Hotel.com’s latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) has shown that hoteliers across the UK – and in London in particular – are continuing to drop the rates for hotel rooms. London hotel prices were down by 12% to £111 per room on average in the last three months of last year, making it a great time to holiday at home in the capital. However, the weakness of the pound meant that Read More ...
There´s no shortage of good quality apartments in Lanzarote for holiday makers to select from. Offering high standards of accommodation at reasonable prices. With a one weeks stay in standard one bedroom accommodation starting from as little as £170 per week. The island’s largest and most popular resort of Puerto del Carmen boasts the highest concentration of apartment complexes on the island. As the resort was developed with this type Read More ...
Film fanatics have few weeks to prepare for the Festival des Tres Courts, also known as the Festival of Short Shorts, which takes place across France next month. Between April 24th and 26th, a wide array of cinemas across the country will show off the very best in international short films – all of which are less than three minutes in length. Around 50 films are due to be screened Read More ...
It’s not just couples who can jet off and enjoy the delights of exotic destinations. Parents who thought the days of holidaying on faraway shores were long gone can also grab a piece of some tropical sun with the kids in tow. First Choice offers fabulous long haul family holidays, with some gorgeous hotels offering fantastic facilities for children, and not forgetting mum and dad. Here are just a few Read More ...
Planning a holiday in Lanzarote this year? The Island of Fire as it has become known (thanks to its volcanic origins) is the most easterly link in the Canary island chain. And is a hot favourite with tourists from across Northern Europe – especially the UK. With over 800,000 British visitors enjoying a break in Lanzarote during the course of last year alone. Now anyone planning to holiday on the Read More ...
Situated in the east of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote is a Spanish island with a lot to offer. The Island is largely made up of volcanic rock, formed from 18th century eruptions. With beaches, volcanoes, water activites, amazing resorts, sparkling nightlife, delicious cuisines and many other recreational activities to make a holiday in Lanzarote a memorable one. Cesar Manrique Cabrera was born in 1919 in Arrecife. The son of a Read More ...
AFRICA Leopard Creek This Gary Player-designed course has been voted South Africa`s No. 1 on several occasions. It is located near Malelane, where the year-round temperate climate is ideal for golf. The par-72, 6600-yard (from the yellow boxes) Leopard Creek course is bordered to the north and west by the scenic Crocodile River and Kruger National Park. USA Kiawah Island Kiawah Island is best remembered for the “War on the Read More ...
Thailand has for the last three decades been the most popular holiday destination in Asia. The first Western visitors to discover the delights of the “Land of smiles” and Thailand holidays were young backpackers who found their way to the delights of Thailand’s incredible scenery and stunning reaches with clear waters and exotic coral reefs. These days backpacking to Bangkok’s Khao San Road and the southern islands of Phuket and Read More ...
Le Sirenuse hotel, situated in the stunning Bay of Positano, opened to the public 1951 and became one of the most glamorous hotels on the Amalfi Coast. The hotel has sixty-three rooms, suites and junior suites and has all the comforts of a five star luxury hotel without having lost the atmosphere of a family home. It has won numerous awards and is internationally renowned for the quality of its Read More ...
There was a time when volunteering holidays were the domain of only the most intrepid travellers. But as we all tighten our belts and mull over the fact that a luxury holiday, is perhpaps not the best form of travel in the face of a recession, altruistic holidays have become a very real holiday option, with volunteer company, www.ecoteer.com, seeing a 46 per cent increase in demand since January 2009 Read More ...
Sunday 10 – Thursday 14 May The legendary horse fair of Jerez, the Feria del Caballo takes place in May. This week long party has hundreds of beautifully decorated marquees and countless dancers, horses, riders and carriages parading endlessly around the Feria ground in amazing costumes. At night the Feria becomes a fairyland of lights and you can be there to photograph it all. Holiday includes day and night photography Read More ...
The small Canary Island of Lanzarote is a big favourite with British and Irish tourists. But few of these one million plus visitors per year ever venture into the islands capital city of Arrecife. Despite the fact that this cosmopolitan conurbation offers loads in the way of attractions – such as two historic castles, the island’s Museum of International and Contemporary Art, an inland lagoon and a city centre beach. Read More ...
