May 2009 - Travel Features
Things to do in Porto for free
Posted in: Free things to do
Tags: Porto
Porto, the second most important city in Portugal, is home to around 220,000 people and also welcomes huge number of visitors each year. As a city, it has lots of attractive features from tree-lined streets to...
La Tomatina The Tomato Throwing Festival
Posted in: Festivals and Events
Tags: Bunol
Playing with your food takes on a whole new meaning at La Tomatina, which is arguably the world’s biggest food fight with the weapon of choice being the tomato. Taking place on the last Wednesday of Augus...
Summer Music Festivals
Posted in: Festivals and Events
Tags: Chicago, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Budapest, San Diego, New York
Summer’s here and with it comes its usual endless supply of events, festivals and sporting occasions! So that means it’s time to root out your rarely used wellies, test that your tent still stands u...
Camping Tips
Posted in: Travel Tips
Following on from our camping holidays feature we decided to put together a quick list to make sure your trip goes as smoothly as possible. Remember though, most campsites nowadays are custom built and have...
Camping Holidays
Posted in: Other Features
Tags: Sorrento, Rome, Venice, Adelaide
While it may not be everyone's perfect idea of holiday accommodation there's no doubt that camping is becoming popular again, and with good reason. Gone are the days where the only campsites were miles from...
Antwerp Gay Pride 2011
Posted in: Festivals and Events
Tags: Antwerp
From Thursday 23rd until Sunday 26th of June Antwerp Gay Pride will take place in Belgium. The city’s population swells as tourists flock to experience this four day city festival which is bursting with...
Adventure Hostels in the UK & Ireland
Tags: Newquay, London, Lake District, Omagh, Connemara, Carlingford,
It has never been easier to combine hostelling with outdoor fun activities. Check out our recommended selection of adventure hostels and action adventure hot spots around the UK and Ireland. All these location...