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When we had seen the most important sights of Lisbon during our stay at Easter this year we decided to discover a bit of the hinterland. We went to the train station Cais do Sodré and took the local train to Cascais (pronounced: Cash-ca-ee-sh, stress on the second syllable), it´s not necessary to know the timetable beforehand, one doesn´t have to ...  Read the complete review

Now I am happily living in Llandudno I thought that I would write an opinion about our famous Great Orme but where do I start? There is such a lot to tell so this may turn out to be quite a long opinion! Ok, get yourself settled with a cup of tea, coffee, glass of wine, whatever and I will take you on a virtual tour. Just to give ...  Read the complete review

My family and I are great lovers of the beautiful Isle of Wight which many of you will already know if you've read some of my previous opinions. There are many reasons why we are attracted to the Island but some of the main reasons why we keep returning are because the Island is a very beautiful place and one of the few places in England today ...  Read the complete review

Last summer I went to Bournemouth and everything that could have gone wrong…. Did. This is no joke so please take this seriously although I admit it has been fun remembering all the things that went wrong and why the holiday ended up being a bit crap. Last Summer at around this time, on a rainy day with horrendous thunder storms, ...  Read the complete review

If you have not been to the Scottish Highlands then you are deprived. What a place to be, right at the heart of nature among the rugged terrain, breathtaking scenery, heather clad mountains, fresh, clear running rivers and streams and a host of wildlife if you care to look. I have just spent a short break in Dingwall, a small highland ...  Read the complete review

I have just recently come back from Tenerife, and I have to say I had an absolutely superb time. I am 20 years old and I went with a friend of the same age. We booked our holiday 4 weeks before we went at our local Thomas Cook, the reason we left it so late is that we have found with previous experience you get a lot better deal. For ...  Read the complete review

I must confess that my family has never been that adventurous when going on holiday. The farthest we have travelled is to Denmark, when I was about six, to go to Legoland, with my whole family (parents, brothers, grandparents, cousins, uncle and aunt). Since then we have had enjoyable, but slightly boring holidays to places such as Wales, ...  Read the complete review

A couple of years ago, I visited a place in Devon called Torquay. What a visit my family and I had! If you ever want to go here, think LONG and hard about it. We were already and packed, and set out at around 8am to beat the traffic. Didn't we think wrong. The route that we took was the M5, it was traffic jammed and we were ...  Read the complete review

Do you hanker for golden sands were your kids can play in relative safety. Do you want to be free from the hassles of amusement arcades and the like? Well I can't promise you total freedom from the above but every holiday is what you make it. PENDINE is in South Wales just before Tenby. It is a small resort that is ideal for ...  Read the complete review

Bournemouth usually known as the area where most people come and retire, this statement couldn’t be more wrong. I have lived in Bournemouth now for the past six years, four of those spent as a student at Bournemouth University, and the other two working in the area. Bournemouth has the best kept beaches in England, ...  Read the complete review

Wales - Exotic? No, not really is it? Well it may not be but if you're after a cheap holiday then it may well come in handy to solve your problems. I've been going to the same resort in South Wales for around 5 years now - its not my main holiday - just a short break away. The Gower Peninsula is beautiful - there are ...  Read the complete review

We went to Cala D’or in Majorca a couple of years ago on a late deal, £99 each through Going Places– what a bargain. The apartments were the nicest we have ever stayed in at Club Martha’s. Two swimming pools, loads to do on site for all ages and really, really clean and well maintained. The local town was a 15 minute walk ...  Read the complete review

The Ecrehous are a group of very small Islands of the Eastern coast of Jersey, which are within the Bailiwick of Jersey. Unfortunately, this does not deter French students who, every few years, lay claim to the Ecrehous for the Republic of France: the Jersey Police take a boat over there, the situation is calmed, the students return to ...  Read the complete review

easy access from schipol airport on the train, costs about 2GBP and takes roughly 10 minutes loads of eating and drinking places with beer about 2GBP and a meal in the small cafes from about 5GBP a good street map is essential, free from tourist information opposite the main entrance to the central station tours of the canals last ...  Read the complete review