Zagreb is the capital of Croatia and it is, by far, the biggest city. Zagreb is located in the middle of the country and can be easily reached by plane and train. Now I am not going to sugar-coat this article and say that I am in love with the city, but being that it [...]
Tasting notes – Copyright Andrew Hayes When planning my recent trip to Lisbon, I found some information about Vini Portugal’s ‘Sala Ogival’ –offering free tastings of Portuguese wines – and decided to have a closer look. Having experienced plenty of tastings, usually focused more on selling and less about the wine itself, I was pleasantly [...]
Following my post earlier today about Ryanair’s rescue fare for passengers stranded by the collapse of Sterling Airlines, I received an email from DFDS Seaways with details of the free travel available for stranded Sterling passengers on their Harwich to Esbjerg ferry. DFDS Seaways are offering free transport to Sterling Airways passengers after the airline [...]
I came across the Essential Travel online magazine and blog in a press release detailing the UK based travel insurance website’s redesign to include more tips and advice for travellers. I was impressed by online magazine which is published monthly. The October 2008 edition had articles about financial protection for your holiday, Miami, Florida and [...]
Following today’s collapse of Sterling Airlines, Ryanair is offer Sterling passengers a rescue fare of £100 or 100 euro, including taxes, for travel until 7 November 2008, on any Scandinavian route on Ryanair’s network. Sterling passengers must take their Sterling booking confirmation details to the airport to be eligible for this rescue fare. So maybe [...]
It might be a stereotype to imagine visiting windmills in the Netherlands, but along with tulips, getting to see some old windmills was high on my list when I was there. Someone gave me a great tip: I should visit the town of Kinderdijk, just east of Rotterdam, where a large system of windmills have [...]
One could say there’s a lot to see in Italy, but that would be an understatement. There are enough ruins and Romans, art and archaeology to send you into historical overload. Many travellers think that they have to hit the major metropoles to witness the grandeur of fallen empires, but that isn’t the case. Aquileia [...]
© jonrawlinson Lonely Planet TV is offering $500 for your best travel video. You upload your travel video and if anything catches the Lonely Planet teams eye they’ll contact the maker to offer the maker a $500 deal to license their travel video for use by Lonely Planet and their partners. It’s hard to gauge [...]
© jetalone Beaujolais Nouveau 2008 will be launched on the 20 November 2008, at one minute after midnight, as is the tradition on the 3rd Thursday of November. This grapes for this year’s production were harvested in September, so the wine is pretty light, not having much time to mature. This years vintage is forecast [...]
Glasgow has been named as one of the top cities to Visit in the Lonely Planet’s recent Best in Travel 2009 book. Glasgow is the only city in the UK to be named in the ten Top Cities. Burrell Collection in Glasgow Now I have to admit some bias here, as although I’m Scottish, I’m [...]
