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Special holiday packages designed to be of interest to over 50s -
click here for a selection of interesting holidays,
breaks and travel options
WHAT YOU WILL
FIND ON EACH PAGE
On each destination page, the main text describes what each
location can offer the over-50 traveller. The Travel Facts
panel lists out key information details such as Coming Events,
Health, age-related discounts etc.
Advance reading about a destination enhances the on-the-spot enjoyment. We recommend a few
selected books for each location. Most of the books are available from Amazon at discounts
between 10 and 30 percent off the list price. Just click on the hyperlink, or on a picture
of the book jacket.
On each page is a link which returns you to the index.
Travel and Holidays in laterlife is edited by award winning travel writer, photographer and broadcaster Hugh Taylor - author of innumerable magazine and newspaper articles and over 40 guidebooks.
Hugh brings his extensive experience to bear to provide an over 50s flavour to each of the destinations he describes.
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DARTMOOR -
Freedom to roam and explore
DAWLISH - Pioneer railway age
resort
EXETER/EXMOUTH - Tour base for
South Devon
ILFRACOMBE & NORTH DEVON -
The Heritage coast
LYNTON & LYNMOUTH - Devon's
Siamese-twin resorts
SIDMOUTH - Devon's
Regency gem
SOMERSET -
Choosing a farm cottage for a walking holiday
UP THE OTTER IN DEVON
- A winter cottage haven
ENGLAND - SOUTH
BRIGHTON - London's Regency
pleasure dome
ISLE OF WIGHT -
Taking a walk
PORTSMOUTH -
Visit this new-look Portsmouth and Southsea
ENGLAND - SOUTH EAST
LONDON - the capital free
show
LONDON - rooms at
reasonable cost
NORFOLK BROADS - by slow
boat
OXFORD - Just
Pottering around
WINDSOR - Enjoy a
Royal Wekend
ENGLAND - MIDLANDS
STRATFORD - follow the
Shakespeare trail
WARWICK -
Year-round destination for a day out
ENGLAND - NORTH WEST
CHESTER - going
for Romans, shopping & bats
LANCASHIRE COAST
- Turning the tide
LIVERPOOL- Beyond the Fab
Four
MANCHESTER - is more than
United
SHIP CANAL -
Cruising on the Manchester Ship Canal
ENGLAND - NORTH EAST
LEEDS - Soap trail around
Emmerdale
NEWCASTLE -
Cultural capital of the North
NEWCASTLE - Down
memory lane at Beamish open-air museum
NORTHUMBERLAND -
Go furthest north in England, Alnwick to Berwick
TEES VALLEY -
Exploring Captain Cook Country
WEARDALE -
Explore Weardale and the North Pennines
WEARDALE - The Mighty Wurlitzer of Howden Le Wear
YORK - follow the
Vikings and the ghosts
IRELAND
BLARNEY -
enjoying the talk in Counties Cork and Kerry
DUBLIN - Pub-crawling for
literature
DUBLIN - Take a new
look
IRELAND WEST COAST -
Coach-touring the west
IRELAND - TRALEE TRA-LA
to Dingle Bay
IRELAND - VALENTIA ISLAND - NEXT PARISH AMERICA
SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH - Look ahead for
the big dates
GLASGOW - See
Glagow in true style
GLASGOW – Where to Stay – City Inn
HEBRIDES -
Hopscotch to the Western Isles
SCOTLAND - Explore the
wild Highlands
SCOTLAND - Argyll - Where to Stay -Kilchrennan
SCOTLAND-NORTH - coach
tour from Dornoch
SCOTLAND-NORTH - The Castle of Mey
SCOTTISH BORDERS - Peebles Town Trail
SCOTTISH BORDERS - Tontine Hotel Peebles
SHETLAND - Up Helly Aa Shetland's Viking Fire Festival
SKYE - Over The Sea to Skye
SKYE - Dunvegan Castle - Fairies and Pipers
SKYE - Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald
SKYE - Black Houses and Illicit Stills
WALES
CARDIFF - great
to visit any time
CARDIGAN - Self-catering along
the Heritage Coast
LLEYN PENINSULA -
Go walking around the Edge of Wales
SWANSEA - On the
Dylan Thomas trail around the Gower peninsula
TENBY - along Pembroke's
coastline
WALES - Steam up for North
Wales
WALES ALONG THE A5
- Follow the historic highway for great sightseeing
WELSH RAREBITS
- for a taster of Wales
CHANNEL ISLES
JERSEY - Enjoy
the colours and the festivals
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