Heritage Trams
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San Francisco Harbour Cruise & Fisherman’s Wharf: A Perfect Waterfront Day Out
Our first full day in San Francisco started with a harbour cruise with the Blue & Gold Fleet. Standard tickets for the one hour pleasure boat trip cost $37 (£30) but substantial savings can be made by purchasing the CityPASS which costs $84 (£72) and includes admission to four top attractions for use over a…
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Riding San Francisco’s Cable Cars and Visiting Lombard Street: Iconic City Highlights
We were up bright and early for our KLM Cityhopper flight from Leeds-Bradford airport over to Amsterdam. Even on short flights of under an hour, KLM offer drinks and snacks so we came to life with cups of coffee and tasty oat muffins. With just over an hour in Schiphol we then stretched our legs…
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Belfast: The Best Bits to See and Do
We woke to another bright morning and after starting the day with my favourite bircher muesli, fresh fruit and pastries at the lovely Harrison Hotel we were soon ready to walk into the city centre. Belfast is a great walking city as it’s relatively flat and quite compact. It only takes about 20 minutes to…
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Exploring the Gaia and Foz districts of Porto
After enjoying breakfast in the aparthotel’s cafe we went along to the nearby Trindade metro station to take a train across the Douro to the Jardim do Morro station. Staying in the Bolhāo district appealed to us with its close proximity to Trindade as all lines can be accessed from this interchange station. As we…
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Blackpool Highlights: Tower, Trams, and Must-See Attractions
It was such a treat waking up in our stylish room at the beautiful Boulevard Hotel and drawing back the curtains to uninterrupted views of the Irish Sea. Heading downstairs we were shown to a window table in the restaurant from where we could watch the waves lapping the beach whilst tucking into our delicious…
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Things to Do in Blackpool: Blackpool Tower, SeaLife Centre & Madame Tussaud’s
I’ve visited Blackpool several times but always either in the summer or during the autumn illuminations when the resort has been in full swing so I was curious to find out what it would be like to visit the resort out of season. Plans made, we were up at the crack of dawn (well, earlier…
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Why you should visit Hull – the complete guide
Hull is a port city in East Yorkshire, northern England, located on the north bank of the Humber estuary. It was awarded the title of UK City of Culture in 2017 and I was interested to visit the city to take a look at its cultural attractions for myself and discover if the accolade was…
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The Black Country Living Museum
The weather forecast seemed reasonable so we decided to spend the day at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, ten miles west of Birmingham. Although the museum’s postal address is Dudley, the nearest railway station is Tipton. We bought return rail tickets costing approximately £5 each for the 20 minute journey from…
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Guide to the Helsinki Tram Museum and Pub Tram
Being a lover of transport museums around the world, I couldn’t resist a visit to the Helsinki Tram Museum which is located in the Töölö district of the city in a former tram depot. Admission to the museum is free and it is open each day between 11.00 am and 5.00 pm. Starting our tour around the…
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