Tourist Information about Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Scarborough Beach, Scarborough, North YorkshireScarborough Beach is one of the country's best holiday locations. Hotels. Guesthouses and accommodations galore, adorn the area, with glorious views of the beautiful North Sea. Wrapped around these great places to stay, is the beautiful and historic Peasholm Park, incorporating the quaint minature North Bay railway, a charming ride up to Scarboroughs Sea Life centre, and onto the beach itself.   North Bay Scarborough   Scarborough's North Bay possesses a wealth of hotels, gues...
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Orlando Accommodation - Vacation RentalsAs a family, we have been visiting Orlando since 1998, where we have stayed in numerous hotels on the US192 in Kissimmee. Anyone who has visited Orlando will know that there is never a shortage of affordable and clean accommodation in this area. We decided to spread our wings a little and make the most of our holidays in Florida. So our third trip involved renting a private villa. Now to some, this may not appeal, but let me tell you something, this is a resource that is not given justice that i...
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Booking holiday accommodation onlineWith the introduction of low cost airlines, and the rapid growth of internet users, booking the perfect holiday has become easier for the inexperienced internet user. Gone are the days, where the only people surfing the net are techie's - welcome to the internet age, where people of all ages are now using the internet to go about their normal life. “You look forward to your holiday all year and you want to book it easily, and save money,” says Darren, a holiday rental specialist who runs, Wo...
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Accommodation in ScarboroughThe Chatsworth Hotel location is the ideal location ... for couples... for business guests... for seniors... and for families. We are ideally situated, overlooking Scarborough's North Bay seafront, with views of the sea and Scarborough Castle, right next to Peasholm Park, and also within very easy reach of the town centre. Chatsworth Hotel is simply the ideal bed and breakfast place to stay whatever the reason and length of your visit to Scarborough. Our hotel is overlooking the sea, with th...
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The history and romance of Flamborough centre around its sea tradition of piracy, shipwrecks and smuggling.The rocky coastline and stormy seas make this part of the east coast around Flamborough Head a graveyard for sea-faring vessels. The many caves along its rocky shore were a haven for smugglers of contraband and in the 18th and also into the 19th Century tea, brandy, tobacco, silk and cotton were, by ingenious means, smuggled ashore under the noses of the excise men. Some of the older houses within the village are said still to contain “smugglers’ hole” cupboards. It is even said that ...
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Aberdeen City Tourist Accommodatin and InformationAberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. It has an official population estimate of 202,370. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver. The city has a long, sandy coastline. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nic...
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Phon SongKram, Khorat, ThailandPhon Songkram is a small thai villiage in the province of Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima) in Thailand situated 10km of the A2 highway between Bangkok and Khon Kaen.  The archeological site Ban Prasat is 5kms to the south east. It is situated on the railway between Khorat and Khon Kaen and has its own railway station. Phon Songkram, although not listed anywhere on the internet, has its own Khmer Temple although it is very small.  It dates from the 12/13th cemtury at the same time as t...
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Flamborough Head, East YorkshireFlamborough Head is situated on what was, until 1974, Yorkshire’s east coast, between Filey and Bridlington its white cliffs thrust out into the sea “like a great whale”. Its origins as a settlement are shrouded in mystery. Whilst there are even suggestions of earlier settlement, arrow heads and flints found in the area certainly suggest Bronze age or even Stone age settlement. The Romans are said to have called it “Ocelli Prom” and to have linked it by road to York....
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Bridlington Railway Station, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.Bridlington Railway Station serves the town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The railway station is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. The Station Buffet at Bridlington is one of only three original buffets left in the UK. During the summer, the station is often decorated with an extensive display of flowers by the owner of the Station Buffet. The line is supported by The Yorkshire Coast Community...
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History of Filey Filey's name suggests an Anglican origin, this means that there has been a community there for about 12 Centuries.   Filey's name means Five Leys meaning a clearing of forest or meadow.   The oldest building in the town is the Filey Museum on Queen Street built in 1696.    For most of its history, Filey was a fishing and farming village with a few hundred inhabitants living in the street now called Queen Street.   Ecclesiastical records show...
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