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Why Eat Avoid Edinburgh’s main attraction is its The Witchery by the Castle enjoys a If you do not have a strong vibe; you only need to stroll wonderful gothic setting. stomach, you should avoid the down the streets, enjoy a pint at Royal Mile, 126 High St, Scottish dish Haggis. It is a sort of the local pub or a meal at one of Edinburgh, EH1 1TH sausage, or savoury pudding tra- its many restaurants to feel it. Tel: 0131 225 5613 ditionally prepared with minced The city’s top attraction is un- www.thewitchery.com sheep's lungs, heart and liver, doubtably the castle that Restaurant Martin Wishart mixed with onions, oatmeal and dominates the skyline, but it is The was the first restaurant in spices and simmered in the ani- also home to the RoyalYacht Edinburgh to be awarded a mal's stomach. If you are adven- Britannia and the amazing Michelin star.The food is delicious, turous go for it, as gourmets say surrounding coastline and but expensive. it is delicious! countryside. 54 The Shore, Leith, One of a kind Stay Edinburgh, EH6 6RA Tel: 0131 553 3557 Golf in Scotland is very special. Balmoral www.martin-wishart.co.uk It boasts famous championships, This luxurious hotel is a landmark amazing scenery, spectacular in itself, centrally located on the Fishers Bistro courses and the finest parklands.

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y starred restaurant Number One is d n i located within the hotel. 1 Shore, Leith, C Websites 1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH6 7QW 58 Thistle Street, www.visitscotland.com Edinburgh, EH2 2EQ www.edinburgh.org Tel: 0131 556 2414 Edinburgh, EH2 1EN www.balmoralhotel.com 3 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6QW Top Tip Ardmor House Tel: 0131 554 5666 Find the Scottish Heath A lovely boutique B&B and www.fishersbistros.co.uk Garden in the Royal Botanic centrally located. Gardens and pretend you’re in 74 Pilrig Street, the Highlands! Edinburgh, EH6 5AS Tel: 0131 554 4944 www.ardmorhouse.com

Radisson Blu This hotel is very centrally located and offers many family rooms. 80 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TH n r Tel: 0131 557 9797 e t S

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FOCUS Travel Britain 2 3 The Lake District Cornwall / The Scilly Isles

The Lake District is 's Macdonald Old England Avoid Located at the country’s extreme Stay Eat largest National Park and it offers Hotel & Spa south-western tip, Cornwall’s If you plan to visit during the NewYard Restaurant at some of the country's most stun- This is a large, centrally located coastline is breathtaking, with Hell Bay Hotel. This is the best summer holidays, then avoid all rated hotel in the . Trelowarren This award winning ning scenery. It has inspired family-friendly hotel. high cliffs, pretty inlets and little restaurant is located in a historic areas around Lake Windermere Bryher, Isles Of Scilly TR23 0PR among others,Turner, the famous Bowness-on-Windermere, fishing villages.Twenty miles 1,000-acre estate on the Lizard as they are extremely crowded. Tel: 01720 422 947 artist, and writer Beatrix Potter. Cumbria, LA23 3DF south-west of Cornwall lie the peninsula. www.hellbay.co.uk Tel: 0844 879 9144 Go for one of the lesser known Isles of Scilly, a group of rocky is- Mawgan, Helston, Why western lakes. www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/oldengland lands with a surprisingly mild cli- St Moritz Hotel Cornwall TR12 6AF Tel: 01326 221595 This is the perfect destination for mate. A sweet, family-friendly hotel offer- The Samling www.newyardrestaurant.co.uk those with a passion for the out- One of a kind ing apartments and villas with A small, luxurious hotel set in doors. There are countless op- The whole area is a walker’s Why beautiful views and a cowshed spa. Garrack Restaurant beautiful grounds with an excellent portunities for cycling, trekking, dream come true. If you are an Cornwall’s beaches are England’s Trebetherick,Wadebridge, A restaurant that boasts stunning restaurant. sailing, swimming, fishing, camping main surfing destination.There Cornwall, PL27 6SD views over the Atlantic and St Ives. Ambleside Rd, experienced walker or even just or just relaxing.You can cycle or are also plenty of other Tel: 01208862242 Burthallan Lane, Windermere, LA23 1LR a beginner, you will be amazed walk following one of the very attractions:The Eden Project (a www.stmoritzhotel.co.uk St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 3AA. Tel: 01539 431 922 with the stunning lakes and fells Tel: 01736 796199. well signposted routes, or join a dramatic global garden housed in www.thesamlinghotel.co.uk (hills), especially during the au- www.garrack.com guided walking tour, learn how to tumn months. tropical biomes), Land’s End, St Landewednack House sail or take a boat ride.The most Eat Ives, St Michael’s Mount, the This is a luxurious coastal B&B at The View famous lakes here are Websites National Maritime Museum,Tate the Lizard Peninsula. A Michelin A modern restaurant set high on Windermere, Ulswater, The Britannia Inn St Ives and many more. starred chef prepares gourmet din- the cliffs of Whitsand Bay www.golakes.co.uk Grasmere, Coniston Water and A traditional English Inn and pub ners for guests. Church Cove,The Treninnow Cliff Road,Whitsand www.lakedistrict.gov.uk Lizard, Cornwall TR12 7PQ Bay,Torpoint, PL10 1JY - Derwent Water. serving homemade food, fine wine Tel: 01326 290877 Tel: 0871 5287770 & real ales. Websites www.landewednackhouse.com www.theview-restaurant.co.uk Elterwater, Ambleside, www.visitcornwall.co.uk Stay Cumbria, LA22 9HP www.surfing-cornwall.com Avoid Holbeck Ghyll Country Tel: 015394 37210 It is easy to travel to/from big cities House Hotel www.britinn.co.uk by train, but the local transport sys- This is a luxurious hotel with a Gilpin Lodge Country tem in Cornwall will let you down Michelin starred restaurant. It House Hotel Top Tip if you want to visit little villages and boasts spectacular views of Lake This forms part of the Relais and Summer is high season so if hidden beaches.There is also very Windermere. heavy traffic on the motorways on Chateaux hotels, and has a opulent you want to wander lonely as a Holbeck Lane, cloud plan your visit for busy bank holidays and half-terms. restaurant. Windermere, LA23 1LU another time of year.Winter Crook Road, One of a kind Tel: 01539 432 375 can be bitterly cold and snowy, Windermere, LA23 3NE www.holbeckghyll.com but prices are cheaper, tourists Cornwall is famous for the best Tel: 015394 88818 are fewer and pubs with surfing in the UK, it also hosts www.gilpinlodge.co.uk roaring fires are easy to find. one of the biggest pro-surf com- Spring is a great time, especially petitions in Europe.There are Jerichos if you just have to see some This is a small but well rated Wordsworthian daffodils, plus surfing schools for complete be- restaurant. attractions and ferries are all ginners, and very challenging College Rd,Windermere, LA23 1BX generally operating beaches for the experienced Tel: 015394 42522 surfers.

FOCUS Travel Britain 4 5 The Cotswolds

The history Stay One of a kind The Cotswolds are known for Cottage rentals: For a truly unique English experi- their beautiful green rolling hills www.discoverthecotswolds.net ence, rent a vintage Aston Martin and sand coloured limestone vil- to tour the countryside lages. Tourists come to see the www.bruern-holiday-cottages.co.uk (www.vintage-classics.co.uk). rarefied beauty of this region, www.simonescapes.com Try trout fishing in with a with its solid history in the farm- Inns self-contained trout farm that is ing industry. Cotswolds is derived www.-house.co.uk fun for the whole family from the word given to the www.cotswold-inns-hotels.co.uk (www.biburytroutfarm.co.uk). stone sheep shelters or cots, Hotels If you are a bit more adventur- combined with wold meaning www.calcotmanor.co.uk ous, check out hot air ballooning rolling hills. From the ruins of (for families) with Virgin Balloon flights Roman villas in to www.washbournecourt.co.uk (www.virginballoonflights.co.uk), the Saxon churches built in times www.cotswolds88hotel.com of great prosperity, the or sky-diving with Skydive South Cotswolds have picturesque Eat Cerney in Cirencester scenery mixed with enough ac- The Swan at Southrop,The Tollgate (skydivesouthcerney.co.uk). tivities to satisfy the most fastidi- Inn, Daylesford Organic Farm,The ous traveller. Plough and The Top Tip n n r r Marlborough Tavern are all e e t t Why When planning to see beautiful S S favourites. y y d d A delightfully stunning landscape villages such as Burford, n n i i C C with charming villages is the main Avoid Bourton-on-the-Water or Bidbury, park on the edge of reason most people go! The The weekend crowds on town, and enjoy the walk back must-sees of this region are Bourton-on-the-Water. to the centre through the towns such as Burford and Stow- It would be advisable to visit pretty streets and lanes on-the-Wold, which epitomise during the week. the essence of the region’s archi- tecture, churches, pubs and nov- elty stores. Blenheim Castle, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, sits on an18th Century estate full of fine art, gardens and history.William Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford-Upon-Avon offers the literary enthusiast plenty to explore. Bath, on the southern tip of the Cotswolds, captures the imagination with it n r ancient Roman Baths. e t S y d n i C

FOCUS Totally Britain 6 7 Devon

The history Stay Devon’s history is rich with his- Cottage rentals: torical evidence of occupation www.toadhallcotages.co.uk dating back to the Stone Age. The county remained a separate www.coastandcountryhotels.com kingdom for nearly 300 years. Inns The name Devon derives from www.caryarms.co.uk the tribe of Celtic people who Hotels inhabited the South-western Thurleston, Bovey peninsula of Britain at the time of the Roman invasion in Eat 43 AD. Tourists are drawn to The Angel, Dartmouth Devon for its stunning coastal Dick Wills, Salcombe landscape and unspoilt beaches; The Tuckers Arms,Axminster however, agriculture, fishing and are all favourites. primary industry were once the drivers of the economy. Avoid Travelling to Devon on a Why Saturday, as many of the house changeovers take place and

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ing breathtaking coastal views, S y narrow hedgerow lanes, picture d n i postcard thatched cottages and One of a kind C to die for cream teas. It offers To fully experience a special area some first rate surfing on the of Devon, rent a SalcombeYawl northern coast, as well as sailing and explore the estuary.Then and a whole host of other water browse through the local shops sports, just remember to pack a with a caffine boost from wetsuit. If you are not inclined to Salcombe Coffee Company. take to the water, delve into his- Finally, chill out at Dick Wills en- tory by visiting Plymouth, which joying the great food and superb played an important role as a views of the harbour. naval port in both World War I and World War II. Or, get lost in Top Tip the desolate romantic beauty of Torbay has no fewer than the moors; Exmoor and 20 beaches – locals opt for Dartmoor. the sand and shingle below the 240ft red-clay cliffs at Babbacombe.These can

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