by hollyGS
Here is a video we made about all the reasons you NEED to visit Northern Ireland!
Categories: Europe, northern ireland, united kingdom • Tags: carrick-a-rede rope bridge, castle, castles and beer, cheap UK, giant's causeway, Ireland, northern ireland, the dark hedges, train travel in the UK, travel northern ireland, travel uk, uk, Why you need to visit ireland
by hollyGS
Here is the link to the self guided walking tour I made. Below you will find a step by step guide and information about each stop on the tour. Stop 1: Tower of London Stop one is the Tower of London. We decided to take the metro to the Tower of London stop, and then walked to the site. The entrance price is £21.50 for an adult. We just admired the building from the outside, because I had been inside […]
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by hollyGS
Here is the link to the Self Guided Walking Tour Of Conwy Wales I created: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/a982bfe2-cc44-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default We loved Conwy, Wales. It’s an amazing and compact city in Northern Wales, close to the British border. You can honestly just wander the city and get lost amoung the fisherman’s cottages OR you can follow this handy self guided walking tour we’ve created. You are going to love this city!!!!!! 1- City Walls Entrance Firstly, we recommend that you start at the north/eastern […]
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by hollyGS
Here is the link to the self guided walking tour I’ve created in Chester, England. https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/c5c465d9-bc8a-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default STOP 1- East Gate and East Gate Clock We start our tour at the Eastgate and Eastgate Clock, where you can climb the stairs on the northeast side to walk along the wall in a clockwise direction. The Eastgate clock was added to the bridge (1899) in honour of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (1897). It is said that Chester’s clock is the second most […]
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by hollyGS
We decided it would be much more cost effective to take the bus from York to Chester for £27.60 (two people) , as opposed to take the train which was well over three times the price. We booked our tickets online with national express (bus) and received an email confirmation (that wasn’t even required to board the bus, they had a list with our booking on it). The bus left the stop just opposite the York train station (#RJ) at […]
Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom • Tags: backpacking, budget travel, by bus, cheap europe, cheap travel, cheap UK, chester, chester sites, do it yourself, england, Europe, hostel, how to, national express, northern england, scary experience, self guided, timber houses, travel, tudor style, uk, united kingdom, walking tour, what to do, what to see, york, yorksire
by hollyGS
Here is a link to the Self Guided Walking Tour of YORK ENGLAND I made: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/c543cb19-a974-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default Stop #1 The SHAMBLES The Shambles is an iconic street is York, know for it’s overhanging timber framed buildings. The street used to be home to many butchers and was known as “The Great Flesh Shambles”. CREEPY? The buildings all look as if they were built without a level, which could be because the majority of them where built in the 14th century. Now […]
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by hollyGS
We arrived in York by train (from Edinburgh) around 11 am. This afforded us lots of time to explore York before sunset! We started out in the city centre, where we wandered the Shambles Market and the Shambles. The Shambles is an iconic street is York, know for it’s overhanging timber framed buildings. The street used to be home to many butchers and was known as “The Great Flesh Shambles”. CREEPY? The buildings all look as if they were built […]
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by hollyGS
We left Edinburgh Waverly Station at approximately 9am. The journey took a total of 1.5 hours. We booked our tickets online a few months in advanced directly through the virgin train website. The trip cost us 17 pounds each, which is a bit more expensive than the bus, but the comfort of the train was worth the extra money to us. The tickets were sent to my phone, and we asked the lady attendant which track to board at. It […]
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by hollyGS
After our Harry Potter themed adventure, we decided to catch a few more of the “big sites” in Edinburgh, starting with Calton Hill. You can find quite a few interesting sites up on the beautiful vantage point. The trip up the hill is worth the views alone! The unfinished National monument makes a nice place to take a picnic and soak in the glorious views . After exploring Calton Hill, we made our way back down the slope, and towards […]
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