Middlethorpe Hall is a 'William and Mary' country house that was built, two miles from the centre of the historic city of York, between 1699 and 1701. In recent times, the house has been carefully restored to reflect its grand status back in the 1700s and is furnished throughout with antiques and fine paintings. Middlethorpe sits in 20 acres of wal...

VIVA Cruises is a premier operator on the major European rivers including the Rhine, Moselle, Danube, Elbe, Rhône and Seine. VIVA ONE, with twin sister VIVA TWO, are the flagship in VIVA's eight strong river fleet. It sails out of Düsseldorf and Basel on a range of carefully curated river cruises along the Rhine, Moselle and Danube. The Romantic Mo...

The Finnish city of Tampere has so much to offer the visitor, and it is so worth the little extra effort it takes getting there. It is to be found between the Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi lakes, two huge areas of inland water. The Tammerkoski rapids that links the two, flowing through the heart of this vibrant city. It is easy to understand why Tampere ...

Thornbury Castle, on the outskirts of the English market town of Thornbury in rural Gloucestershire, is a hotel in a Tudor castle. Built over 500 years ago, it saw King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn staying here in 1535. The couple were following in the footsteps of Henry's daughter Princess Mary, who became Queen Mary, and who spent long spells here ...

The port city of Szczecin is located on the Oder River in northwest Poland. When Poland rejected Communist rule for a democratic future in the early 1990s, Warsaw Poznan, Krakow and Gdansk were the first to become ready and able to welcome international visitors. The city of Szczecin needed more time to establish itself as a short break destination...

Travelling to and through and airport can often be the most stressful and traumatic part of any trip away. Particularly when it means travelling out via one of the large international hubs, where security is at its most stringent. London Heathrow Airport is one of the world's busiest airports with its five terminals handle 80 million plus passenger...