Destinations
A City Break in Edinburgh
At the end of November 2009, my husband and I took a long awaited 2 night city break to Edinburgh in Scotland.
We travelled from Gatwick Airport on a Sunday morning flight with British Airways, which was a smooth and quick flight, simplified by taking just hand luggage which enabled us to speed through the airport [...]
Sharm El Sheikh – The Ritz Carlton
I have just returned from a winter sunshine holiday to Sharm El Sheikh. We actually went away over Christmas so we could get away from all of the hustle and bustle going on in the UK. Flying to Sharm El Sheikh is easy from London with several direct flights from London airports including with British [...]
Full StoryIstria – Croatia
We made the decision to holiday in Croatia this year and thought that we would try the Istria region on the North West coast. The flight was a really convenient mid morning flight from Gatwick directly to Pula in the south of Istria taking just over two hours. We flew with Croatian Airlines and where [...]
Full StoryGrenada – A Holiday of Pure Luxury
My Partner and I went on holiday to Grenada from the 10th September - 24th September and we stayed at the Grenada Rex Resort 3 * on an All Inclusive basis in a room with a sea view, the location was fantastic, it was a 10 minute walk from the airport in to the resort [...]
Full StoryThe Cape Wrath Trail photo
The latest image for the packyourbags Travel Store homepage is from Alan Bellis, and features our own Michelle Bryan!
Here’s what Alan said: “It was taken whilst i was doing the Cape Wrath trail last May, leaving Shenavail Bothy, Nr Ullapool, so why is it interesting? Well the person in the picture is your Michelle, who [...]
Tour of Europe’s Theme Parks – Terra Mitica
I’ve visited Terra Mitica twice now, once in 2005 and more recently in August 2009, and it really hasn’t changed that much apart from the recent addition of some fantastically scary rides!
The park is split up in to lands each with a variety of scary rides, children’s rides and snack areas.
I visited in August and [...]
Cruise on Holland America’s Oosterdam
We chose to cruise the Mediterranean as a way to totally unwind and relax after a particularly busy work year and having cruised on several occasions previously wanted to try Holland America (HAL) as we understood that they offered the ‘old style’ type of cruising without the climbing walls, waterslides etc offered by other cruise [...]
Full StoryZermatt a premier destination!
What a great destination. If you love outdoors, walking, mountaineering and climbing then Zermatt is one of the premier destinations to visit. There is a good choice of hotels and self catering accommodation and many restaurants to visit of all standards and budgets covered. The town is car free which makes a pleasant change and [...]
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