Travel
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
This summer’s Ayia Napa party packages
ROCS Travel has once again joined forces with DJ JJoy to organise summer packages to the Cypriot party capital of Ayia Napa. They have been organising these packages together for the past three years and last year more than 3,000 travellers from...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Sky-high attraction
Tourist bosses in Japan hope the completion of the 634-metre Tokyo Sky Tree will be a big draw for foreign visitors, whose numbers have plummeted in the wake of last year’s earthquake and the nuclear crisis it sparked. Construction of the Tokyo...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 by
AFP
From ‘terrorism’ to tourism
Suspected of being a biological weapons site under Saddam Hussein and later an Al-Qaeda stronghold, an Iraqi town wants to return to its previous status as a centre for archaeology and tourism. Madain, a town of some 7,000 inhabitants, was founded...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
‘Just take underwear and a credit card’
Name: John MontanaroAge: 34Occupation: Brand manager and actor My best holiday ever… My honeymoon in the Maldives. The place is simply amazing – the marine life, the sea, the beaches and the food. The Maldives is definitely one place I want to visit...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 by
AFP
Prague’s tourist square drug den
The Prague policeman does not mince his words when he waves a truncheon and shouts at a shabbily-clad man bearing all the signs of a wasted life possibly beyond repair. “Get the hell out of here, you bleeding junkie! I don’t want to see you here...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012 by
Stephen Bailey
An age-old welcome
Walking inside a large smoke-filled room I’m anxious about how conspicuous my appearance is. Not only am I the only Western face, I’m also the only person wearing flip-flops. Almost everyone else is dressed immaculately… this is a Jordanian wedding...
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
What’s on in Europe this month
Stanley Kubrick’s youthful photos go on show in Brussels, Vienna kicks off a year-long tribute to Gustav Klimt, and Tunisian artists in Paris take stock of the year-old jasmine revolution. Denmark delves into the treasures of the late brewing...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Frances Bissell
Taste of perfection
Every time I pass the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, I have the feeling that Frank Gehry might a bit miffed about Jeff Koons’ ‘Puppy’; that’s what people are really photographing, with the museum just as background. The puppy, made of steel, soil...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Dubai flight offer ends Wednesday
Emirates Airline is hoping art and literature enthusiasts will take advantage of its ‘buy one, get one free’ flight offer to visit the contemporary international fair Art Dubai or the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai next month. The...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Helen Raine
Take the road less travelled
If you’re considering booking a short-haul break but you’re tired of the same old budget flight options, one of Ryanair’s new Malta routes might be just the ticket you’re looking for, as Helen Raine discovers. If you’ve got a spot of island fever,...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Festa de Sant Medir
When: March 3Where: Gràcia district, SpainCost: Free Sweet-toothed tourists and fervent locals gather in Barcelona’s Gràcia district for the Festa de Sant Medir every March 3. A colourful parade of floats, flags, costumes and horses winds through...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
St Patrick’s Festival
When: March 16-19Where: Dublin, IrelandCost: Various, some free. See website for information on ticketed events. Each year around the Irish national holiday, the capital Dublin hosts a four-day festival of arts, pageantry, comedy and colour that...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Pooh Sticks Championships
When: March 25Where: Oxfordshire, EnglandCost: £2 (€2.36) to enter; £10 (€11.82) team entry; free to watch Indulge in nostalgia for your childhood at the World Pooh Sticks Championships. Hosted on the River Thames at Days Lock, Oxfordshire, the...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
AFP
Communist Cuba increasingly caters to luxury tourist market
The decision by high-end retailer Victorinox to open a store in Havana left many people scratching their heads. Who, in cash-strapped Cuba, would be able to afford the pricey Swiss emporium’s deluxe cutlery, sleek luggage items and precision...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
‘Do follow the trail of the locals’
Name: Ivan Filletti Age: 42 Occupation: Singer/songwriter/field marketing manager My best holiday ever… Lara and I honeymooned in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand’s South Island is full of diverse and magnificent landscapes. It’s a...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Tourists face ‘rip-off charges’
Tourists face ‘rip-off charges’ being imposed by some travel organisations, according to the UK-based Which? Travel magazine. Ultra-expensive telephone contact numbers, “hidden” extras and “free” offers that include payments were just some of the...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Emirates opens fifth US gateway
Emirates Airlines has started flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, which has become the fifth gateway for Emirates in the US and the fourth new route to join the airline’s international network so far this year. “Emirates’ newest US destination is a...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Caroline Crutchley
Helping Mary find her son
Easter celebration rituals can be found throughout Christian countries. In Modica it is not only the proud local population that gathers to celebrate Maronna Vasa Vasa – meaning ‘Madonna that finds her son’. Very much one of its kind, crowds come...
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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 actual skiing at all.
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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 Giglio is...