Travel & Education Abroad | Russia

This year Vacations in the UK are more popular than ever. The numerous reasons are complex but the majority agree that the primary factor is the current economic climate and the desperate need to reduce costs, especially in relation to family vacations. Another influencing fact is the low value of the Pound Sterling which makes travel abroad expensive for the British but, alternatively, travel into the UK is cheap. England has a large number of first class vacation destinations including a decent selection of seaside resorts, however more and more tourists are choosing to take city breaks instead. Popular cities include; Newcastle upon Tyne, Bristol and Manchester but there are a great many other places in Great Britain in which to have a weekend city break for example Sheffield. With rooms as cheap as £20 a night, Sheffield bed and breakfast makes for a low cost city vacation destination.

Tourist Attractions In Sheffield

For a city with an industrial past mainly in the steel and cutlery industries, Sheffield has an excellent variety of art galleries. The most popular are the Metalworks Gallery, Ruskin Gallery and Millennium Galleries. The Millennium Galleries are a free entry tourist attraction and have visiting exhibitions (entry is for a few pounds. The Ruskin Gallery is based upon a collection donated by John Ruskin for the improvement of the working class of Sheffield and includes watercolors, paintings, casts, minerals, sketches and a small collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts.

You will discover that Sheffield has a small number of museums but the City Museum is on the outskirts of Sheffield as is the Kelham Island Museum which is home to all kinds of items associated with the industrial past of the city and old machinery. Even though Sheffield was bombed heavily during World War Two some superb examples of Victorian and older buildings survive and the city center is amazingly easy to walk around. Attempt to allow time to see the city’s Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul which can be dated back to the fourteen hundreds.

Staying In Sheffield

Because the city has a University the clubs, bars and cafes can become incredibly busy at the weekends, during which time students make the very most their spare time. While many tourists enjoy the lively nightlife others would prefer a more quiet environment in which to stay, such tourists should book a room in a hotel away from the city center.

If a weekend city break in Sheffield is not your bag why not ponder on booking a couple of weeks in a London bed and breakfast, the capital of England? Otherwise why not ponder on booking a couple of weeks in a bed and breakfast in Liverpool, which was the European Capital of Culture in 2008 and has an amazing collection of first class visitor attractions.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain has a great deal to offer the visitor and the many fascinating, and very diverse, cities often offer more than the numerous seaside resorts.