Britain on the Cheap

Focus Hotels has launched family value inclusive packages at each of its 10 hotels across the UK. The deal is £160/$233 for two adults and two children for two nights, including full English breakfast each morning, a light lunch or packed lunch to take on days out, and a three-course dinner in the evenings. Adults [...]

Gearing up for Trooping the Colour this Saturday, in honor of the Queen’s official birthday? She will leave Buckingham Palace at 10.45 a.m. to travel down The Mall to Horseguard’s Parade. During the ceremony, The Queen is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops from the Household Division (Foot [...]

Foodies are discovering the organic farm shops, bakeries, fruit farms and scores of restaurants in Cheshire, and now many are literally making the map—including The Duke of Portland, Best Gastropub of the Northwest 2009. Taste Cheshire has created new Taste Cheshire Food Trails, seven tasty itineraries through the Cheshire countryside.

The Chester Grosvenor and Spa is offering late-summer free nights, such as three nights for the price of two, with continental breakfast, from $677 per stay. Or go for five nights for the price of three, from $1,015. Discounts are also available for families using interconnecting rooms. Through Sept. 9.