A SUCCESSFUL holiday is a gumbo consisting of many varied ingredients but the foundation, certainly for a summer escapade, is universal – the sun. You could break the bank and head to the Caribbean, of course, but even there you’re not guaranteed clear blue skies to provide a luxurious roof to your beach holiday. Or [...]
THE ONE factor that will determine whether your holiday is a success or not is the cuisine. If the food is just a fast-food version of what you get at home, it is likely you’ll be disappointed. Fortunately, for those traveling to the Costa Brava, and staying at Al Fresco Holiday’s fabulous Castell Montgri site, [...]
IT MAY seem an odd suggestion for those heading towards a region world-renowned for its canals but, if you’re heading for the Venetian Riviera next summer, you’ll be needing a bike. We spent two days of our seven-day holiday to Pra Delle Torri, in the Venetian Riviera, riding bikes around the region. Why? Because there [...]
WHENEVER my brood gets back from holiday we have an inquest. Not immediately, but usually about six months or so after we return, when the constant rain, the chill-winds of winter and the dark British nights make us hark back fondly to those warm summer evenings on the Costa Brava or the sparkling sunshine of [...]
UNDER A LEAFY CANOPY WE SAT AND NAMED THE STARS AL FRESCO NIGHTS THAT STRENGTHENED FAMILY BONDS THE NIGHT my children saw their first shooting star is a memory I’ll treasure forever. We were sitting on the decking outside our Thomson Al Fresco cabin in Estartit. The night was in but it was still barmy [...]
My gang has been guests of Thomson Al Fresco for the past two summers. We’ve enjoyed lazy summer days and lovely hazy nights at their parcs Pra Delle Torri in Caorle on the Venetian Riviera and Castell Montgri Estartit in Northern Spain. We wouldn’t swap those weeks for the world. And we’ve learned a thing [...]
The Home of Tripe and Cider France, the world-renowned home of fine wine and, err, tripe and cider. I kid you not. If you head across to Normandy the chances are you may be going to visit some of the famous towns where the pivotal battles of WWII took place, of course. [...]
I’m off to Italy in this week. It can’t have changed that much since I was last there in 1982 can it? I imagine the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably looks a little smaller than it did when I was 15, after all I’ve grown a bit since then. But, other than that, it’s going [...]
IF you’re anything like me, your memories of holidays past will be punctuated by a heady soundtrack of the songs which were playing around you at the time. I remember back in the early 1980s, when I had a long mane of naturally blonde hair and was prone to embroidering the names of my musical [...]
