Posts Tagged ‘ Portugal ’

Here’s a few of our favourite brilliant buildings from around the world…

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

The weather seems to have influenced Adrian this week. Floods in Paris, avalanches in Japan and Switzerland but, according to Travelzoo, we want to travel more but spend a little less.

In conjunction with Turismo de Lisboa, here are five golf courses near Lisbon you might consider for a short-break.

Some children will feel safer than being encouraged at a river beach than wanting to venture into the surf at an ocean beach.

If you are flying from the UK or Ireland then you may have a 24, 48 or 72 stopover either in Porto or Lisbon as you fly elsewhere on TAP.

The wet weather has caused a last minute rush for holidays abroad and we say goodbye to Klaus Lohmann as he returns to Germany and Dennis Cleveland-Peck who sadly died recently.

Albufeira is one of the most popular destinations in the Algarve for British holidaymakers.

Discover some of Lisbon’s best street art

Getting hitched is the most socially accepted reason on the planer to ditch work and undertake your longest, most splurge-iest trip ever. Here’s 10 island ideas to help get you started

It’s been a busy year and it’s time to take stock. Here travel writer and enthusiast, Kaye Holland, shares her 2016 holiday highlights

Prince, viagra and bulldozing BA’s HQ compete for Adrian’s attention this week as one of the largest tour operators moves into short-breaks. Are staycations on the increase next year? Cosmos seems to betting that they are.

Everyone loves a long weekend away and Lisbon – with its heady mix of cultural offerings, culinary feasts and lively nightlife -stands out as special says Kaye Holland


Natasha Blair visits Northern Portugal, known primarily for its production of port, to discover what else the area has to offer.

A new roller-coaster for Blackpool, building changes at Dublin Airport and the beginning of the Autumn foliage display join together in Adrian’s thoughts as National Champagne Week begins.

Tom Hall, editorial director at Lonely Planet – the world’s largest travel guide book publisher – on Italy, Iran and why the Western Isles of Scotland should feature on any travel itinerary

The study looked at fifteen different countries, (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, and the USA). Five rental companies’ costs were compared, Sixt, Hertz, Avis, Budget and Europcar.

A trip to colonial Salta, in the indigenous north of Argentina, is fully warranted in its own right says Kaye Holland

Adrian looks forward to the World Travel Market next week,, hears of a cure for post-holiday blues and wondres why more of us don’t know about WWI.

One of the most popular all-year destinations, the Algarve in Portugal, has seen more than half-a-million golf rounds played in the first half of 2015.

Heading to Lisbon for half term? Pack your appetite. The Portuguese capital is home to an array of dining venues with a difference

The underwater explorer, extreme diver, climber, skydiver and adventurer, BBC and discovery TV presenter, speaker, author and film maker talks travel

Bang for your buck and pizzazz for your pound: here’s where to stretch 2015’s travel budget until it oozes contentment

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s good news for Hull and the cruising industry. Not so for New Delhi…

After discovering the seascapes and maritime heritage along the coast, Anna-Maria heads inland to the rural heartlands and winelands of Centro de Portugal .

Few Brits venture off the beaten track in Portugal. Here Anna-Maria explores the seaside and countryside of Centro de Portugal in a two-part feature.

When times are tight, we suggest you travel more, not less – but pick carefully. This is where your wallet will smile at the memories for years to come

Anna Maria Espsäter heads off to historic Oporto, Portugal’s second city, famed for its fortified wines, for a day of serendipitous sight-seeing and sampling.