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San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

California / san francisco / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

…te park with Japanese Gardens – go to the Castro – get a tram – do an open air bus tour Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Read more about San Francisco on Tips for Travellers: San Francisco Observations Alcatraz. Somewhere you must escape to Why you should visit the Ferry Building versus the famous Pier 39 Castro Street: vibrant and very gay Sausalito (charming town across the bay) Hotels I stayed in San Francisco and surrounds: Le Meridien Hotel S…

New York: Skyscraper Museum New York: is it a towering success?

Attraction review / New York / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

New York: Skyscraper Museum New York: is it a towering success?

…p building for Ground Zero and a few others. There are some models used in air tunnels when designing skyscrapers, and a movie projected on a wall about the Twin Towers being built. There is a small bookshop in reception with some standard but interesting books on skyscrapers. I think we were in the place about 20 minutes and had pretty much done it. This was a real disappointment, as the city known for skyscrapers you would have thought there was…

New York: Magnolia Bakery better than sex, and the city?

Destinations / New York / USA

New York: Magnolia Bakery better than sex, and the city?

…ut had expected something impressive and dramatic. But what I found was a fairly humble looking store that seemed almost chaotic and cluttered. But one thing that was very clear, was that it was incredibly sought after and popular. As we stood outside looking at the store we could see streams of people heading to the store from the direction of the subway. And they were heading for the store. Standing outside excitedly taking photos pointing at th…

Travel Infographics: the future to deliver travel and destination information to travellers?

expedia / infographics / Tips for Travellers / travel / travelocity

Travel Infographics: the future to deliver travel and destination information to travellers?

…Pier 39 San Francisco); Natural (#1: Niagara Falls); Museums (#1: National Air and Space Museum Washington). To read it better, click on the image and download! Techie Traveller : The behaviour of today’s tech-based travel afficiando This one is by Lab42, and I like this one as gives a great snapshot of what tech connected travellers are doing these days: showing the most popular online sites for doing bookings (expedia, travelocity), what Apps th…

Richard Branson’s Ulusaba Game Lodge, Sabi Sands, South Africa: An incredible safari experience

Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Richard Branson / safari / South Africa / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Richard Branson’s Ulusaba Game Lodge, Sabi Sands, South Africa: An incredible safari experience

…a 1 hour and 20 minutes flight from Johannesburg. We have our own private airstrip, and there are daily scheduled and charter flights available”. When staying at Ulusaba, you are able to go on game drives twice a day with your allocated Game Ranger and Tracker team in open-top Land Rovers. The rangers all keep in touch, and you see a huge range off game, and very close up. The first drive is before breakfast (which means getting up at about 4.30a…

London Pride 2011. A fun, packed and friendly march

gay / London / travel / UK

London Pride 2011. A fun, packed and friendly march

…ntral London went for the armed forces marching, including the army, navy, air force and the police. There were many cheers and lots of clapping. Equally loud were the cheers for the Muslim float and marchers. There is little commercial presence, although British Airways had the pop band Blue on their float and many cabin crew marching, and Tesco had the massive rainbow flag. The crowds packing the streets of central London were very diverse and g…

Hyatt Regency Princeton: So very biege in every way

Hotel Review / hyatt / New Jersey / Princeton / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Hyatt Regency Princeton: So very biege in every way

…your room echos from the people meeting in the atrium until all hours. The air con is very noisy and you need to have it off not matter the time of the year. The staff are cheerful and do their best to sound upbeat in this dreary place.The food is again very average, with slow service that feels caught in a time loop from the past. The hotel is always very busy, as despite all of the above due to the lack of anything much better they do a good and…

Gran Melia Fenix Hotel Madrid Spain: Stunning, plush and great service

Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / madrid / Spain / Tips for Travellers / travel

Gran Melia Fenix Hotel Madrid Spain: Stunning, plush and great service

…actions (like the Communications Palace and the Library) and also the open air tour buses go past very nearby. It is also in walking distance to the smart shopping streets, including the famous El Corte Ingles Department Store. The bedroom we stayed in (401) was very grand and plush, with massive and comfortable bed. The room had a great desk area, large TV, and iPod docking station and Clarins toiletries. The room had no view other than across to…

Australia / Destinations / Sydney

Sydney Australia. Top 10 Travel Tips And Things To See And Do

…ys get one. An alternative is the Monorail. Through part of the city is a fairly new monorail which covers what I would call the “right hand side of town”. It goes from Darling Harbor through the main shopping area, and right up to the up to Central Station. It is a good trip as it is fairly new it is above the streets and so you get a feel for a large part of the city, and it’s very inexpensive to go on. Hotels: Where ever you stay, if you can af…

Queen Mary Ship and Hotel (Long Beach, California): is this old icon of a ship worth visiting today?

cruise / cruising / Cunard / Queen Mary / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel podcast

Queen Mary Ship and Hotel (Long Beach, California): is this old icon of a ship worth visiting today?

…don’t forget to visit the frightfully sexy Fright Mistress in her private lair. Everyone knows the Queen Mary is haunted and is no stranger to haunted happenings. Throughout the years, Queen Mary employees, guests and visiting psychics have reported unexplainable events and paranormal activity aboard the ship. Visitors to Shipwreck will have the opportunity to encounter these areas as they descend deep into the bowels of the ship and navigate the…

SWISSOTEL ZURICH: NOTHING WRONG, BUT NOT ALL RIGHT! MY THOUGHTS AND REVIEW

Europe / Hotel Review / Swissotel / Switzerland / Tips for Travellers / travel / zurich

SWISSOTEL ZURICH: NOTHING WRONG, BUT NOT ALL RIGHT! MY THOUGHTS AND REVIEW

…quite large to relax in either. Room service is fast and efficient with a fairly good range of options. The staff across the hotel are generally friendly and efficient, but again lack some depth of warmth. The fitness centre though is rubbish. It is small and cramped with 2 treadmills, a cross trainer and 2 bikes and then a half-hearted set of weights and not real space to have a decent workout. As such a large hotel with 32 floors this was a real…