There is no better excuse to buy an ice cream than when the sun is shining and you are on holiday. To make sure that you find the best quality and flavours of ice cream when on a summer city break, our destination experts have recommended their favourite outlets below.

Whether it be hula-hooping in parks or rollerblading down the high street, what should you expect the locals to be doing on your next summer holiday? Let our destination experts explain...you may just be tempted to join in.

The pound may have regained some ground against the euro in the last few months, but many travellers are still trying to keep their costs down. If you are taking a city break this summer and don’t want to spend too much, take a look at our destination experts’ picks of the best free sights and attractions below.

Summer can be a great time to take a city break as the crowds are thinner and the locals tend to be more laidback and sociable. However, if the heat becomes too oppressive for sightseeing, or you just need a few hours to cool off and relax, where should you retreat to? Read valuable insider advice from our destination experts below.

Have you voted yet? Why not show your support in another way and holiday like your favourite politician?

To complement the practical information on our new expert pages, we are looking for guides from you, the Simonseeks writing community.

If you’ve uploaded a guide recently and not found your hotel recommendation in our database, you’ll have noticed a new form when you manually added your recommendation.

We have enjoyed a lot of interest from new writers in 2010 and now have a total of 735 writers on the site.

Please let us know if it is!