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Tag: History

Foynes: Flying boats and Irish coffee

At the Foynes Flying Boat Museum discover aviation firsts that put the Irish village on the map as ‘the centre of the world’.

aviation, B314, Boeing, County Limerick, exhibition, flying boats, Foynes, History, Ireland, Irish coffee, museum, Pan Am, Shannon Airport, Travel, World War II, Yankee Clipper
The 1968 bronze copy of Il Porcellino outside Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia

Authentic sightseeing: Copy that

Not everything in your travel sights has to be original to be authentic. These eight reproductions could even surpass your expectations.

ABBA, ancient history, art, Athens, Australia, Biennale, California, Delos, exhibition, Florence, gallery, Greece, History, Italy, London, Mediterranean, Melbourne, Mona Lisa, music, Nashville, Olympian gods, Paris, Parthenon, Porcellino, Sydney, Terrace of the Lions, Tokyo, Travel, USA, Venice, World Heritage List

Around the Globe in London

Do a tour of William Shakespeare’s historical playhouse, attend a performance and glean fun facts about the Bard.

Elizabethan, England, exhibition, Globe Theatre, History, London, theatre, Travel, William Shakespeare

DIY royal visits in Scotland

You don’t need an invitation to have a right royal time at these residences of the British Royal Family that are open to the public.

Balmoral Castle, Edinburgh, Glamis Castle, History, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Royal Family, Scotland, Travel, William Shakespeare

David Bowie is

Is there anything that David Bowie isn’t? Well, yes, according to this V&A exhibition. David Bowie is not David Jones.

art, celebrity, David Bowie, England, exhibition, History, London, museum, music, People, V&A, Verbasizer, Victoria and Albert Museum

Camperdown Cemetery: A walk among the tombstones

Discover Napoleon’s harpist, the victims of Australia’s Titanic story and the real Miss Havisham on a guided tour of Sydney’s oldest existing European cemetery.

Anna Bishop, Australia, Camperdown Cemetery, Charles Dickens, Dunbar, Eliza Donnithorne, Eternity, History, John Putland, Mary Bligh, Miss Havisham, Mr Eternity, Napoleon, New South Wales, Newtown, Nicholas Bochsa, Sydney

For the love of Sicily

On a first trip to the Mediterranean island, it’s immediately clear that Italy’s southernmost region turns it up to 11.

Agrigento, Ancient Greece, ancient history, Cefalu, celebrity, History, Italy, Lipari, Mediterranean, Passeggiata, Sicily, Taormina, Trapani, Travel, Valley of the Temples, World Heritage List

Greek Islands: Gods behaving badly

The ancient dramas on Delos – the isle of Apollo, god of the sun – would put today’s island reality shows in the shade.

Aegean Sea, Ancient Greece, ancient history, Cyclades, daytrip, Delos, Greece, Greek Islands, History, Lord Byron, Mediterranean, Olympian gods, Rheneia, Terrace of the Lions, Travel, World Heritage List
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