If you find yourself staying in a Vintage Holiday’s villa in a secluded part of South West France, then you really must try and fit a visit to Carcassonne into your holiday itinerary. Some say it was the fairy tale castle of Carcassonne that inspired Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. The medieval walled “Cite” was
As well as providing many great villas with private pools to discerning holidaymakers looking to escape the mainstream trail and diverge off the beaten track, Vintage Travel is involved with charity work. For the last three years, Vintage Travel has been supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care at the fundraising event known as the House Builder
Many centuries ago there was a religious organisation known as the Cathars. Their stronghold was in southern France and in many ways the Cathars bear similarities with the present day Amish Society in the United States of America. The Cathars rejected many material things and attempted to live as pure a life as they could,
Bellver Castle in Mallorca – Majestic, absorbing and thoroughly photogenic… Looking for things to do in Mallorca? Visit Bellver Castle! Just three kilometres away from Palma in Mallorca stands a simply magnificent castle, which is now home to the Palma History Museum. The majestically rounded sphere of Bellver Castle is predominantly gothic in its style
The town of Redon in Brittany is the place to head to if you want fancy a bit of canal boating in Brittany and see this beautiful region of France from a completely different perspective. You can actually tie up the boat below the ramparts of the magnificent castle at Josselin and try and imagine how
In Spain a festival is a more than a regular occurrence, it is an uncompromising ritual and you rarely have a month go by without a fiesta in some form or shape taking place. Lanzarote is no exception to that unwritten rule and there will be plenty of joyous celebrations taking place on this fabulous
Despite only being in its forth year, the Mallorca Rocks event is in is already attracting top artists who may well feel the need to have a bit of a “jolly” as they slog their wears around the world music circuit – And who could blame them? The opening night at Mallorca Rocks 2013, has
If you are visiting the island of Rhodes this summer, you should be pleased to know that there is plenty happening festival wise. A truly mixed bag of festivals, it is safe to say that there will be something to cater for everyone of this popular Greek island throughout the summer. Rhodes Rock 2013 Highlights
If you are lucky enough to be spending some time in the vicinity of Porto this June then you may be interested to hear that Muse will also be in town. You do not often find many great bands coming out of the West Country, but with Muse, Devon can boast that their county has
Surrounded by spectacular scenery and laced with narrow medieval streets, the French town of Foix should be a priority destination of any discerning European traveller’s ‘must see’ list. What has been cited by travel writers for years as being the ‘gateway to the Pyrenees,’ Foix has played many important roles in history down the years
