Cobblers Cove is a world renowned charming small hotel is situated on the north west coast of Barbados.

With only 40 rooms it seems to be more like a home than a hotel, and the ocean front colonial style main house has a wonderfully friendly atmosphere.

With a secluded beach this is an ideal hotel for those seeking calmness, privacy, and personal service as a priority, it would be an ideal place for a Barbados Summer Vacation Special.

Cobblers Cove is in a wonderful situation, and is a fantastic place for a relaxing vacation.

It probably won’t suit those who want an action packed holiday but we just loved the tranquil setting,and the spacious, comfortable accommodation.

The food was excellent, and we found the staff to be both attentive and friendly, The waiters and waitresses all made an effort to greet you by name and the reception staff were great at organising taxis, and advising us about great places to go. In addition the watersports staff were terrifically helpful at all times.

If you want to be active , whilst the beach is fairly narrow, this in itself wasn’t a problem with swimming, snorkelling (with turtles about 100m off shore) and water skiing, or sailing as well as lazing by the pool, you were spoiled for choice. In fact for fitness buffs, there is a gym, and for non fitness buffs a TV and Internet room.

Afternoon tea at 4pm is a feature, with classic cucumber sandwiches an especial favourite, and also some wonderful cakes!! Apart from afternoon tea, the meals were all fantastic in fact.

If you want to eat outside the hotel, you might care to try ‘ La Mer ‘ in St. Charles, ‘ The Tides ‘ in Holetown , and ‘Groots’. You could be disappointed by ‘ The Lone Star ‘ but ‘ The Mews ‘, and ‘ Olives ‘ are worth a try, and cost less!!

If you want to see photographs of Cobblers Cove, then go to http://www.worldwidevacationspots.com/articles/4/1/Cobblers-Cove/Page1.html

Each of the 40 spacious suites have their own living areas, with balcony or patio, air conditioned bedrooms, bathroom and wet bar with towelling robes and English-style toiletries.

Each suite has a kitchen including a drink-stocked refrigerator, tea and coffee-making facilities, and a toaster, Most have double connecting doors to the adjacent room. Sitting rooms have sofa beds ideal for a child. There are two 2 bedroom deluxe suites which are ideal for families or two couples travelling together.

You will love Cobblers Cove, and we will certainly return there

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Ian Smith writes articles for www.worldwidevacationspots.com, and also recommends you study it for reviews of hotels in some of the most beautiful places in the world

The Haywain - part of the "Day Out In Constable Country" tour

When I was growing up in Africa, we had two paintings by John Constable in the lounge. I guess Mum and Dad liked the reminder of the English countryside. Now I’m back in the UK I decided to explore “Constable Country” for myself, and was lucky enough to find a local to help me.

Tour By Taxi offer private tours around the Essex / Suffolk border area. Having previously experienced tours which whisk you around at breakneck speed, I was delighted to find I could set the pace to suit me and spend time enjoying this beautiful area.

We started off in Dedham Village, a charming place for a stroll in the spring sunshine. The area benefited from the wool trade in the 15^th and 16^th centuries, and there is a wealth of architecture to admire. The Parish Church appears in many of Constable’s paintings and is worth a visit, particularly to see one of only three Altarpieces painted by Constable.

After a short stop at Stratford St. Mary, with a visit to the site of Constable’s ‘Stratford Mill’ painting, we took a break for lunch in East Bergholt. We lingered here for a while, seeing Constable’s early studio, Moss Cottage, and the site of his childhood home, East Bergholt House. Just down the road is the Church of St. Mary the Virgin with a highly unusual bell cage. This was built as a temporary measure to house the church bells whilst the church tower was built, but this was never completed. We also found the Constable family tomb and the grave of Willy Lott, whose home was captured for posterity in ‘The Haywain’. The stained glass windows are also worth spending a few minutes over, especially the panel dedicated to Constable with a cheeky depiction of the baby Jesus having his portrait painted.

For our final destination we headed to Flatford Mill, where Constable painted what is possibly his most recognised picture, ‘the Haywain’, as well as ‘Flatford Mill’ and ‘Boat Building near Flatford’. The National Trust offer guided tours , and there are boats for hire, but we decided to continue with our “take your time tourism” and enjoyed wandering along the river soaking up the scenery. It’s remarkably unchanged since Constable’s time, and long may it stay that way.

Tour by Taxi can reached via their website at www.tourbytaxi.co.uk

The following article discusses how to secure discount International plane tickets as well as looking at the history of cheap air travel.

The invention of the airplane has truly helped us in countless ways we cannot imagine. It has revolutionized the travel industry by making it easy for us to cross borders and go wherever we may wish to go to around the world. Places before that took days, weeks and even months to reach by boat are now just hours away if we travel by plane. When we need to get somewhere very important in the shortest possible time, that place is just a flight away. Shorter travel time has enabled people to travel more and explore other places of destination within arm’s reach.

I believe that everybody will agree with me when I say that a lot of people all over the world love to travel. I myself get excited with anticipation when I get the opportunity to visit unknown places, exotic locations, and most especially tropical paradises. I enjoy the learning experience of discovering the colorful culture of other countries, learning about their vibrant history, unique customs and one-of-a-kind traditions.

Whatever may be our reason for a strong desire to travel, be it to explore far away places, have a family getaway, spend quality time with a loved one or just have the luxury of time to relax and unwind form all the stress at work; we don’t get to travel that much because of the cost involved. With the rising prices in fuel coupled with the security concerns associated with traveling whether locally or internationally, lesser people are able to afford the rising airfare rates.

But how do you secure discount international plane tickets? What if there were ways for you to get to travel for free? Now wouldn’t that be such a sweet deal. It may sound impossible but believe me there are a number of ways to get travel freebies. You just have to look in the right places.

You can actually win free travel tickets from raffles. There are always companies offering vacation sprees as prizes for their raffle entries as part of their marketing and promotions. Most of the prizes here though are for specific destinations and you cannot choose or specify your choice location. A lot of people will also be joining these raffles especially if it is free to join, so your chances of winning are slim.

You can also get free travel tickets as a free or bonus item for certain purchases. Some companies offer travel packages as an incentive whenever you buy something from them. These programs are usually offered for big purchases, like when you buy a new vehicle, purchase high-end appliances or avail of a club membership. The purchase of a vacation package may also entitle you to a free flight of your chosen place of destination as an added freebie.

It has also been a popular practice nowadays with airline companies to issue frequent flyer cards. Every time you travel on a particular airline you earn miles equivalent to the miles you have traveled. You accumulate these miles and upon reaching a certain number, you can exchange them for certain goods or items. But most importantly, you can exchange them for airline tickets to any place or destination. If you travel most of the time, it would work to your advantage to avail of this frequent flyer program for you could definitely get a lot of free flights. Credit card companies are even entering the picture. Certain credit card companies are offering its clients the opportunity to convert their purchase points into travel miles. Upon accumulation of the minimum required miles, you can redeem these for free airline tickets.

You don’t have to spend to travel for free. If you know where to look, you are well on your way to getting that free travel vacation you have been looking for. Think out of the box to get your discount international plane tickets!

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Steven Mitchell is the Marketing Manager for the UK Travel website, www.TREKtheUK.com. The website also offers a comprehensive Wales Travel Guide.

Damn, Beijing is a big place. Its not just that the city is big – bursting with people in every corner. Everything that they build here is.. BIG! No kidding. We list here..

The Top 3 BIGGEST Beijing Attractions:

1. The Great Wall: Mongolians stay out! Like all the other attractions featured in today’s article, this was built ever so long ago as a defence against the country’s northern invaders. You can see this wall from up in space, they say, and really, this place needs no introduction. The walls wind all the way as far as the eye can see. Badaling is the portion of the wall most people may tell you to go because it has been rebuilt and you will get all the towers and rebuilt walls for your camera. However, JinShanLing and SiMaTai attract good reviews from the more adventurous tourists because there will be less people there and the scenery more picturesque.

2. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City: Wow, if you think you have seen enough palaces and castles from travelling around the world, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The Forbidden City is fronted by the Tiananmen Square, the worlds largest public square (if there is anywhere close to this, it would be absolutely amazing) and scene of the Tiananmen Massacre. The sight of green-uniformed, red badged guards stationed around the square gives a real feel of the old communist state ruled with an firm fist. Common folk were once forbidden from entering the great palace that you see beyond the square, and when you enter the most enormous courtyard you have every seen, and thus the beginning of a place that feels like a whole different world by itself. Architecture here is also quientessentially Chinese, and perhaps the best bird’s eye view of it all can be seen at Mao’s Masoleum (located outside, next to the Tiananmen Square)the resting place of the father of communism in China.

3. Summer Palace: Beijing gets pretty hot in the summer, and once you’ve been to the Forbidden City, you will imagine its a real oven there especially! So the royalty moves to the Summer Palace then, where the collection of palace temples, gardens, pavilions, and lakes served as a cooler retreat for the imperial court. Whilst a major part of the place is taken up by Kunming Lake, its boats and lakeside resting places, along with the main tower/hall, a personal highlight is also the a long corridor along one side of the lake, filled with mythical paintings and scenes.

Top Notes of Caution:

1. People: There are just so many of them! That alone is alright, but many smart local Chinese folks start having the dollar sign in their eyes when they spot the foreigner walking by. Taxi? Souveneir? Take photo with mascot dressed up as Chinese Emperor? You want woman?! They will sell you anything, and be aware that a big number of unlicensed/selling low quality products/pricing goods depending on how rich you look. No kidding. Best advice may be a) don’t start, because they will NOT let you off that easily thereafter; and b) inspect goods’ quality and know your prices before you start – what is cheap to you may be a killing to them, especially if they are selling you non-authentic souveneirs.

2. Extreme Weathers: Beijing is located quite far from the coastline, is packed with people and mega-structures, and is in fact next to the desert. Winters (subzero temperatures) and summers (above 40 degrees Celcius) are extreme so autumns may be a good time (with less tourists as well).

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The Backpacker blogs on BackpackersAsia.com, part of the Asia websites group including PropertyAndAsia.com and RoyalFlushAsia.com. Visit us for pictures and guides on touring Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xi’an, Singapore, Bali, Phukett, Goa, Dubai or any other destination in Asia.

The opportunity for most of us to take a short break or holiday is something that most of us take for granted but in virtually every community, there are families with children who have never had the chance to experience a holiday. These families are in desperate circumstances for a number of reasons: dealing with disability, bereavement, poverty, mental health problems or abuse.

The Family Holiday Association has been helping these families for more than 30 years. A typical holiday provided by the charity gives a family a week’s break in a caravan in a UK seaside town. Whilst, it doesn’t sound as exotic as foreign beach holiday, these breaks are invaluable to the families involved. The week away helps to strengthen family bonds and give family members a fresh perspective. In turn, the motivation provided by the change of environment will hopefully give these families the encouragement to make positive changes to their lives.

In order to be granted an FHA holiday, families must fulfil three criteria:
-         The family must have child over three and under 18
-         They must be on a low income
-         They must not have taken a holiday in the last four years

Families are referred by a welfare agent and all applications that fit the criteria are treated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

The Family Holiday Association receives no government funding and therefore welcomes support from individuals and companies to help reach the goal of helping 1,600 families in 2009.

To make a donation, learn more or connect with the Family Holiday Association, please visit:

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