Rough Guide To...

Saturday 15th –Friday 21st

Beginning this week is a new series of the travel
show that profiles some of the most exciting
destinations in the world, offering authoritative,
opinionated and inspirational travel advice. The
first episode focuses on tropical islands. Julia
Bradbury snorkels and swims in the beautiful
waters of the Cayman Islands while Toby Amies
explores the politics, history and culture of
Cuba’s capital city, Havana.
Presented by Julia Bradbury, the consumer
champion from BBC1’s ‘Watchdog’, and Toby Amies,
an independent filmmaker, photographer, DJ and
journalist, the show is inspired by the celebrated
Rough Guide travel books. No longer the sole
preserve of backpackers, Rough Guides are the
essential handbook of choice for independently
minded travellers of all generations on all budgets.
With a passion for knowledge and a desire to
reveal the heart of a destination in an in-depth and

Continuing this week is the travel show that profiles some of the most exciting destinations in the world, offering authoritative, opinionated and inspirational travel advice. In this week’s instalment, Julia samples two very different Japanese cities and Toby ventures to Vietnam.

Presented by Julia Bradbury, the consumer champion from BBC1’s ‘Watchdog’, and Toby Amies,an independent filmmaker, photographer, DJ and journalist, the show is inspired by the celebrated Rough Guide travel books. No longer the sole preserve of backpackers, Rough Guides are the essential handbook of choice for independently minded travellers of all generations on all budgets.

With a passion for knowledge and a desire to reveal the heart of a destination in an in-depth and engaging way, the series is witty, irreverent and pulls no punches. This second run leaves no stone unturned in its search for the world’s best holidays.

Continuing tonight is the series that sees Julia
Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. In this instalment, Julia and Toby explore
holiday destinations that take visitors away from
the usual tourist trails. Julia seeks out ancient
cities and amazing wildlife in Belize, and explores
the Spanish city of Valencia, while Toby heads to
Fiji in search of paradise.
For this week’s show, Julia heads to the tropics
to explore the mysteries of beautiful Belize.
Nestling alongside its larger neighbours Mexico,
Guatemala and Honduras, Belize is not the obvious choice for an exotic getaway, but Julia soon discovers that it has plenty to keep the visitor enthralled.

Continuing tonight is the series that sees Julia
Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. This week, the intrepid duo show how to
get the best value out of a holiday without
compromising on style. Toby enjoys an adventure
in Arizona, and Julia comes up with clever ways to
make the most of her money in Venice, one of
Europe’s most expensive cities.
This week, the Rough Guide team focuses on
holidays built around limited budgets, as Julia and
Toby offer some inspiring advice and handy tips
on squeezing the best value out of a trip abroad –
without having to slum it.
Toby turns high plains drifter for a Wild Westinspired
journey to the southwestern US state of
Arizona. This vast region of deserts and rocky
landscapes brings to mind iconic images of
cowboys, gunslingers and westerns. Burning hot

Continuing tonight is the series that sees Julia
Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. In this instalment, Toby throws himself into
some extreme sports on the slopes of the
Southern Alps in New Zealand; while Julia enjoys
a more sedate holiday in Switzerland, indulging in
some hiking and sledging whilst staying in an ecofriendly
‘pod’.
For this week’s programme, Toby journeys to the
other side of the world to check out the vast open
spaces and adrenaline-pumping outdoor sports
of New Zealand. The spine of New Zealand’s
South Island is one long range of stunning, snowdusted
mountains known as the Southern Alps.
This massive region of mountains, lakes, glaciers
and rainforest stretches from the hightest point, Mount Cook(or ‘Aoraki’), south to Queenstown, which has become a magnet for extreme-sports enthusiasts the world over.

Continuing tonight is the series that sees Julia
Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. In this instalment, the intrepid duo find out
where to go when time is at a premium. Julia
learns to belly dance and has a Turkish massage
in Istanbul, while Toby enjoys a few days in New
York, cycling over Brooklyn Bridge and eating
oysters at Grand Central Station.
In recent years, falling air fares and the rise of travel
websites offering bargains online mean that the
options for a short-break holiday have become
greater than ever before. It is now perfectly possible
to spend a long weekend in a far-flung destination
without breaking the bank, and the public have
taken the concept of the short break – once the
preserve of jet-setting playboys – to heart.
To celebrate this travel trend, Julia and Toby
explore some of the best short-break deals
available in two of the world’s richest and most
exciting cities.

Continuing tonight is the series that sees Julia
Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. In this instalment, the intrepid duo scour
the globe for the best activity holidays on offer.
Julia’s research takes her to Tenerife in the Canary
Islands, while Toby heads to the tropics to explore
the beautiful country of Laos.
Recent trends show that British holidaymakers
are turning their backs on the traditional package
tour in favour of more activity-based trips in farflung
places. With this in mind, Julia and Toby
focus this week on the activity holiday, scouring
the globe for the most exciting, action-packed
tours available.
Julia kicks things off with a trip to the Spanish
island of Tenerife – the largest of the seven Canary
Islands, situated off the northwestern coast of
mainland Africa. Though Tenerife has long been a
popular destination for the British package tourist,

Continuing tonight is the travel series that sees
Julia Bradbury and Toby Amies offer opinionated,
authoritative and inspirational consumer travel
advice. In this instalment, the intrepid duo scour
the globe for the best adventure holidays on offer.
Julia’s research takes her to Oman in the Middle
East, while Toby ends up in the picturesque
mountains of Lesotho in southern Africa.
Recent trends show that British holidaymakers
are turning their backs on the traditional package
tour in favour of more activity-based trips in farflung
places. With this in mind, Julia and Toby
focus this week on the adventure holiday,
scouring the globe for the most original and
exciting tours on offer.
Julia kicks things off with a trip to the Middle-
Eastern country of Oman – a land full of friendly
people and dramatic scenery. Steering clear of the
tourist trail, she heads to the breathtaking Hajar
mountains in the northeast of the country for a

rough guide to...

Coming to Five is a new 15-part travel series bringing opinionated, authoritative and inspirational consumer travel advice back to terrestrial UK television. Combining the expertise of the Rough Guide brand with fresh presenting talent, the series names the top destinations around the world in a wide variety of travel experiences.

The series is hosted by Julia Bradbury –the consumer-champion from BBC1’s ‘Watchdog’ – and independent film-maker, photographer, DJ and journalist Toby Amies.

Each week the show explores the top five destinations in each holiday category, as well as naming the places that fail to live up to the hype. The first programme looks at beach holidays, which can be about far more than just sunbathing. Toby visits Essaouira in Morocco, known as the African ‘city of wind’, and tries his hand at kite surfing and quad biking. He also goes big-game fishing and joins a marine safari in Kenya.