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Holiday in the Costa Brava

February 8th, 2010 4:15 am

The Costa Brava is also famous for the thrilling nightlife that tourists can experience here. As well as the varied night life, families on holiday here can also the wide range of food and shopping in the Costa Brava. The region has numerous restaurants and shops.


Costa Brava is the perfect holiday destination for families staying in self catering holiday accommodation as there is so much for them to do. Many holiday makers like to take their children to the Aqua Brava Water Park. Visitors can enjoy numerous water slides in this park such as the Kamikaze and there are various swimming pools and wave pools. It also has an artificial water fall and a rock mountain which can be used for climbing. There are also various restaurants and pubs which serve reasonably priced food and drinks. Tourist can also enjoy cuisines and drinks while taking bath in a swimming pool bar.

The Costa Brava is also famous for fishing and offers various fishing trips where tourists can enjoy and learn how to fish. One popular fishing location is Cadaques beach which has beautiful landscapes and many seafood restaurants. As well as fishing you should try to visit the beautiful church known as Baroque. It would be a shame to miss such a famous and beautiful building.

Costa Brava is also famous for its thrilling night life as it is surrounded with various nightclubs, bars, pubs and discos. The best part is that entry to many of the nightclubs and discos is free which attracts many more tourists. You can also listen to traditional Spanish music and sample the delicious local food.

The coastal region has many beaches including the Bay of Roses beach. This beach is famous for the many types of water sports such as surfing and sailing that take place here. The area is also suitable for wind surfing due to the ideal conditions for this sport.

Besides these water activities you can also take part in the various beach activities such as volley ball and beach ball. Many families like to hire pedal boats while exploring many landscapes. In addition, shopping can also enjoyed near this beach and many tourists love to go on boat rides to see many other small hidden beaches.

How about a holiday where you can enjoy the comfort of your own home and also experience plenty of sun, sea and beach? The perfect solution is easy: rent a holiday home! Spain offers so many possibilities and in all its popular regions Club Villamar offers a carefully selected variety of holiday homes: Costa Brava, Costa Blanca and Costa Maresme are among the most beautiful destinations in Spain. They have suitable holiday rentals for everyone, whether you prefer to enjoy the Costa Brava in a luxurious holiday villa with a private pool or if you’re looking for a holiday home at the Costa Blanca. At Club Villamar your holiday starts already by having a look at their wide range of holiday homes. Spain will eventually be the holiday you dreamt of coming true.

Club Villamar is the largest provider of luxury holiday villas with private pool on the sunny Spanish Costa Brava. On their website you will find amazing villas on the Spanish Costa Brava and Costa Blanca selected especially for you. Are you looking for a 14 person villa with private pool in Lloret de Mar or a holiday home for 6 persons at walking distance from the Sant Antoni de Calonge beach? Or are you looking for a villa with private pool in Javea on the Southern Costa Blanca? Do you want to spend your holidays in the pitoresque Tossa de Mar or near the boulevard of Blanes? You will easily find the holiday home or villa of your choice to relax and enjoy your holiday.

Finding Cheap Car Rental

January 21st, 2010 3:11 am

Some other ways to find a cheap car rental rates are to look online with the different various rental companies or to call rental car companies where you are going. You can find these by calling the rental car companies or to call the different airports and ask about where to get the best rental car rates. You can check into these rates and compare them to the online rates that you find and you can work towards getting the best rates that are possible. If you do this finding a cheap rental car rate is definitely possible and something that you can do with ease. There are also a number of things that you should look for when looking into finding a cheap car rental rate.

When looking into the different various issues of car rental rate there are several things that you will want to consider prior to doing your search. You will want to consider what type of car that you want and how you are going to be able to manage that type of car as well as what you will be using your vehicle for. Remember that being flexible with the type of car that you want there is something that you will need to do. This means that you should be able to think about how things are going. Further there are some things that you will want to check on. Basically by understanding that there are a lot of things that should be considered and thought about from the beginning you can get a cheap car rental rate.

When looking online the first thing that you will want to do is to check out several different travel websites to get the best rates. Then you will want to check out the company itself and see if the rate is better without the overhead that the travel websites sell. Sometimes the actual company might have better rates and yet other times the travel websites will have better rates. You can also call the car rental company that you would be using at the location and give them the best rate that you found and see if they would beat that rate. Remember that getting a cheap car rental rate is something that should be easy for you and not something that you should have to work too hard.

Some of the best auto rental companies in the world can provide you with a great resource for vacation destinations. Some rental car companies may charge a small fee for different pick-up and drop-off locations. There are many different car rental agencies that offer many different models of cars. However if you need the car delivered anywhere within the city just let us know and we will deliver it to you. However if you own a car yourself than the insurance for your car often carries over towards a rental car.

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How To Pack For Cruise Travel

January 19th, 2010 12:08 am

You know what you want to pack as far as your wardrobe for your cruise vacation, but here are the little essentials that you might not think about.

One very important thing to pack is a Wall Mount Power Outlet with 3 Outlets. Electrical Outlets in the cruise cabins are very stingy and if you want to dry your hair while your curlers are heating up you will have a problem.


When I pack, I put all of my clothes in Dry Cleaners plastic bags. These will keep your clothes from wrinkling. Pack anything that can spill in zip lock bags.

An international power converter and a currency converter will be needed for European Cruises. Some people pack a night light for the bathroom. I have found if you leave the bathroom light on and close the door it is sufficient to guide you there in the middle of the night.

We pack a portable CD player with 20 CD’s and an alarm clock. We pack “two way” radios so we can communicate when we are in different parts of the ship. I like to sleep in when we go to the Caribbean and John likes to get up and have breakfast. He quietly lets himself out of the cabin, and when I get up I call him to let him know its “safe” to come back to the room.

In colder climates you will need a jacket and some long sleeve shirts. I always pack sturdy hiking boots if we go to Europe or Alaska. (Most of the time I wear them on the airplane with slacks since they take up so much room in the suitcase). They come in very handy when touring Europe’s sometimes centuries old cobblestone streets. When you go to Europe you will probably visit churches, and other religious buildings and proper attire must be worn-no sleeveless tops, no shorts and in some places a head covering. In Thailand it was necessary to remove our shoes before entering their holy places. You are in some else’s country and must abide by their rules. No matter where you are headed remember that cabins are small and have little closets and drawers. This is an important fact to know when you are packing.

Bring all of your toiletries, film, in-cabin wine, lotions, medications and dental care products from home. They will be quite pricey on the ship. If you have an on going medical problem have your doctor write a brief medical history so you can supply it to the ships doctor if a problem should arise. You should also pack things like, Alka Seltzer, constipation relief, cough drops, aspirin and band aids. Make up a little first aid kit that suits your needs. Don’t laugh, you will probably be trying new foods, eating more than usual, and you never know how you will react. Those items mentioned above are expensive on the ship.


A few things that are handy are clothes pins for weighing down the shower curtain (the showers are small and the curtain will stick to you when your wet. This really gives me the creeps). A highlighter is great for highlighting the activities on your daily cruise sheet. The night before highlight the events you want to participate in and all you have to do is glance at the sheet to know where you want to be and when. Tell your room steward on the first day to leave you two daily cruise sheets so each of you will have one. This way if one of you wants to go to the wine tasting and the other wants to join in the art auction you both know where and when. Then when it’s over, call each other on the two way radios and meet up for a drink or lunch or whatever. Another valuable little item is “post it notes” if you don’t have the two way radios. Just write on the post it where you are going and at what time and then stick on the outside of the cabin door. Presto your traveling partner knows where you are and when to expect you back. This is great for parents traveling with children.

Cruise Tip: Pack business cards with your email address on them. You meet all kinds of interesting people that you will want to stay in touch with. Some of our best friends are people we met on cruises, friends we continue to cruise with. I like to pack computer generated address labels to make it easy to send postcards.

I read this tip in several cruise reviews. Send a postcard to yourself. I have postcards from all over the world with the local stamps that I have sent to our home during each of our exotic cruises. I have a stamp from the CCCP – that was the USSR- years ago. Its fun and you will always get a chuckle when the post card catches up to you after you are home.

It is a smart thing to bring along your cell phone (which means the charger too). If you incur delays you can call your Travel Agent and have her call the cruise lines. You can make phone calls while you’re leaving port on the ship, and in some islands. The islands I have found to be cell phone friendly are the

Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Grand Cayman. It’s great for phoning for a cab to the airport, or getting in touch with friends when you disembark. On the islands that do provide service you won’t have to wait in long lines (pay phones on the islands is where the crew keeps in touch with home). It’s just a handy thing to do and would be invaluable in an emergency.

Please don’t forget a good sunscreen if you are going to the Caribbean. If you are from the colder climes and have not seen the sun in awhile you will

NEED it. Even in Alaska you have to wear a sunscreen.

Lastly, don’t forget your camera. Put this in your carry on, do not pack it. I have a friend that went to Hawaii and video taped a wedding, packed the camera in her luggage and it was stolen on the way home. If it is digital camera take extra memory cards since you will be taking lots of pictures and the cards are more expensive once you leave home.

Follow this advice and you will have a very enjoyable and comfortable cruise.

Happy Cruising!