Global Travellers

Bath is a historic city in the Avon Valley region of Somerset. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The city has a population of over 80,000 and has been hugely popular as a spa resort in such different ages as the Roman, Elizabethan and Georgian periods.

Bath regularly plays host to large groups of tourists, with almost 5 million visitors drawn to its famous buildings, festivals, parks, cultural life and spa water every year.

Architecturally, the city displays a fine range of buildings ranging from its various, distinct spells as a refined, elegant tourist resort. The building of a modern spa centre, known as Thermae Bath Spa, now allows modern day visitors to experience the warm water bathing pleasures which have been attracting people here since the days of the Roman occupation.

Events which entice people to Bath include concerts by world famous artists and a large number of festivals which celebrate everything from international music to beer.

See also: Bath City Life.

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Walking trips

The privileged location of Chagford means that it can offer a variety of walking options to tourists. From gentle strolls along undulating, leafy paths to more difficult climbs and hikes there is a walk to suit most people.

Endecott House

Dating from the 16th century this lovely granite building with thatched roof was a school for over 3 centuries. It takes its name from one of the Pilgrim Fathers, who was later named Governor of Massachusetts. Click to read more …

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The Crescent
What we can see today is what remains of two grand hotels, built in 1780 to cater for the ever-increasing Buxton tourist trade. Regarded as the first real attempt at building a leisure resort in the country, the magnificent scale and grandeur of the building is now balanced by a tangible sense of neglect, as the unoccupied hotels show the passing of the years since their glory days. It is, however, still a fine sight and hopefully the much anticipated renovation work will restore it to what it once was.

Pavilion Gardens
In the midst of over 20 acres of peaceful and beautifully designed gardens you will find a fine Victorian building. A magnet for the many tourists who come to the area, the Gardens contain a restaurant, café, children’s play area, swimming pool, lakes and some lovely country walks. Through the year there any many interesting events held here, and it is worth checking in advance to see what is going to coincide with your visit. Click to read more …

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Phunket beach is one of the largest beaches in the Thailand. This island is as large as Singapore. It is situated at the west coast of Thailand in Andaman Sea. It has an area around 570 sq.km and comprises 1 large and 39 small island. For Phunket there are no land boundaries. Click to read more …

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Palolem beach is most famous beach in India, which is situated in south Goa. Its location consists 2 kilometers from the market area of chaudi, which are one hour from Karnataka coastal town karwar and 40 minutes from main city of Goa. Click to read more …

Copacabana beach is located in Copacabana city of Rio de janeiro. It is 4 km long which is most famous beach in the world. It begins from the Posto dois (lifeguard watchtower two) and ends at posto seis (lifeguard watchtower six). There are two more beaches which are small in size one inside Fort Copacabana and other right side which is Diabo beach. There are two forts which have a great historic relation at both end of the Copacabana beach are Fort Copacabana , which is built in 1914 is situated at the south end of posto seis and Fort Duque de Caxias , which is built in 1779, is located at the north end. Click to read more …

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Cherry Beach is located in Cherry Street in south of Unwin Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a basically a park famous as lake side park. Previously it was named as “Clarke Beach Park” named after Harry Clarke after 2003 it was renamed as Cherry Beach. Click to read more …

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The most popular beach of Australia is bondi beach which is situated 7 km of east of central business district of Sydney. It is also the name of the suburbs in Sydney. Click to read more …

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When people decide to lose weight they tend to focus only on what to eat and what not to eat. Most people don’t realize that a large part of your weight loss success will depend on your mental state and how you approach your weight loss journey. There are a lot of things that you will want to do to make sure that you don’t sabotage your efforts with the wrong attitude, or with a lack of commitment. Here are some things that you want to do to help yourself be in the right frame of mind to reach your goals and succeed at losing the weight that you want to lose… Click to read more …

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Whilst many castles are said to be haunted, Dover castle is quite unique in the number of reports from its visitors that back up this claim. A whole host of ghosts are said to haunt the tunnels and rooms at the castle, and visitors come from afar in the hope of catching one of them on film.

Around the west stairwell of the castle a woman has frequently been seen wearing a long red dress and wandering the halls accompanied by the distinct sound of sobbing. The lower half of a man has also been spotted around the King’s bedroom, as well as crossing the doorway. Though this figure has been seen on numerous occasions, it is not known who he could be and why only his lower half is visible.

Perhaps most famous of all the ghosts of Dover castle is the headless drummer. This drummer is thought to be a fifteen-year-old named Sean who was ambushed whilst carrying a large amount of money, where his head taken off by a sword in the process.

Medium Derek Acorah from the television program Most Haunted supposedly got in contact with Sean and helped him find peace. The drumming has not been heard at all since then.

Read more Kent ghost stories on the CanterburyPages.com website.

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