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Opole, on the Oder River, the historical capital of Poland's Upper Silesia region. One can get there in just under an hour by train from Wrocław, the capital of Lower Silesia. This makes Opole an excellent twin city option with its larger neighbour. Opole today is a vibrant city that embraces its Polish, German and Czech cultural influences, gained...

Lower Silesia, one of Poland's historical regions, brings its own rewards. While its largest city and gateway to the region is Wrocław, there is much to see beyond its historical capital. Lower Silesia offers small historic towns that are rich in character and a string of medieval castles and palaces. The Sudeten Mountain range, along Poland's bord...

Wrocław, the historic capital of Poland's Lower Silesia region, rewards on so many levels. Sitting on both banks of the Oder River, the city has grown over the centuries by embracing 12 small islands that are, today, linked by 120 bridges. In its time, Wrocław has been part of Poland, Bohemia; the Habsburg Empire; Prussia and then Germany before be...

A unique lifestyle is thriving on and along the waterways The UK's canal network spreads the length on breadth of England, Scotland and Wales. Canals go into and out of towns and cities, skirt medieval villages and meander through industrial estates and historic buildings of great heritage. Along the way one finds a wide range of stunning rural lan...

 There were those who were alert to the joys of Britain's canals as early as the mid-19 Century. It was however, some one hundred years later that taking a canal narrowboat holiday really began to take off. Since then, the popularity of canal boating in England, Wales and Scotland has soared, particularly during the warmer months of late sprin...

 The Hampshire cathedral city of Winchester seeps history wherever one walks – and looks. And no wonder. An Iron Age trading centre, the city that is now Winchester came to great prominence during the Roman occupation of Britain. By the 9th Century Winchester was the capital of Wessex and ruled by King Alfred the Great who declared it the unif...