Archive for June 2013

STUNNING SKIATHOS Set in the warm Aegean Sea, the island of Skiathos is smothered in traditional Greek charm and surrounded by crystal clear turquoise waters. I had the opportunity to visit Skiathos during the first week of July this year. The weather was fantastic without being unbearably hot, while the town was busy without being overcrowded.…

BELLA ISCHIA Ischia is a beautiful, small island off the Amalfi Coast in Southern Italy. Lesser known than its famous sister island Capri, but just as pretty and quite unspoiled. We flew into Naples, just 20 minutes from the harbour, from where it was just a further 45 minutes in a small ferry to the…

INCREDIBLE CROATIA When I was offered the chance to visit Croatia, I jumped at it! The flight was only two hours. I arrived in the late evening so it was difficult to get any feeling for what I was about to experience over the next few days. My first night was spent on the Makarska…

BEAUTIFUL BRUGES Enjoying lunch at the Breydel de Coninc seafood restaurant, in Bruges… it seemed like no time at all since our early morning start from London on Eurostar! Bruges is an ancient mediaeval European city and our very enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide brought the city to life as we were enthralled by beautiful architecture,…

ISTANBUL If the Red Centre in Australia is red, and the Pink City of Petra is pink, you’d be surprised to find the Blue Mosque in Istanbul is not blue at all! With its six minarets, it stands on a lively, noisy street of stalls and tourists. The mosque has none of the grandeur of…

RA RA RASPUTIN Unfortunately the British Foreign Advice discourages all travel to Russia at this time.   Think of Russia and what springs to mind? Two great cities for a start – Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Russian Revolution, Tsars and Tsarinas – and yes maybe even Dr Zhivago and War and Peace! but the…

SIGH A SIGH IN CYPRUS Onboard Aegean Air, in my wide and soft leather seat with lots of legroom, I was off to Cyprus! My mission? To boldly go in search of the perfect holiday at the perfect hotels and resort for my Hallmark Travel customers! It was dark when I arrived, but my transfer…

TERRIFIC TENERIFE Now-a-days, a two-week holiday in the summer is just not enough!  Short breaks help us to de-stress and relax, often.  Just four and a half flying hours from the UK and Tenerife is waiting… subtropical, and with over 300 days of sunshine a year – you will shed your British layers and enjoy…