The key to a memorable family holiday is, in a word, compromise. You need your destination to have a little something for each family member – something to keep dad’s interest levels ticking over, mum’s sun’n’shopping desires in check, and a fun time guarantee to stop the kids moaning in between. As the sunniest spot in Europe, and with history and culture in abundance, a cheap trip to…
The Greeks (despite their current financial worries) love a party. They’ll take any opportunity to celebrate their identity and to finish it off with a firework display that lights up the entire Mediterranean. On November 17th, it’s the kids’ turn to party on Polytechneio Day – a celebration and a chance to remember the students who died during the Greek resistance to German occupation in the 1940s….
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On the 28th of October every year Greece celebrates the power of the negative. Military parades, coastal celebrations and special Greek Orthodox Services commemorate the day, in 1940, that Greek President Yanni Mextaxas declared ‘Ochi!’, ‘No!’ in Greek, and rejected Benito Mussolini’s ultimatum that Greece be occupied by Axis forces or face war. Against all odds, and to their own amazement, the Greeks…
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After the great success of Locals about Greece, the Flythomascook team decided to gather a panel of seven Portuguese men and three Portuguese women and ask them the same questions about their country, culture and cuisine.
The most popular words to describe Portugal were sunny, beautiful, small, historic and welcoming – fabulous ingredients for a superb holiday if you’re asking us! If you’re especially interested in the countryside, the…
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For football fans and groupies, Paphos is the place to be this summer. The trendsetters, Manchester United and England football star Rio Ferdinand and Swansea City player Ashley Williams, stayed at the town’s five-star Elysium Hotel in June 2011. They were spotted at sandy beach, the hotel swimming pool bar, the trendy Lime Cocktail Bar and The World Famous Linekers Bar, both near the seafront in Kato Paphos. Book…
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