Posts Tagged ‘ Germany ’

It has been confirmed that the Greek and UK governments have been talking about a travel bubble or corridor between the two nations.

It looks as though both Ireland and Germany will join Israel, New Zealand and Australia in becoming no-go areas and no-leave areas

ngela Merkel has called on the EU to close all ski resorts this winter. The Italian prime minister has asked Italians not to head to the slopes

This will be the last weekly update on holiday possibilities just because it is looks irrelevant for the foreseeable future.

The travel industry has urged governments to support regional no-go areas rather than blocking off whole countries. This thinking grew in intensity after the UK blocked the whole of Portugal rather than the regions where the pandemic was strongest. So the Algarve, the Azores and Madeira suffered from not having British tourists despite having a low incidence. The same happened in Spain where the Canaries and the Balearics had few cases compared to the mainland. Now countries are opting for more regional targeting so Britons
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Poland and Turkey are now off-limits. But Scottish residents won’t have to quarantine on return from the Azores and Madeira

Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.

Both Spain and Portugal have expressed annoyance due to British advice against visiting both countries.

After the UK announced that they would impose a 14-day quarantine period on people entering the countries, France and Greece have announced similar restrictions.

Whatever happens abroad is being closely watched in the UK and Ireland to help decide when we might be able to re-open museums again.

All in all, it isn’t a good time if you are in the travel industry. But it isn’t a good time for holidaymakers and travellers

More convenient for Britons is Stuttgart and ideal for a city or short break. It also has links with Bauhaus.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now

Reza visits Miltenberg, a town that looks like it should adorn a chocolate box or a Christmas card!

Although the show is a vehicle for destinations and hoteliers to sell themselves to tour operators and travel agents it is very useful for travel writers because it gives a clue to how much effort (or the lack of it) that destinations are employing to sell themselves.

Resa visits Kronberg Castle, today a hotel but with a past entwined with the German monarchy

Reza visits Frankfurt combining a visit to the Embankment Festival with some of the well-known sights of the city.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world

Mack thanked staff for the work in helping to put out the fires but nonetheless, it must have been pretty serious as firefighters from Karlsruhe and Freiburg attended as well.

catching Adrian’s eye this week: a new country comes into being – Eswatini – (it used to be Swaziland) the Design Museum in London is named European Museum of the Year and Charlotte Knowlson provides a putdown to two jokey male passengers on her easyJet flight.

With so many destinations recording increased British visitor numbers, tenerife is trying to attract even more of us with its medical tourism promotion!

Germany is becoming more and more popular as a holiday destination for Britons.

If you were to visit the German city of Tübingen between the 5th and 10th of December it would mean only one thing – that were probably a chocoholic!

Adrian sums up some of the news from the World Travel Market that was held in London this week.

As that time draws near, we have listed as many German Christmas markets as we were able to that are within a reasonable distance from an airport with direct connections to the UK or Ireland.

Light shows, food festivals and a new US civil rights trail are some of the things catching Adrian’s attention this week.

Chianti and volcanoes and are two of the things that attracted Adrian’s attention this week.

Dwarves, Chagall, the popularity of the Mexican resort of Puetra Vallarta and WWI are some of the things that attracted Adrian’s attention this week.