Cheese Eating Sunday in Corfu Town! Just another reason to visit Corfu in 2012! Cheese lovers of the world unite in Corfu in mid-February 2012! The Greeks don’t need much excuse to throw a party, particularly on the island of Corfu. When Corfu Town therefore throws a festival named Cheese Eating Sunday, nobody bats an
Barcelona lives and breathes art. You don’t have to walk for in this exciting and cosmopolitan city before you stumble across some kind of establishment dedicated to providing its visitors with insight into the many important influences in Catalan art. Whilst its devotion to being the ‘art capital of Spain’ and even beyond, makes Barcelona
The Carnival de Cadiz 2012 – Where laughter is king…. The ancient and aesthetically stunning walled city of Cadiz is home to mainland Spain’s premier carnival. In early March, this usually tranquil yet atmospheric town in southern Andalucia is transformed into an effervescent scene of colour, laughter, music and spectacle, as life within these ancient
If you are lucky enough to be spending Christmas in Nice, you may be tempted to join the hundreds of impulsive winter swimmers and take a Christmas dip in the Mediterranean. Nice’s annual Christmas swim (Bain de Noel), takes place on Ruhl Beach on December 19. Both locals and visitors alike brave the chilly water,
Just when you thought a place could not look as volcanically-inspiring as Lanzarote, your eyes catch sight of La Graciosa, an island with not many more than 500 inhabitants, just 2 kilometres off the northern tip of Lanzarote. One traveller who recently rested his weary feet after a day cycling, sunbathing and being generally mesmerised
Smoking in enclosed public spaces, as it is in the UK and Spain, is prohibited in France, and on the Cote d’Azur it looks highly likely that smoking will be made illegal on the beaches as well. If you are not a smoker and are enjoying a restful day on the beach, doing nothing in
Tourism and crime unfortunately go hand in hand, and wherever there are high levels of tourists it is usually accompanied with a certain amount of crime, with tourists being seen as easy targets. Is the Algarve safe? In an attempt to combat the amount of crime in the Algarve – a particularly touristy region of
“A real sense of history” – Two traveller’s ‘happy days’ in Villa Klarici, Istria. The medieval town of Motovun is situated in central Istria, a particularly stunning region of Croatia. With a population just over 500, and positioned on a hill almost 900 feet above sea level, it is safe to assume that the ancient
Florence was once described as being “an outdoor museum”. It is a city so rich in architectural marvels and prodigious landscapes that you want to get lost in it. And boy can you get lost in Florence! If you are lucky to find yourself misplaced in one of Florence’s inspiring cobbled streets, we have located
The Algarve with its stunning vistas, Roman roads, masses of flora and fauna, Moorish legends and traditionally quant buildings, as long been an artist’s paradise. From local old women skilfully twisting and weaving palms leaves under the shade of a tree making beautiful hats, to young sprightly artists set up with a canvass and paint
