The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.
Did you know Chipping Norton had a zoo? The Heythrop Zoological Gardens is probably one of the area’s best kept secrets. Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire is well known in the area for doing a great afternoon tea and for…
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Letoon, alongside Xanthos was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982, and if Xanthos was the Lycian commercial capital, then Letoon was the religious hub, a sanctuary dedicated to Leto and her twin children, Artemis…
View PostLetoon, alongside Xanthos was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982, and if Xanthos was the Lycian commercial capital, then Letoon was the religious hub, a sanctuary dedicated to Leto and her twin children, Artemis…
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Finishing off our evening shopping trip and our British attempts at ‘haggling’, we nestled down in one of Belgins’ huge cushion chairs – a traditional Turkish restaurant with the kind of decor which would fit…
View PostFinishing off our evening shopping trip and our British attempts at ‘haggling’, we nestled down in one of Belgins’ huge cushion chairs – a traditional Turkish restaurant with the kind of decor which would fit…
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Oktoberfest is the traditional funfair held in Munich, Bavaria – Germany, confusingly the 16 day festival actually starts starts in the mid-September, simply because the nights are longer and slightly warmer. Originally, the festival started…
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Patara’s ancient ruins rise out of the windblown sand dunes like the lost Atlantis. It was once the most important city in Lycia as the major harbour and is known to be the birthplace of…
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No visit to Turkey is complete without a Turkish Bath or a visit to the hamam. In Kalkan, there are a wealth of places offering this traditional treatment from the high-end luxury to the slightly…
View PostNo visit to Turkey is complete without a Turkish Bath or a visit to the hamam. In Kalkan, there are a wealth of places offering this traditional treatment from the high-end luxury to the slightly…
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