Types of trip
Boscastle hosts first walking festival
Get your boots on and get down to North Cornwall this October for some of the best walking in Britain. Bookings are now being taken for the first Walking Boscastle Festival due to kick off on Sunday, 7 October.
Brighton – a boutique shopping experience by the sea
Shop ‘til you drop and enjoy a unique shopping experience in Brighton, the free-thinking city that offers something for every shopaholic! From vintage and unique to high street and designer, whatever your shopping taste a trip to Brighton is sure to satisfy your retail hunger!
FCO Warns: Swot up on your Gap year
Figures from UCAS confirm that this year alone, 30,943 university applicants have decided to defer their entry from 2007 to 2008, suggesting that many thousands of students will be opting to travel on their year out.
Multifaceted India
“When people think of India, they tend to think of its icons—the Taj Mahal or wandering holy men. But India is a multi-sensory, multi-faceted experience,” says Andy Alpine, Co-Publisher of Specialty Travel Index.
Leonardo Da Vinci, The European Genius in Brussels
Brussels is to host one of the most important and complete exhibitions ever organised on Europe's greatest Renaissance Man and arguably the greatest artist and thinker of all time as part of this year’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
Quality camping assured in Denmark
Denmark has almost 500 camp sites scattered across the length and breadth of the country, some just a few metres away from the beach. To experience the range of camp sites available VisitDenmark is arranging a number of press trips for families and couples.
Intrepid Travel launches specialist photography trips
Intrepid Travel, one of the world’s leading adventure travel specialists (intrepidtravel.com) has launched a brand new programme of photography trips for budding photographers with a desire to capture vibrant cultures and dramatic landscapes.
Pembrokeshire plays host to Tenby Blues Festival
The second Tenby Blues Festival will take place over the weekend of Friday 9 - Sunday 11 November 2007 in various venues across the popular Pembrokeshire coastal resort in south west Wales.
Cycling in Croatia - get active in Gradac
Getting around by bike is one of the best ways to take advantage of a holiday in Croatia’s beautiful countryside. Hidden Croatia is pleased to have the perfect holiday package for those wishing to do so in Gradac, which is located halfway between Split and Dubrovnik. You will be staying at Hotel Marco Polo, named after the locally born adventurer, from where you can hire bicycles to have an adventure of your own.
Do you have piracy in your bones?
Ever wondered what interesting ancestry lies behind your family name? Whether yours is a story of rags or riches, clean-living or vagrancy? Well, if your surname is Morgan, Kidd, Teach, Rackham, Bonny or Read you could be the descendent of a real-life pirate!
Tourism packages to outer space
Galactic Suite Project has presented the first space tourism package to include preparation, transport and accommodation in an orbital hotel. The Barcelona-based space tourism company was formed by various professionals in the aerospace industry.
Super Camps continues Onelife project in South Africa
Super Camps have confirmed that for the second year running they will continue their partnership with the Viva Network charity group to develop their One Life Camps for disadvantaged youngsters in South Africa.
Surf’s up with Travel City Direct
To celebrate the launch of the summer’s new favourite film Surf’s Up, the UK’s largest direct booking Florida specialist Travel City Direct, is offering families the opportunity to enjoy some surfing in the sunshine state of Florida from only £329 per person.
South Somerset Food Festival
The third South Somerset Food Festival, which runs from Saturday 29 September until Sunday 7 October, will include over fifty tasty events ranging from food tastings and cookery demonstrations to farm and vineyard tours, talks and foodie competitions, while special menus will be served at local pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Discover Australia's leading contemporary artists
A three-week exhibition of over 100 major works of Aboriginal art from Western Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory will be on display from 21 September to 7 October at the Bargehouse Gallery, on London's South Bank.