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The A Level geography students from University College School embarked on a 5 day, 4 night trip to the spectacular island of Sicily. A popular choice for the school as this would be their third trip there with Rayburn Tours and for a group that consisted of human geography students and physical geography students it’s [...]
April 2013 saw the Geographical Association Annual Conference come to our home city of Derby and, for a fourth consecutive year, Rayburn Tours were proud to receive an award from the Association for their on tour Study Handbooks; this year it was for our brand new Sicily Study Handbook. The Sicily Study Handbook comprises a [...]
Iceland and New Zealand were considered the most welcoming countries towards foreign tourists in a ranking of 140 countries as published in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013. In the report the country’s travel industry was ranked in a number of different categories, including the attitude of the population towards foreign [...]
As a member of the Rayburn Ski team and a lover all things snow sport related… The Austrian hills are alive With the sound of snow fall With flakes that have fall’n For a thousand years The hills fill my heart With the sound of chairlifts My heart wants to sing Every piste that it [...]
The spellbinding shores of Lake Garda have been a popular tourist spot for over a hundred years with many noteworthy visitors, including Nietzsche, the Mann brothers, Kafka and D.H. Lawrence. The vast expanse of the lake surrounded by the imposing mountains is a real source of wonder, awe and artistic inspiration and was the perfect [...]
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in the sunshine at a mountain restaurant in Italy, gazing at the wonderful panorama in a short-sleeved t-shirt, drink in hand and a plate of delicious pasta in front of me; this evening I am sat at home with the fire roaring and a blanket wrapped around me, the [...]
Amber Collinge, a Rayburn Tours Ski Courier, accompanied Saint John the Baptist School on their Easter Ski Trip to Santa Caterina and here she gives us her highlights… My recent trip to Santa Caterina was a fantastic experience thanks to the brilliant group I accompanied. The enthusiasm of the staff and pupils of Saint John [...]
