Category Archives: Exciting holidays

Las Vegas for its day trips – 15

Posted on February 13, 2010 | 2 Comments

I went to Vegas a few months ago and I simply did not go to gamble. I have absolutely nothing against gambling at all and here in the UK I enjoy a flutter each year on the Grand National Horse race and a bit of money on the football. Visiting Vegas means the chance for some quite amazing day trips.

Vegas Day Trips I strongly recommend are the:

  • Grand Canyon Day tour
  • Death Valley
  • Red Rock  and
  • Hoover Dam

I recommend to stay in Las Vegas and thus you will be able to stay in a very nice hotel (and quite cheaply). In most hotels you can get picked up for the tours and a company such as Viatour.com or your hotel concierge can organise the fay trips.

Note: For the Grand Canyon trip you will have the chance to add-on the helicopter ride and/or the Skywalk.

Red Rock Vegas

Red Rock Vegas

Note: For Death Valley there are some months in the summer time when the tours are halted because it is simply too hot.

You can also of course enjoy what Vegas has to offer, with time in the evenings for a show or two and a good meal and few weeks. Many of the tours get you back to your hotel for 6-7pm. You can learn more about Las Vegas Tours and learn about the best hotels in Vegas. You can also find some cheap Las Vegas Hotels online.

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Cuba: Visiting a cigar factory in Havana – 12

Posted on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

Aiming to visit a country such as Cuba and make it to a cigar factory in Havana, is not perhaps up there witth thrill seeking and adrenaline rushing travel. In terms of a cultural experience and holiday or vacation to remember though, heading to Cuba is a wonderful option.

There are still certain restrictions and the best way can often be to head to Cuba as part of a package tour. I asm not a

Cuba and Havana travel

Cuba and Havana travel

great fan of package tours but at the time of writing, and being based in England, by far the easiest way to visit Cuba is with a company such as First Choice Holidays or Virgin Holidays.

As well as a tour of a cigar factory, there are some quite stunning beaches, excellent Cuban food and some very vibrant and catchy music, including Jazz Cubano. You can learn more about Traveling to Cuba

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Glastonbury Music Festival – 7

Posted on June 15, 2008 | Leave a comment

Tickets are still available for the 2008 festival and the weather is predicted to be settled. Taking place on the 27 -29th June 2008 and an annual event, Glastonbury is one of the largest Music Festivals in the world. With roughly 150,000 each year and hundreds of performers, this years line up is scheduled to include:

  • Editors
  • Kate Nash
  • Amy Winehouse
  • Manu Chao
  • Leonard Cohen
  • Neil Diamond
  • The Hoosiers
  • Pete Doherty
  • Dizzee Rascal

The line-up is huge and in addition to musicians, there are the other tents including the comedy tent, circus tent and theatre tent. If you have never been to a Glastonbury Music Festival in the past this year is your Glastonbury Music Festivalchance, with tickets still surprisingly available.

Tickets are not cheap but at £155 for 3 days entertainment where you can see dozens of fanmouse musicians, you cannot go wrong. If I myself had not already accidently already booked that weekend for a trip to France, I’d be going to Glastonbury again this year.

View photos of Glastonbury Music Festival.

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A holiday in a Jungle – 4

Posted on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

If you really want to try something different then why not consider a trip to the jungle. A holiday or vacation in the jungle’s of Borneo or in part of South America can certainly be a fun and thrilling way to take a break with a difference.

There are quite a fee companies who specialise in Jungle holidays  and many of these trips are group orientated and with a guide, so you will also meet some interesting peope and get to experience the jungle. You might be better off

Jungle holidays

Jungle holidays

going on an organised trip into the jungle for safety reasons.

A similar type trip you might be interested in are trips to the rainforest to explore a different and thrilling vacation. There is always the idea that such trips are part of sustainable tourism but trips to the jungle perhaps open the way for mass tourism so it is for you to decide if the jungle is your cup of tea.

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Holidaying in the buff -2

Posted on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

The second in the list of 1000 unusual and different travel ideas is to holiday without your clothes. There is no need to re-read the first sentence because you read correctly the first time! Naturism is one of the fastest growing forms of tourism and naturist cruises, naturist flights and naturism travel have all become more widely reported in recent years, in newspaper travel sections. 

Our second holiday with a difference for this reason is to take a week’s holiday at the worlds largest naturism resort, Cap D’agde in the South of France. Cap d’Agde at the peak of summer has tens of thousands of peopel enjoying a holiday or vacation in the buff and this self-contained naturist resort has everything. You can go nude everywhere within the resort and that includes to the resort:

  • Supermarkets
  • Restaurants and bars (although you need a towel to place on the chair for health reasons)
  • 1 mile plus long sandy beach
  • Post office
  • For a haircut
  • and much more.

You can learn more about getting to Cap D’agde. 

Cap d'gde in France

Cap d'gde in France

For a vacation with a definite difference and one where you may see your neighbour blush, why not consider Cap d’Agde. The French coast is a great location in the summer and the weather normally very pleasant. Coming next for idea number 3 of 1000 unsual travel ideas, we look at chocolate holidays and chocolate weekends away.

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Hot air ballooning in Barcelona – 1

Posted on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

We start off out list of 1000 unsusual and fun holiday and vacation ideas with Hot air ballooning in Barcelona. Hot air ballooning on itself is an activity which can be a lot of fun, but add on that being in Barcelona on a nice spring day and with tickets to a Barcelona football game in the evening and hot air ballooning in Barcelona can be a great long weekend away.

A few companies organise hot air balloon trips in barcelona once of which is worth considering is BCN-Adventure.com. They are specialists in Corporate travel and trips Hot air ballooning in Barcelona, Spain.in Barcelona and they also provide airport transfer, accommodation and other services.

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