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Winter Sun Holidays In The Canaries

Trish — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:55:42 +0000

Summer may be over in mainland Spain but there are outposts where the season never ends. Such as the Canaries – the seven islands which are situated just off the coast of West Africa, many hundreds of miles south of the Iberian Peninsula. A location that creates a great climate all year round. Here the holiday season extends for a full twelve months of the year. And despite the recent economic downturn thousands of tourists will be booking holidays in Lanzarote and the Canaries this autumn. As the region remains the second most visited destination in Spain after Catalonia. The

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An Artistic Eye On The City Of Glasgow

Trish — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:40:23 +0000

Glasgow is the largest, and most lively, city in Scotland with exciting opportunities for shopping plus an amazing night scene. For the more artistic tourist there are many places to sit and relax in Glasgow's West End which has tea rooms, bars, cafés, boutiques, clubs and restaurants as well as some interesting bed and breakfast accommodation in Glasgow. In the article which follows I will describe 3 tourist attractions in Glasgow which should be especially interesting to those who enjoy all things artistic; the House For An Art Lover, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and

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Magnificent Visitor Attractions To Visit In Dundee, Scotland

Trish — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:07:04 +0000

There has been a settlement at Dundee since the time of the Picts. Dundee, the 4th largest city to be found in the nation of Scotland, has a long association with trade and commerce. The three primary industries, in Dundee, were "journalism, jute and jam". Though the city can be described as city which is post-industrial it has an economy which is mixed and has a large percentage of its inhabitants employed in the manufacturing sector (compared to elsewhere in Scotland), about thirteen and a half percent. Over recent decades tourism has started to become an important element of the

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Places To Stay In Lanzarote

Trish — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:07:28 +0000

The small Canary Island of Lanzarote has been welcoming tourists for over forty years. And as a result offers a whole raft of high quality holiday accommodation options. Encompassing everything from small studio apartments through to top end luxury villas and luxurious five star hotels. In locations across the island. Lanzarote holiday villas as with the rest of the Canary Islands can be found to suit all budgetary requirements which makes the Canaries a very popular destination. Puerto del Carmen is the best spot for anyone searching for holiday apartments in

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Important Things To Know about Spending Time In Cardiff

Trish — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:09:37 +0000

The city of Cardiff is not only the Welsh capital city, but also the most popular tourist destination in Britain besides England's capital city of London. Cardiff is also the largest city in Wales, however the city was only only a rather small town until it reached the early eighteen hundreds. It was at the start of the 1800's when the small Welsh town of Cardiff saw itself develop into an incredibly successful seaport boosted by the coal from local areas, and also other light and heavy industries. The town of Cardiff received city status, from King Edward VII, on

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