Inspiration
While you’re unlikely to see much evidence of the tradition now, many of today’s most popular holiday resorts—including Benidorm, Albufeira and Paphos—were once humble fishing villages. If the thought of…
Alice
Inspiration
The third Monday in January is coined ‘Blue Monday’ and is said to be the most depressing day in the calendar due to the combination of gloomy weather and the…
Marianne Dick
Travel Hacks
Battling repetitive strain injuries behind a computer screen all day, a busy commute home where you flit between work emails and your Facebook news feed, followed by a restless sleep and…
Kirsten McCroskrie
Inspiration
With most small Andalucian towns acting as fortresses during the Moorish occupation, many of the towns still show evidence of Arab settlements. While some of them lie pretty far off…
Laura Duckett
Inspiration
From exploring city streets on two wheels, to crunching down the gears and tackling the rockiest of mountainsides, biking and travel have always gone hand-in-hand. However, recently cycling communities have…
Alice
Travel Hacks
Spain is known for tapas, sangria, sunshine and beaches (and maybe perhaps a few seedy headlines, thanks to Magaluf). It may be a large country but thankfully, it’s easy to…
Grace
Travel Hacks
Seville‘s fiery, exuberant character is well-known worldwide, but what isn’t so obvious is the fact that it’s a pretty cheap city to visit. With churches and palaces, gardens and galleries all…
Laura Duckett
Travel Hacks
If you dream of the type of holiday destinations that grace the pages of a glossy magazines but think you don’t have the budget think again. We’ve got top money…
Alice
Top 10s
From boldly painted cities to breathtaking natural scenery, there’s a whole lot of colour on our planet. We’ve rounded up some of the most vivid destinations that inspire our imaginations.…
Laura Duckett
Top 10s
With 12 million of us visiting the land of sun, sea and sangria each year, it’s hard to imagine there being a quiet spot to catch some rays. But before you…
Kirsten McCroskrie
Inspiration
Imagine this summer – you meandering around cobbled streets, dipping toes into blue waters that don’t make you squeal with the cold and sampling everything from steaming plates of tapas…
Grace
Trending
May is a wonderful month. Not only does it hypothetically signify the end of the April showers, it also means not one, but TWO bank holidays – on the 2nd…
dealchecker
Inspiration
Fuengirola, in the eyes of many, is a great beach holiday spot. But not for us dealcheckers, no – we’ve discovered a whole host of festivals and parties that make…
Laura Duckett
Inspiration
There is an infectious quality to Andalucian culture and its influence has trickled through to cultures thousands of miles away. Flamenco dance has a large following in Japan, Iberian ham…
Laura Duckett
Destination Guides
We can’t blame you if the consistently inconsistent British summer has you looking abroad for the chance to enjoy some late summer sun. In that respect, Spain would seem like…
AliceBored of slobbing by the sea or lounging by swanky hotel pools? Really?! Ok well if you’re sure – I guess sometimes we all need something a little different to…
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