Hotels and Holidays

	The Trials and Tribulations of Being Best Sometimes I think we set ourselves a very high bar when we dedicated our website to the best small hotels. What is best? Well, it's different things to different people and as far as we can, we have to show hotels that people will universally agree to be amongst the best. Of course, you can't please all of the people all of the time, but we try to get as close as possible to that ideal. Until recently I had never visited Durham. ....READ MORE
	BEST Small Hotels - An Introduction We are pleased to announce our new website, Best Small Hotels, dedicated to (you guessed it!) hotels that are small, but only the very best of them. That doesn't necessarily mean the most expensive, or the most swanky, nor even those with the most facilities. It does mean a dedication to pleasing their guests ....READ MORE
	The Summer Experience at The Sea Club The Sea Club, if you are not already familiar, is like staying in an English house party in a large rambling private Mediterranean villa. From the last week of June to the first week of September The Sea Club becomes a very social and lively place with many return families and friends enjoying the vibrant atmosphere in the sun. The laid back ambience is what The Sea Club is all about, once you have been you may never want to leave. ....READ MORE
	Swimming Pools Without Chlorine We are so accustomed to the chlorine in a swimming pool that most times we barely notice it. It's only when we experience a non-chlorine pool that we realise just how much nicer it can be. The main alternative to traditional chlorine is salt-water electrolysis. Although people usually describe this as a salt-water swimming pool, it's a bit of a misnomer as it's really nothing like swimming in sea water. ....READ MORE
	12 Fabulous Beaches in Spain Spain and the Spanish islands have some of the most stunning beaches in the world. Move away from a few over-crowded resorts and you will find places that are a match for anything you could see in the Caribbean or the Indian Ocean. White sand and turquoise water. Rugged, rocky shorelines. Long, long stretches of firm sand. And the occasional surprise. ....READ MORE
	Antequera The Antequera valley has been a trade route and a place of settlement ever since stone-age man set foot on the Iberian peninsula. Indeed the area has some of the most important bronze-age dolmens to be seen anywhere in the country, and the bronze-age relics are then followed by Roman, Moorish, Christian and the various political and architectural epoques that have followed. ....READ MORE
	Cáceres (way out west) Cáceres may not be so well-known to the average traveller as, say, Seville or Barcelona, but it is certainly a place that rewards those intrepid voyagers who are prepared to go that extra mile. It is a city characterised by numerous old palaces, endless archaeological exhibits, and the unique Moorish underground water deposit (the "aljibe") with it's 16 arabic vaulted arches. No fewer than 30 mediaeval towers lie within the city, as well as the Moorish mud-brick Torre del Horno. ....READ MORE
	The Basque Language age edition of Scrabble, but there really should be. Without some adjustment to the scoring system and the numbers of each letter, the game would become impossible. When you're up in that area, if you see words liberally peppered with t’s, x’s, z’s and k’s; that’s Basque! And where does this language come from? Amazingly, nobody knows. Basque is spoken by around three-quarters of a million people, mostly in the corner of Spain known as El Pais Vasco, the remainder being in the corresponding ....READ MORE
	Why We Keep Coming Back to Puerto Pollensa Sarah Scott explains the allure of Mallorca for her young family. I don’t know about you, but every year when my husband and I book our summer holiday we need to consider fun for the kids and relaxation, good food and wine for dad and mum. Lucky for us, they are still young enough to be entertained by simple holidays and we are not yet confined to resorts with summer activity camps and water parks. ....READ MORE
	Madrid - A Visit An often repeated proverb dating back to the Renaissance says, with a little exaggeration, 'Madrid, nueve meses de invierno, tres meses de infierno' (Madrid, nine months of winter, three months of burning hell). In August the temperature averages 30ºC while in winter it can fall several degrees below zero. Although the saying is exaggerated, the continental climate in the middle of the peninsula and the altitude of Madrid at 646 metres above sea level certainly does make for an extreme ....READ MORE

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