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Top 10 Britain: Top Ten Things to See and Do in the Scottish Highlands
Truly one of God’s greatest gifts to the world is the Scottish Highlands. The term denotes not only a geographical boundary along a major fault zone between the two halves of Scotland, but a cultural...
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Top 10 UK: Top Ten Things to Do in the Shetland Islands
Peggychoucair / Pixabay Known for more than just a crime drama series, Shetland (also referred to as the Shetland Islands) is an archipelago north of mainland Scotland. Modern settlement of the...
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Anglotopia Announcement: Introducing The New Full-Color 101 London Travel...
Today we’re coming out with a new guidebook. We’ve spent the last few months retooling our guidebook 101 London Travel Tips. We’ve given it a new look, higher-quality printing, added color photos and...
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Top 10 Britain: Top Ten Things to See in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland
RonPorter / Pixabay The Outer Hebrides Islands of Scotland have had a fascinating history. They have been occupied by peoples since the Mesolithic and have seen the influence of Celtic, Norse, and...
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So, When Can We All Go To Britain Again?
We posted earlier this year with our predictions on when travel can resume from the USA to Britain, and I thought it would be useful to revisit the subject in light of recent events. Those events...
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Top 10 Britain: Top Ten Things to Do in the Channel Islands
AllanW / Pixabay The Channel Islands are a geographic archipelago consisting of two political organizations: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. Both of these are crown...
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Guest Post: Slow Chilterns – Exploring The Chilterns
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Neil Matthews and his wife Helen, authors of Slow Travel: The Chilterns and the Thames Valley. Less than an hour north-west of London, adjacent to the...
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Anglotopia Alert: Introducing the Shiny New 2nd Edition of 101 Budget Britain...
Over a decade ago, we published a guidebook called 101 Budget Britain Travel Tips, and it was a good seller for us. But at that time, we knew a lot less about publishing book and in the years after,...
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Getting Britain Ready for Post-Covid Travel to the United Kingdom
The last picture I took of Britain in 2018. The end is in sight. The COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out and with the US government promising that there will be enough doses for every American by this May,...
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Places to Visit in Britain for Jane Austen Fans
Jane Austen certainly ranks amongst the best Regency Period authors, if not the best authors in English Literature. While most of her works were published anonymously at a time when women could not...
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Google Maps suggests ‘potentially fatal’ route up Ben Nevis, hillwalkers warned
Scottish mountaineering charities have criticized Google for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and other Munros they say are “potentially fatal” and direct people over a cliff. The John Muir Trust, which...
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UK Travel Update: COVID-19 Vaccinated Americans Can Travel to the England...
Folks: the day we’ve all been waiting for since this pandemic began has come. From Monday, August 2nd, Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can travel freely to England without 10-day...
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An American Student Abroad: What’s UK Travel Like Now? Post-Pandemic Travel...
Editor’s Note: Thank you to David for providing a first-person perspective on what’s it’s like to travel to the UK right now. I feel we should note, as David does, that all of this will be changing in...
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UK Travel: Covid Travel Rules for Entry into the UK Have Changed Again (and...
We’re written a lot about travel into the UK right now – most recently as last week – but as planned, it’s changed again this week. The big news is that fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to...
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Anglotopia Alert: Please order your Anglotopia books for Christmas soon –...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the things we’ve all had to get used to is shortages on goods. Some are random, some are expected. Some are very annoying. One that will affect Anglotopia directly...
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UK COVID Travel: Rule change comes in for travelers to use cheaper lateral...
Coronavirus rules have relaxed for American holidaymakers who are fully vaccinated in what the Government is hailing a “huge boost” for the travel industry. From 4 am on yesterday – and in time for...
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Travel Alert: London-Cornwall sleeper trains disrupted for eight weeks
Overnight sleeper trains between London and Cornwall will be canceled between Mondays and Thursdays for eight weeks due to a complication with engineering work, Network Rail has announced. Disruption...
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Travel Alert: UK Highway Code Changes for 2022
A major revamp of the Highway Code to boost protection for cyclists and pedestrians comes into force recently amid concern that millions of drivers are unaware of the changes. This information is...
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Travel Alert: Huge 50% Off Sale Launched for British Rail Fares in April and May
Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May. In what is being dubbed the Great British Rail...
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Travel Alert: USA Ends COVID-19 Testing Border Entry Requirements
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com The final pillar has fallen. The lat COVID-19 regulation related to travel, the requirement to negative test before returning to the USA, is being ended on...
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Travel Alert: Rail Strikes Going Ahead – What You Need To Know
If you’re in Britain this week, your travels around will be heavily affected by rail strikes that are now going forward – whether you’re traveling by train or not. There will be knock-on effects on...
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Travel Weather: Dangerous heat headed for the UK starting this weekend with...
The Met Office has warned that people’s lives could be at risk as it indicated it is likely that a new UK record temperature could be set early next week. Meteorologists gave an 80% chance of the...
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Anglotopia Podcast: Return to Britain – How to get the Oxford Experience...
In this second special podcast recorded while I was in England last month, I try to answer all the questions I received about my Oxford course. How can you have the Oxford Experience yourself? How...
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Travel Alert: Everything is Closing Monday – Heritage sites across the UK to...
Historic sites across the UK, from Stonehenge to HMS Belfast, will be closed on the day of the Queen’s state funeral as a mark of respect, heritage organizations have said. Many grocery store chains...
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Travel Alert: When are the British train strikes happening, and what impact...
Train passengers face weeks of disruption over Christmas and into the New Year. If you’re traveling in the UK during this period, there will be significant disruption to travel plans. With the...
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