Travel
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Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire
The map of western Europe is peppered with sites of medieval monasteries, most of them now in ruins. Outstanding among those in England is Fountains Abbey in Studley Royal Park, a few miles southwest of Ripon in Yorkshire. What, one might ask, can...
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Nice and easy in Santorini
Santorini’s natural beauty makes this Greek island one of the world’s top tourist hot spots. With its black volcanic-soil beaches, whitewashed buildings and dramatic views, it’s little wonder Santorini was voted Europe’s best island by Trip Advisor...
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Cape Town titbits
As Giselle McKenna’s holiday in Cape Town progressed, she learnt many interesting and quirky things about the South African coastal city. If you ask for directions and are told to turn left at the first set of “robots”, don’t be too bewildered and...
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Alone in India
Since the rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in December, the number of female visitors to India has dropped 35 per cent. Hannah Wayte asks: just how unsafe is it to travel India as a solo female? I made my choice to travel alone around...
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Top 5 enchanted forests
1. Crooked Forest, Poland Looking like it fell out of a surreal Salvador Dalí painting, the Crooked Forest (Krzywy Las) outside Nowe Czarnowo, Poland, has intrigued the public for more than 80 years. The grove of about 400 pines was planted around...
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Italy fines Ryanair
Italy’s competition watchdog last week slapped a €400,000 fine on Irish budget airline Ryanair for not honouring it commitment to simplify online ticket sales. The regulator said the airline failed to provide an overall clear price at the very...
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Libya hopes for tourism spring
Perched on a low wall in the centre of the Libyan desert oasis town of Ghadames, 80-year-old tourist guide Mohammed Ibrahim says he is waiting for the foreign visitors he used to show around to come back. For more than 30 years, Ibrahim used to...
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Gozo attraction makes upgrade
Popular Gotizan tourist attraction Gozo 360˚ was recently enhanced by the purchase of 4K projectors and the corresponding hardware. The 30-minute show gives viewers an insight into the history and culture of Gozo on a full cinema screen. Gozo 360˚...
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Malta hosts German travel agents
Two hundred German travel agents and tour operators attended a conference organised by Raiffeisen-Tours Kooperation at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra last week. Tourism Minister Karmenu Vella told delegates that Malta will be working to enhance...
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Gothenburg: where’s that again?
It’s easily confused with Batman’s hometown, but unlike the fictional Gotham City, Gothenburg (actually pronounced “Yutterborry”) really does exist and is Sweden’s second largest city. On April 1, Ryanair started flying there from Malta.
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The fair isle
Rome, Athens, Paris and London – these are all capitals which have become bigger, at least in our collective consciousness, than the countries they represent. London, especially, is as multi-layered as the world itself. From theatre or a musical at...
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Bright-light city
Las Vegas is called the Entertainment Capital of the World for good reason. Glitzy and outrageous in equal measure, Las Vegas’s reputation as a showbiz mecca was cemented by the likes of the Rat Pack and Elvis 1950s and 1960s. Half a century later,...
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ROCS Travel offer
Every September, for the past 15 years, ROCS Travel has been organising a guided Grand West Coast Tour of America. This 17-day premium tour starts in San Francisco and moves down to Monterey, Carmel and Los Angeles, followed by a coastal drive to...
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Discount Asia fares till end of the month
Emirates is offering discounted return economy class fares from Malta to Asia on bookings until April 30 for departures before June 30. Passengers can fly from Malta to Beijing, starting from €838, or to Mumbai, from €851. Prices to Guangzhou start...
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Britannia summer holiday brochure
Britannia Tours has published its summer 2013 brochure and will be distributing it door-to-door. Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Croatia and Disneyland are among the leisure destinations on offer, while religious trips to Lourdes and Fatima are...
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Vacations that never happen
As many as a third of holidays never make it to the booking stage, according to a survey. Finance and the inability to get enough time off work top the list of reasons for trips to be abandoned, the poll by travel agent Sunshine.co.uk found. A total...
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Air Malta’s Amitex offer
Air Malta is offering 25 per cent off all scheduled flights between October 15 and December 15 to everyone attending the final day of the Amitex Travel Fair today. With every entry ticket purchased, visitors will receive a 25 per cent discount code...
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Chinese tourists spend the most
Chinese tourists have over- taken Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travellers after a decade of robust growth in the number of Chinese holidaying abroad, the UN World Tourism Organisation said. Chinese tourists, known for travelling in...
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Malta named best island
Malta has been voted the Best Island Resort by tourists on the www.travel.ru website. Past winners in this category have included the Maldives (2004-2009), Boracay in the Philippines (2010) and Crete (2011). Malta was competing against another 34...
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Social media kills postcards
Social media is now the most popular way for travellers to communicate with friends and family back home, while only six per cent now send a postcard when they go on holiday, according to a survey by Skyscanner. Once the most popular form of...
