Mindfulness in the mountains
You are walking along a path. It is covered in snow. The sky is blue and all you can hear are birds tweeting. You look down. The snow is glistening…
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Eighty years on: Into the Nazis’ alpine lair
80 years after Hitler was given the mountainside retreat above the market town of Berchtesgaden for his fiftieth birthday, Heidi Fuller-love pays a chilling visit to Obersalzberg. Cars buzz along…
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7 reasons to visit the Curonian Spit, Lithuania
Last September BGTW members Simon Willmore, Geoff Moore, Peter Rosenfeld and Julia Hammond explored the Lithuanian coast. …
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Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
As travel writers and / or photographers most Guild members have seen their fair share of this wide world. We all harbour our hidden spots, our wee corners we consider…
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The biggest travel trends of 2020
The UK’s top travel journalists, photographers and influencers reveal the trends they see developing in 2020 — plus a short list of where to go in 2020. Travel trends to…
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Leave politics out of it
Rebecca Hay shuns current governmental shenanigans to enjoy the wealth of history and nature in Europe’s richest country After PM Boris Johnson’s much talked-about spat with his Luxembourg counterpart, I…
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A Rwandan road trip
Most visitors to Rwanda are drawn to its mountain gorillas, as this small east African state is one of only three countries that has them. It has a number of other wonderful attractions, such as Akagera and Nyungwe national parks, and majestic Lake Kivu…
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All aboard the Rocky Mountaineer
It’s impossible to imagine a more relaxing and enjoyable way to appreciate Canada’s majestic Rockies than a journey on one of Rocky Mountaineer’s trains – something that has become a…
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We say goodnight to the Caledonian Sleeper
Geoff Moore of the thetraveltrunk.net shares his experience of the rare opportunity to see the old Caledonian Sleeper train on one of its final journeys After around 40 years in…
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Celebrating the legacy of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in Brussels
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is notable for introducing a bird’s eye view perspective of landscapes into art and ‘Hunters in the Snow’, displayed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, is regarded the first winter landscape painting…
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#BGTWCharleston: Myrtle Beach
What do you get if you cross Blackpool with Miami Beach and then inject it with military history and the bucolic charms of America’s oldest state park? …
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One year on: The best things to do in Charleston, SC
We discovered historic buildings, cobblestoned streets, Gothic churches, a thriving foodie scene and a heritage that combines its antebellum status…
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It’s hard to be a sloth in Slovenia
Slovenia, which sits in Central Europe and borders Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy, is one of those countries that make you want to be more active when you get home…
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Celebrating Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age in the Netherlands
“Rembrandt is about us as human beings in all our imperfections…not about beauty.”…
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Bees, beans, art and astronauts: Lake City, SC
“This is truly becoming an art community,” said Seth Kines, the Executive Director of Seth Kines, as we chatted in the lobby of The Inn at the Crossroads. …
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Just standing and staring
By Gillian Thornton. Watching the social media posts pile up from this year’s wonderful BGTW AGM in Charleston, I have to admit to a twinge of regret. I should have…
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5,500 mile journey with a stranger
Ten years-ago I bought a left-hand-drive Peugeot on French eBay. I flew to Brittany, picked up the keys from the Ryanair desk, and found the car parked in Long Stay. …
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Exploring the Thousand Islands of Canada and the USA
In our age of the oversell there’s something refreshing about exploring the Thousand Islands region on the border of Canada and the USA. At a time when social media posts…
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A virtual tour of a hotel that you’ve never visited
How do you like the idea of a taking a virtual tour of the hotel that you’re considering booking? Thanks to technology that’s now readily available, hotel operators can place…
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Rock on – The New Forest village with its own beat
There are certain things you might expect to find in a New Forest village: little shops selling local produce, somewhere twee to have a cream tea and at least one…
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Cultural year-round Balearics
You might know the Balearics best for their glorious beaches and sun-soaked summers, but did you know that there is lashings to see and do on the islands year-round, especially…
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