Richard Collett

  • Richard Collett Bio
    Richard is an award-winning travel writer based in Southwest England who’s addicted to traveling off the beaten track. He’s traveled to 75 countries and counting in search of intriguing stories, unusual destinations, and cultural curiosities.

    Richard loves traveling the long way round over land and sea, and you’ll find him visiting quirky micronations and breakaway territories as often as he’s found lounging on a beach (which is a lot).

    When he’s not writing for BBC Travel, National Geographic, or Lonely Planet, you can find Richard writing for the Wandering Wheatleys or updating his off-beat travel blog, Travel Tramp.

Articles:

Glasgow, Scotland Perfect Weekend Itinerary

3 Days in Glasgow: Plan Your Perfect Weekend Itinerary!

Glasgow is Scotland’s budding metropolis, a sprawling urban area with a heady industrial past that’s reimagining itself as one of the United Kingdom’s most exciting weekend getaway destinations. Born out of the fires and furnaces of the Industrial Revolution, the city is now Scotland’s contemporary cultural hub, and you’ll love exploring everything there is to

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Incredible Distilleries in Glasgow, Scotland You Have to Visit!

Incredible Distilleries in Glasgow, Scotland You Have to Visit!

If there’s one thing synonymous with Scotland, it’s whiskey, and Glasgow has a long history of whiskey distillation on the banks of the River Clyde. Glasgow was always at the forefront of the country’s whiskey production, and the city became home to what would become the oldest licensed whiskey distiller in Scotland when the Littlemore

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