For our first week in Corsica we stayed about 20-minutes outside the town of Porto Vecchio... Accommodation in the actual town itself is reserved pretty much for the rich - it’s an exclusive, up-market resort with super-yachts frequenting its glittering marina - but we were able to stay more cheaply on the outskirts of the town and could easily drive…
Another of the most beautiful beaches near Porto Vecchio, on Corsica’s South-East coast, is in the bay of Rondinara, which is between the towns of Porto Vecchio and Bonifacio. The Rondinara bay is an almost perfectly circular cove lined with picturesque hillsides, down which a narrow road snakes from the top to a large car park a few hundred metres…
*** Update July 2019: We understand that Cae Du campsite in Beddgelert has closed down and will not re-open unless new owners are found to take it over. we seriously hope this happens because, as you’ll see from the below review, it’s a brilliant site. Note that this refers to Cae Du campsite in Beddgelert and not the campsite of…
We spent a week in August staying in this small town in south-eastern France, not by deliberate choice but because one of the only remaining available holiday villas we could find happened to be here. We had driven here from home in Southampton, spending the first week of our holiday in the west of the region and then driving here…
One of the advantages of where we stayed in the South of France (Saint Cezaire Sur Siagne near Grasse) was its almost perfect position for visiting the glamourous resorts of the Cote d’Azure but without having to pay the price of actually staying in those resorts. Our villa was about 45-minutes’ drive from the centre of Cannes, so we headed…
There aren’t many places in the world like Monaco, It’s a unique destination and, much like Cannes, is a place you probably either visit because you’re a billionaire with a mega yacht, or because you’re basically going to stare in amazement at those billionaires and their mega yachts! We were staying near Grasse, which was about an hour’s drive from…
We booked this villa for the second week of our fortnight trip to the South of France after finding it available at the last minute on the Homeaway website. The pictures on the website were a bit grainy and, coupled with the fact it was still available when so many other villas in the region were already booked, this made…
Sitting at the dinner table on a Friday evening in June, we were talking about what we might do at the weekend. We were struggling to come up with anything more exciting than just taking the dog out for a walk, which was a shame because the weather forecast was looking good and we didn't want to waste a good…
Beddgelert features in some of the earliest holiday memories of our whole family. It's somewhere we (Bev and Andy) both visited as children and is the first holiday experience our own children had too, so it's somewhere we have a great affection for. It's a small, incredibly picturesque village right in the very heart of Snowdonia National Park. Beddgelert (pronounced…
This has to be one of the most beautiful spots in the whole of Snowdonia and, maybe therefore, in the whole of the UK? There are numerous tracks up to the top of Snowdon, the Watkin Path being one which we find to be the most picturesque. Although we've walked to the top of Snowdon several times, we've never followed…
Considering Montenegro for your family holiday? We spent just over a week in Montenegro with our children aged 8, 12 and 16 and the answer to the question of is Montenegro suitable for a family holiday with children is definitely: yes! Montenegro is a slightly unusual destination for a family holiday - it's not the first place you think of…
Beddgelert Campsite is situated right in the very heart of Snowdonia in the famous village of Beddgelert - our favourite place in the whole of Snowdonia National Park. We've camped here as a family numerous times over the years - and Bev had her very first holidays as a child here 30 or so years ago! ** Update - June…
The Glaslyn river flows from the hillsides of Snowdon through the lakes of Llyn Dinas and Llyn Gwynant, through the centre of the village of Beddgelert before cutting its way through an impressive gorge known as Aberglaslyn Pass and eventually on to the sea at Tremadog Bay. It's the gorge at Aberglaslyn Pass which offers the most spectacular experience of…
The last stage of our drive from the UK to the South of France took us around a huge, picturesque lake, at which we stopped off at several points to enjoy the views, paddle and swim from the roadside beaches. Lac de St Cassien has calm, clear water and spots with restaurants and shady sitting areas perfect as a getaway…
The view from the Dubrovnik Cable Car at sunset is completely breathtaking - but did you realise there's parking at the top which means, if you have a car, you can simply drive up there and avoid the Dubrovnik cable car queues completely? One of the dominant features in and around Dubrovnik is the cable car, which runs between Old…
If you're reading this because you're in Dubrovnik and thinking of using Dubrovnik Boat Rentals, we can save you a lot of time and tell you: stop thinking about it and just book it up now! If you want a bit more detail on this amazing experience, read our full Dubrovnik Boat Rentals review here... There are lots of boat…
We were recommended to try the Konavle off-road safari by another of the guests staying at our apartment, who returned one afternoon full of excitement about the day they'd just had doing the same. Everything we'd spent the previous week doing around Dubrovnik involved the beaches and the sea so, considering the rave reviews the other guests were giving Konavle…
The centrepiece of the whole Dubrovnik region is the Old Town - made famous as the location of Kings Landing in Game of Thrones and also featuring in Star Wars. It's a beautiful, 16th century town enclosed by huge stone walls which are built right on the edge of the Adriatic coastline. It's full of narrow cobbled streets with small…
We booked the 3-bed apartment 'Klis' in Mlini for a week for our family of five as the base for our stay in the Dubrovnik region. Apartment Klis appears to be available to book on several of the online holiday booking sites, but we found it and booked through Booking.com. The booking process was smooth and communication with the owner…
While we were in Dubrovnik Old Town looking at the options for a boat tour to a nearby island or beach (there are tons of these tours being touted by operators all around the harbour area of the Old Town), the children spotted the bright red and yellow 'Dubrovnik Semi-Submarine' out on the water. The Dubrovnik Semi-Submarine boat These are…
