A Trip To Spain

By Michelle & Douglas / January 10, 2025
We are not frequent holiday visitors to Spain, other than for long weekends or a bit of out of season...
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A Trip To Spain

Mexico : Mexico City & Manzanillo

By Michelle & Douglas / December 23, 2024
Mexico is a perfect escape for the New Year, dry sunny and above all hot, a little cooler in Mexico...
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Mexico : Mexico City & Manzanillo

Europe : Malta

By Michelle & Douglas / October 9, 2024
Malta is a small island sat in the Mediterranean 80Km  south of Sicily,  enjoys good weather for most of the...
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Europe : Malta

Cuba : Havana & Varadero

By Michelle & Douglas / September 5, 2024
Havana ; To and From Not the easiest flight path from Dublin,  nothing direct means a limited US connection option...
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Cuba : Havana & Varadero

Europe : Vienna Short Break

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Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs’ summer residence. We decided to visit in early summer ahead of the crowds and took…

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Europe : Athens

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Back on the move after Covid lockdowns 2021 ! To & From Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, ( AIA ) Athens has an odd climate, oppressively hot in the summer months, but pleasant either side with a wet winter. We arrived in late September a perfect compromise. Best option was a Ryanair flight to the…

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Some Of Our Top Hotels Around The World!

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Having traveled the world we are delighted to share some of our favourite hotels experienced on our travels from India to USA & back in Ireland ! Four Season’s Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, our beachside bed! Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India, ringing in NYE ! St Regis Hotel Nikolskaya, Moscow where we celebrated NY…

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Americas : Costa Rica

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FOUR SEASONS RESORT COSTA RICA AT PENINSULA PAPAGAYOCosta Rica is a rugged, rainforested Central American country with coastlines on the Caribbean and Pacific, it is a peaceful small democracy, barely 200 miles wide and 300 miles long, it is sandwiched between Panama to the South and Guatemala to the North, Its capital, San Jose, is…

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USA : San Diego

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To & From: San Diego is a long haul destination with no direct flights out of Dublin. We decided to visit whilst in California, having flown to LA and after spending a week in Palm Springs, drove around the Mt San Jacinto State Park and through the Palomar mountains to arrive a couple of hours…

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USA : Florida

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To & From: We travelled to Florida over a dozen times between 2004 and 2008, benefitting or perhaps justifying owning a property at Southern Dunes Golf and Country club, a gated community in Haines City roughly a 15 minutes drive South of Kissimmee. See useful link 1. Flights to Orlando are many and varied, some…

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Africa : Senegal

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To & From: There are no direct flights to Dakar the Capital of Senegal from Dublin, the most logical is via Lisbon, but we actually chose a more complex route which in hindsight may not have been the most logical. We chose Turkish Airlines, which flew via Istanbul, but unbeknown to us at time of…

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