Panama, a real eye opener
My trip to Panama earlier this year was a real eye opener. Panama is famous for its canal that allows ships to travel between the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean without travelling the whole length of South America, and this amazing feat of engineering is worthy of
Holiday Mystery in the Peloponnese….
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My wife and I very much enjoyed our recent early July holiday on the Peloponnesian coast of Greece. We stayed in the superb apartments of the Zoe Hotel in Gialova. With the Naverone Bay and the neighbouring nature reserve to hand, this is one of our favourite
The Azores, Highlights of Sao Miguel
I have been travelling to the Azores archipelago, as part of my job, for the last nine years and although I have witnessed many changes – a new marina; new hotels; an indoor shopping centre; new highways and more recently the first ten-pin bowling alley – I
Away to the Faroes – the land of maybe
Mystical, remote and windy – these are the adjectives that sprang to mind when I was invited on a trip to these little-known specks in the Atlantic Ocean, located midway between the Shetlands and Iceland. Still relatively undiscovered by the UK tourist, the Faroes are not for
Back from the volcano – Vesuvius
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Thursday 15th April was our day for visiting Vesuvius. We drove the hire car up the volcano’s flank as far as we could go and then walked up a steep path towards the crater rim. The clouds drifted away, the sun appeared briefly and in the distance
Unspoiled jewels in the mid-Atlantic
The Azores, a group of nine small islands in the middle of the Atlantic, are surely amongst Europe’s finest hidden gems. In a packed three days in May, I was able to sample enough of what these beautiful, green islands have to offer to make me want
Easter in Arcadia
Anthony and Jennifer Garrett have travelled widely but never before to Greece. Being more interested in culture, history and nature than sunbathing (although sea-bathing was also an attraction) they decided to visit the Peloponnese on a tailor-made fly-drive holiday in early April. Here’s how they got on….
Noel Josephides – An Insider’s View
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Noel Josephides writes a fortnightly article for the travel trade publication ‘Travel Bulletin’ February 5 2010 I HAVE JUST returned from a week on avery rainy and cold Cyprus. The weather across the globe has becomeso unpredictable. First it’s winter temperatures in the high 20s and then
Fascinated by the Faroe Islands
I was invited to speak at a conference concerning tourism development in the Faroe Islands. I had met one of the senior managers of the Faroe Islands’ tourist office when I was speaking at a conference in the Azores. Sunvil is the largest operator to the Azores
Alentejo Adventure
When I heard that ATOP (Association of Tour Operators to Portugal) were offering a FAM trip to the Alentejo, I jumped at the opportunity. A lot of what you hear about Portugal is the Algarve and the coastal resorts, so I was intrigued to know what the