46 TRAVEL PROFILE www.greateranglia.co.uk Eastern Daily Press, Friday, July 27, 2012 Eastern Daily Press, Friday, July 27, 2012 www.greateranglia.co.uk TRAVEL PROFILE 47 Pictures: ANTONY KELLY / RSPB / VISIT EAST ANGLIA / EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES 2 FOR 1 OFFERS See East Anglia... The coast Visit www.greateranglia.co.uk/vea and in association with find more than seventy 2 for 1 vouchers to attractions, historic houses, gardens, EVENTS Visit East Anglia and museums, hotels, restaurants, theatres and ■ Sheringham Carnival ■ Aldeburgh Carnival tours throughout the region when you travel July 28-August 5 August 18-20 www.sheringhamcarnival.co.uk www.aldeburghcarnival.com by train with Greater Anglia. 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East nautical this August with a Maritime Festival in September. crabbing on the quay at Blakeney, Mersea is more remote, somewhere festival where you can Cromer, the gem of the Norfolk coast, BLUE FLAG BEACHES sailing at Brancaster and hopping on a you can truly escape and enjoy the explore visiting vessels, is as delightful for modern-day boat for a bit of seal-spotting at Beauty are many lovely towns, villages exquisitely cooked and washed down panorama and exposed beaches. period and modern re- holidaymakers as it was for Victorian There are 13 beaches in East Anglia that have been awarded the Morston, the north Norfolk coast offers and scenic wonders waiting to be with ale brewed at the Adnams brewery. With Mersea Island’s vineyard enactments, dance and Edwardian tourists. Its famous pier prestigious Blue Flag award – a reassuring merit for all parents. many magical days to remember. discovered. 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