Holidays & Travel

Visitors to Devon’s official tourist information site, Visit Devon, are on the up and predictions expect record breaking visits to the county this summer from both UK tourists and those from overseas.

Visits to www.visitdevon.co.uk for the past month of July are up 45% on last year’s website hits, and for the first week of the summer holidays (week commencing 20th July) website views were up 60%.

Chair of Visit Devon, Victoria Hatfield, says of the increased web views: “We are delighted that traffic to the Visit Devon website is on the increase - it really shows that...

There’s a lot going on at Living Coasts this summer. Torquay’s coastal zoo is small but full of stuff to see, do and enjoy. And some of the enjoyment involves eating cake…

In addition to the usual timetable of feeding time talks about penguins, seals, otters and other species, there will be extra activities on most days through the summer. The theme for the season is Dive and Flight, looking at the different ways in which birds – and mammals – use these behaviours.

If your children are feeling creative and practical then they’ll be able to join craft sessions, helping staff...

Caravans and campervans increasingly resemble a home away from home and it can be easy to forget about the potential fire risks, especially when you’re busy enjoying some time out.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service remind you that having a working smoke alarm in your caravan dwelling, is just as important as the one in your home. It needs to be tested frequently to check it works.

In a fire, caravans and campervans have limited escape options in fire and being made of lightweight and highly combustible fittings, fires can take off frightenly fast. You would...

Italy’s restaurant Osteria Art is showing that it means business, in all senses of the term. With all the hype surrounding the bustling art scene this year, you may have mistaken Osteria Art for another gallery, but you’re far off. In actual fact, Osteria Art is a one-of-a-kind restaurant that will tease and tantalise every inch of your mouth with its sterling culinary arts. This is the perfect restaurant to splurge on your loved ones after a massive lottery win by playing on http://www.playusalotteries.com/

The “Art” in Osteria Art gets its name from restaurateur Beppe De Vito’s...