Tag: Travel

  • Herb Lester Associates Travel Guides

    Herb Lester Associates Travel Guides

    Since we introduced the City Guide section on Future Positive, we pay a lot of attention to city guides available in bookshops. When travelling, we try to avoid the most touristy spots in the city and always look for places that will let us experience the city as it really is.

    While planning our next trip, we came across Herb Lester Associates illustrated guides. These compact guides present a great curation of places with tried and tested tips on how to get around the city and make the most out of your trip. Each map presents a digestible selection of shops, cafes, places to eat, galleries, museums and parks – perfect for a weekend away.

    We’ve already got our hands on the Barcelona guide. Have a look at their website for a full list of cities across the globe!

    www.herblester.com

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    Images via Herb Lester Associates

  • TOKYOBIKES & ACE HOTEL LONDON BIKE TOURS

    TOKYOBIKES & ACE HOTEL LONDON BIKE TOURS

    On our recent trip to London, we realised that some neighbourhoods are best experienced on two wheels. From the place where we stayed in Wapping, we cycled along the canal to Broadway Market in Hackney for a quick breakfast, then passed some great coffee shops on the way to Angel, from where we cycled up to Camden Town for a quick visit to the food market there.

    One of our favourite London hotels, Ace Hotel, has teamed up with cult bike brand tokyobike and organised a guided tour around the city, highlighting the many fascinating streets of Shoreditch.

    Tours will be led by writer and brand consultant Duncan Riches, who’ll also serve as curator for future ride guides. The Shoreditch tour, on 19th April, will include a visit to Terrece Studios in Dalston to see a light-maker, jewellery-maker and painter at work; a ride down the beautiful Regent’s Canal and a visit to see Denys Lasdun modernist block of flats, Keeling House, in Bethnal Green.

    Easter Saturday Tour

    19th April, 10am-1am

    Meet at Ace Hotel London in the lobby

    www.acehotel.com/london 

  • Travel: Newcastle

    Travel: Newcastle

    Last weekend we decided to leave Edinburgh for a day and travelled south to Newcastle upon Tyne.

    We started our day with a walk around Grainger Market, one of the city’s prominent landmarks. Listed as a Grade I buidling and designed by John Dobson, the market opened its doors in 1835. Although the original use of the market for meat and vegetables have since changed considerably, there are still a number of butchers’ and fish stalls there. The market is also home to world’s smallest branch of Marks & Spencer, a market stall known as Marks and Spencer’s Original Penny Bazaar.

    After our stroll around the city centre and a visit to menswear stores End. and Union, we headed to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, where paintings by Simon Bill and the work of Sara Barker and Ryder Architecture are currently displayed. We also paid a visit to Side Photographic Gallery where we saw All That Falls exhibition with works by Mark Power, Paul Lowe, Dana Kyndrová and Jindřich Štreit.

    After lunch at Pleased to Meet You, a gin bar located in a Victorian building on High Bridge, just off Grey Street, we visited the up and coming Ouseburn Valley. This neighbourhood is one of the most visually attractive and creatively exciting areas of the city and is home to many design studios and other creative businesses.

    We finished our day in Newcastle with a coffee at The Cycle Hub, a social enterprise that promotes and facilitates cycling. Located beside the river Tyne, we were able to enjoy some moments of sun at their terrace before heading back to Edinburgh.

  • Travel: Wroclaw

    Travel: Wroclaw

    We’ve recently come back from our short trip to Wroclaw, one of the largest cities in the west of Poland.

    We’ve selected a few photos of some buildings and places that really impressed us. We specially enjoyed hanging out in the up and coming Borough of Four Temples in the Old Town which is full of small cafes, trendy bars and restaurants.

    If you’re visiting the city, make sure you go for a walk around the University and the oldest district in the city, Ostrów Tumski, which is also very close to Wroclaw’s  ‘Manhattan’ and which we blogged about here before.

    We also managed to interview the founders of a couple of local businesses and we’ll share them with you in the coming weeks.

    You can see more photos from our trip here and if you’ve been to Wroclaw before, let us know about your favourite places!

  • Travel: North Berwick

    Travel: North Berwick

    Yesterday we spent the day in North Berwick, a seaside town 30 minutes away from Edinburgh. We packed our camera, took the train and enjoyed a few hours walking around its beaches and streets, discovering the seabirds of the area and having a delicious meal at the Lobster Shack. We liked it so much that we’re already planning another visit in a couple of weeks!