"I travelled to 16 cities in six months - only using 11.5 days of annual leave"

A woman travelled to 16 places in six months - using just 11.5 days of annual leave.

Ella Brown, 24, didn't want her job to get in the way of her travels and planned some of the best ways she could make the most of her annual leave.

In the first six months year she has been to 16 places - including Croatia, Sorrento in Italy and Munich in Germany - by using the Easter and late May bank holidays and cramming in short breaks over weekends.

She also visited Turkey in August - using up a further nine days of her annual leave.

Ella, who works in PR, from Hockley, Essex, said: "It's a nice way to continue see the world and making the most of weekends and time off.