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BATH
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There is no more entrancing UK city than Bath – a triumph
of elegance more than 2000 years in the making. The
Romans established the city to take advantage of its
therapeutic spring, but it was the architects and wealthy
patrons of the Georgian era who fashioned a city – using
the distinctive cream-coloured local stone – that became
a byword for splendour, and, later, Unesco world heritage-
listed. A compact city, it is a joy to wander around and
soak up the history and atmosphere. And afterwards you
can soak up the famous waters by having a dip in the Unwind in a bath in Bath
magnificent rooftop pool at the Thermae Bath Spa.
in the heart of town, are the Princes St Gardens. Take a
EDINBURGH picnic and soak up the essence of this truly atmospheric
A road trip around this fair isle is incomplete without a visit city. As for whiskey, check out The Bow Bar, around the
to the Scottish capital. The city itself is divided into the Old corner from the castle, on West Bow. It’s a place you’ll
Town – a spectacular come back to.
Edinburgh Castle network of winding
cobbled streets YORK
spiralling downhill in Dominated by the epic Minster – the largest gothic
the shadows of the cathedral in Northern Europe – York has a long and
majestic Edinburgh colourful past. Invaded by Vikings and ravaged by the
castle – and the Great Plague, York’s history dates back to 71AD when
New Town, a more it was founded by the Romans. Every trip here must include
cosmopolitan network a visit to the Jorvik Viking Centre, alive with the sights,
of shopping, nightlife sounds and wretch-inducing smells of Viking times. Then
and entertainment. discover a deluge of cutesy tea rooms and trinket shops in
Beneath the castle, The Shambles, a cobbled street which snakes its way
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3. The Angel of the North, Newcastle
through the centre of town. Branded the most haunted city
in Europe, York’s shadowy snickleways; narrow, winding
alleyways; and historic buildings are thought to be awash
with things that go bump in the night, all of which you can Cardiff is a beautiful city
hear about on one of the city’s numerous ghost tours.
BELFAST
NEWCASTLE Belfast has shaken off its violent past to emerge a hip and
Recently hailed the UK’s friendliest city, Newcastle has friendly city that boasts atmospheric bars, cool clubs and
pristine pavements, shiny buildings, pricey drinks and a burgeoning shopping scene. Whereas Dublin has become
European funding, which has led ridiculously expensive and swamped with
to its latest rash of tourists, Belfast has still retained its unique
superimposed ‘culture’. Whether character. Discover the political murals of
it’s the Angel of the North or Sir the Shankill and Falls districts by taking one
Norman Foster’s Sage Music of the city’s famous Black Taxi tours, which
Centre, Newcastle has also makes a stop at the Peace Wall that
developed an identity beyond divides the loyalist and republican
football and short-skirted ladies. communities. The Cathedral Quarter is the
The newly developed quayside city’s clubbing capital, while you can find
is at the heart of modern traditional music in the pubs of the
Belfast: hip and friendly
Newcastle. There are echoes Gaeltacht Quarter in West Belfast.
of Sydney Harbour in the Tyne
Bridge, but the most impressive feature of the quayside is CARDIFF
the 19th century High Level Bridge. No trip to Newcastle is Cardiff is a beautiful city built around a ruined castle with
complete without downing a pint of the north east’s most plenty of greenery right into the centre. The main shopping
famous export, Newcastle Brown Ale. Otorious Bigg Market areas of Queen Street and the St David’s Centre are
is one place to stop for a drink, while the more bustling, and the relatively new Cardiff Bay development
sophisticated Central Station area, pricier Quayside gives it a truly cosmopolitan feel. Cardiff is Wales’ nightlife
and gay Pink Triangle are also good for supping. hub, with plenty of clubs and bars in the main city centre
and also a good few waterside watering holes in Cardiff
York has historic buildings aplenty Bay. Creation is the largest and best known of the clubs,
Remember the Beatles in Liverpool
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4. Manchester is a vibrant UK city
mean there’s a real buzz to the
place. And it just seems to be getting
better – with thousands more media
types preparing to call the place
home from 2011 when the BBC
relocates to its purpose built super-
headquarters in Salford.
For music lovers, just remember
that the Madchester days of the 80s
and 90s are long gone. The good
news is you’re still guaranteed a
cracking night out at any one of this
city’s excellent club nights. Or if a
civilised meal is more your ticket,
then head to the Northern Quarter
but the smaller venues can go for an organic feast or out to West Didsbury for a
off too. For live music, there’s superb suburban meal – strange but true!
the scruffy-but-affable Barfly.
BRISTOL
LIVERPOOL Arguably cooler and
The legacy left by The Beatles definitely less up-
is still a major draw for most itself than London,
visitors to this music-loving city. Bristol has carved a
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Check out the Cavern Club, on niche for itself as a
Matthew street or the Casbah Westcountry haven of
Coffee Club in Merseyside – both places where the Fab Four alternative arts and music.
performed. The Beatles story at Albert Docks recounts the You may or may not know
history of the band and the daily Magical Mystery Tour of that Bristol is home to
Liverpool takes you to Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, graffiti artist Banksy and
as well as other sites of Beatles mythology. The European musicians like Tricky and
Capital of Culture 2008 has always been a key player in the Massive Attack, but you’ll
British art scene, with its Tate and the ‘National Gallery of definitely pick up on the
the North, the Walker Art Gallery. The live music scene is city’s creative, slightly
very much alive and kicking in Liverpool where it’s possible anarchistic spirit as you wander the streets. Take in the
to see a gig every night of the week. stunning Clifton Suspension Bridge, chill in the Botanical
Garden then seek out some music – Bristol is chocca with
GLASGOW clubs and live music venues. St Paul’s Carnival is a good
Let’s face it, Glasgow is never going to win any “most time to experience the city’s Afro Caribbean influence.
beautiful city ” contests – especially given its proximity to
prettier neighbour Edinburgh. But recent regenerative
programs have seen Glasgow shed its rough and down-at-
heel reputation to emerge as a destination city in its own
right. From the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed
Glasgow School of Art to the eclectic Burrell Collection,
Glasgow packs plenty of cultural clout. It also boasts a
vibrant café and restaurant scene – its curry houses are
particularly good – and a live music scene that has
spawned many a global star.
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coolest northern town. Its vibrant mix of students, young
professionals, artists and fascinating industrial history Bristol has an edgy, creative vibe
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6. ACTION STATIONS
From cycling to surfing, we show you how to get physical in the UK WORDS JANINE
SURFING IN NEWQUAY how is exhilarating. And whether you’re an old Fresh air: wander
Newquay boasts some of the best surfing hand at changing tack or can’t tell port from Dartmoor National Park
beaches in Europe so grab a board and a starboard, the Solent – the long stretch of
wetsuit, and start riding those gnarly tubes water between the south coast and Isle of
and bitchin’ breaks. Busy with surfers in the Wight – is a paradise for anyone with an
summer with crowded swells, the beaches interest in sailing. There are dozens of yacht
are much quieter in the chilly winter months clubs and sailing schools that operate on or
– just make sure you wear a wetsuit, booties near the Solent, which has novice-friendly
and hat before you dive into the icy water. waters yet easy access to more challenging
If you’re a beginner, hire a foamie – a soft routes – such as the famous loop around the
and easy-to- ride board – and if you want Isle of Wight.
to have fun on small waves, grab a longboard.
Once you’re done with the waves for the GETTING ACTIVE IN
day, Newquay has plenty of wild nightlife THE NEW FOREST
to boot. Only 90 minutes by train outside of London,
The New Forest is the perfect place to combine
SAILING ON THE SOLENT the great outdoors with getting fit. Boasting
Even if you’re simply pottering along on a calm miles and miles of traffic-free cycling tracks
day, the feeling of being on a yacht powered leading deep into its lush interior, The New
only by the wind and your own sailing know- Forest is a magnet for cyclists. You can easily
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7. Hit the waves in Newquay
Essex is the place to cycle
hills this ain’t and the shock of this rugged-
looking landscape can knock the wind out
of you quicker than the freshest breeze. If
you’re keen to explore some of the 730
miles of public footpaths and bridleways
then your first stop should be one of the
information centres. And you don’t need
to be Bear Grylls, there are a variety of
“ The feeling of
sailing on a yacht
can be exhilarating ”
easygoing walks that suit all abilities. Of
KELSO Paddle power: hit the
course, you can go the whole hog too and try
water in the New Forest
out a spot of wild camping. Just make sure you
take plenty of warm and wet weather gear for
hire or bring your own bike. And it’s ideal for when the mists descend and the weather gets
beginners or those who like a leisurely pace, all moody. Lovely!
as the topography is fairly flat. But that doesn’t
mean it’s boring. The beautiful landscape CYCLING IN ESSEX
makes it ideal for walkers with both circular Forget the snooty cliches about Essex
and linear routes wending their way through being full of chavs and crap towns, it’s
the trees, with picnic spots and the odd also home to some of England’s most
country pub along the way. The New Forest is beautiful countryside and makes for a brilliant
also a great place to learn bushcraft, archery destination for road cyclists. From Audley
and horse riding but if you want to get wet End station, an hour’s journey from Liverpool
there are also plenty of opportunities for Street, you can pick up a cycling route which
canoeing, kayaking and rafting on the meanders through rolling hills and historic
Beaulieu and Lymington Rivers. towns such as Thaxted, famed for its pretty
almshouses and 19th century windmill, and
HIKING IN DARTMOOR the stunning medieval hamlet of Saffron
NATIONAL PARK Walden. If you need to refuel, you could do
Stop for a breather at the top of a rocky moor worse than stop off at The Cricketers in
in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park and you’ll Clavering. As you’d expect from a restaurant
no doubt be struck by the almost prehistoric owned by Jamie Oliver’s parents, the food
atmosphere of this ancient land. Rolling green is fantastic.
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8. WILD
AT HEART NEED TO
KNOW
WHEN TO GO
Any time. Scotland’s
climate is cool and
wet. January and
February are the
coldest months.
Scotland: Loch it in GETTING THERE
Direct trains run from
London to Edinburgh
Discover knockout scenery impossible to do justice to is the beguiling (4hrs30mins) and
atmosphere of the Highlands. As you gaze
& exciting cities in Scotland across the mountains, valleys and lakes – the
Glasgow. (5hrs).
Buses run direct from
WORDS TNT WRITERS landscapes somehow take on an ever more London to Scotland’s
entrancing feel. Maybe it’s the romance of major cities. Hire a car
rom wild nights out in funky being amid a genuinely wild and unspoilt at easycar.com/
F Edinburgh and Glasgow to the
savage remoteness of the Shetland
Islands and Ben Nevis, the UK’s
highest peak, Scotland has loads to offer the
independent traveller. It’s only a stone’s throw
environment, or maybe it’s the unrelenting
nature of the vistas – at almost every twist and
turn a spectacular new scene unfolds. The
Highlands are, without doubt, one of the UK’s,
and Europe’s, most rewarding destinations.
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missions are as easy as pie. We’ve picked five CLIMB BEN NEVIS AROUND Scotland
of Scotland’s best attractions. Ben Nevis means “venomous hill” in Gaelic: an has an efficient bus
ominous name if ever there was one. The UK’s and train network.
GOING OUT A
LOCH NESS highest peak is a tough slog through snow and
pint of beer costs
You can’t visit Scotland without checking ice using crampons, rope and ice axes in
about £2.80.
out the haunting Loch Ness, a giant and winter, while in summer the snow disappears ACCOMMOD
insanely deep lake wedged between towering to make it a scenic and challenging hike. ATION Dorm beds
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Loch Ness
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS Ben Nevis
The beauty of the Scottish Highlands has been
EDINBURGH
the stuff of legends for poets, writers and
Glasglow
artists alike for centuries. But what’s Plenty of castles to explore
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10. Explore cultural Edinburgh Climb Ben Nevis
SCOTTISH CASTLES Enjoy the nightlife chock-full of friendly Scots boozing in bars,
With its brooding skies, towering mountains pubs serving steaming plates of haggis and
and glassy lakes, Scotland provides an great sights to check out like Arthur’s Seat and
enchanting setting for its clutch of modern and Edinburgh Castle, rising from the cliffs and
ruined castles. Overlooking the Highlands and looming over the city. Often overlooked, edgy
Lowlands, Stirling Castle has a turbulent Glasgow is just as worthy of a visit, especially
history that features many of Scotland’s most for its dearth of tourists, thriving music scene
colourful historical characters, from William and pub culture.
Wallace to Mary Queen of Scots. Meanwhile,
Edinburgh Castle dominates the capital’s CHOW DOWN ON HAGGIS
skyline, perched atop an extinct volcano. Make No trip to Scotland would be truly complete
like a royal and spend the night in Kinloch without at least trying haggis: a sheep’s intestine
combined with onion, oatmeal, spices and salt. It
is traditionally boiled in the sheep’s stomach but
“ Make like a royal today many other casings are used. While it
and spend a night sounds horrible, it tastes incredible when served
with “neeps and tatties”, which is usually yellow
in a castle ” turnips and potatoes. It has become so popular
that a vegetarian option is often available, but
seeing how the haggis is very much a meat dish,
Castle, sited in the Isle of Rum in Scotland. it’s hard to believe the vegetarian option is
Built in 1897, visitors can sleep in a hostel anything like the real thing. Wash down your meal
dorm situated at the back of a castle, in what with a nip of Scotch whisky. The Scots are famous
used to be the servants’ quarters. If you’ve got for brewing this drop. In fact, there’s even an act
cash to splash, stay in an Oak room, complete of parliament – the Scotch Whisky Act – that
with four-poster beds. Also worth exploration governs the quality of the product for it to carry
the name Scotch whisky.
are ruined fortress Dunnotar Castle and Eilean
Donan, which sits in the middle of three lochs.
CITY LIFE
Edinburgh and
Glasgow are
vastly different
cities, but both
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have much to offer.
Funky Edinburgh is
the first port of call for
most travellers to
Scotland. The capital is
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11. IRISH
CHARM
Soak up the Emerald Isle’s mighty craic WORDS JANINE KELSO
Stand tall: The Giant’s Causeway
reland and Northern Ireland offers
I historic buildings, ancient ruins, mystical
legends, a complicated history and a
fascinating landscape, but the thing that
makes it special is its spirit. The music will get
under your skin and send shivers down your
NEED TO
KNOW
WHEN TO GO
Any time. Winter is
mild, summer is sunny.
GETTING THERE
spine, and the stories you hear in a dusty local Aer Lingus and
pub will bring a smile to your face. RyanAir fly to Dublin
and Belfast. EasyJet
flies to Belfast.
THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
GETTING AROUND
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ACCOMMODATION
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and get off the tourist map, and you’ll find the from £11 a night.
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place in the world to sup a pint of its most
famous export, Guinness. Learn how to pull a
perfect pint of the gloopy black stuff, topped
off with a creamy head, at the Guinness Giant’s Causeway
Derry
Storehouse, then enjoy a drink in its dazzling
BELFAST
360° bar which affords striking city views.
History boffins should pay a visit to the free N. IRELAND
National Museum of Ireland, home to two
DUBLIN
2000-year-old people, who were preserved in
IRELAND
bogs until they were discovered in 2003.
Swing by: Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge
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12. A troubled past
Historians believe the bodies were sacrificed to the gods
of fertility to guarantee a good harvest. While tourist-trap
Temple Bar is loaded with after-dark haunts, you’ll find a
more genuine Irish experience – as well as friendly Irish
folk – at boozers such as Hogans on George
Street and Whelans, on Wexford Street,
famed for its music and late bar.
DERRY-LONDONDERRY Harrowing murals in the city’s Bogside provide a
The walled city of Derry/Londonderry chilling reminder of Derry’s bloody past. Painted
has a turbulent and fascinating history, on end of row terraces, scenes depict everything
as well as a burgeoning cultural scene. In from a boy clutching a Molotov cocktail and
fact, the vibrant and forward-thinking city wearing a gasmask, to a 14-year-old girl who was
was recently named the UK’s first Capital killed in crossfire in 1971. Spend an evening in
of Culture for 2013. The city with two characterful pub Peadar O’Donnell’s, in Waterloo
names – Derry, if you’re a Catholic Street – its ceiling and walls covered in knick-knacks,
nationalist, or Londonderry, if you’re a flags, Guinness posters and stuffed animals.
Protestant loyalist, might have a bright
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1. THE CASTLE
CARBISDALE CASTLE SYHA HOSTEL,
SUTHERLAND, SCOTLAND
What? Make like a King or Queen and spend a right royal
night in an enchanting castle. Built for the Dowager
Duchess of Sutherland in 1906, this building has seen
many rich and esteemed folk step through its doors. Set
in woodlands an hour’s drive north of Inverness, this castle
hostel is great for groups, families and weddings. Walls
are adorned with art and Italian marble statues stand on
display in the main gallery. Easily spooked types should
note that the castle even has its own ghost. Nearby
attractions include distilleries, nature walks and
mountain biking routes.
How much? £20.50 per night, per bed.
See: hihostels.com
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14. 2. GENERATOR HOSTEL DUBLIN, IRELAND
What? Smack bang in Smithfield Square in the heart of
the city, these new digs are situated next to the Jameson
distillery and just around the corner from the famous
Temple Bar area. If you fancy a bit of pampering, visitors underground Clashbar, the former base of the old
are given the options of ensuite or a VIP suite with a hot Clerkenwell Magistrates Court where Charles Dickens
tub and Guinness bar. worked while he wrote and immortalised the adventures of
How much? From £13.20 per night, per bed. Oliver Twist. More recent residents include rock legends
See: generatorhostels.com The Clash, who were held in the cells in 1978 for shooting
at pigeons.
How much? From £19 per night, per bed.
See: clinkhostels.com
5. CASTLE ROCK HOSTEL,
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Housed under the Castle ramparts, this laid-back hostel is
within striking distance of the historic Royal Mile and the
pubs and clubs of the Grassmarket. Top-notch facilities
include a sun-patio, a traditional coal fire for those chilly
wintry nights and an ice machine. There’s also a free
walking tour of the city every morning.
How much? From £15 per night, per bed.
See: castlerockedinburgh.com
3. CENTRAL BACKPACKERS OXFORD
This award-winning hostel can be found in one of Oxford’s
liveliest streets, Park End, lined with restaurants, pubs,
bars and clubs. As well as a cosy TV lounge with movies
showing all day, there’s a roof-top terrace with a BBQ.
How much? From £19 per night, per bed.
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See: centralbackpackers.co.uk
4. CLINK 78, LONDON
This revamped 200-year-old courthouse-turned-hostel is a
classified English Heritage building thanks to its original
prison cells and courtrooms. Spend evenings making
friends, playing games and dancing in the hostel’s
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to give you an amazing time discovering our stunning > FREE Belfast Black Cab tour
> FREE entry to Guinness Storehouse INCLUSIONS:
country plus the chance to party with us Irish until you ALL THE GOOD STUFF OF 4 DAY ST PAT’S PARTY BUT WITH:
> FREE Shamrocker walking tour of Dublin
see leprechauns. Hopefully you can last the pace! > FREE Lonely Planet guidebook > Return coach from London to Dublin
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