AllWays Traveller Features

The Italian Job is a truly unique fundraising rally staged annually by passionate Mini enthusiasts that was originally inspired by the 1969 film of the same name. And so in late October and early November, and since 1990, the Jobbers as they are called will make their way from the UK, and through France and Germany, to start the run officially in I...

Ullapool is a picturesque village on the shores of Loch Broom and best known as the ferry terminal for Stornoway in Lewis and the Outer Hebrides. It has a population of around 1,500 but is the largest settlement for miles. The North Atlantic Drift passes the town moderating the temperature and it was founded in 1788 as a herring port. Thomas Telfor...

Ask people around the world to name a part of Scotland and Loch Ness may well be the reply. For example, it is the most popular trip run by award-winning tour company Rabbie's. And Scottish people on their travels abroad are often asked if the monster actually exists. The best answer is that Nessie – that's the name of the Loch Ness Monster alleged...

Resilient and creative people, hardened by a tough climate and stormy seas, have dominated Orkney's history since Neolithic times. Skara Brae, for example, pre-dates Stonehenge and the Pyramids, and the rugged, practically treeless terrain is home to over 22,000 people. However, the population is swelled considerably by tourists in the height of th...

Keukenhof Gardens flower exhibition Annual (21 March to 10 May 2020) The 70th Keukenhof Gardens flower exhibition, in 2020, will welcome over a million visitors during its eight weeks. Keukenhof now has a hundred flower bulb growers supplying bulbs to the park and five hundred flower growers participating in the flower shows. The park is redesigned...

Rijeka, Croatia's third largest city and is located in the Kvarner region, is will become the European Capital of Culture in 2020. The city will be using this status to highlight itself as an area of cultural diversity on the Adriatic coast. Rijeka's historical must-sees include a bustling central market, a 17th century city tower painted in a bril...