Italy’s alluring Amalfi Coast
Italy’s Amalfi Coast is one of those places with a “must-see” reputation. Staggeringly picturesque and maddeningly touristy, if can be both rewarding and frustrating. As if an antidote to intense...
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Italy’s Amalfi Coast is one of those places with a “must-see” reputation. Staggeringly picturesque and maddeningly touristy, if can be both rewarding and frustrating. As if an antidote to intense...
View ArticleItaly's alluring Amalfi Coast
Italy's Amalfi Coast is one of those places with a "must-see" reputation. Staggeringly picturesque and maddeningly touristy, if can be both rewarding and frustrating. As if an antidote to intense...
View ArticleAsk Joan: your travel questions answered
We are lifelong friends in our 50 s planning a garden trips to visit Lady Walton’s garden on the island of Ischia . We can only get away for five nights in May and want to travel independently. We are...
View ArticleItaly's Amalfi Coast - touristy but ever-stunning
Italy's Amalfi Coast is one of those places with a "must-see" reputation. Staggeringly picturesque and maddeningly touristy, it can be both rewarding and frustrating. As an antidote to intense Naples...
View ArticleThe splendour of Montenegro (Camper & Nicholsons Marina Inv Ltd)
(Source: Camper & Nicholsons Marina Inv Ltd) Berth at Dukley Marina and get under the skin of this stunning Adriatic country. It's not every day that you can moor right beside the stone...
View ArticleSelect Croatia Introduces Two New Destinations: Slovenia and Montenegro...
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Slovenia and Montenegro can fulfill the expectations of any traveler who wishes to experience Eastern Europe's signature attractions: fine food, ancient history,...
View ArticleLeading Mediterranean Cruise Line, Celestyal Cruises, Kicks-off Mediterranean...
Celestyal Cruises is celebrating the launch of the region’s cruising season with amazing savings and specials, featuring the extension of its early booking discount on "Idyllic Cruise" programs and...
View ArticleAsk Joan: wedding anniversaries, quickest way to Jersey and is non-stop to...
We’d like to do something special to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Since I spent my honeymoon on the back of a motorbike in torrential rain, I’d like a bit of luxury. We would travel in...
View ArticleTraveller's guide: Amalfi Coast
South-east of the anarchic flow of Naples and Vesuvius, a limestone Apennine shard called the Sorrentine peninsula juts into the Tyrrhenian Sea. At its wild tip, Punta Campanella, the inimitable island...
View ArticleTravel: A ship-shape cruise
The day was just about perfect. The five-masted Royal Clipper sailing ship was spending a full day at sea, sweeping through the Ionian and Mediterranean seas from the Greek island of Corfu, rounding...
View ArticleBeautiful and wild: Europe's new 'must do' destination
Budva ... Montenegro is home to some of the best beaches on the Adriatic. Photo: Getty Images Montenegro is fast becoming Europe's hottest destination. A decade after her first visit, Julia Warren...
View ArticleVisit the film location: Greek Islands
We challenge anyone to sit though a re-run of Mamma Mia! and not feel the urge to jump on the next plane to the closer-to-the-UAE-than-you-think Greek islands for a picture-perfect holiday filled with...
View ArticleWoman plummets to death from ferry
Simon Bourke A woman who plunged into the sea from the Rosslare to Fishguard ferry on Sunday night, is presumed dead. The air-sea search for the woman was abandoned at 10.00 a.m. on Monday, some ten...
View ArticleMassive search fails to find ferry fall woman
A MASSIVE AIR and sea search failed to find any trace of a woman who fell from a Stena ferry sailing between Rosslare and Fishguard on Sunday night. The woman from Bristol, in England, went into the...
View ArticleMontenegro's star is rising
There's change afoot in Montenegro, and it's happening quickly. Most people don't even know where it is - in a survey carried out by a Montenegrin television station at the World Travel Market in...
View ArticleAmalfi by public transport
My wife and I are staying in Amalfi for a couple of weeks. We are flying to Naples, but don't want to hire a car. How easy is it to get to other tourist destinations along the coast? Walter Sherman,...
View ArticleWind through history on Italy's Amalfi Coast
RAVELLO, Italy - There are some places in the world so excruciatingly beautiful that it is difficult -- even for one who makes her living doing so -- to put that beauty into words: New Zealand's...
View ArticleRugby fans finally arriving home
Hundreds of Welsh rugby fans, stranded in Ireland because of severe weather, have been finally arriving back in Wales. Tired and seasick rugby supporters finally made it back to Wales after a mammoth...
View ArticleIf it's Monday, it must be Montenegro
When George Bernard Shaw took the grand European tour in 1929, he wrote “If you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik”. Following the great playwright’s advice, we called in to see “the finest...
View ArticleRugby fans finally arrive home
Hundreds of Welsh Rugby fans who were stranded in Ireland because of severe weather have now arrived back in Wales. The conditions forced the Port of Rosslare to close and fans were taken by road to...
View ArticleMontenegro: High times for Balkan hikers
Even in Montenegro's land of giants, I was bowled over by the height of the policeman who sauntered into Caffè Lazaret on the quayside in Petrovac. He was at least six foot eight, his shoulders almost...
View ArticleNew pearls on the Adriatic
Montenegro's riviera sees rapid growth Budva, Montenegro - "Experience the Wild Beauty" may be Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the "Pearl of the Adriatic" is undeniable, the...
View ArticleDevelopment encroaching on Montenegro's 'wild beauty'
BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) -- "Experience the Wild Beauty" is Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the "Pearl of the Adriatic" is undeniable, the wilderness is disappearing. The tiny...
View ArticleStena Express Returns to Fishguard to Rosslare Route
DUN LAOGHAIRE, Ireland, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stena Express Fastcraft has returned to Stena Line's Fishguard to Rosslare route on its summer schedule and will operate until Sunday September...
View ArticleDriving the Amalfi coast
Tempting though it may be to while away your entire holiday in Sorrento, youd be nuts not to explore the neighbouring Costiera Amalfitana. This short stretch of coastline between Sorrento and Salerno...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide To: the Amalfi Coast
Where, exactly? Starting about 25 kilometres south of Naples in southern Italy, the Amalfi Coast can lay claim to being Europe's most beautiful coastline, its corniche road winding around towering...
View ArticleRough diamond
It took me a while to figure out what was missing in Montenegro, and then it suddenly dawned. There's little sign of the usual global brands - unless you count Slag Krem, the locally manufactured...
View ArticleMontenegro touts its 'Wild Beauty' -
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago BUDVA, Montenegro - "Experience the Wild Beauty" is Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the "Pearl of the Adriatic"...
View ArticleMontenegro touts 'wild beauty'
BUDVA, MONTENEGRO: ''Experience Wild Beauty'' is Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the ''Pearl of the Adriatic'' is undeniable, the wilderness is disappearing. The tiny Balkan...
View ArticleMontenegro touts its 'Wild Beauty' but act fast, wilderness vanishing
Dusan Stojanovic, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUDVA, Montenegro - "Experience Wild Beauty" is Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the "Pearl of the Adriatic" is undeniable, the...
View ArticleMontenegro touts its "wild beauty'
"Experience Wild Beauty" is Montenegro's newest tourist slogan. But while the beauty of the "Pearl of the Adriatic" is undeniable, the wilderness is disappearing. The tiny Balkan state nestled in the...
View ArticleMontenegro: Independent and in demand
Crammed onto a narrow crescent of land beneath the sheer cliffs of Boka Kotorska, Europe's southernmost fjord, Montenegro's ornate city of Kotor hides behind a fortress wall six centuries old. But,...
View ArticleTwo inspiring cruises through Med
Johannesburg - This European summer, MSC Cruises is offering two fantastic complementary Mediterranean itineraries to inspire mind, body and soul. While MSC Sinfonia takes travellers through the...
View ArticleThe next Croatia
By Sunshine Flint (Budget Travel) -- I was sitting on a Croatian beach a few years ago, staring in amazement at the glorious Adriatic Sea, when my traveling companion said, "If you think this is...
View ArticleMontenegro stakes a claim to Adriatic
Montenegro has come a long way in one year. Buried deep among the mountains of the Balkans and tickled by the waters of the Adriatic, this tiny country has propelled itself from relative obscurity to a...
View ArticleLittle country stakes big Adriatic claim
Click photo to enlargeSunny squares and cool nightclubs greet arrivals to Kotor, a key stop along Montenegro's emerging traveler's trail.Montenegro has come a long way in one year. Buried deep among...
View ArticleAmalfi delivers
12 Go Italy: Yvonne Gordon�finds that the Italian coastal region is everything it's cracked up to be, with its stunning scenery, beautiful architecture - and nerve-wracking drives MY FIRST VIEW of the...
View ArticleTravels with Lonely Planet: Little country stakes big Adriatic claim
Click photo to enlargeSunny squares and cool nightclubs greet arrivals to Kotor, a key stop along Montenegro's emerging traveler's trail.Montenegro has come a long way in one year. Buried deep among...
View ArticleMontenegro stakes its Adriatic claim
TOOLS RESOURCES IF YOU GO Where to eat: Traditional Montenegrin food is best at Kotor's Kantun (Pjaca od muzeja, mains $5-$8), while fabulous seafood marks Budva's Restaurant Jadran (Slovenska obala...
View ArticleLet's go
Rail and sail site Unsure of how to travel with Fido by train from England to the Continent? How about rail connections to Istanbul from London, Paris or Munich? Need the times and fares from...
View ArticleYour ferry, train and coach options for getting back to the UK
Eurostar and EuroTunnel Eurostar is laying on extra services but asks that passengers only come to the station if they hold a confirmed reservation for travel. Eurostar runs services to London, Ashford...
View ArticleAn Adriatic Stretch Is Awaiting Its Riviera Moment
THE British writer Rebecca West once called Budva, the largest and northernmost city on the Montenegrin Riviera, "a little white tortoise against the blue sea." Not much has changed over the course of...
View ArticleTraveller's Guide: Montenegro
Most visitors will be drawn to Kotor or the rest of the 300km of beguiling coastline. But since Montenegro is only half the size of Wales, exploring its crumpled interior, a patchwork of mountains and...
View ArticleCelebrity Cruises' European Vacations
Celebrity Cruises is ramping up its European programs for 2016. The luxury line will feature five ships in the region and more than 45 different cruise vacations. Itineraries will call at sought-after...
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