30 Apr/04
Filed under: Britain, City Scene at 1:07 PM
Britain\'s world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens is about to launch its very own beer, made with ingredients from its verdant grounds in Kew, southwest London. Some 15,000 bottles of Kew Brew will go on sale May 2 at the gardens and at a nearby pub owned by Young\'s brewery, which created the beer from barley and hops [...]
The Gauls will be in jubilant mood : 2004 marks the 15th anniversary of Park Asterix, located north of Paris. To celebrate the anniversary, two major new attractions will open which include an acrobatic assault course in the trees and a druid laboratory featuring what promises to be weird and wonderful... Special anniversary rates will [...]
Improve your swing and bling bling Discover the ultimate in 19th holes, when Cannes launches its first ever Golf Festival in July. Not only can anyone take part, at some of the Riviera\'s ritziest, glitziest golf courses, but the post-round entertainment is serious jet set stuff. From July 3-10, the fairways and links of the prestigious golf [...]
There is a lot going on in Denmark all through the year! See for yourself by clicking on this list of major events. The list is made out chronologically - month by month. If an exhibition runs for the period March 15 to June 30, you will read about it for the first time under [...]
28 Apr/04
Filed under: World Travel, Europe at 4:54 PM
The underground Basque separatist group ETA has threatened attacks against tourists in Spain, the daily La Razon reported Tuesday. ETA sent English language letters containing the threat to embassies in Madrid, including Germany, Austria and Belgium, the newspaper reported. The letters stated the countries would be responsible for what might happen to their citizens. The threat [...]
The Pink Booklet, an indispensable advisory guide to help England's tourism accommodation providers navigate the minefield of legislation that affects their business is launched today by VisitBritain.
Puffin Season (May) - Bird watchers and nature lovers alike flock every spring to the Westmann Islands (20 miles south of Iceland) to view the return of the Puffin, or Lundi in Icelandic, from its long winter at sea. During this time millions of Puffins, the clowns of the sea, return to nest with their [...]
With one of the best lingerie departments in France, the Galeries Lafayette flagship stores celebrates the power and the beauty of French and international lingerie. In a totally renovated building, the 3rd floor of the main store presents, in a larger space that is hip, hot and worthy of the new century, the new lingerie [...]