburgh International Festival stages one of the greatest celebrations of the arts, attracting audiences from around the world to the city’s thrilling atmosphere. The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual feast of classical music, opera, theater and dance. The festivities offer a unique opportunity to experience the excitement of live performance by internationally renowned artists as well as the joy of discovering new and unfamiliar works.

Continue reading Edinburgh International Festival – 8 – 31 August 2008

The Royal Ascot meeting, held annually at towards the end of June, is England’s most popular race meeting. There is nothing quite like it in the social calendar – an atmospheric cocktail of priceless horses and the most extraordinary fashion parade in the world. Royal Ascot, dating back to 1768, is an internationally renowned sporting and social occasion, where tradition, pageantry, fashion and style all meet in a glorious setting.

Continue reading ROYAL ASCOT – 17th June to 21st June 2008