Reisgids Slow Travel Isle of Man

Isle of Man slow travel guide. Holiday tips and tourist advice about the British Crown Dependency. Features Douglas, Ramsey, Peel and Castletown; Manx National Heritage sites such as the Great Laxey Wheel, Peel Castle, Castle Rushen and Cregneash folk village; and ancient heritage, ghost tours, a steam railway, electric trams and wildlife-watching. Part of Bradt’s distinctive, award-winning series of ‘Slow’ travel guides to British regions, Isle of Man (Slow Travel) is a guidebook celebrating this self-governing Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea. Written with intimate detail and insider tips by an author born and raised locally, it offers a more personal, off-beat selection of places to explore than other guides, and its text is infused with vibrant stories and local voices. Easily accessible from mainland Britain yet different enough to feel like a real adventure, the Isle of Man is a remarkable destination in the heart of the British Isles. With a strong sense of their own cultural and political identity, Manx people take great pride in their blend of Celtic and Viking roots. At a thousand-plus years old, the Manx parliament (Tynwald) claims to be the world’s oldest continuous parliamentary assembly, while music and cultural events celebrate the island’s status as one of the six Celtic nations. Folklore and superstition are entwined with everyday life in ways largely forgotten elsewhere: children still celebrate Hop tu Naa instead of Halloween, bonfires are lit for Oie Voaldyn on 30 April – and woe betide anyone who forgets to greet the fairies as they cross Fairy Bridge.