Travel & Leisure
Welcome to the travel and leisure section of the Mature Times website – the voice of our generation!
This area of the site is full of helpful travel tips and advice to help you plan and enjoy your journey, as well as hopefully giving you ideas and inspiration on where to go.
Whether you are travelling in this country, or overseas you are sure to find articles and information of interest to you and they focus on travel issues that affect the over 50’s.
Mature Times readers love to travel – they have the time, the money and more importantly the get up and go that makes them want to visit new places and experience different cultures. So if you want new travel related articles, as these are posted on the site, then why not bookmark our site, or register with us and we will send you regular updates.
Spring on the Moors: March - June
- Thursday, 02 February 2012

The daffodils are out, the sheep are lambing and the ponies are foaling. There’s plenty going on in and around Exmoor at this time of the year.
February is travel love month with Silver Travel Advisor
- Tuesday, 31 January 2012
WIN £1,000 CRUISE VOUCHERS WITH VIKING RIVER CRUISES AND MANY OTHER PRIZES
Silver Travel Advisor is a friendly website packed with advice, tips, information and honest reviews written by and for silver travellers (aged over 50). A team of advisors are on hand to answer queries (for free), and you can share your own experiences too.
February is Travel Love month at Silver Travel Advisor, and there is a whole range of prizes to be found including the star prize:
Viking River Cruises – win £1,000 cruise vouchers
This year Cupid’s wearing walking boots
- Monday, 30 January 2012

Ramblers share a passion for walking this Valentines
This Valentine’s Day, the Ramblers is encouraging the nation to give the gift of the outdoors. What better way to spend a day with someone special to you than wandering over rolling hills, discovering hidden pubs, and witnessing Britain’s beautiful scenery on foot on a crisp winter’s day. So set a date with your partner, friend, family member, secret crush or anyone special to you - we’re suggesting an alternative Valentine’s Day, one spending quality time together...one spent walking!
A taste of the good life: get off the beaten track in Spain
- Friday, 27 January 2012
Spain is a beautiful part of Europe and with cheap flights making it more accessible than ever, it’s no surprise that millions of holiday goers visit the country every year.
But this popularity has seen tourists discovering the same tired and old attractions, and limiting their discovery of one of the Mediterranean’s finest countries. There is a multitude of things to do and see if they’d just venture off the beaten track.
60 days of summer with the National Trust
- Friday, 27 January 2012
Celebrate all that is great about the outdoors this summer with the National Trust and have heaps of fun discovering new surroundings and great things to do.
With hundreds of adventurous ideas, events and activities for the whole family to enjoy, the National Trust has everything you need to keep the children entertained throughout the summer holidays. From a-mazing mazes to wonderful wildlife, there will never be a dull moment this summer – even on a cloudy day.
