Types of trip
Live it! Visit Scotland this summer
Fancy a ‘Highland Fling’? Then look no further, as we give you the full round up of attractions and events happening in Scotland this summer, from the Burns Festival in Ayr to the Scottish Food Fortnight – read on for all the details you need!
Holidaying in Italy has never been easier
Interhome, the leading specialist for holiday rentals in Europe, boasts an unrivalled selection of self-catering properties in Italy. Holiday-homes range from countryside castles and rustic farm-houses to coastal villas and chic apartments in the country’s most glamorous cities! Whether it’s Florence, Rome, Tuscany or Umbria with over 1,000 properties to choose from, for a holiday home in Italy, it has to be Interhome.
Korea offers transit tours at Seoul's Incheon Airport
Transit passengers through Seoul are now being offered a range of half day sightseeing tours around the city.
Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum
Intrigue, deception, hard choices, daring escapes…it’s your turn to live a spy’s life! The International Spy Museum in Washington DC announces the launch of Operation Spy, a new intense immersive experience.
Tornado flattens town in Kansas
A massive tornado killed at least nine people and flattened almost all of a small town in Kansas on Friday. More than 60 people were injured when the tornado - said to be up to a mile wide - hit the town of Greensburg. More than 95% of the 1,500-population town was destroyed, including the hospital and schools as well as homes.
Water sports – take the plunge in Skyros
Learn sailing, canoeing, kayaking or wind-surfing on a Skyros holiday break - and a lot more besides. Water sports are ever popular on this holistic holiday experience on a beautiful Greek island, but you can also choose from 10 courses a week in subjects ranging from survival skills and abseiling, to flirting, ball-room dancing, mosaic and writing.
Nomadic safaris in the Serengeti National Park
Nomad Tanzania’s three new and refurbished northern camps, based in and around the Serengeti National Park, are truly nomadic, moving seasonally to ensure the best gameviewing. The Flying Wildebeest Feast safari links all three for the very best of northern Tanzania.
The old and the new in Alsace
This year is very much the year of the train in Alsace with the reopening of a popular steam train from the 1900’s and the launch of the TGV East high speed train link. Having arrived in Alsace on a train capable of reaching 574.8 km per hr (the speed reached by a TGV East train on its world record run in April) revisiting the sedate splendor of yesteryear, and enjoying the slightly less blurred view one gets at a mere 40 km per hr, may well make for an interesting comparison!
Dust off the backpack with Eurolines
If you thought Prague was getting expensive to visit, think again. It is time to dust off the backpack and head to central Europe’s liveliest city. Eurolines has just launched its £27 ticket to Prague opening it up once again as great place to visit on a budget.
Experience Africa’s very own Glastonbury
If you’ve missed out on tickets to this year’s Glastonbury then forget your wellies and head a little further afield to the Lake of Star’s Festival in Malawi this October. Join thousands of music lovers on the northern palm fringed shores of Africa’s third largest Lake; Lake Malawi and sample some of the best International and African music on offer in this exotic location.
Gloria Hunniford to open Southport Flower Show
Southport Flower Show is delighted to announce that Gloria Hunniford, one of the nation’s best loved television and radio presenters, will officially open this year’s Show on Thursday 16th August 2007.
Nautical but Nice! Dublin with Eurolines
A fleet of tall ships will be moored on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin when the city celebrates its great seafaring tradition with a 4-day Maritime Festival this summer (1-4th June).
Walking on Bermuda
New for autumn 2007, Headwater is proud to be the first UK tour operator to offer independent walking holidays on the quintessential island paradise of Bermuda. Seemingly adrift in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda is renowned for its sugary pink sands and dazzling turquoise waters in a whole rainbow of blues, but beyond the beaches there's a secret side just waiting to be discovered.
Cultural Copenhagen
Copenhagen has recently become a cultural hotspot in Northern Europe, thanks to a brand new Opera House and many top quality cultural events throughout the year. Find details here of just a few of them . . .
Half term is too short to spend at the airport!
Avoid airport delays, lost luggage and cramped planes by spending the May Half Term at one of Butlins great seaside Resorts, Minehead, Bognor Regis and Skegness. Your holiday starts as soon as you arrive with a break full of live entertainment, TV characters, fun and laughter. Prices start from *£51pp per break including accommodation, all live entertainment and most leisure facilities.