Europe Travel

Themed UK short breaks from CV Travel
CV Travel has introduced a new range of luxury short breaks at `The Barn’, a magnificent, heavily beamed Cotswold stone barn close to Chipping Camden.
May festivals in 1066 Country
With a growing reputation for celebrating in style, 1066 Country kicks off its programme of annual festivals with a bang in May.

New shopping centre opens in Innsbruck
Long awaited and much anticipated, Innsbruck’s ‘Kaufhaus Tyrol’, an inner-city shopping space steeped in tradition, finally reopened its doors in March 2010.

Star Clippers offers tall ship sailing with free flights
Departing on 1st May 2010 Star Clippers is offering free flights to the value of £200 per person with bookings for its seven night fully crewed sailing on board the head-turning, four-masted Star Flyer.

Estonia – A small country with big appeal
Estonia is the 132nd smallest country in the world yet has some extraordinary world-beating claims to fame, from having the world’s oldest pharmacy to being home to the world’s highest pub ceiling and the third oldest operating lighthouse.

A week in the Med for only £315
Croatia offers exceptional value in 2010 with its non-euro currency and Hidden Croatia has a week’s stay on the Peljasac peninsular in Orebic for £315 per person, for arrival between 2nd and 9th May, rising to no more than £405 high season in the summer school holidays.
Train like Beckham at La Manga Club
Italian football giants AC Milan will be returning to the La Manga Club resort this summer to run their official junior training camps.
A-list holidays without the Hollywood price tag
This year, Eurocamp has added a further nine French destinations, to its collection of apartment resorts throughout Europe.

Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival
Now in its sixth year, the Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival will once again be held on the Green at the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and Enginuity.
New restaurants at Westfield London
Westfield has signed a host of new cafes and restaurants for Westfield London including Jamie’s Italian, Mandaloun, Royal China, Café Isola Bella, Zaza and Shawa. Caffé Concerto and Searcy’s are also expanding their presence within the centre, following an unprecedented first year of trading.

Take a group trip to Shakespeare Country
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT), which manages the five Shakespeare Houses in Stratford-upon-Avon, has announced a number of exciting new initiatives for groups in 2010.

Heritage Motor Centre to showcase special Jaguar Mark X
The Heritage Motor Centre, home to the world's largest historic collection of British cars, is to showcase a special 1963 Jaguar Mark X as part of an exhibition by leading Portuguese artist Miguel Palma.
Culture comes cheap in Copenhagen
Culture vultures have the best chance of finding entertainment on the cheap in Lisbon or Copenhagen, according to Post Office Travel Money.

Geneva hotel celebrates art of Swiss watch-making
With shopping a key attraction for visitors from the GCC to Geneva, The Rocco Forte Collection’s Le Richemond hotel has introduced an intelligent new service which prospective watch buyers will find hard to resist.

A horse-friendly holiday home
People are increasingly taking their dogs on holiday, so why not your favourite horse? If you stay at The Old Dairy, on the outskirts of Ryde, your four-legged companion will be well looked after - the property is set in the 70 acres of Smallbrook Farm where livery is available and there is the prospect of some great rides.