Travel
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Monday, February 20, 2012 , by
Estelle Emonet
Introducing leisure ski-free ski holidays
Rising with the lark to put in eight hours on the slopes before collapsing in a sweaty heap, ski holidays could often be synonymous with a hard grind – but not any more. These days a ski break does not have to involve much...
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Tuscan region invites tourists to shipwreck island visits
The Italian region of Tuscany is inviting tourists to visit the island of Giglio – the scene of a cruise ship disaster last month that locals still fear could destroy the eco-nomy of the pristine area. “We will ensure that the island of Gi...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
Helen Raine
Dwarfed by nature
Waking up in the middle of the night next to a snoring stranger in a fairly compact two-person tent is a disconcerting experience. When you are serenaded by baying hyenas at the same time, it really gets the adrenaline flowing. I s...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Luxury Dubai hotels
ROCS Travel has added two more luxury hotels to its Dubai offerings – the Ritz-Carlton Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. Standing 14 storeys high, the Ritz-Carlton DIFC is located in the heart of the ci...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Germans are urged to take Greek holidays
An MEP from Germany’s governing coalition has urged his countrymen to holiday in Greece to help support the debt-laden country struggling to avert a default, a German newspaper reported last Tuesday. “Anyone who has ever considered going on holid...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Biblical park gets go-ahead
An Israeli planning commission has approved the controversial construction of a Jewish biblical park in an Arab neighbourhood of east Jerusalem. A statement by the Interior Ministry said that the planning and construction commission of Jer...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
Jo Caruana
Jolly green celebrations
St Patrick’s Day isn’t just about green hats and leprechauns – there’s a fantastic history linked to the celebrations that go on, many of them well beyond Irish shores. Jo Caruana finds out more. Just like in Malta, Irish people acr...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Less skiing in ski holidays
Rising with the lark to put in eight hours on the slopes before collapsing in a sweaty heap, ski holidays could often be synonymous with a hard grind – but not anymore. These days a ski break does not have to involve much actual sk...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Ready for the big one
Final preparations were underway last week for Carnival 2012 – ‘the greatest show on earth’, in the ‘city of samba’, Rio de Janeiro. Carnival began in Brazil on Friday and ends on Tuesday.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Hitting the slopes... on Danish flatlands
Building a ski slope when you live in Denmark’s flatlands may seem like a pipedream, but not for one intrepid cereal farmer. Skiers are now swishing down Ole Harild’s 40-metre hill decked out with electric lights and a snow cannon,...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Tourists flock to Mexico
Ignoring gruesome news stories of ongoing drug violence, Mexico for the third consecutive year saw an increase in foreign visitors, government tourism figures out last week showed. Some 22.6 million foreigners visited Mexico in 2011, just...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
‘The best things happen unexpectedly’
Name: Ritty Tacsum Age: 21 Occupation: Freelance photographer and multimedia artist My best holiday ever… So far it has to be south India. I went there when I was 19 years old and was deeply t...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
AFP
Tourists wary of Maldives unrest
The Maldives stands to lose over €77 million in revenue due to the cancellation of visitor bookings after a wave of political unrest, the tourism industry said last week. International media coverage of weeks of violent street unrest has d...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 , by
Alannah Eames
The world’s craziest airports
Every day pilots battle extreme weather conditions, challenging terrain, short runways and air traffic congestion to ensure their passengers arrive safely. But as Alannah Eames shows, landing and taking off can be more ‘extreme’ at some airpor...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 , by
Stephen Bailey
Another day in paradise
I’d always assumed the roosters started at dawn with their obnoxious squawking. The darkness is absolute outside my window, no sunlight, no electricity, and they’re off again, calling to each other across the village, drowning out the...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
‘Super sale’ continues
ROCS Travel recently launched what it calls its “best super sale ever” in collaboration with Air Malta, Emirates Airlines, Alitalia and Lufthansa. The sale includes packages to Cyprus, Dubai, Disneyland Paris, Australia,...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Romantic Greek isle
Lovebirds looking for a romantic Valentine’s getaway should look no further than the Greek island of Santorini, which laid claim to Europe’s two most romantic hotels in Trip Advisor’s 2012 Travellers’ Choice Romance...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
American art in Rome
Sixty works by leading post-war American artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol feature in a new exhibition which opened last Tuesday at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. The show, entitled ‘The...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 , by
Jo Caruana
Winter holidays... without the skis
Book your flights, pack your bags… but leave the skis and snowboard at home. As Jo Caruana discovers, winter holidays don’t have to be all about the pistes. Skiing’s great; of course it is. But it just isn’t...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Air Malta’s city break deals
Air Malta is offering discounted flights to Zurich (pictured), Athens, Sofia and Istanbul until the end of April. Prices start from €75 per passenger one-way, including all applicable taxes. The offer excludes an Easter blackout period...
