Once you’ve finished taking in the sights of the palaces, red phone boxes and black cabs, you might want to consider heading a little further east. Anyone traveling to London will have heard of its East End. Full of stories of old cockney geezers and Jack the Ripper, what was once an impoverished area of [...]
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Making tourism in Jerusalem more budget-friendly
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Mark.
The tourism industry in Israel is neglecting budget travelers, whilst money invested into boosting tourism in Israel goes largely to four and five star hotels rather than hostels. A recent articleby HAARETZ.com highlighted the fact that much of the marketing for Israel’s tourism industry focuses on a wealthy demographic from North American, Russian and Germany. [...]
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5 incredibly beautiful photos of Paris, London, Madrid, Prague and Edinburgh!
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by Mark.
We’ve chosen 5 beautiful photos of Paris, London, Madrid, Prague and Edinburgh for you, to get you thinking about travel. If you have taken pictures on your travels, we’d love to see them. Please send to markatsandemans@facebook.com. Don’t forget, if you get the chance to be in any of these cities, we offer FREE TOURs [...]
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Happy Holidays and an Xmas present for you!
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by Mark.
New Year’s Eve like a VIP? We’ve talked about this on our site, but the plans are becoming so big now we thought it better to tell you about it before it sells out. In Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Munich and London, we’re having our best New Year’s Pub Crawl yet. Paris’ Pub Crawl will be getting [...]
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We love Berlin, and we love photographs!
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by Mark.
As anyone who’s been on a SANDEMANs NEW Europe tour will know, we’ve got an immense passion for Berlin. It’s by far one of the most dynamic, interesting and energetic places to be in Europe and it gets better every day. That’s why we’re so happy that we were able to express our passion, both [...]
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Rubbing shoulders!
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by Mark.
You never know who you might see on our tour in London. Thanks to Andy Hornby for sending in this great pic of Michael Palin and our man Sam.
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Thinking about Halloween…
Posted on 14. Oct, 2011 by Mark.
As a young kid, I never questioned the fact that Halloween was celebrated all over the world. Seeing it so much on TV and being so familiar with the traditions of Trick of Treating, carving faces into pumpkins, fishing out apples from a bowl, (search for apple bobbing) I always presumed that like New Year, [...]
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Munich – Day 6: Saying Auf Wiedersehen
Posted on 24. Aug, 2011 by Mark.
Okay, just like Prague, there’s a lot more I could of done but didn’t have the time for. On my last day I toured Munich’s modern art museum, Pinakotek der Moderne. They had some great exhibitions featuring cars, computers, and some Bauhaus too. If you’re into Modern art, I definitely recommend going. But there’s so [...]
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Munich – Day 5: You did what?!?!
Posted on 24. Aug, 2011 by Mark.
Having finished all our tours, I made plans to revisit places I wanted more time at and explore things outside of the city center. I made it out to Olympia Park (where the BMW museum is) to check out Sommerfest – which runs from the end of July to the end of August. It’s a [...]
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Munich – Day 4 – Neuschwanstein – The Crazy King’s Castle
Posted on 24. Aug, 2011 by Susana.
Neuschwanstein is a must see if you’re in Munich, so be sure to factor in a day of your travels for this incredible trip. Meaning, new swan stone, crazy King Ludwig II built this fairly tale castle (after which Disney modeled his castle) as a kind of private retreat not just from his responsibilities [...]
