Author: Brian Ogle

‘Travel Life of Brian’ writer BRIAN OGLE recalls his first visit to the Lithuanian capital, a few years after the country declared independence from the Soviet Union

WITH Vilnius the capital of Lithuania being judged best for value in the Post Office Travel Money’s annual ‘City Costs Barometer’, it’s a good time to take a closer look at the capital city of the country which was the first of the Soviet Republics to declare independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.

……. AND BELFAST SNEAKS IN TO TOP 10 AT NUMBER 10!

THE cost of city breaks for UK travellers to many of Europe’s most popular destinations has tumbled due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has revealed. 

PLENTY OF ENTICING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IRELAND

A QUICK social media search will confirm that there has been an explosion in the popularity of Afternoon Tea, with what was once a very traditional activity now being the very essence of cool.

LISBURN MAN CO-OWNER OF INCOMING TRAVEL COMPANY IN CZECH REPUBLIC

THE travel industry is having a tough time all over the world at the moment – but there are worse places to be living through the pandemic than one of Europe’s prettiest cities and a top city break destination, Prague in the Czech Republic.

YOU couldn’t spend a safer Staycation this summer than at the famous Ashford Castle and sister hotel, The Lodge at Ashford.

.…. WHILE BRITISH VISITORS TO REPUBLIC MUST QUARANTINE

BRITISH holidaymakers are now subject to a 14-day quarantine in the Republic as the UK was excluded from the country’s travel ‘green list’ announced today. 

… COULD THEY STILL BE PART OF PUTIN’S WORLDWIDE ARMY?

ASKS BRIAN OGLE

WHEN visiting Crimea just a few months before Putin’s ‘Little Green Men’ took over and annexed the peninsula for Russia, I was lucky enough to take a tour of what had been a Russian nuclear submarine base under the cliffs in the port of Balaclava, just a short drive from the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War.

CYPRUS BY NATASHA WARCHOLAK

WHAT unites countries in the north of Europe is the craving for sun and warm seas. Cyprus has the reputation of having it all.

ASHFORD Castle has been voted the number one resort hotel in the UK and Ireland by readers of the iconic Travel & Leisure magazine, one of the most acclaimed travel publications in the world for discerning travellers.

BRIAN OGLE recalls the days when a USSR built transistor radio opened new horizons and even brought a gift from Chairman Mao

I’VE always had a passion for travel, but as a teenager I travelled the world without leaving the comfort of the family living room.