If geographic areas were attributed human characteristics, you might call the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca, Spain "frienemies."

Not that the inhabitants of the two regions are hostile toward one another. Actually, Spain is well-known the world over for its amicable residents and ... Click to read the article details

If you're planning a European vacation and you also happen to be a golf enthusiast, then Mallorca, Spain should be on your itinerary is an absolute "must do." Festive night life, year-round sunshine and great shopping aside, Mallorca has made a name for itself in the tourism industry as a ... Click to read the article details

Malta has a reputation for good sunshine holidays in the Mediterranean - and a fleet of 1950's Leyland buses that have become a recognisable part of life for the island's visitors.

But now the island is investing in a safe and visitor friendly mode of transport for the 2008 tourists - ... Click to read the article details

A well respected US magazine recently claimed Monaco has the most overpriced real estate in the world, claiming the rental returns as part of their figures meant the tax haven's property costs were unduly high.

In response a Monaco internet site says the American magazine are wrong, and ... Click to read the article details

As winter approaches, many skiers are preparing for their yearly trips to their favorite ski resorts. This 2007-2008 ski season however, could prove quite a challenge to resort owners, especially in New England.

One serious problem affecting the New England ski industry, as well as the ... Click to read the article details

Holidaymakers choosing Malta rose by seven per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to last, and gives vindication to the Maltese hotels and holidays lobby who had urged the government to allow low cost airlines to fly to the island.

The first three months of the year are ... Click to read the article details

At the opening of Monaco's new consulate in London recently, Prince Albert of Monaco acknowledged the important contribution British people are making to his country, and said he would like to see more in the Principality.

Best known as Europe's premier tax haven and home to the Monaco ... Click to read the article details

Malta is a beautiful island that is known to attract big budget film makers. Over 50 filmmakers have used Malta as a backdrop for their movies. Malta became a film-makers dream in 1964 when the Mediterranean Film Studios opened and its water tanks became commercial property. The water tanks had ... Click to read the article details

The number of UK visitors to the Spanish island of Majorca and her sister island of Menorca is at record highs - so what exactly is drawing more and more Britons to the islands?

Besides the bright, warm sunshine, sandy beaches and the warm waters of the Mediterranean? What more could ... Click to read the article details

House prices in Andorra have risen by an average of ten per cent a year over the last decade, with the last two years showing particularly impressive gains of 19 and 16 per cent.

But 2007 was set to see a freeze in the rises as the traditional ski season sales failed to ... Click to read the article details

Europe's favourite holiday island Majorca is set to have Spain's most luxurious hotel in Spain on her soil, boosting the island's image and economy while attracting high spenders, according to news reports recently.

As well as helping the island's economy directly, luxury hotels, ... Click to read the article details

In the early summer months the outlook for many European holiday destinations wasn't looking good, and hundreds of thousands of holidays were being heavily discounted to tempt Brits to take a holiday in Spain.

But British travel agents saw a sharp turnaround in their summer season ... Click to read the article details

Europe's favourite TV soap and the world's longest running drama, Coronation Street, has boosted interest in the island of Malta, according to a UK based Malta holidays guide.

Aired in the summer, the soap ran a storyline of two of Coronation Street's characters taking a last minute ... Click to read the article details

From the late 1950's when overseas travel became available to the masses, Spain and her islands have consistently been the favourite destination for the British, Germans, Swedes and other Europeans.

Even when longer haul destinations in Europe like Cyprus, Malta and Greece became ... Click to read the article details

Despite the recent banking crises in the UK, one of her best known banks and mortgages provider is to open three new offices on the Spanish islands of the Canaries plus the Balearic island of Menorca to meet demand for Britons looking to buy a home in Spain.

The decision by the Halifax ... Click to read the article details

The 2007 battle between holiday resorts to attract visiting tourists and their wallets each summer is over, and it appears that the Spanish island of Majorca has won over the British market at least.

Since the advent of package holidays some fifty years ago initiated by holiday companies ... Click to read the article details

With ski holidays increasing in popularity over the last twenty years, Andorra has been increasing her visitor numbers to over ten million per annum for ski holidays and happily investing for the future to ensure she remains as one of Europe's top ski destinations but that came to a screeching ... Click to read the article details

Malta government statistics show that over 65,000 foreigners visited Malta in 2006 to learn English, with the figure set to increase for this year.

The rise in overseas students learning English is the fourth rise in as many years, and increasingly plays a contributory role to the ... Click to read the article details

Second home owners in Spain could soon be considering selling their apartment or villa as interest rates in both Spain and UK rise - making the possibility of a fall in Spanish property prices more likely.

Property in Spain is already on the brink of seeing prices drop for the first time ... Click to read the article details

Global warming and rising tea temperatures aren't playing to the script that environment campaigner Prince Albert of Monaco might have expected, according to recently released figures.

Since becoming Soverign of Monaco, Prince Albert has let it be known that the environment is a major ... Click to read the article details

If ever there was an industry that needed global warming not to be true, it has to be the ski industry. No snow, no skiing, and the skiing industry would belong to a sporting museum.

So perhaps it comes as no surprise that one European country which relies on the ski industry trade more ... Click to read the article details

Majorca is a warm, sunny, picturesque island off of Spain where residents are fighting to hold their ground and hand on to what is left of their land. The first charter plane landed in the small island of Majorca in 1952. Since World War II, Majorca has become a favorite holiday destination for ... Click to read the article details

The 2007 FIA Formula One Championship Fuji Televised Japanese Grand Prix took place from Friday September 28 to Sunday, September 30. It was hosted by the Fuji Speedway, within sight of Mount Fuji, just 40 minutes west of Yokohama.

Race Day 2007
Drivers completed the 67 laps at Fuji ... Click to read the article details

With the airline industry producing an increase in tourists for 2007, welcome figures have come from Malta's cruise industry too, with a record year of cruise ship passenger arrivals.

What makes the figures particularly impressive for the holiday island is that this year's record comes ... Click to read the article details

An annual battle between holiday resorts to attract visiting tourists and their wallets each summer is over, and it appears that the Spanish island of Majorca has won over the British market at least.

Since the advent of package holidays some fifty years ago initiated by holiday companies ... Click to read the article details

Televised scenes of British people forming long queues outside one of her biggest mortgages lenders, the Northern Rock bank, did little for confidence in the country's banking system.

Coming on top of the difficulties across the Atlantic in the US with their bank mortgage lenders, both ... Click to read the article details

Majorca has scored a stunning success this year by being the British holidaymakers island of choice for their annual getaway, and has now capped a successful summer by being top destination for the autumn too.

One travel site has reported that Majorca, along with Spain's Costa del Sol, ... Click to read the article details

It comes as no surprise that the German language is spoken in tourist spots where Germans on holiday tend to unite on the Spanish island of Majorca. It's also not unusual to find German food in Majorcan restaurants to accommodate the three million German tourists that visit Majorca on holiday ... Click to read the article details

Grace Kelly, the Princess of Monaco, will be the focus of two exhibits this fall in connection with the 25th anniversary of her untimely death.

Who was Grace Kelly?
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1929. She moved to New York and eventually to Monaco when she met and ... Click to read the article details

So many British people have bought a property in regions of Spain that it is now it is quite possible to live there quite comfortably without having to learn the language.

While many Brits do learn Spanish and socialise with locals who haven't moved away because of the high property ... Click to read the article details

Tourist statistics have shown the holiday island of Malta has enjoyed a ten per cent rise in arrivals this year compared to last.

Low cost airlines started flying to Malta in November 2006, and as well as showing the rise in visitors, the figures show that the tourists haven't diluted the ... Click to read the article details

Andorra's businessmen and women are normally counting their takings at the end of the country's ski season, but after the worst year for tourism for twenty years some are instead counting their blessings that they are in business still at all for the forthcoming 2008 skiing season.

While ... Click to read the article details

Despite being the second smallest country in the world Monaco has established herself as the natural European home for many of the world's wealthiest men and women due to her tax haven status, with many more visiting on holiday while cruising the Mediterranean for the Monte Carlo casino - and ... Click to read the article details

The good thing about an island when it comes to property is that there is a finite amount of land to build on, and property prices should be fairly safe even when other areas look likely to dip into recession.

Official figures just released have shown that the Mediterranean island of ... Click to read the article details

After Prince Albert became Monaco's Sovereign two years ago he soon set a path that would show him to be a leader among leaders for the environment movement.

In an effort to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and use public transport - not easy in a country that has the ... Click to read the article details

A slump in tourist numbers earlier this year has made the ski country of Andorra realise that they need to do more to attract skiers for the 2008 season and beyond, and they're investing heavily for future seasons to return the country to a dominant ski tourist destination.

After several ... Click to read the article details

Weekend clubbers from around Europe, and especially from the UK and Germany, descend upon Ibiza in the summer months for a week - and often two - of non stop partying.

Ibiza runs second only to the UK's main cities of London, Manchester and Liverpool in terms of popularity for clubbers, ... Click to read the article details

Holiday homes and investing in a property on the Spanish island of Majorca has been popular for several decades now, with many Europeans who have holidayed on the Spanish island deciding to buy a second home for holidays, a business, or for retirement.

But now the Mallorca islanders are ... Click to read the article details

The days of easy travel abroad have been over for a while now, with frequent long queues at passport control and baggage checks making air travel in particular a chore more than a joy.

But when the journey is fraught, if the destination is good the inconvenience is soon forgotten, and for ... Click to read the article details

It is estimated that over the last 100 years, nearly 180 million people have visited what is, undoubtedly, Europe's favourite island in the sun. Over those 100 years, these visitors have gone to the beaches, the mega-resorts, the small towns, the farming villages, and the mountains. Majorca has ... Click to read the article details

Yachting is a luxury activity. Super yachts can measure up to 90 meters long. They are a symbol of wealth, sophistication, power, and adventure.

Monaco is the centre of the yachting world, where sandy beaches and clear water meet jutting rock cliffs. Each year Monaco is the home to an ... Click to read the article details

The annual battle between holiday resorts to attract visiting tourists and their wallets each summer is over, and it appears that the Spanish island of Majorca has won over the British market at least.

Since the advent of package holidays some fifty years ago initiated by holiday ... Click to read the article details

2007 has proved to be a good year for Spanish tourism, and with Majorca doing particularly well, the sister island of Menorca is doing her best not to be overshadowed.

With official figures some way off, the general feeling in the hotels and holidays trade is that, like Majorca, an ... Click to read the article details

You may remember Bjorn Borg as the famous Wimbledon legend. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1956, he was the youngest player to have so much success in the sport of tennis. His first win came at the ripe age of 17. He quickly turned into a heartthrob and mesmerized fans with his calm, reserved, and ... Click to read the article details

Investing in businesses and holiday villas in Majorca has been popular for several decades now, with many Europeans who have holidayed on the Spanish island deciding to buy a second home for holidays, a business, or for retirement.

Prices have risen on the island as buyers - mainly ... Click to read the article details

New competition from former Eastern Bloc countries have focused the minds of the tourist boards in traditionally favourite holiday destinations for Europeans in recent years - and it appears they could be doing a good job as many of the most chosen areas for this year are pretty much the same as ... Click to read the article details

With a General Election possibly just four weeks away, the British Conservative Party is producing policy reviews that could be adopted for their manifesto - and should they win ultimately become part of a new administration's legislative programme.

One such review looks at taxation, and ... Click to read the article details

When preparing to go on vacation, remember to pack your manners. No matter where you end up travelling, the locals are going to base a lot on your behaviour, including how they perceive your culture in general, on how you behave.

It seems as though many who travel abroad forget to be ... Click to read the article details

Once upon a time, any cyclist would have been proud to compete in the Tour de France, but with its reputation in tatters after the 2007 race, the cyclists overwhelming desire this year was to get to Paris and then go home. After all the controversy of the race this year, it will take cycling ... Click to read the article details

With three landslide election victories under his belt, Tony Blair left Downing Street as the UK's Prime Minister undefeated electorally, in much the same way Margaret Thatcher had done seventeen years earlier.

Taking Tony Blair's place as Prime Minister, and leader of the Labour Party in ... Click to read the article details