Link Categories

non-commercial travel sites

mainstream commercial holidays

transport & travel

specialist commercial holidays

France: hotels

Spain: hotels

France: cities, towns & regions

disabled/special interest websites

Spain: cities, towns & regions

Cyprus: cities, towns & regions

UK Hotels

Non-Commercial Sites; travellers tales, ongoing stories, one-off anecdotes

The excellent and entertaining Bill Davies has been living aboard his narrowboat, Rosy, on the French canals since 2001

www.billybubbles.demon.co.uk

An interesting and useful record of an 8-week caravan trip around and about in France with Andy and Ann

www.andyandann.f9.co.uk

Kahawi - a sell-up and sail website

www.kahawi.co.uk

If you ever dream about yachting - sailing into the sunset - read this!

cruisenews.net

Transport & Travel

Easyjet - do it all online at www.easyjet.com

Ryanair - once Ireland, now the universe - www.ryanair.com

British Midland - still flying along nicely - www.flybmi.com

The world's favourite airline (they said) - www.british-airways.com

Cross-channel the French way - www.seafrance.com

Float your boat cross-channel - www.poferries.com

France - trains take the strain - www.sncf.com

UK - trains that strain brains

Ferries Dover - Dunkerque - Norfolk Line

Zippy Channel crossers - nice www.hoverspeed.com

France: cities, towns & regions

Paris - possible centre of the universe - www.paris.fr

Calais - stay, don't run away - www.pas-de-calais.com

Montpellier, relaxing south of France city - www.ville-montpellier.fr

Tours, capital of the Loire Valley - www.ligeris.com

Perpignan - spent a day there one morning - www.mairie-perpignan.fr

Loire Valley tourism - www.tourisme-touraine.com

France - hotels

Paris - Hotel Apollo** (Gare du Nord) - www.hotel-apollo-paris.com

Tours - Hotel du Manoir** , charming - site.voila.fr/hotel.manoir.tours

France - budget price chain - 1st Classe Hotels

France - budget price chain - Formula 1

Calais - Hotel Pacific**, cosy - www.cofrase.com/hotel/pacific

Spain: cities, towns, regions

Barcelona - fun and art in the sun - www.ben.es

Alicante - seaport city with charm - www.alicante-ayto.es

Cyprus: cities, towns, regions

Cyrprus Tourism Office - http://www.cyprustourism.org/cypr us.html

The Spring Chicken Club November to Easter excursions from Limassol chicken.html

UK Hotels & booking services

hotel bookers at cheap prices - www.octopustravel.com

Rooms, rooms, rooms . . .  www.travelodge.co.uk

Mainstream commercial holidays

Direct selling arm of TUI - Portland Holidays Direct

Direct sales - good on long-term hols - Mercury Direct

Are these your First Choice - www.firstchoice.co.uk

Thomson - another arm of TUI - www.thomson.co.uk

A biggie in the business - Thomas Cook - www.thomascook.com

Expensive but good Saga - www.saga.co.uk

Specialist commercial holidays

Cruise UK canals on the deluxe fully crewed canal boat Leonora
www.hotelboatleonora.co.uk

Travelsphere coaching holidays www.travelsphere.co.uk

Yes, really Great Rail Journeys -www.greatrail.com

Coaching hols from E Anglia - Galloways - www.galloway-travel.co.uk

Big on Malta - Chevron Air Holidays - www.chrevron.co.uk

Value coach hols to super Scots hotels - www.LochsAndGlens.com

American disabled travel company www.disabilitytravel.com

Special interest websites

A site designed to assist disabled caravanners - very worthwhile and fills a much needed information gap.

www.caravanable.co.uk

A very useful place for disabled airline passengers which is a good starting point for any trip

http://www.flying-with-disability. org

Location of GreyTraveller movies online for broadband users

http://www.peoples-tv.co.uk