Tenerife now has a Thai-style water park at Cost Adeje on the south coast of the island. This new aquatic attraction is under the same ownership as the island’s long-established Loro Parque theme park and zoo and is sure to add some extra thrills to your holiday!
With rides ranging from the relatively tame Mekong [...]
The first British Concorde took off on its maiden flight 40 years ago on 9th April.
BA grounded its fleet of seven Concordes six years ago, giving six of them to musuems. However, Alpha Bravo remains in storage at Heathrow and according to Times Online, a Dubai-based consortium has big plans to turn this legendary aircraft into [...]
Unsurprisingly, a beautiful Algarve beach features amongst the first five of the Top 10 European Beaches picked by AOL;
Praia Dona Ana, Algarve
“It’s the most photographed beach in Portugal – and drop dead gorgeous. Dive from spectacular rock formations, swim in clear, calm water and laze on wonderful golden sands.”
If you can tear yourself away from [...]
Expectations always run high and it can be very frustrating if things don’t go quite according to plan. Have a chuckle at some of these extraordinary complaints taken from a list compiled by the Daily Telegraph (source: research done by Thomas Cook and ABTA)….. we’re sure you’ll agree that there are times when you really [...]
If you haven’t been to Turkey on holiday before, there’s never been a better time to visit this amazing country.
Value for money – Affordable accommodation and no Euros to buy! The Turkish Lira is currently weak against the pound, making Turkey an even more economical choice for travellers from the UK.
Choice of flights – Getting [...]
Fed up with damp, dreary days and long, chilly nights? Start planning your 2009 holiday and in just a few months you could be relaxing on the beach in the Algarve, sightseeing in Crete or soaking up the sun in Mallorca.
Holidays ‘last thing people will give up’
New research shows that most people still have their [...]
Times Online reports that two million Britons were expected to go abroad this Easter, up 20 per cent on last year, with Good Friday likely to be the busiest day at UK airports. According to ABTA, there has been a late surge in bookings for foreign breaks despite the spell of relatively warm weather we have been [...]
The Algarve covers 5,411 square kilometres with some 420,000 permanent inhabitants. This figure can more than double at the height of the summer. Faro is its administrative centre, controlling 16 Municipalities.
It has a south-facing coastline of approximately 155km, with 52 km of coast stretching northwards in the west. At the widest point to the north, [...]