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| Book Reviews - Holidays |
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| Provence & the Cote d'Azur with your family |
Frommer's
£12.99, Wiley
From lavender fields to sandy beaches, discover a destination with:
Picturesque hilltop villages with jaw-dropping views
Golden beaches bordering a dazzling Mediterranean Sea
Fast, exciting and glitzy resorts
Fairytale castles and gothic palaces to explore
Local food delicacies to delight all generations
Breathtaking nature reserves and parks
Let Frommer's show you where your family can:
Experience some of the most popular festivals in Europe
Discover artworks by Matisse, Picasso and Renoir
Try tree climbing, canyoning or white-water rafting
Enjoy a game of French boules with the locals
See hundreds of butterflies or visit a 'bird hotel'
See where the 'Man in the Iron Mask' was kept prisoner
Create your own unique perfume
We all know that planning a family holiday can be a nightmare. Which restaurants will cook off the menu to please small fussy appetites? Which beaches have clean toilets and safe bathing?
This is exactly the kind of specific information the With Your Family travel guides offer. They're packed with essential 'on the ground' advice on planning a holiday to please every member of the family - whether you're travelling with babies, small children or teenagers.
Each listed destination, activity and accommodation has been visited and tested - and only truly family friendly entries are featured. For more family fun, download the Frommer's Holiday Fun Pack at www.frommers.co.uk
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| Tuscany & Umbria with your family |
Frommer's
£12.99, Wiley
From renaissance architecture to stunning scenery, Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria with your family has all the inside knowledge on:
Majestic piazzas and unique historical sites
Fun festivals and traditions to enjoy
Pretty medieval hill towns with twisting streets to explore
Beautiful family-friendly beaches with clear, turquoise waters
Fantastic local cuisine and delicious gelato
Let Frommer's show you where your family can:
Ride the rapids or go mountain biking
Get an insight into the secret nightlife of wolves, owls and lynx
See a room of spooky skeletons and a grisly parade of mummies
Take a tour of a secret passageway in Florence
Admire Renaissance frescos up close
Stay in a picturesque country retreat
Packed with essential 'on the ground' advice on planning a holiday to please every member of the family - whether you're travelling with babies, small children or teenagers.
Each listed destination, activity and accommodation has been visited and tested - and only truly family friendly entries are featured. For more family fun, download the Frommer's Holiday Fun Pack at www.frommers.co.uk
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| Greek Islands with your family |
Frommer's
£12.99, Wiley
From golden beaches to ancient legends, Frommer's Greek Islands with your family has all the inside knowledge on:
Stunning beaches with azure waters and bustling harbour towns
Fascinating historical sites and fortresses to explore
Pretty white-washed villages and breathtaking views
Friendly and welcoming child-friendly restaurants
Dramatic landscapes to discover together
Let Frommer's show you where your family can:
Enjoy the best water parks in Greece
Find a great picnic spot next to a peaceful waterfall
Visit an ostrich farm or ride a camel
Discover the best beaches and watersports the islands have to offer
Relax in a rural idyll
We all know that planning a family holiday can be a nightmare. Which restaurants will cook off the menu to please small fussy appetites? Which beaches have clean toilets and safe bathing?
This is exactly the kind of specific information the With Your Family travel guides offer. They're packed with essential 'on the ground' advice on planning a holiday to please every member of the family - whether you're travelling with babies, small children or teenagers.
Each listed destination, activity and accommodation has been visited and tested - and only truly family friendly entries are featured. For more family fun, download the Frommer's Holiday Fun Pack at www.frommers.co.uk
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| Ruinair |
Paul Kilduff
€12.99, Gill & MacMillan
Stung by a ten-hour delay and a €300 fare to Spain on his native ‘low-fares’ airline, Paul Kilduff makes a plan — to fly to every country in the Ryanair network for the same total outlay. Armed with no more than 10kg of carry-on baggage, he endures 6 am departures, Six Nations-style boarding scrums, lengthy bus excursions, terminal anxiety and cabin crew who deliver famed 'customer service'.
Kilduff travels to places he never knew he wanted to go to on a little Irish airline that flies from A to somewhere remotely near B, weighs baggage as if it were gold, charges passengers to stand in line or to use a wheelchair, sells them tap water and scratch cards, lands its aircraft at the wrong airport, takes court cases against its own pilots, allows you to win free flights that cost €55 — and doesn’t even care if you show up. The text is spliced with the wit and wisdom of Mick O’Leary, the only man who can out-swear Gordon Ramsay.
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| Collins Language Revolution! Spanish - French - Italian |
Tony Buzan
£19.99, Harper Collins
Language Learning meets Mind Mapping with bestselling author and inventor of Mind Maps (R), Tony Buzan. Beginner French, Italian or Spanish packs each include a colourful and easy-to-use book, two CD's with over two hours of audio and a free support website.
Revolutionising the way language is learnt and used forever, you can learn in the way that works best for you, with book, with audio and online - all you need is your imagination, a sense of humour and coloured pens!
Mind Maps, the main learning tool of the course, will help you visualise and retain information while imagination and association, the Twin Pillars used to help you learn faster and more effectively, will help you create each Mind Map as well as develop your own learning style.
Learn a language and never forget it - now's the time to get started if you're heading off to France, Spain or Italy this year! |
| Beach Book, The |
Melcher Media
£8.99, Dorling Kindersley
A waterproof book, full of beachy tales – a must-have for the beach, pool or bath!
A blind hermit living on the shores of Kenya finds that his esoteric knowledge of seashells can save lives, forcing a haunting recognition of his own heart and humanity... An idealistic young globetrotter winds up stranded in a Thailand beach shack, determined to shed the baggage of his Western identity. Is it universal consciousness or a really bad case of dysentery?
Ten fantastic reads about beaches from internationally acclaimed authors, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Roald Dahl, and emerging voices Anthony Doerr and Frederick Reiken who’ve all heard the sea's siren song and written eloquently about it.
Printed on a waterproof, tear and stain-resistant material, designed to withstand any watery environment, pop it in your bag along with your costume, towel, and flip-flops – it’s the perfect companion for a day of sun, sand and surf.
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| Poolside |
Melcher Media
£8.99, Dorling Kindersley
A waterproof book, full of aquatic tales – a must-have for the beach, pool or bath!
A housewife surprises her family with Olympic ambitions. A party guest embarks on a fanciful tour of his neighbours' backyard pools. Amorous waterlogged youths make first contact in a shadowy swimming pond.
Submerge yourself in fourteen fantastic reads about the satisfactions and tribulations of learning to swim, from bestselling authors, including John Cheever, Ernest Hemingway, John Updike and Amy Bloom who show how swimming has an uncanny way of causing submerged passions to surface and transform even the most stubborn personalities!
Printed on a waterproof, tear and stain-resistant material, designed to withstand any watery environment, pop it in your bag along with your costume, towel, and flip-flops – it’s the perfect companion for a day of sun, sand and swimming.
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| Bin the Bucket and Spade |
Paul Jenner and Christine Smith
£9.99, White Ladder Press Ltd
Bin The Bucket & Spade costs £9.99 and can be ordered through the White Ladder Press Website or it can be bought at good bookshops nationwide. Reader Offer: readers ring 01803 813343 and buy the book for £7.50 if you quote Primary Times and the offer price of £7.50 including p&p.
Publication date 16 July 2007
Unusual family holidays in the usual destinations
Holidays with kids can so easily get stuck in a rut. It’s the same every year. A fortnight at the beach, or maybe a week in Disneyland. It’s all good fun, but childhood is the time to broaden their horizons and give them new experiences. Trouble is, you don’t want to do it at the expense of your sanity (or your bank balance) and you don’t know where to look for a holiday that will appeal to both you and the children, and won’t turn out to be a disaster.
This is a super book and I think a must have for all parents with children, it covers the usual places but offers you a chance to try something different. Something you may have thought about but decided it’s not for us – well maybe it is. This book has all the contact details for all areas and activities and means you don’t need to hunt for ages to find the details of a specific activity which may put some people off trying it. I am going to use this book regularly when out and about with my family. It is a great buy. Review submitted by Heather McLean, 29.5.07 |
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