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The colourful flora of the Azores

Imagine an island filled with the most colourful flowers in bloom where even the hedges that frame the quiet lanes are made of up of miles of vibrant hydrangea bushes. If we add in a sprinkling of  banana and pineapple trees you’ll probably have placed your imaginary

Highlights of Argentina

  Perhaps the best way to truly grasp the size of Argentina is to consider that it would take 5 hours to fly from top to bottom. Put another way, the distance between the city of Salta in the north and Ushuaia in the south is further

The downside of flying on no-frills flights…

Noel Josephides blog post about the perils of flying no frills.

Alentejo and an introduction to Portuguese seafood

Alentejo Coast The Alentejo region of Portugal is known for its flat plains dotted with distinctive cork trees and its pretty hilltop villages made up of white-washed houses. Yet many visitors come to the Alentejo to experience the region’s stunning coast. Stretching out from the south of

A night in the woods, Swedish style

‘Washing and cooking facilities are primitive’. You would expect to see such a comment on a negative Tripadvisor review, but it might surprise you to find these words on promotional material written by the owners of a property. Yet this unorthodox approach is exactly how the Kolarbyn

A secret shared – Karpenissi, Greece

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Visiting Greece, meeting up with our reps – and the Nemean Games, 23rd June!

Sunvil managing director Noel Josephides blog post on visiting Greece, our representatives and the Nemean Games.

New Adventures in Costa Rica

  This was my first trip to Central America let alone Costa Rica.  I was excited at the prospect of travelling to this diverse yet compact country. I wasn’t to be disappointed…   After a late night arrival in San Jose I was ready the following day

Lights Out, all out!

On the 26st of March 2011, 8 million people in the UK joined 135 other countries in switching off their lights for an hour in a campaign to raise awareness about climate change. Earth Hour, now a global phenomenon, originated in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Following ten

Happy Birthday Atlantic Airways!

At 1600 on the 22nd of March, the Faroe Islands saw the arrival of the new edition to the Atlantic Airways fleet, the Airbus A319, marking the company’s 24th birthday. The new aircraft has been specially designed to better cope with the challenging conditions associated with the