In the third of a series of articles on travel photography, Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, shows some of his photographs from Tuscany with advice on how to get those extra special shots. I have recently returned from a rather hectic, short trip to Tuscany which took in Pisa, Siena, Florence and a number of hill towns. Tuscany […]
Berchtesgaden is a small Alpine town hidden away in the south-east corner of Germany. It sits on the shores of Königssee below rocky peaks that rise to almost 9,000 ft. The earliest records of the town date back to 1102 and from 1517 onwards it amassed wealth from salt-mines. However the area gained notoriety in 1933 when a large tract of land above the town, known […]
In the first of a series of articles about holidays around the world, STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, describes his experiences on a Saga Holidays’ India Tour that he undertook with his wife earlier this year. We were looking for a tour of India to visit famous sites, including the Taj Mahal and Agra and […]
Arrange a week’s Spanish Costa holiday yourself, and save up to £400 compared with the Saga Holidays equivalent. That’s enough for an extra week’s holiday! As autumn sets in with its cold, drizzly weather, it’s time to head south to seek the sun on a Spanish Costa holiday. Prices have dropped considerably from their summer peaks. There are some good bargains out there […]
by Helen Edwards (A runner-up entry in the inaugural Travel Writing Competition) My husband and I arrived in Rome late one Halloween and found ourselves amidst a group of young, good-natured revellers dressed as witches and devils, sprinkling black and orange confetti everywhere. After several wrong turns we found our hotel, tucked discretely as it was down […]
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Budva, Montenegro – Visit Before the Tourists Arrive!
After spending a hectic day in Dubrovnik, in Croatia, pushing my way through tourist parties from three large cruise ships, it was good to relax in the peace and calm of Budva on the Montenegrin coast. Although Budva is only 60 miles away from Dubrovnik down the Dalmatian Coast, it is a world apart. You still have the beautiful Adriatic Sea and […]