This is a very busy town, situated on the Northern coast of the Dominican Republic. It is a port for cargo ships, which is the main source of income for local people. However, there are some lovely attractions close by. (more…)
Alonissos is the least developed of the Sporades Islands, in the north Aegean sea. The island is surrounded by a marine park, principally for the protection of the monk seal, and so has some of the cleanest water in the Mediterranean. There are many beaches and a network of signposted paths for the dedicated walker and naturalist. (more…)
Beamish Museum in the North East of England is an absolutely fantastic day out for all the family. It’s an outdoor museum set in the 1800s/early 1900s and, as you arrive at the site, an old-fashioned tram system allows you to hop on and hop off to visit all the different places in the grounds. There’s a town, railway station, manor house, farm, colliery and miners cottages – but it’s the fantastic attention to detail that makes it all such fun ………
You might say we are lucky: my parents live at one end of the island and my sister and her family live at the other – for a holiday it couldn’t be better – childcare for a full week! (more…)
If you are flying with Ryanair this evening or tomorrow, do bear in mind that Ryanair.com will be closed for upgrade work for 10 hours from 7pm tonight. Ryanair advise that all web check-in passengers due to travel on Thursday should check-in and print off their boarding passes before 6pm tonight. Click here to see the full passenger announcement.
Although many people have heard of Andorra with its kilometres of tax-fee shopping and its five ski resorts, only very few have actually ventured further than the Pas de la Casa or Andorra la Vella where a different world awaits them, still untouched by mass tourism and far away from the main shopping streets: mountains ranging up to almost 3000m, quiet and beautiful valleys, mountain lakes that contain trout, forests with crystal streams… (more…)
It really is far more of a relaxing, fun holiday when you choose self catering over a standard package holiday – particularly if you are in a large group and there are several kids involved. (more…)
It’s amazing what is on your doorstep – and what you never go to see – because we all tend to travel to be tourists, rather than be local tourists. However, when my mum visited from Cornwall she went to the Portland Basin Museum in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside and urged us to take a look too – and we were delighted that we did. (more…)
This weekend we have been mostly visiting York….
Taking advantage of in-laws visiting my wife and I have taken a one and a half hour drive from Manchester to York for the weekend.
If you’re visiting the Sarasota area of Florida, then swap the city for at least a couple days and enjoy some great days out in Venice and Siesta Key. (more…)