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  • Windermere

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Cumbria

    The English Lake District has long been a popular holiday destination. Windermere is a small village situated on a hill to the east of a lake of the same name. From Windermere, you can enjoy many different tours of the Lake District with tour companies.



  • Yorkshire Dales

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire

    The Yorkshire Dales (also known as The Dales) is the name given to an upland area, in Northern England.

     

     


  • St Davids

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, Wales, Pembrokeshire

    St David's is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. It lies on the River Alun, on Saint David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales. St David's is the de facto ecclesiastical capital of Wales and the final resting place of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.


  • Cockermouth

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Cumbria

    Cockermouth is a town that lies at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. It is located on the northwest fringe of the English Lake District. Landmarks include the sizeable but partly ruined Norman castle, the home of Pamela, Lady Egremont. Built at the confluence of the Rivers Cocker and Derwent, the castle has a tilting tower which hangs Pisa-like over Jennings Brewery. The castle, with its preserved dungeons, is only opened to the public once a year during the annual town festival.


  • Fishguard

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, Wales, Pembrokeshire

    Fishguard is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire. A regular ferry leaves for Rosslare in Ireland from the port of Fishguard Harbour (not actually in Fishguard, but a mile away at Goodwick). Fishguard is the terminus of the A40 London to Fishguard trunk road. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. Fishguard is served by train at Fishguard Harbour railway station.


  • Middlesbrough

    World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire

    Middlesbrough is a town in the Tees Valley conurbation of North East England and sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is the largest and most populous settlement within the Borough of Middlesbrough, which encompasses the town and several outlying villages which have become suburbs.


  • Arniston

    World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Overberg

    A few kilometres south-east of Bredasdorp, on the Overberg Coast lies the pretty fishing and holiday village of Arniston or Waenhuiskrans. Two centuries old, Arniston is named after one of the many ships which got wrecked along this stretch of South African coastline, having become victims of 'The Cape of Storms'.


  • Augrabies

    World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Northern Cape, Northern Cape

    The Khoi people called it 'Aukoerebis', the place of the Great Noise, referring to the Orange River thundering its way downwards for 60 metres in a spectacular waterfall. Picturesque names such as Moon Rock, Ararat and Echo Corner are descriptive of this rocky region, characterised by the 18 kilometre abyss of the Orange River Gorge and craggy outcrops dominating scrub-dotted plains.


  • George

    World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Garden Route

    George is the sixth oldest town in South Africa, situated in the beautiful Western Cape Province and is the Capital of the Southern Cape. The town is very centrally situated: halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and centre of the Garden Route - ideal from where to explore the areas many variant and diverse scenic wonders. Situated on a 10 kilometre plateau between the majestic Outeniqua Mountain to the north and the Indian ocean to the South. A round of golf on the world renowned Fancourt or George Golf Club might just be what the doctor ordered.


  • Hout Bay

    World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town

    Hout Bay is one of the most beautiful and popular places on the Cape Peninsula and a highlight of any visit to Cape Town. The access road that runs from Camps Bay, offers a beautiful drive all along the sea. The town lies picturesquely in a wind-protected bay, surrounded in the west by the Karbonkel Mountain, the famous Mount Sentinel as the outpost in the sea and in the east, by the Constantia Mountains and Chapman's Peak.