Holidays & Travel

Tapas, beaches, and sunshine: Embrace the authentic camping in Spain experience

Spain is one of the most beautiful destinations in the world. It is especially a leading summer destination because of its diversity and beauty. The best things about Spain are the beaches drenched in sun, historic cities, island fiestas, and exciting mountain trails. There are so many things...

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Blue Chip Holidays Announces Plans For National Expansion

Blue Chip Holidays, the South West’s largest provider of four and five star self catering holiday homes, has today announced plans for national expansion following the appointment of Stewart Black, former Head of Sales at Homeaway Holiday Rentals, to the position of Business Development Director.

Stewart, who was previously responsible for Homeaway’s international holiday homes...

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SeaDream Yacht Club - It's yachting, not cruising .. enjoy the difference ..

David Powell reports on this elegant mega yacht ...

I recently joined SeaDream II for a voyage along the French Riviera calling at beautiful and iconic ports like, Antibes, Cannes and Monte Carlo. As SeaDream point out ‘this is yachting, not cruising’, and I agree, this is so different from big ship cruising. Being on this super yacht with a maximum of just 110 guests and a crew of 95...

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Plymouth

City council gets 'app-y

Residents and visitors to Plymouth can now report a range of issues to the Council by using the My Plymouth mobile phone app.

Suitable for Blackberry, iPhone and Android smart phones the app can be used to report dog fouling, fly tipping, fly posting, graffiti, street cleaning and abandoned vehicles.

Photos, videos and relevant information can be sent through the app to the...

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Welcome to Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City!

Twenty volunteers from Plymouth University School of Tourism and Hospitality will play a key part in welcoming visitors to Plymouth in a new pilot scheme.

Plymouth Hosts is due to be launched today (27 November) by Destination Plymouth working in partnership with the City Centre and Waterfront partnership Business Improvement Districts.

They have been selected to welcome...

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Exeter Airport Launch for Safety Campaign

The Honest Truth Partnership has launched a campaign at Exeter Airport yesterday (Tues 26 Nov) to reduce anti social driving and the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads.

Representatives from Devon County Council’s Safe and Sustainable Travel Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Teignbridge District Council and Exeter...

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£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.

Newly accessible walks include parts...

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Police operation to stop-check commercial goods vehicles

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police are involved in a three week operation aimed at reducing road casualties and collisions in the force area. Operation Fatigue will run over a period of three weeks during the months of November and December and will involve the stopping and checking of goods vehicles as they travel through both counties. This will include both national and foreign based...

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Brake campaign appeals to drivers to tune in to road safety and turn off their phones

A national campaign launched yesterday (18 November) by the charity Brake at the start of Road Safety Week calls on drivers to tune in to road safety, to prevent appalling crashes caused by multi-tasking at the wheel.

The campaign appeals to drivers to turn off their phones or put them in the boot, and urges everyone to refuse to speak on the phone to someone who’s driving. It is being...

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Wales - on the edge of Snowdonia National Park...

In a really rural location in North Wales but not too far from the main A5 is Tyddyn LLan which is in the small village of Llandrillo This is one of Wales’ most renowned restaurants set on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park in a beautiful location

This restaurant has luxurious rooms A great way to experience excellent food in elegant surroundings ... There’s 12 luxurious bedrooms...

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Generous Plymouth parents fund travelling student lifestyles

CrossCountry launches student competition to find travel savvy bloggers

Parents in Plymouth are regularly funding their children’s travel home from university and are willing to pay over the odds to help broaden their horizons.

Over the course of a year Plymouth parents say they spend more than £500 broadening their child’s horizons with more than half (58%) splashing out on...

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