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March, 2010
March 19th, 2010
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Right, you’re in Spain, you’ve got a limited amount of time and you’re panicking because you’re yet to experience the true essence of what it is to be “Spanish”.
Where do you go?
Well, you could hit the nearest souvenir shop, slap on a sombrero, grab a bottle of sangria and pretend that you partied [...]
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March 18th, 2010
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So it’s freezing cold for most of the year, the locals have an annoying habit of speaking verrry slooooowly and think nothing of gobbling up Rudolph on a regular basis, but that’s not to say that Finland is not a great place to visit.
For one, Finland is one of the few destinations in the [...]
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March 17th, 2010
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Bari is a sprawling port city located on the Adriatic coast. It is capital of the Italian region of Puglia. It may not be a major, well-known tourist destination, but it has an airport with budget flights from the UK as well as some nice attractions worth visiting with Bari car hire.
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March 16th, 2010
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Inflatable shamrocks? Leprechaun hats? Cabbage and Bacon…? What else are you going to spend a fiver on in Dublin this week?
As Dublin gears up for the party to end all parties (St Patrick’s Day is TOMORROW), ArgusCarHire.com is offering car hire in Dublin from just £5 (€6) per day!
Dublin is perfectly [...]
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March 16th, 2010
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Let’s imagine Slovenia is broke and finds itself up for sale and splashed across the pages of a Sunday property supplement. The journalist would no doubt sum it up as being “compact and bijoux”. True, Slovenia is about half the size of Switzerland, and as everybody knows, that’s miniscule. Fortunately, what Slovenia lacks in [...]
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March 15th, 2010
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If all that springs to mind about Sweden is flat-pack furniture and that slap-dash chef from the Muppets, then prepare to set your expression to shock and awe. As a travel destination, Sweden has long under-sold itself. What really sets it apart from other European travel locations is its unusual geography. [...]
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March 15th, 2010
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Although it gave the world swirly iced pastries (mmm), giant dogs (awww) and fearless Viking warriors (grrrrr), most European travellers overlook Denmark as a touring destination. More’s the pity. Denmark was made for touring.
Interesting fact: Denmark is made up of a total of 482 islands. Its only land border is with Germany. The [...]
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March 12th, 2010
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With annual egg hunts taking place all around the city at stately homes and museums including Kew Gardens, Covent Garden, Battersea Park Zoo, Chiswick House and The Foundling Museum, London is dripping with chocolate themed action over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
At Covent Garden, egg-hunters are invited to search high and low for [...]
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March 12th, 2010
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Look no further than Cyprus if you’re after reliable beach holiday weather this Easter. Average temperatures on the island simmer around the 24C mark in April – almost hot enough to boil an egg, but definitely hot enough to melt a chocolate one.
Cyprus still upholds many unusual Easter traditions. In Cyprus, [...]
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March 11th, 2010
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Barcelona is truly enchanting at this time of the year. Not only does the sun return to the city, but chocolate mania takes hold. Right about now, confectioners and cake shop owners are feverishly whipping up mona de pascua (sugary sculptures) of everything from popular cartoon characters to cute scale models of the city’s very own Sagrada [...]
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