Monarch Scheduled double web discount
Monarch Scheduled is offering low cost fares to the UK this summer. For travel until October 31 2005, you can fly from Faro to: Birmingham, from 22 euros one-way (44
Flybe and Exeter, a great combo
The once tiny airport of Exeter has now grown and is set to handle around 800,000 passengers this financial year alone. For a small regional airport serving a relatively small
TAP becomes a star
TAP Portugal has become the 16th member of Star Alliance. By adding Lisbon to its European hubs, Star Alliance now offers 10 strategically placed connecting airports across the continent. TAP
Dreaming down under
WITH ITS harbour beaches, dramatic headlands, sleepy bays and surfing shores, Australia is a mecca for all those wanting to experience the chilled out, surfer lifestyle. On my travels up
Travel fair offered new holiday trends
MORE THAN 500 organisations from Portuguese and foreign tourism sectors were represented at the 17th annual Lisbon Travel Market (BTL), held recently at the FIL exhibition centre. This year’s BTL
Europe’s biggest and best
Europe’s biggest and best The A380 superjumbo, made by European company Airbus, was revealed at a lavish ceremony in the southwestern city of Toulouse last week. Here’s how the mammoth
World’s premier golf travel event
International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), the world’s premier annual event focusing on golf tourism, will be held at the Estoril Convention Centre from December 6 to 9. A record number
The most romantic journey in Europe
If you still haven’t travelled on the newly refurbished tram line in Sintra, you can enjoy a ride this winter thanks to a new seasonal timetable that’s just been announced.
A Spanish pilgrimage
By Mafalda Possolo The British Historical Society took to the road once more recently, this time for a six-day excursion to Galicia, the north-western province of Spain. The countryside there
Exploring Cascais Marina
I am often asked for advice as to where people might go for a cruise from the Algarve, and I usually advise that they go east and south to Cadiz

