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Review of Hotel Villa Maya, Pisa - welcome to the boot camp
2008-06-10 13:02:00 Good - 15 minutes drive from Pisa airport. Beautiful old building from exterior with impressive entrance hall, stairway and ceiling window in lovely grounds. Bad - far too many rules and regulations. Not very clean, small bedrooms with no balcony or terrace. Difficult to find and you have to drive to find a restaurant as hotel ... More About: Hotel , Review , Accommodation , Camp , PISA
Your travel tips featured in Safe Travel Campaign
2008-06-10 10:05:00 Your travel tips could be featured an online downloadable leaflet on the Travel Rants site, in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s “Know before you go” campaign, which aims to help ensure that British citizens stay safe and healthy during their travels. So if you have any great tips which could assist other ... More About: Travel Tips , Tips , Campaign , Featured
Review of Holiday Inn Perugia - great value for money and scenic pool
2008-06-10 05:49:00 Good - low price 65 euros for double room with breakfast, good breakfast, comfortable, clean rooms, lovely pool with great views, Bad - a fair distance from old town, courtesy bus only ran 3 times a day, road noise at pool. Rating out of 10 - 9 We stayed at the Holiday Inn Perugia for two nights in ... More About: Money , Review , Great , Accommodation
Should you hire a car in Italy?
2008-06-09 03:40:00 It’s really hard to answer the question “Should you hire a car in Italy ?”. It depends on: 1 Where you want to visit - if you want to visit a one or a few major cities such as Rome, Florence. Venice a car is just a pain in congested traffic and one way ... More About: Hire , Car hire
Review of Grand Golf Hotel, Tirrenia, near Pisa
2008-06-07 17:18:00 Good - great value at £49 sterling for double room with breakfast, close to Pisa airport, swimming pool and private beach, spacious bedroom and bathroom. Bad - not really up to 4 star standard could do with revamping. Rating out of 10 - 8 I selected the Grand Golf Hotel because of its proximity to Pisa airport as ... More About: Review , Accommodation
Why don?t Ryanair make their free flights free?
2008-06-07 15:56:00 I noticed that Ryanair are offering “free” flights if you book by Monday 9th June 2008 and fly between 1 October 2008 and 31 January on flights that depart after 12 noon on Mondays, all day Tuesdays and until 12 noon on Wednesdays. Now that doesn’t leave a lot of room for flexibility as you ... More About: Air Travel , Flights , Free , Make
Sea Change and Wonb Waves at Prestongrange Museum, near Edinburgh
2008-06-06 15:20:00 Until the 29 June 2008 the work of two local artists is being exhibited in the Powerhouse at the Prestoungrange Industrial Museum , a few miles east of Edinburgh in the East Lothian village of Prestonpans. Admission is free of charge and opening hours are 11am to 4.30pm seven days a week. The Visitor Centre ... More About: Culture , Change , Waves
Live guest interview 11 June 2008 - Angela K Nickerson author of Journey in
2008-06-06 11:12:00 I’ll be interviewing Angela K Nickerson, author of Journey into Michelangelo’s Rome , during a live blog on Wednesday 11 June at 20:00 British Summer Time (which is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time). Angela’s book is a blend of biography, travel guide and the history and art of Rome and Florence ... More About: England , Books , Culture , Architecture
Not another charming medieval Umbrian hilltop town?
2008-06-05 21:23:00 Can you have too much off a good thing? Almost everywhere we looked in Umbria we could see charming medieval hilltop villages and towns. You really are spoiled for choice, you could stop every few kilometers and wander around another historic village or town. Gubbio Don’t thing these are decaying, neglected places or just tarted ... More About: Architecture , Town , Medieval
Travelodge UK £19 rooms Summer offer
2008-06-05 18:56:00 Book Travelodge rooms for only £19 a night for stays from the 27 June - 31 August 2008.. You must book before the 29 June 2008 and at least 21 days in advance to bag this bargain. You need to pay in advance and it’s non refundable. Most Travelodges have family rooms which sleep up ... More About: United Kingdom , Summer , Accommodation , Offer
Sunset at Portobello beach, Edinburgh
2008-06-05 13:05:00 I was at Portobello beach earlier this week around 11pm hoping to taking photos of the illumination of Cockenzie Power Station as part of the 3 Harbours Festival taking place until Sunday 8 June 2008. However it wasn’t dark enough and I wasn’t close enough to get any decent shots of the illuminations. However ... More About: Scotland , Beach , Edinburgh , Sunset
The Flip - a flipping good wee video camera
2008-06-05 10:37:00 I really liked the Flip video camera as it was small (wee is the Scottish word for small), light and easy to use, it truly is a point and shoot product. No fiddling around with buttons or controls or trying to comprehend a manual. I just can’t be bothered with bulky, complicated cameras and ... More About: Video , Technology , Camera , Flipping , Good
Head for Fife for the best beaches in Scotland
2008-06-04 05:38:00 Five out of the six beaches awarded the Blue Flag in Scotland are in the Fife region in eastern central Scotland. Burntisland Beach Aberdour, Burntisland, Elie, Leven East and St Andrews West Sands have all been judged to offer bathing facilities of the highest order and receive a Blue Flag award. Sunset at St Andrew’s beach One of the ... More About: United Kingdom , Beaches , Head
Almost impossible to refuel your hire car near Pisa airport
2008-06-02 20:16:00 If you hire a car at Pisa airport where the rental company has a policy of returning the car with a full tank of fuel you may find it virtually impossible to fill up the fuel tank of your rental car. When we were on our way to the airport on a Saturday afternoon, the ... More About: Hire , Airport , Car hire , Impossible , PISA
10% off car hire in Spain during July & August
2008-06-02 12:17:00 Economy Car Hire are offering a 10% discount on bookings made online for Spain and her islands during July and August 2008, if you book before the 11 June. Alpujarras by traskas I’ve used Economy Car Hire twice and rate them highly as they have a no excess policy, unlike some other so called “inclusive” prices where ... More About: Car hire
Europe Travel Blog Carnival 2 June 2008
2008-06-02 10:42:00 You can read the June 2008 edition of the Europe Travel Blog Carnival at Heather on her Travels. A big thank you to Heather for hosting the carnival. There were a couple of posts about Rome one of my favourite European capitals. Heather talks abut her two visits to Rome one as child with ...
May weather extremes in Italy
2008-06-01 22:19:00 We spent the last week of May 2008 in Tuscany and Umbria in Italy . I’d expect the average temperature at that time of year to be in the mid to low 20 degrees celsius with the odd shower or period of rain. Instead for the first few days the temperature was into the ... More About: Weather
Floral street art of Fucecchio, Tuscany
2008-06-01 17:20:00 We were amazed by the number and intricacy of the inflorata or pictures made from flower petals which covered the streets of the Tuscan village of Fucecchio. The floral pictures lay in then centre of streets through which the Corpus Domimi Communion Procession wound its way up the church. Sometimes getting lost can pay off. ... More About: Street , Tuscany , Street Art , Floral
How much time do you spend in your hotel room?
2008-05-30 04:11:00 I wasn’t exactly astounded to read that Brits spend more than half their holidays in their hotel and hotel room. If you think about it logically you probably spend eight hours in bed, one hour having showers, doing hair, make up etc and one hour eating breakfast. So already that’s a total of 10 hours ... More About: Hotel , Time , Accommodation , Opinion Poll , Room
The 3 Harbours Arts Festival 2008
2008-05-27 07:52:00 The 3 Harbours Art Festival runs from 31 May to 8 June 2008 in the three coastal villages of Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton, in East Lothian a few miles east of Edinburgh. The Festival was highlighted as one of the “Best Outdoor Arts Events” in the Guardian. The Festival theme is the sea, an ... More About: Culture , Scotland
Is this the silliest holiday budgeting tip?
2008-05-26 02:24:00 I was incredulous when I read tip no 5 to “buy your sun cream in Winter when it is cheaper” in the “5 Top Tips for Proper Holiday Budgeting ” by a leading UK debt counselling charity. Now the other four tips are pretty sensible e.g. shop around for the best deals and set aside a ...
Hacked off with confusing, money grabbing airline charges?
2008-05-23 17:00:00 I’ve never flown with them before I’m already hacked off by Jet2.com. We fly with Jet2.com from Edinburgh to Pisa, Italy for 7 nights tomorrow from Edinburgh. I tried to check in online and it would appear that you can’t check in online unless you pre-book your seat at a charge of £3.99 per person, ... More About: Money , Air Travel , Hacked , Airline
Is London?s tap water that bad?
2008-05-23 16:26:00 by shriff14 Representatives of the Tirolean Tourism Board in Austria are whipping up the rumour that London tap water has passed through an average of eight people before you drink it to launch the promotion of pure Tirolean bottled water in London. A spokesperson from the Tirol is quoted as “Iwondering what London’s fish swim ... More About: Restaurants , Competitions , Water
Guest interview - Paul Kilduff author of RuinAir
2008-05-22 06:30:00 You may have heard of Ruinair an ever expanding low cost Irish airline renowned for its customer service. Well the Irish author Paul Kilfuff had such a memorable taste of this customer service with a ten hour delay on a not so low cost 300 euro flight to Malaga that he hatched a cunning plan ... More About: Books , Air Travel , Interview , Author
Open Wineries Day Italy Sunday 25 May 2008
2008-05-21 06:58:00 Every year on the last Sunday in May, hundreds of wineries welcome visitors to the “Cantine Aperte“. On this day many small wineries which may not usually offer public access can be visited by wine lovers. You can taste the wine and buy direct from the producer. Some wineries also offer samples of local ... More About: Italy , Open , Wineries , 2008
Getting more from your euro - live blog Tuesday 20 May 2008 20:00 BST
2008-05-19 21:00:00 Euro Travellers are looking to squeeze more value from their Euro when travelling in Euro Zone in Europe which includes most of the major destinations such as France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Ireland. In order to help you get more from your euro Europe a la Carte has lined up some great panelists to give ... More About: Euro , Blog , Live , Tuesday , 2008
Top 5 tips - How to get more from your euro
2008-05-19 02:17:00 As part of the preparation for the live blog on “How to get more from your Euro ” to be hosted on the Europe a la Carte blog on Tuesday 20 May at 20:00 BST, I asked the 6 panelists to email me their top 3 tips for squeezing more from your euro when travelling in ... More About: Tips
Panelists announced for Live Blog on Tuesday 20 May 2008
2008-05-17 15:18:00 I’m delighted to announce the 5 panelists for the live blog “How to get more from your Euro” on Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 20:00 BST. I asked the panelists to email me an introduction to themselves and their blogs which I’ve listed in alphabetical order of their first names. Christopher Cook currently lives in Tallahassee ... More About: Blog , Live
Getting more from your euro - live blog Tuesday 20 May 2008 20:00 BST
2008-05-14 10:20:00 Euro Travellers are looking to squeeze more value from their Euro when travelling in Euro Zone in Europe which includes most of the major destinations such as France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Ireland. In order to help you get more from your euro Europe a la Carte has lined up some great panelists to give you some advice and insider information. You don’t need any special equipment to join in, just come to this post on Tuesday 20 May at 20:00 British Summer Time, (you can check the time in your zone here). So please come along and join in. I’m sure that you will have some hot tips for Euro Travellers too and/or would like to ask the panelists some questions. Here is an introduction to the confirmed panelists in alphabetical order of their first names. Christopher Cook currently lives in Tallahassee Fl where he received his second Masters Degree from FSU. As an avid traveler he maintains a new budget travel blog, www.noambit.com in the hopes of inspiring others to just ... More About: Euro , Blog , Live , 2008
Find the cheapest UK airport parking
More articles from this author:2008-05-13 09:00:00 I always use the Airport Parking Shop price comparison site to find the cheapest UK airport parking charges. We’re flying from Edinburgh to Pisa at the end of May. Although we could take the train from Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh on the outward trip we arrive back at Edinburgh at 20:30 too late to be sure of catching the last train to Berwick. by ladybugbkt The Airport Parking Shop cheapest rate was £25 for 8 days airport parking very close to Edinburgh airport which I thought was a reasonable price. More About: Find 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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