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Cruise your way to California’s wine country
Cruise West, a leading innovator of small-ship itineraries, has unveiled a new California Wine Country Spa Package to be paired with its California cruises for 2008.
Major milestone achieved by Walkingworld.com
Walkingworld, the popular online walking guide, has passed the 4,000 mark for walks in Britain, with another 150 plus in France and Spain.
Drivers discover forest in the making at Leicester service area
Motorists on the M1 can now discover more about The National Forest at Leicester Forest East Service Area. Drivers travelling north from the service area will pass the sign for The National Forest and see fields of young woodland. As the trees grow and mature and new woodland is planted, this view will change.
Novelli and lastminute.com join forces for London Restaurant Week
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will front lastminute.com’s London Restaurant Week as it returns even bigger and better this year. Launching on 14 April, the event offers Britons the opportunity to experience fine dining at a fraction of the cost and has been extended to run for two weeks following last year’s phenomenal success.
Historic paddle-wheeler cruises on the Murray River
Captain Cook Cruises (captaincook.com.au) operates the PS Murray Princess, a paddle-wheeler specially built to cruise South Australia’s River Murray, offering historic and nature-based adventures by cruising through mallee scrub and ancient red gum forests, past towering gorges and ochre-coloured limestone cliffs.
Rolling out the blue carpet in the National Forest
The annual display of spectacular blues will be rolling out during April and May to carpet the Forest floor with a mass of bluebells. Bluebell spotters flock to The National Forest for its vibrant display every year.
Gappers face more risk in London than abroad
A survey of 1,118 parents whose children are taking a gap year in 2008 has revealed some surprising statistics. The survey, commissioned by ACE European Group Limited, the specialist gap year insurers, revealed that the majority of parents worry more about their children travelling at night in London than on their gap years abroad.
Autumn pleasure and leisure in Mallorca
With a slightly cooler climate and balmy summer evenings, Autumn is the perfect time of year to belt-up, saddle up or stretch the legs and discover Mallorca’s verdant countryside, wonderful wildlife and quaint picturesque villages.
Copenhagen – The jewel in Denmark’s crown
Vibrant Copenhagen is ideal for a city break, the jewel in Denmark’s crown it’s compact city centre makes wandering around one of the easiest ways to explore. The busy main square and beautiful Tivoli Gardens are just two of the Danish capital’s many attractions.
Easter breaks from £5 per night
For many people Easter is the first weekend of a summer’s travelling - the time when you take the covers off your caravan, hitch up and hit the open road. Don’t be put off that Easter is early and that the weather still hasn’t made up its mind – book a pitch on a Haven Holiday park and get all the benefits of your own home from home combined with everything that Haven has to offer.
Reaching new heights
Walkers beware - don’t be lulled into a false sense of relaxation by the name Ramblers Worldwide. You may have a perception that this is a travel company which only offers leisurely strolls across gently undulating countryside but, nothing could be further from the truth.
Chocolate Easter spas
For the ultimate Easter holiday, chocoholics should head to Hershey in Pennsylvania for dedicated chocolate flavoured spa treatments. Home to Hershey kisses and bars, whipped cocoa butter baths, chocolate fondue wraps, chocolate bean polishes and strawberry parfait scrubs, guests are surrounded in chocolate, minus the calories.
Hidden gems for all the family in South Jutland
The Danish region of South Jutland is the gateway for visitors arriving from Harwich to Esbjerg by sea and has much to offer with miles of white sandy beaches and pretty little towns near the shore; where shops, accommodation and local cuisine is all close by. It also offers a range of family attractions that illustrate Denmark’s earliest history and others that entertain and explain its high tech future.
Zilli works Italian magic in culinary Brighton
Award winning celebrity chef Aldo Zilli heads to England’s favourite city-by-the-sea to open two exiting new eateries this year. Zilli will bring his authentic Italian cuisine to cosmopolitan Brighton, with the opening of ‘Zilli’s Café’ on 18 March 2008.
Family holiday savings to Center Parcs Europe
Enjoy a wonderful family holiday at Center Parcs in Holland with DFDS Seaways and if you book your trip by the end of March you will get £175 off, regardless of when you actually travel.