www.fallasfromvalencia.com, Valencia, Spain.
The huge cadboard statues called “ninots,” some 700 of them appear throughout the city. there are firweork dispalys every afternoon in the Town Hall Square at 2pm. This culminates on the 19th of March when they are all burnt except 1
Ahead of the 2012 Olympic/Paralympic Games, actress Rhona Foulis reveals why she makes for Mildred’s and what she would do if she were Mayor for a day
Dundee is transforming its waterfront, to draw visitors in. Adrian looks at what there is for the short break tripper
As we celebrate France on their national holiday we begin a week of stories on France starting with a brief introduction to each of the 22 French mainland regions and Corsica.
While there is no denying Beirut’s many charms, there is more – so much more – to Lebanon than simply this city. To judge a country on its capital is the equivalent of saying that you’re intimately acquainted with the US because you’ve had a Big Mac.
Heading north, fill your days visiting the Jeita Grotto [...]
How can you tell if online reviews are true, before booking your next break?
You have probably seen this story all over the press and TV in the last 24 hours. Lufthansa has decided to offer insurnace against it raining on your holiday. Book in the next 11 days on an economy flight going between September and the end of October and, if more than one tenth of an inch of rain falls (according to www.wetteronline.de, then you receive €20 per day for up to 10 days.
Now coming on the top of the Thomas Cook idea of letting the Germans pay up front for sun lounges that I mentioned a week or so ago, you could say that we are missing out again.
On holiday one of the things that many people like to do is shop. Airports have almost become retailers as well as places to catch flights and when we get to our destinations, there are shops to galore to pander to our whims. In some places it hardly seems as though you are abroad since the names often seem the same. There’s another Gucci, another Yves St Laurent,, another Hugo Boss.
Why go if you can already find it close to where you live. Otherwise the only reason is because it might be cheaper than back home.
So what might appeal would be something different. How about combining shopping and the opportunity to sightsee?
In Miami in Florida there is something called Bayside.
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