The city of Bordeaux in the South West of France offers a great deal to see, with all its museums, statues and the Dordogne River which goes through the heart of the city. 

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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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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 ………

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OK, poor joke but great mini break.  We’ve just returned from a weekend exploring the Durham area in the North East of England and we had a brilliant time.  For most of the weekend it was so hot that we could have fried eggs on the pavement; but when it rained, boy did it rain!  But even that has its benefits …..  Read the rest of this entry »

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! Read the rest of this entry »

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… Read the rest of this entry »

Well, perhaps not completely.  But we were interviewed on Tameside Radio 103.6FM this afternoon about Property Concept Online and it was all very exciting. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »