Are you bored with your daily hectic work schedules? Are you looking for cheap holidays and better holiday deals? Do you want to spend some quality time with your family or friends? If yes, then there are plenty of options you can go for. When looking for cheap holidays, opting for packaged holiday deals is possibly the best option as it helps to eliminate a lot of stress that is associated with booking a flight, finding accommodation etc.
There are several tourist attractions across the UK as well as Europe. Summer holidays and long bank holiday weekends are some of the most favourable times when people go on holiday. There are a lot of cheap holiday destinations where you will be able to feel the sun shining on your face. By visiting these popular destinations on weekends or during vacations, you can take a short break along with your friends to spend some quality time.
In Europe there are many different tourist attractions that you can visit. These world famous tourist destinations include Italy, Spain, Greece, France and Turkey. If you are looking for a beach holiday, Portugal, Spain and the Costa del Sol are the best options.
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Are you bored of visiting the same kind of locations on your holidays? Want to explore something unique and fun? If so, then pack your bags and take a trip to Andorra. Andorra is a small country which boasts mountains, elegant winding rivers and a magnificent countryside. This small nation exists between Spain and France. Around 11 million tourists visit Andorra every year for a nice holiday. Andorra has lately gained immense popularity due to skiing and duty free shopping. Here are some popular places to visit while in Andorra:
Museu Nacional de l’Automebil: This is a popular museum situated in Andorra. This museum displays a spectacular collection of 80 vintage cars, 100 old bicycles and other antique motorcycles.
Pas de la Casa: This is a small town in Andorra. Pas de la Casa has a beautiful ski resort and bars to make your evening exciting and enjoyable.
Esglsia de Santa Coloma: This is the oldest church located in Andorra. It is a pre-Romanesque type of the Church of Santa Coloma in Andorra. The church has a 12th century old bell which still stands.
Caldea: Caldea is a water palace at an altitude of 1000 meters located in southern Europe. It is the largest fun spa centre having a classic architectural design. It offers tourists some fantastic facilities.
Plaesa del Poble: This is big public square located on the roof of the government building office. It enables a quick view of the mountains and valleys.
Andorra is a great holiday destination during the summers and winters. The snow fall there helps to make your holiday active with the chance to ski.
The tourist board for the Mediterranean island of Malta has said that this year, Malta will be offering ‘incredible value for money’.
The Malta Tourist Board commented that Malta is much more affordable than several other popular destinations for holidays, and offers cheap getaways for the Brits even though it is within the Eurozone.
According to the latest information from the Post Office, following Spain and Portugal, Malta is the most affordable destination in the Eurozone.
The annual Holiday Costs Survey conducted by the Post Office takes a basket of your typical items for holidays and compares prices in different popular holiday destinations. The latest study showed that the basket in Malta was almost 15 per cent cheaper than the same basket in Cyprus and 1.5 per cent cheaper than in Egypt.
Alex Incorvaja, UK director of the Malta Tourism Authority, said:
“Much attention has focused on non-Eurozone destinations such as Egypt over the last few months but Malta still offers incredible value for money as a holiday destination, as the survey proves. Even with the current exchange rate, a cup of coffee on Malta will only set you back £0.96 whilst a bottle of beer averages £1.34.”
Direct holidays to Malta are available at some excellent prices and several air carriers are available, including Air Malta, British Airways and Lufthansa, from most of the major airports across the UK.
This year music fans are given the rare opportunity to combine city breaks in Europe with visiting a concert by one of the most revered musical figures in recent history, when Bob Dylan begins his tour of Europe.
Dylan’s political lyrics and rock/folk style musical career has spanned over 50 years of political change and he is still thought of as one of the most prominent popular cultural figures of recent times.
The venerated singer starts his tour on 22nd and 23rd March when he runs two gigs in Stockholm before he appears in Copenhagen, Oslo and Hannover towards the end of March.
Dylan fans taking a city break to Paris will be able to catch one of his gigs on either the 7th or 8th of April and for those visiting Amsterdam he appears from the 10th to the 12th of April. He is then in Rome on the 17th of April and in Brussels on the 22nd of April before he flies over to the UK for dates in London (O2 Arena 25th April) and Edinburgh Playhouse (3rd May). He is set to play the Dublin O2 Arena on the 5th and 6th of May before his tour ends.
Another legendary musician, Eric Clapton, is also touring this year, and those who may be considering a holiday to the United States later in the year, could catch one of his performances in Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas or Los Angeles.
The rail operator Eurostar made a statement that during February it plans to increase the frequency and speed of its services passing through the Channel Tunnel.
Eurostar say that they are going to return to their full service on 23rd February which will mean that journey times will range between 20 minutes to an hour leaving from London and arriving at Lille and from Paris to London will be estimated at 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Eurostar will also be operating more rail services, planning to revert back to their original schedule of 19 trains per day running along the London to Paris route, with 10 connections between London and Brussels daily.
Eurotunnel the operator and ultimate owner of the Channel Tunnel gave Eurostar confirmation that the sections of tunnel damaged by the fire in September will be completed by 10th February.
Chief executive, Richard Brown, at Eurostar, said: ‘We’re delighted that Eurostar is returning to its normal high-speed journey times, with the centres of both Paris and Brussels broadly just two hours from London. This is great news for our travellers, speeding up business trips and making leisure breaks to the continent even more attractive.’
A new service is due to open on 23rd February which will be a direct link from Ashford to Brussels; this service was previously postponed last December due to the tunnel fire.
Great Britain’s ski club has recently reported another heavy snowfall event which has covered ski resorts right across Europe, this occurred after a two week period of dry weather.
On the 18th January a number of ski destinations saw heavy snow showers. Some resorts have seen 60cm of fresh snow over the last seven days.
Great Britain’s Ski Club reported that there has been 35cm of snow fall in the Swiss ski resorts of Zermatt and Verbier, while Tignes and Avoriaz received nearly twenty centimetres over the last twenty four hours.
The village of Courmayeur in Italy has been enjoying forty centimetres of new snow and the best ski conditions that have been seen for some time, the Italian resort of Cortina has recently experienced more than 30cm of snowfall.
A spokesperson for Ski Club Davos, Switzerland, said: ‘Over 30cm of snow fell overnight and today was a real powder day. There was just so much snow everywhere’.
Ski Club GB now offers regular snow reports for 250 destinations worldwide including resorts such as Formigal in Spain and Revelstoke, Canada.
