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Spain’s third city should be your next city break says Kaye Holland

It seems that many popular destinations are fighting back against tourism obesity – an over supply of tourists. Valencia, Madrid, Brussels, Rome are joining Venice, Palma de Mallorca, Florence and Barcelona to name just a few in trying to restrict tourist movements,

Today is, of course, St Patrick’s Day. And as the world knows by now, the Irish go out of their way to persuade other destinations to colour themselves green. Once again, Niagara Falls will be illuminated by green light from 9pm until 1am on both the Canadian and American side of the falls. Amongst the other buildings illuminated will be the Sydney Opera House, Empire State Building, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the London Eye, the Colosseum in Rome and the
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Its Las Fallas time in Valencia again this coming week. That’s just one of items Adrian covers this week.

AS Cinese New Year gets away Adrian highlights a few places to see the festivities in the UK and Ireland

Light displays at home and abroad, busking, skiing and the Danish uber restaurant, Noma, feature in this column of snippets.

Tax rises (here and in Greece) Christmas markets and the Northern Lights all go to make up some of the smaller news stories of the week.

More tourists, more spending, smoking bans and new theme park attractions are just some of the things catching Adrian’s attention this week

In the week that roaming charges ended in EU countries, Adrian also wonders if APD in Northern Ireland might end soon.

Canada, Croatia and Geneva all announced that more Britons were travelling there. New York expects fewer of us and Egypt seems to be trying to deter us from holidaying in the land “where it all began.”

Caravans, Piccadilly Circus, playing in a steel band from Tobago and Tunisian holiday interests are some of the items catching Adrian’s eye this week.

Las Fallas has come to the UK. A specially designed falla will be erected on Dalton Square in Lancaster on 3rd November and set alight at 7pm on Friday, 4th November.

What have jousting, the Olympics, Yorkie and VAT in Tanzania in common? All caught Adrian’s eye this week.

The annual Las Fallas festival in the Spanish city of Valencia draws tens of thousands of visitors this month.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s all about holidaying with his Royal Highness, Prince Harry, and hanging out in the Peninsula Paris – Paris’ new super-hotel

Two of my best friends are getting married in May and so the talk has turned to hen dos. One has suggested a long weekend in Paris while the other is thinking about a break in Brighton.

Spain has been the bounceback destination for British tourists this year. As long ago as January, the tourism minister for the Valencia region, Belem Juste, said that British visitor number would be up this year. To make sure, the region has announced a worldwide, £4.4 million campaign to entice us there.

Every August, some 20,000 tourists flock to the town of Bunol (in the Valencia region of Spain) to hurl large, red squishy tomatoes at one another. La Tomatina – the world’s largest vegetable fight – is a full blown fiesta and in the week building up to the battle, Bunol is filled with fireworks, food, street parades and parties. However the undisputed highlight of the festival is the tomato fight which takes place between 11am and 1pm on the last Wednesday in August.