What have the railways ever done for us? It’s a question that has almost certainly never been asked in Darlington and Shildon. Shildon can justifiably claim to be the world’s first railway town as on 27th

There’s a lovely view of the Tyne Bridge and the Swing Bridge from The High Level Bridge with the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in the distance. The Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge is behind you. Two other

Iglesia de Santa Ana y San Gil in Granada 1492 was quite a year for the catholic monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Their most famous accomplishment was to send Christopher Columbus

Nassau is the capital of The Bahamas and is found on the island of New Providence. When there are five large cruise ships in the harbour the main shopping thoroughfare, Bay Street, is packed with passengers

Falmouth is the capital of Trelawny parish to the east of Montego Bay. Recently its stock has risen because Royal Caribbean have built a brand new cruise ship facility by the town. Visitors will find a

Recent additions to the London skyline have not been met with universal approval. The Gherkin, or Swiss Re, was perhaps the first modern skyscraper to provoke adverse comments, but now two more buildings,

King Richard III was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22nd August, 1485 by the forces of Henry VII, effectively ending the Wars of the Roses in favour of the House of Lancaster. The exact place

The Home Arts Centre on First Street in Manchester is a merger of the Cornerhouse cinemas and art gallery and the Library theatre. It is a new centre for contemporary art, theatre, and film and is the

Recently, I visited Derby for the first time. I parked my car at the Parksafe car park in the Cathedral Quarter. This place styles itself as the safest car park in the world. You are issued with a plastic

As the fiery ball of the sun began to rise over the eastern bank of the Ganges on our left-hand side, the lighted candles on banana leaves, offered in prayer to the gods, started to float past our boat.

Hello Steemians: Here are some pictures from the recent Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival. As you can see it was a typical January evening - the exhibits were not in a water park. It was the first time

Dubrovnik in Croatia has the finest set of city walls anywhere in the world. They’re an essential visit for any traveller or tourist to this most beautiful of old cities, which for five centuries was a

The northern part of Yerevan has some outstanding sights, which should on no account be missed. The first place is called the Matenadaran displaying Armenian manuscripts of varying degrees of antiquity.

Bristol is the home port of the SS Great Britain, built in 1843. The ship is a former passenger ship, the longest in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great

My recommendation for a good cafe in Cardiff is 'Coffee Barker' in the Castle Arcade. This arcade has two entrances, one of which comes out opposite Cardiff Castle. The arcade has two levels and contains

Reached via two walkways across Lake Galve the island castle of Trakai is the greatest symbol of Lithuanian nationalism. Situated in an area of lakes and forests roughly 15 miles west of Vilnius, the red-brick

Gobekli Tepe is an unprepossessing archaeological site in Northern Mesopotamia – the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. No postcards of the site are on sale and no guidebooks. Indeed, the gatekeeper

Perched on a narrow rocky outcrop, the magnificent castle of Queribus stands at an altitude of 728 metres. The castle was first mentioned in 1020 as part of the County of Besalù, then of Barcelona and

Istanbul has many world-class sights including Haghia Sofia, Sultanahmet, the Topkapi Palace, and the Grand Bazaar. But I would recommend finding experiences beyond these places to discover what this city

Puilaurens is a castle that is more shrouded in mystery than the others I saw. It's one of the five sons of Carcassonne, great citadels that once defended the border between France and Spain. The first