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When you go on holidays with a group of friends, who usually decides where you stay and what you see? Do you decide by budget or location? Does everyone always agree? Do you ever not trust your friends’ choices? If the answers to these questions leave you feeling stressed already, a new application from [...]
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When you go on holidays with a group of friends, who usually decides where you stay and what you see? Do you decide by budget or location? Does everyone always agree? Do you ever not trust your friends’ choices? If the answers to these questions leave you feeling stressed already, a new application from [...]
Drive Distance: 40km from Faro
Spanning both sides of the Rio Gilao, Tavira is one of the Algarve’s most photogenic towns because it makes wonderful use of its picturesque river setting. Local attractions worth pointing your lens at include the preserved ruins of the hilltop castle, the ancient Roman bridge and a selection of Gothic and [...]
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Drive Distance: 42km from Funchal
Funchal is well known for its high standards of accommodation and modern, luxurious resorts, but those who want to see the ‘typical’ side of Madeira should get their red pen out and start scribbling circles and stars around Santana.
Santana’s iconic thatched cottages are charm personified. If you’re after a [...]
Distance from Lisbon: 35km
It may just be just a 40-minute drive from the Portuguese capital, but Cascais is a world away from the frenetic buzz and clanging trams of Lisbon. From the moment you clap eyes on the sun-scorched terracotta rooftops and hypnotic black and white cobbles you can’t help but feel that you are [...]
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Look out if you’re renting a car in South Africa from Tempest this June and July – you might just get more than you bargained for. The South Africa car rental company is letting six football shaped Kia Picanto cars loose in its fleet.
The cars will be available to customers picking up at [...]
Bad news if like me you hate the hassle of having to squash all your make-up and cosmetics into clear plastic bags every time you board a flight. The EU has just announced that liquid restrictions are to remain in place for another THREE years. Great. That’s a whole 36 months more of downsizing on [...]
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This week TripAdvisor released its list of the Top 10 Most Charming European Towns. Although many of the towns are well publicised for being cute as a button, there were a few surprises thrown in there. Kotor in Montenegro made the cut as did the lesser known Fontaine de Vaucluse in France.
Here’s the list – [...]
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Guilty of sneaking an earful of your iPod while changing gears? You might be liable for more than just a few dirty looks if a new UK safety initiative gets the go-ahead.
Under new proposals, UK drivers may soon face prosecution if caught bopping along to their favourite playlist.
Why?
Road traffic officers are worried that [...]
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As summer is one of the busiest (and most expensive) times to book a rental car, I thought I’d let you in on a few trade secrets about how to get the cheapest car hire rates.
1. Go for Downtown Pick-Ups
Airport pick-ups generally cost a little bit more than downtown or city [...]
