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Steam-Packet - UK to France & Belgium. UK to Isle of Man & Ireland
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. See Rail/Coach/Boat - Faroe Islands
Travel London to London Airports - Prices (subj to change) -Gatwick Express from Victoria Station - 30 mins. Single £13, Return £24 -Heathrow Express from Paddington - Terminals 1-3 - 15 mins., Terminal 4 - 23 mins. Single £13 Return £25 (+£2 if bought on train) -Stansted Express from Liverpool St - 45 mins. Single £14.50 Return £24 -Luton Thameslink from King's Cross Thameslink - Blackfriars - London Bridge - Gatwick. From London 30 mins. and then 5 mins. in free shuttle bus from Luton Parkway to airport. Single £10
However see TheTrainLine.com (pre-booking) for airport to airport cheap fares: Gatwick to Stansted £21.10s/£32.30rtn. Gatwick to Victoria £9s/£18rtn (then take tube to Heathrow).
Useful links for London Underground (tube): Transport London . Underground map. Real time disruption map of tube Travinfo@tfl.gov.uk or Tel: +44 (0)20 7222 1234 Note: Best way from Gatwick to Stansted. Rail to Victoria then Victoria Tube Line to Tottenham Hale abt 22mins. Train every 3 mins. Total transfer time from LGW to STN approx 2hrs.
Rail between UK and Europe See under Europe at #raileuro
Travel in Scotland - Useful Travel Links ScotRail - Rail information and tickets CityLink.co.uk - Bus routes, timetables and fares (Scotland) Calmac - Ferry routes and timetables within Scotland Holiday.Scotland.net - Scottish Tourist Board TheLocalWeb.Net- Carhire Orkney Marness Garage, St Ola (nr Kirkwall). Budget £18 pd / Clio £31d 01856/874462. office@marness.co.uk
TravelExtras.com bmibaby link. Hotels from £6pppn, Carrental from £10pd, Airport parking UK fm £ 2.95pd. Tel 0871 900 8263.
CARHIRE & ROUTEPLANNER
At www.rac.co.uk/travelservices/ the RAC has an excellent European Online Route Planner which gives a road by road and corner by corner schedule.
ArgusRentals.com - Excellent worldwide online car hire. Best deals on car hire in locations from Canada to Australasia. Carhire in Nice, Malaga, Alicante, Heathrow, Dublin.
TheTravellerUK.com - Advantage Travel agent. Tel 01524/422 562 or 0870 027 0056 Fx 425 379. 63 Yorkshire St, Morecambe LA3 1QF sales@thetravelleruk.com Karen & Anthony are Australasia experts. Other destinations via Advantage4Travel.com/traveller Go-NowTravel.com/ - Late Deals, Low Cost Flights, Hotels, Cruises, Ferries, Car Hire, Airport Parking, Villa Rentals, Next Weekend Escapes, Hot Deals by Email, Travel Insurance Tel 08700/10 62 42 BlissHolidays.co.uk - Handy flights and holiday finder. Special offers, accommodation, carhire, cruises, airport parking, resort representation. Nifty all types of flight/holiday search engine. Tel: 0845 055 1444 [The "Flights" search only searches charter flights and offers UK to Bouvet Island which is a block of ice but not to Malaga! Stick with the homepage.]
Escape.News.com.au Excellent articles over Europe and the British Isles and the world
MajorTravel.co.uk Good cheap flight search engine for flight starting UK
Get-Packing.com Cheap Flights & Airline Tickets. Dubai, Auckland, Perth, Beijing, Kuala-Lumpur as well as Europe, USA, Canada, India and many more...Hotels, Carhire, Travel Guides also.
easyHotel.com - Central London from £20. Basel, Switzerland from CHF 30. The latest from easyJet and many more to come. easyInternetCafe.com - 18 in London and at 16 towns all over the UK. Also in Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Cyprus. 4 in New York. Clear your mail here and in 7 other European countries at one off rate buying more time if demand down.
Hostelworld.com/Ryanair - Cheap hotels/hostels at Ryanair destinations Halfpricehotels.co.uk - Some really good special offers to be found here Superbreak.com - Really good booking engine for London hotels, entertainment, breaks, airport hotels VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Travelante.com - Alberghi Hotel search in Italian. Includes top rate hotels. HotelsBeforeYouGo.com - Airport Parking. Good prices. HotelOpia.com - Hotels, carrental and airport parking if you are flying with bmibaby. Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide. All-Rooms.com - Discount Reservations - Hotels, motels, inns, B&B and other accommodation. Handy UK, IOM and Channel Isles hotel search engine
ArgusRentals.com - Excellent worldwide online car hire. Best deals on car hire in locations from Canada to Australasia. Carhire in Nice, Malaga, Alicante, Heathrow, Dublin.
TravelExtras.com bmibaby link. Hotels from £6pppn, Carrental from £10pd, Airport parking UK fm £ 2.95pd. Tel 0871 900 8263. PS. We tried their worldwide hotel reservations but prices were far too high.
UK / WORLD Airport Parking Nightlife.co.uk - Airport Parking You can be more specific and search for Liverpool Airport Parking but New York is listed too!
Regarding Airport Parking , Airport-Parking-Shop.co.uk Searches the various companies. Currently, Ringway is £34pw and Airparks, Handforth Dean, 0161/486 6655 (used twice) £39pw. Directions to the parking location is faxed, mailed or telephoned and proved simple to follow. Excellent shuttle services to the airport.
Lake District accommodation - BowerHouseInn.co.uk In Eskdale the Bower House Inn (a charming olde worlde pub, restaurant and hotel). Dining - Ian Dutton's Miller Howe (Red Lion Sq), Grasmere THE place to eat. Salmon and seafood jacket potato with salad £7.95.
As most links for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are also applicable to the UK/Ireland sections, they will be found there. A visit to Ireland often encompasses Eire and Northern Ireland and so this heading refers to the whole island. Purely Irish links such as rail, bus, accommodation are being transferred to this section which will later be fully separate.
Belfast Intl Airport BIA - Destinations map easyJet Alicante, Amsterdam, Berlin Schoenenfeld, Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, Inverness, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Malaga, Newcastle, Nice, Palma, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome Ciampino Jet2 Barcelona, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Leeds Bradford, Prague, Murcia (Summer 2006) BMIBaby Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Nottingham East Midlands Zoom.com Toronto, Vancouver Continental New York Newark Manx2.com to fly Blackpool and Belfast Intl from 15 Jul 2006 and Leeds/Bradford from 12 Aug 2006 (connects to budget airline Jet2.com). Manx2.com (registered in the Isle of Man) Tickets on sale 29 May via website or 0870 242 2226. Info via info@manx2.com
Travelpaths.com Meath, Ireland based agent offering flights, accommodation, carrental, cruises and holiday packages. Map of Irish Counties - with slideshow, galleries and links to Ireland.
Fodors.com MiniGuide - Belfast and Northern Ireland
easyHotel.com - Central London from £20. Basel, Switzerland from CHF 30. The latest from easyJet and many more to come. easyInternetCafe.com - Dublin. Clear your mail here and in 7 other European countries at one off rate buying more time if demand down.
Superbreak.com - Really good booking engine - also for Irish hotels, entertainment, breaks, airport hotels VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Travelante.com - Alberghi Hotel search in Italian. Includes top rate hotels. Halfpricehotels.co.uk - Some payable and also "not so half price" offers to be found here HotelOpia.com - Hotels, carrental and airport parking if you are flying with bmibaby. Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide.
Worldwide Carrentals ArgusRentals.com - Excellent Ireland based worldwide online car hire. Best deals on car hire in locations from Canada to Australasia. European carhire includes Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (FYR), Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Madeira, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (Great Britain & N Ireland). Also books hotels.
Air Berlin - German (and UK) Low Cost Airline The German low cost behemoth flies from its Swiss hub at Zurich to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Hannover and Düsseldorf in Germany as well as to destinations in Spain, Portugal, Italy and the Balearic Islands. The airline also connects Zurich to Vienna, Budapest and Warsaw in Central Europe and to London Stansted and Manchester in the UK. Atlas Blue - Moroccan Low Cost Airline Operates no-frills flights to Marrakech in Morocco from Zurich for 200 Swiss Francs one-way including taxes and from Geneva for 183 Swiss Francs one-way including taxes - equivalent to €131 and €120. Almost certainly the cheapest way to get to north-west Africa from Switzerland. bmi baby - UK Low Cost Airline Straightforward, medium priced, low cost flights from Geneva to Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham East Midlands and Teesside airports in the UK. If bmi baby's promotional 25% discount applies, flights are available for as little as 83.12 Swiss Francs - about £37 or €54 - one-way, including taxes. Cimber Air - Danish Low Cost Airline A Danish airline which operates flights between Basel and Copenhagen in Denmark for a cheapest tax-inclusive fare of 883 Danish Kroner, equivalent to 180 Swiss Francs or €119. Not the cheapest low cost airline around, but worth a glance if all the best Maersk Air deals have gone. Cimber Air's user-friendly booking engine will help you locate the lowest available fares quickly and easily. Discovery - Czech Low Cost Airline A relatively little-known Czech airline which operates low fare routes from Geneva and Sion to Prague on a yield management basis for a cheapest one-way price of €66 including taxes - about 102 Swiss Francs or 2081 Czech Koruna. That's more expensive than flying to Prague with Smart Wings but still cheaper than either helvetic or fly baboo. easyJet - European Low Cost Airline Europe's largest no-frills airline provides low cost connections from Zurich to London Luton, from Basel to Luton, Stansted, Liverpool and Berlin Schönefeld in Germany and from Geneva to a large number of destinations across Europe including Paris, Berlin, Rome, Budapest, Madrid, Barcelona and Amsterdam. Fly Baboo - Swiss Low Cost Airline Operates flights from its hub at Geneva to the Swiss town of Lugano, to Venice and Florence in Italy, Valencia in Spain and to Prague in the Czech Republic. Fly Baboo has a very stylish image, but for all that it can often compete on price with Switzerland's other principal budget operator, helvetic. germanwings - German Low Cost Airline Flies from Zurich to Cologne-Bonn airport on the Rhineland in western Germany. germanwings regularly holds Crazy Night and Crazy Weekend promotions during which hundreds of extra one-way flights are sold at very low fares. However, even outside promotional periods, if you can find the cheapest Flight 4U tariff - 1 Swiss Franc before taxes - you can fly one-way from Zurich for the staggeringly low price of 29 Swiss Francs - just under €19. helvetic - Swiss Low Cost Airline Another fixed price airline which operates out of Zurich. Even if you book at the last minute, helvetic will fly you from Zurich to destinations including London Gatwick, Prague, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Vienna for €132 including taxes. The Swiss budget carrier has also just introduced flights to two new Macedonian destinations, Skopje and Ohrid, for a fixed one-way price of €231 including taxes, though this seems like less of a bargain. InterSky - Austrian Low Cost Airline Though an Austrian low fare airline, InterSky runs a couple of routes from Switzerland: from Bern to Berlin Tempelhof and Vienna. Fares start at 94 Swiss Francs including taxes to both the German and Austrian capitals. Maersk Air - Danish Low Cost Airline Flies low cost routes from both Geneva and Zurich to Copenhagen in Denmark. Fares start at around 95 Swiss Francs, 455 Danish Kroner or €62 including taxes. Sky Europe - Central European Low Cost Airline Operates connections from Zurich to Bratislava and Kosice in Slovakia. Low cost flights to the Slovakian capital start at around 84 Swiss Francs. For an additional 60 Swiss Francs you can take advantage of Sky Europe's Skylink service from Bratislava on to Kosice in eastern Slovakia. Smart Wings - Czech Low Cost Airline Provides a simple low cost service from Zurich to Prague for which the cheapest one-way flights are available for 88 Swiss Francs or 1800 Czech Koruna including taxes - about €57. The cheapest way to fly to Prague from Switzerland without exception. Virgin Express - Belgian Low Cost Airline Branson's low cost airline flies direct from Geneva to Brussels Zaventem International for a cheapest one-way fare of 62 Swiss Francs including taxes which equates to €41. As with most low cost airlines, booking as far ahead as possible is the best way to guarantee finding the cheapest flights.
Escape.News.com.au Excellent articles about Europe, the British Isles and the world
Ryanair.com - The cheapest way to fly around Europe. Often have free or almost free seat give-aways
Easyjet.com - Even more European discounted fares destinations
Hapag Lloyd Express (links to Hapag Lloyd ex Germany). Flies Manchester to Cologne or Stuttgart; Newcastle to Hanover; and Dublin to Hamburg or Stuttgart presently. Flights for £14 one way incl. taxes all gone but for euro 30 still to be had. Flies onwards from all above destinations and connects with Hapag Lloyd – see http://hlf.de for cheap flights to N Africa and the Mediterranean
Hapag-Lloyd - from Germany to all round the Mediterranean. Germany's Ryanair
European airlines categorized according to home country but also UK connections.
Eurostar.com - Paris and Brussels to London. Also other French stations Steam-Packet.com - France and Belgium to UK PortofOostende.be - Ostende and Ramsgate. Ferries carry not only cars, mobile homes, caravans, motorcycles but also foot passenger again. Transeuropa Ferries NV, Slijkensesteenweg 2, B-8400 OOSTENDE. Tel: ++32/59 340 250 Fax: ++32/59 340 251
EasyCruise.com - Mediterranean from St Tropez to Portofino (Summer). Caribbean - Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Barbados, Grenada (Winter)
Itravelnet-Europe All the links you need for Europe Itravelnet-LowCostAirlines-Europe - European low cost airlines. Also use the excellent Lowcost airlines to search elsewhere (Forget the Applefares link) Gate1Travel.com/ - Organized tours to exotic places - Worldwide De.Travel.Yahoo.com Yahoo Travel News - Germany. Other country codes are FR France, IT Italian, ES Espagna. ReiseMarkt-Hahn.de +49-6543-509620 (Fax 509621) email: info@reisemarkt-hahn.de - Great last minute bookings from Hahn/Super rental car prices/Accommodation. Fantastiche Lastminutereisen ab Hahn/Unglaublicher Mietwagenpreisen/Unterkunft
AtraPalo.com Spanish language budget flights, hotels, restaurants, tours, information.
At RAC.co.uk an excellent European Online Route Planner which gives a road by road and corner by corner schedule. Skavsta-Air.se - Stockholm-Skavsta airport VasterasFlygplats.se - Stockholm-Vaesteras airport Map4Travel.com Maps and Airports - Europe + ex Soviet States. List of all airports and links to all important airports homepages
FlySnowflake.com A budget SAS airline flying in/out of Sweden and Denmark to E and W Europe & the Mediterranean. Flies to/from London LHR, Manchester and Edinburgh. From Stockholm-Arlanda to: Amsterdam, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul, London, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Rome, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Zürich
WestAir.se Freight and mail carrier www.scandinavian.net SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK/Copenhagen Kastrup) wants to launch services from Oslo Gardermoen to Edinburgh and from Copenhagen Kastrup to Aberdeen.
Lithuanian Airlines London Gatwick to Vilnius, Lithuania (the Prague of the north) - £50 one-way plus taxes. Also flies from Dublin €96 and most northern European states plus France and Spain. A great way to get to the Baltic States. Flies Moscow or Kiev (Ukraine). Pricing is via online email request. Low prices all over Europe. Other destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Frankfurt/Main, Madrid, Milan, Palanga (Lith.), Paris CDG and Stockholm Arlanda. During summer - flights also to Frankfurt/Main, Berlin and Hanover via Palanga (resort on the Baltic coast).
Balticsww.com Baltic Timetables - Air, Ferry, Rail & Bus. Just about every link you could want to get around Europe.
Novair.net flies all over Europe and N Africa, N and S America, Emirates, India and Thailand for Scandinavian customers. Sites only in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish.
Novair.net [In Swedish]. Novair - Nova Airlines AB - är ett systerbolag till Apollo Resor AB, som är en av de större researrangörerna på den skandinaviska marknaden med över 550.000 resenärer årligen. Apollo Resor AB med researrangörerna Apollo och Kuoni samt flygbolaget Novair är den resekoncern som ökar mest på den Skandinaviska marknaden. Nova Airlines ägs av Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. - den schweiziska resekoncernen, noterad på Zürich börsen. Novair flyger både till traditionella charterresmål runt Medelhavet, Egypten och Kanarieöarna samt långresecharter till Indien, Dominikanska Republiken, Kuba, Mexico och Thailand. Novair har hela Skandinavien som hemmamarknad och våra största avreseflygplatser är Göteborg/Landvetter, Köpenhamn/Kastrup, Oslo/Gardermoen och Stockholm/Arlanda. Novair flyger även direkt ut från ett stort antal landsortsflygplatser.
Yahoo Travel Guide covers the essentials of how to get there, where to stay or eat and what to do. Also has maps and pictures
HostelWorld.com/RyanAir - Cheap hotels/hostels at Ryanair destinations VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide.
Norwegian Skyscanner.net All cheap European airlines flying from Norway. Indicates other airlines also.
Norwegian.no Stansted to Bergen, Oslo and Stavanger. From Oslo all over Europe
SAS Braathens Flights from Oslo Gardermoen to London Gatwick, Manchester and Milan Malpensa and 3 weekly services to Geneva and Prague. Check out the Norwegian "Rutentabell" to see where they fly domestically. The Norwegian part is more informative and the English purely for booking.
Scandinavian.net SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK/Copenhagen Kastrup) wants to launch services from Oslo Gardermoen to Edinburgh and from Copenhagen Kastrup to Aberdeen.
Balticsww.com Baltic Timetables - Air, Ferry, Rail & Bus. Just about every link you could want to get around Europe.
CityStarAirlines.com (Aberdeen). City Star to start twice weekdaily Do328-110 service from Aberdeen to Oslo Jan 17, 2005. Tickets for sale on Mon Dec 13, 2004 09:00. Tel: +44 (0) 1224 722610 or email reservations@citystarairlines.com . Website in progress.
Wideroe Airlines - From Kirkenes on Russian border to Stavanger. Also from Sweden, Denmark and UK (Shetland, Aberdeen, Newcastle). Destinations
Coast Airlines - Covers southern Norway between Trondheim, Bergen, Haugesund, Oslo, Kristiansund and others. Links with Wideroe for travel to north.
KLM Royal Dutch - Manchester/UK to 6 Norwegian destinations incl Trondheim, Bergen, Oslo, Kristiansund. Flies from Aberdeen and Newcastle too. Links with Wideroe for travel to north.
Novair.net flies all over Europe and N Africa, N and S America, Emirates, India and Thailand for Scandinavian customers. Sites only in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish.
Novair.net [In Norwegian]. Novair - Nova Airlines AB - er et søsterselskap til Apollo Resor, som er en av de største reisearrangørene på det skandinaviske markedet, med mer enn 550.000 reisende per år. Apollo-gruppen sammen med reisearrangørene Apollo og Kuoni samt flyselskapet Novair, er det reisekonsernet som vokser mest på det skandinaviske markedet. Nova Airlines AB eies av Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. - det sveitsiske reisekonsernet notert på Zürich-børsen. Novair flyr både til tradisjonelle charterreisemål ved Middelhavet og Kanariøyene samt på lange charterreiser til den Dominikanske Republikken, India og Thailand. Novair har hele Skandinavia som hjemmemarked, og våre største avreiseflyplasser er Göteborg/Landvetter, København/Kastrup, Oslo/Gardermoen og Stockholm/Arlanda. Novair flyr dessuten direkte fra et stort antall mindre flyplasser rundtom i Sverige.
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. For further information contact any of its offices in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) www.smyril-line.fo , Hanstholm (Denmark) www.smyril-line.dk , Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) www.smyril-line.is , Reykjavík (Iceland) www.terranova.is , Bergen (Norway) www.smyril-line.no , Lerwick (Shetland) Tel.: +44 1595 690845 / Fax: +44 1595 692287 office@smyril-line.co.uk www.smyril-line.com , or Bargteheide (Germany) www.smyril-line.de
Ticket.no Sok & bestill reise! Found this with some good deals in Stavanger (stavanger@ticket.no Tel +47-815 11 185). Site gives +47-815 59 930 and ticket@ticket.no
StarTour.no Found this Thomson office in Oestervag, Stavanger (Tel +47-515 97 234). Site appeared to be in construction but some data available. Kontakt oss shows Våre Butikker in Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Tønsberg
Yahoo Travel Guide covers the essentials of how to get there, where to stay or eat and what to do. Also has maps and pictures
Affordable are the Youth Hostels during the summer season which ends in August. Check out Wandererhjem - payable prices and very good standard. Usually single, double and family rooms available. Several have en-suite facilities. Always take a bath towel and your own soap however.
Oslo carhire - Avis (+47 815 69 044), Hertz (+47 64 81 0550), Oslo City Centre DT (+47 22 21 6050), Oslo East Økern (+47 22 65 66 10), Airport Rent a Car (+47 63 94 0400), airport@online.no
Danish Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Denmark. Indicates other airlines also.
Scandinavian.net SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK/Copenhagen Kastrup) wants to launch services from Oslo Gardermoen to Edinburgh and from Copenhagen Kastrup to Aberdeen.
FlySnowflake.com A budget SAS airline flying in/out of Sweden and Denmark to E and W Europe & the Mediterranean. Flies to/from London LHR, Manchester and Edinburgh. From Copenhagen-Kastrup to: Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cairo, Cologne, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Nuremberg, Prague, St. Petersburg, Palanga, Paris, Poznan, Rome, Stuttgart, Venice, Warsaw, Vienna, Zürich
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Lithuanian Airlines London Gatwick to Vilnius, Lithuania (the Prague of the north) - £50 one-way plus taxes. Also flies from Dublin €96 and most northern European states plus France and Spain. A great way to get to the Baltic States. Flies Moscow or Kiev (Ukraine). Pricing is via online email request. Low prices all over Europe. Other destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Frankfurt/Main, Madrid, Milan, Palanga (Lith.), Paris CDG and Stockholm Arlanda. During summer - flights also to Frankfurt/Main, Berlin and Hanover via Palanga (resort on the Baltic coast).
Balticsww.com Baltic Timetables - Air, Ferry, Rail & Bus. Just about every link you could want to get around Europe.
Icelandexpress.com From London-Stansted and Copenhagen to Reykjavik. 2 flights per day in summer and 1 per day in winter. Finally affordable ex London or Copenhagen - 3 days Iceland with hotel for £214 or 5 days £278.
Novair.net flies all over Europe and N Africa, N and S America, Emirates, India and Thailand for Scandinavian customers. Sites only in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish.
Novair.net [In Danish]. Novair - Nova Airlines AB - er et datterselskab til Apollo Resor AB, som er en af de større rejsearrangører på det skandinaviske marked med over 550.000 rejsende årligt. Apollo Resor AB, med rejsearrangørerne Apollo og Kuoni samt flyselskabet Novair, er den rejsekoncern som ekspanderer mest på det Skandinaviske marked. Nova Airlines AB er ejet af Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. - den schweiziske rejsekoncern, noteret på Zürich børsen. Novair flyver både til traditionelle charterrejsemål i Middelhavet og de Canariske Øer samt langdistancecharter til Indien og Thailand. Novair har hele Skandinavien som hjemmemarked og vores største afrejselufthavne er Göteborg/Landvetter, København/Kastrup, Oslo/Gardermoen og Stockholm/ Arlanda. Novair flyver ligeledes direkte fra et stort antal
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. For further information contact any of its offices in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) www.smyril-line.fo , Hanstholm (Denmark) www.smyril-line.dk , Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) www.smyril-line.is , Reykjavík (Iceland) www.terranova.is , Bergen (Norway) www.smyril-line.no , Lerwick (Shetland) Tel.: +44 1595 690845 / Fax: +44 1595 692287 office@smyril-line.co.uk www.smyril-line.com , or Bargteheide (Germany) www.smyril-line.de
Finnish Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Finland. Indicates other airlines also.
www.scandinavian.net SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK/Copenhagen Kastrup) wants to launch services from Oslo Gardermoen to Edinburgh and from Copenhagen Kastrup to Aberdeen.
FlySnowflake.com A budget SAS airline flying in/out of Sweden and Denmark to E and W Europe & the Mediterranean. Flies to/from London LHR, Manchester and Edinburgh. See Europe/Europe for other routes
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Lithuanian Airlines London Gatwick to Vilnius, Lithuania (the Prague of the north) - £50 one-way plus taxes. Also flies from Dublin €96 and most northern European states plus France and Spain. A great way to get to the Baltic States. Flies Moscow or Kiev (Ukraine). Pricing is via online email request. Low prices all over Europe. Other destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Frankfurt/Main, Madrid, Milan, Palanga (Lith.), Paris CDG and Stockholm Arlanda. During summer - flights also to Frankfurt/Main, Berlin and Hanover via Palanga (resort on the Baltic coast).
www.airbaltic.com Air Baltic (BT Riga, Latvia)- Flies London, Manchester and Dublin to Riga. Manchester-Riga from £70 rtn plus taxes. Also flies Vilnius, Lithuania with SAS but not discounted.
Estonian-Air.ee - London Gatwick to Tallin (Estonia) - £63 one way plus taxes. £160 incl rtn and on to Vilnius (Lithuania). A great way to get to the Baltic States. Moscow or Kiev are just US$ 57 single away. You'll need a calendar to understand the days of the week and get prices in euro as EEK comes in thousands. Service from London daily
Balticsww.com Baltic Timetables - Air, Ferry, Rail & Bus. Just about every link you could want to get around Europe.
Tallin served by: Air Baltic, Estonian, Ryanair, easyJet, British Airways,
Estonian-Air.ee London, Manchester to Tallin fn GBP 33 ow/incl, Dublin fm EUR 86. Flies Paris & Brussels fm 97EUR Berlin from 33EUR Frankfurt from 81EUR Hamburg from 55EUR Barcelona from 90EUR Milan from 68EUR Dubrovnik from 74EUR Stockholm from 446SEK Copenhagen from 391DKK Oslo from 552NOK as well as Baltic States and Russia: Riga from 61LVL Vilnius from 320LTL Moscow from 92USD Simferopol from 113USD Kiev from 95USD. A great way to get to the Baltic States. AirBaltic.com Air Baltic (BT Riga, Latvia)- Flies London, Manchester and Dublin to Riga. Manchester-Riga from £70 rtn plus taxes. Also flies Vilnius, Lithuania with SAS but not discounted.
easyJet.com Serves Riga (LAT) from Berlin and Tallinn (EST) from London-Stansted and from Berlin. Ryanair.com flies Kaunas (LIT) from Stansted, Liverpool and Dublin. Also from Stockholm and Frankfurt. Riga (EST) is served from the same airports plus Tampere, Finland. Finnair.com flies ???????. CzechAirlines.com flies Riga (LAT), Vilnius (LIT) and Tallin (EST). Lufthansa.com flies ???? Scandinavian.net SAS Scandinavian Airlines flies ?????????????
Balticsww.com Baltic Timetables - Air, Ferry, Rail & Bus. Just about every link you could want to get around Europe.
Latvian Skyscanner.net All cheap European airlines flying from Latvia. Indicates other airlines also.
www.airbaltic.com Air Baltic (BT/Riga, Latvia) with a new base in Vilnius, Lithuania. Daily to Copenhagen Kastrup, 4 weekly services to Cologne/Bonn and Hamburg and 3 weekly flights to both Berlin Tegel and London, Dublin and Manchester. Also to Helsinki, Oslo Gardermoen, Vienna and Warsaw. Planning to add a 3 times weekly service from Riga to Rome Fiumicino this summer and from Riga to Cologne/Bonn and Paris CDG. - Link to HLX from MAN London, Manchester and Dublin to Riga. Manchester-Riga from £70 rtn plus taxes. Also flies Vilnius, Lithuania with SAS but not discounted.
Lithuanian Airlines (TE) London Gatwick to Vilnius, Lithuania (the Prague of the north) - £50 one-way plus taxes. Also flies from Dublin €96 and most northern European states plus France and Spain. A great way to get to the Baltic States. Flies Moscow or Kiev (Ukraine). Pricing is via online email request. Low prices all over Europe. Other destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Frankfurt/Main, Madrid, Milan, Palanga (Lith.), Paris CDG and Stockholm Arlanda. During summer - flights also to Frankfurt/Main, Berlin and Hanover via Palanga (resort on the Baltic coast).
www.airbaltic.com Air Baltic (BT Riga, Latvia)- Flies London, Manchester and Dublin to Riga. Manchester-Riga from £70 rtn plus taxes. Also flies Vilnius, Lithuania with SAS but not discounted.
Other airlines flying Lithuania: Air Lithuania (TT), Amber Air (0A), Austrian Airlines (OS), British Airways (BA), Czech Airlines (OK), Estonian Air (OV), Finnair (AY), Hahn Air Lines (HR), Iberia (IB), KLM Dutch Airlines (KL), LOT Polish Airlines (LO), Lufthansa (LH), Norwegian Air (DY), Ryanair (FR), SAS (SK), Wizz Air (WZ)
Icelandic Skyscanner.net All cheap European airlines flying from Iceland. Incl to Greenland. Indicates other airlines also.
Most popular routes to/from Reykjavik (KEF): Barcelona-BCN/Glasgow-GLA/Heathrow-LHR/Stansted-STN
All routes KEF: Amsterdam-AMS/Barcelona-BCN/Berlin Schoenefeld-SXF/Copenhagen-CPH/Dusseldorf-DUS/Frankfurt-Main-FRA/ Frankfurt Hahn-HHN/Glasgow-GLA/Helsinki Vantaa-HEL/Heathrow-LHR/Stansted-STN/Madrid-MAD/Milan Malpensa-MXP/Munich-MUC/Oslo-OSL/Paris Charles de Gaulle-CDG/Stockholm Arlanda-ARN/Vienna Schwechat-VIE/Zurich - ZRH
Iceland by air Approximate flight times from several cities: London 3 hrs, Copenhagen 3 hrs, Frankfurt 3.5 hrs, Paris 3.5 hrs, Amsterdam 3.25 hrs, New York 5.5 hrs. Iceland Express.com Maintains regular scheduled flights to Keflavik/Reykjavik Intl from London, Berlin and Copenhagen (all year). Stockholm, Göteborg, Friedrichshafen (summer seasonal only). Also to Akureyri (N Iceland) from Copenhagen (summer and autumn), London (autumn).
IcelandAir.net Maintains regular scheduled flights to Iceland from: London, Manchester, Glasgow, Copenhagen, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Boston, Baltimore / Washington, Orlando, New York and Minneapolis. (All Year) and seasonally from: Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Zurich, and San Francisco. IcelandAir.com (FI): Is the US website
AirIceland.is (NY) Domestic in Iceland from Reykjavik to Akureyri, Ísafjarður, Egilsstaðir. Then onwards from Akureyri to Grímsey Island, Þórshöfn and Vopnafjörður. Air Iceland also flies Kulusuk (KUS) in SE Greenland and The Faroe Isles. From mid June to end August, there is a Tue and Fri flight from Reykavík to Narsarsuaq (UAK), South Coast Greenland (see Agents/Guides below). Flights with Landsflug Air from Reykjavík to: Höfn in Hornafjord, Vestmannaeyjar (Westerman Isls), Sauðárkrókur, Gjögur, Bíldudalur can also be booked via this website. Landsflug is the parent company of City Star Airlines Aberdeen which flies Aberdeen to Stavanger, Kristiansund and Oslo as well as between Stavanger and Kristiansund. They have a good write up on Iceland.
BritishAirways.com maintains regular scheduled flights from London (Gatwick).
SAS.se maintains regular scheduled flights from Oslo.
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. For further information contact any of its offices in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) www.smyril-line.fo , Hanstholm (Denmark) www.smyril-line.dk , Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) www.smyril-line.is , Reykjavík (Iceland) www.terranova.is , Bergen (Norway) www.smyril-line.no , Lerwick (Shetland) Tel.: +44 1595 690845 / Fax: +44 1595 692287 office@smyril-line.co.uk www.smyril-line.com , or Bargteheide (Germany) www.smyril-line.de
ScanTours.com - Covers air, sea, rail and coach tours to Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland & Denmark), Iceland, Faroe Isles, Greenland, The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), and Russia. Cruises to Canary Islands, West Africa (The Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde Isls), Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic Islands ( South Shetland Isls, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands.) as well as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
- Bugbog.com Iceland travel guide. Affordable Iceland links to all you need Randburg.com Airlines and handling services in Iceland Eagle Air - Offers charter and sightseeing flights around Iceland and flights to and from Greenland & Faeroe Islands. SouthAir Iceland - P.O. Box 103, IS-235 Keflavik Airport. Tel. + 354 421 2020/ Fax + 354 425 0521 Offer sightseeing and domestic charter service all year round. Tailormade trips down to the Westman Isles, low level sightseeing tour around the Peninsula. Visit Reykjavik - domestic flights. All the info re cards and domestic travel in Iceland. Accomm and Wining/Dining IcelandTouristBoard.com Icelandic Tourist Board
Firstly, what and where are the Faroe Islands and how does one get there? Click Faroes for the answer at our TravelReports site. Travel times: From Hanstholm, Denmark, by car- and passenger ferry about 37 hours. From Copenhagen/Billund Airports, Denmark, about 2 hours. Vágar Airport (IATA: FAE, ICAO: EKVG) is the only airport in the Faroe Islands.
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Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying to Faroe Isles. Indicates Atlantic Airways (RC) and Air Iceland (NY). FaroeJet (F6) commenced flights 2006.
Atlantic.fo - Atlantic Airways flies FAE to Shetland Isles, Aberdeen, London-Stansted and to Copenhagen and Billund in DK. Also flies seasonally to Oslo and Stavanger (NO) and to Aalborg (DK) and flies a Shetland-Stansted route. For internal flights, see the Helicopter destinations map which has a timetable tab. See also their FlyFaroe.com and FlyShetland.com both of which have lovely pictures.
FaroeJet.fo - Flies daily FAE-CPH. The site is in Faroese only but a Danish language site is under construction at FaroeJet.dk which should make things easier. Perhaps they will have an English version! The timetable is at the 2nd position of the 2nd tab called Ferdaaethlan.
FaroeIslands.com - Location map and how to get there. MaerskAir/SterlingDK no longer flies FAE.
Domestic travel is of the highest standards with car- and passenger ferries, helicopters and regular bus services. In the Faroe Islands you will find some of the best and well maintained road systems through some very picturesque landscapes.
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. For further information contact any of its offices in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) www.smyril-line.fo , Hanstholm (Denmark) www.smyril-line.dk , Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) www.smyril-line.is , Reykjavík (Iceland) www.terranova.is , Bergen (Norway) www.smyril-line.no , Lerwick (Shetland) Tel.: +44 1595 690845 / Fax: +44 1595 692287 office@smyril-line.co.uk www.smyril-line.com , or Bargteheide (Germany) www.smyril-line.de
Framtak.com - Yet again a wealth of information and links.
ScanTours.com - Covers air, sea, rail and coach tours to Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland & Denmark), Iceland, Faroe Isles, Greenland, The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), and Russia. Cruises to Canary Islands, West Africa (The Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde Isls), Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic Islands ( South Shetland Isls, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands.) as well as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
FaroeIslands.com - is the tourist board's website. Puffin.fo - Very useful guide and data. Hit the Practical Information tab here. Framtak.com - Yet again a wealth of information and links. MyFaroe.dk - Danish travel and tour organizer with good info in English and useful links. CIA.gov - The CIA factbook supplies all the statistics on the Faroes.
German Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Germany. Links to UK airports also.
Hapag Lloyd Express - www.hlx.com (links to Hapag Lloyd ex Germany). Flies Manchester to Cologne or Stuttgart; Newcastle to Hanover; Coventry to Cologne/Bonn; Dublin to Hamburg or Stuttgart presently. Flights for £14 one way incl. taxes all gone but for euro 30 still to be had. Flies onwards from all above destinations to Poland to Spain and connects with Hapag Lloyd – see http://hlf.de for cheap flights to N Africa and the Mediterranean
Hapag-Lloyd - www.hlf.de - Germany to Meditteranean - The German Ryanair. Super deals Germany to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece. www.hlx.com for Manchester to Cologne or Stuttgart / Dublin to Hamburg or Stuttgart. Not a new airline but a new link to Manchester and Dublin via hlx.com
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
InterSky.biz German language no problem site. Easy to navigate. Germany, Switzerland, Austria presently €19 excl taxes. Main hub at Friedrichshafen (Ryanair destination). Flies to Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Prague. To Graz and Vienna. To Berne and from Zurich to Elba. From Friedrichshafen to all destinations apart from Swiss.
Dusseldorf-Niederrhein (Weeze)(NRN) Europe’s youngest airport. Ryanair flies to NRN, which is quite a way north of Dusseldorf.. The trip by bus to and from Dusseldorf takes 1.25hrs and costs euro 11. Hertz, Sixt and Europcar advertise at NRN. 19 hotels/overnight possibilities in local villages listed on the airport details. NRN Skyscanner.net All cheap flights to/from Niederrhein (only seeks cheap flights. Indicates others).
www.flydba.com German airline flying from Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart and Munich to Ibiza and Nice. Owned by BA the name stands for Fly Deutsche BA.
www.germanwings.com A euro 19 airline from London Gatwick or Stansted, Dublin and Edinburgh to Cologne. From Cologne to 29 destinations from Skandinavia to Turkey to Portugal. Also serves Lisbon, Zurich and several Eastern countries. Good prices and connections
Bahn.de Deutsche Bundesbahnen - National railways (in English. Deutsch, Francais, Italiano also) Bohr-Omnibusse.de Bus services and airport connections to/from Frankfut-Hahn, Dusseldorf-Weeze and important German destinations in the region. info@bohr-omnibusse.de Hahn-AirportShuttle.de Mainz-Hahn €10.50/ Rüdesheim a.Rh.-Bingen-Hahn €10.50 / #351 Idar-Oberstein-Rhaunen-Hahn / #352 Kirn-Rhaunen- Hahn. ORN Kundencenter Mainz, T: +049/(0)6131/5767470 mainz@hahn-airportshuttle.de
The Faroe Islands’ Smyril Line operates a weekly passenger- and car-ferry service from Bergen in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Seyðisfjörður in Iceland. For further information contact any of its offices in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) www.smyril-line.fo , Hanstholm (Denmark) www.smyril-line.dk , Seyðisfjörður (Iceland) www.smyril-line.is , Reykjavík (Iceland) www.terranova.is , Bergen (Norway) www.smyril-line.no , Lerwick (Shetland) Tel.: +44 1595 690845 / Fax: +44 1595 692287 office@smyril-line.co.uk www.smyril-line.com , or Bargteheide (Germany) www.smyril-line.de
Yahoo Travel News - Germany. Other country codes are FR France, IT Italian, ES Espagna. Reisemarkt-Hahn.de +49-6543-509620 (Fax 509621) email: info@reisemarkt-hahn.de - Great last minute bookings from Hahn/Super rental car prices/Accommodation. Fantastiche Lastminutereisen ab Hahn/Unglaublicher Mietwagenpreisen/Unterkunft
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HostelWorld.com/RyanAir - Cheap hotels/hostels at Ryanair destinations VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide. InternationalAirportGuide.com - Frankfut page. Worldwide site TravelExtras.com bmibaby link. Hotels from £6pppn, Carrental from £10pd, Airport parking UK fm £ 2.95pd. Tel 0871 900 8263.
Transavia (prev BasiqAir) Dutch airline with Dublin and Stansted to Rotterdam from where connections to Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Girona, Alicante and Malaga. Amsterdam has flights to Faro, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Nice, Bergamo, Verona, Venice, Pisa and Naples
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
CFL.lu Luxembourg Railways Luxembourg.co.uk Public transport in Lux with timetables and in English VDL.lu Ville de Luxembourg - Bus site in French. Airport to town are lines 9 and 16.
www.aerarann.com - Aer Arann - Ireland, France and UK/IOM budget priced flights. The Irish connection for flights within Eire. Avis cartental link for Ireland
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Yahoo Travel Guide covers the essentials of how to get there, where to stay or eat and what to do. Also has maps and pictures Yahoo Travel Guide Monaco covers the essentials of how to get there, where to stay or eat and what to do. Also has maps and pictures of the Principality.
Swiss Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Switzerland. Great UK, Mediterranean and E links also. Austrian Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Austria. E Europe, Mediterranean, Middle-East and downunder also.
Aer Lingus - Irish Low Cost Airline Flies from Geneva and Zurich to Dublin in Ireland for the equivalent of 112 Swiss Francs each way including taxes - about €73. You can also fly out to Switzerland from Dublin for the same price.
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
BA - UK Airline - Low Cost Web Fare Offers multiple low fare routes to Geneva, Basel and Zurich from Glasgow and Manchester as well as Heathrow, Glasgow, and City airports in London. BA's webfares can sometimes compete with the prices offered by genuine low cost airlines. In this case, the cheapest return comes to £33 each way including taxes from Gatwick to Geneva. Note however that the fares only apply if you begin your journey in the UK and you book a return flight. bmi baby - UK Low Cost Airline Straightforward, medium priced, low cost flights from Geneva to Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham East Midlands EMA and Teesvalley MME airports in the UK. If bmi baby's promotional 25% discount applies, flights are available for as little as 83.12 Swiss Francs - about £37 or €54 - one-way, including taxes. easyJet - European Low Cost Airline Europe's largest no-frills airline provides low cost connections from Zurich to London Luton, from Basel to Luton, Stansted, Liverpool and Berlin Schönefeld in Germany and from Geneva to a large number of destinations across Europe including Paris, Berlin, Rome, Budapest, Madrid, Barcelona and Amsterdam. EU Jet - UK & Ireland Low Cost Airline The continent's newest low cost airline connects Geneva to Shannon in the Republic of Ireland and Geneva and Zurich to Kent International at Manston, to the east of London. One-way flights to Manston, including taxes, start at 50.50 Swiss Francs from Geneva and 48.20 Swiss Francs from Zurich - about £22-23 or €32-33. Prices to Shannon are slightly higher. Fly Globespan - Scottish Low Cost Airline Scotland's low fares airline flies from Geneva to both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Cheapest one-way flights start off at the local equivalent of €53 including taxes. flybe - UK Low Cost Airline Operates a single low cost connection between Switzerland and the UK from Geneva to Southampton. One-way fares including taxes start from 146.12 Swiss Francs including taxes - about £65 or €95. It's also worth keeping an eye out for the regular flybe promotions in which flights are sold at heavily discounted rates. Jet 2 - UK Low Cost Airline West Yorkshire's low cost airline operates between Geneva and Leeds Bradford airport for a cheapest one-way fare of 41.50 Swiss Francs or £18.30 including taxes. Somewhat incredibly however there are also - apparently - some fares at the beginning of the ski season for just 0.01 Swiss Francs - which amounts to 23.51 Swiss Francs or £10.40 including taxes. From AttitudeTravel.com/switzerland/lowcostairlines See more at UK
Yahoo Travel Guidecovers the essentials of how to get there, where to stay or eat and what to do. Also has maps and pictures. The highest point in the country is the Grauspitz at 2'599 mtrs. Like Iceland, Norway, Isle of Man, The Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey as well as Switzerland, Liechtenstein is not a member of the EU.
Reduced speed limits are in force on the roads of Liechtenstein so that you don't miss it. Yet this small delightful and mountainous principality, squeezed between Austria and Switzerland, is better known to international bankers than tourists. Visitors who do stop enjoy the natural beauty and the surprisingly vivid cultural scene of Liechtenstein. There is hiking in the mountains in summer, skiing in winter and wine tasting in autumn. The Prince's prime art collection, which is housed in a sleek modern museum, is worth a visit any time of year. Liechtensteiners enjoy the highest per-capita income in all of Europe, and although they do depend on neighbouring Switzerland with whom they have a customs union and whose currency they use, they do love their sovereignty. The country is a stable democracy, yet its people have recently voted a few extra powers to the prince. The capital (Vaduz) is a surprise to most visitors. It is small, but besides a quaint side, it is marked by modern architecture, banks and office buildings. Visitors will find relief from harsh lines in the picturesque medieval castle and the fact that the mountains are only a few minutes away.
The Rhine forms the border between Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the nearest important railway stations are Feldkirch (AUT) Buchs or Sargans (SUI). The nearest airport is Zurich Kloten which is about 130km or 1.5hrs drive away. (Info partially from Northstar Travel Media via Yahoo Travel)
How to get there: There are both train and bus transportation into Liechtenstein from Zurich. Many express trains pass through Liechtenstein, but none stop there. You can take a train from Zurich to Sargans or to Buchs in nearby Switzerland. Call tel. 0900-300300 for rail schedules. At both Sargans and Buchs you'll find good bus connections to Vaduz and other communes in Liechtenstein. Driving from Zurich, head SW along N3 until you reach the junction with N1. Take N1 north for a couple of km to the turnoff for Vaduz.
What to visit there Besides Vaduz and the Prince's castle, the seldom visited uplands are well worth a visit. From Triesen, head for Triesenberg then either Gaflei or even Malbun (winter playground). You will experience stunning alpine views. The roads are narrow but nevertheless two way roads. Lonely Planet Map and at Image Gallery. More images if you use Google.com and enter Leichtenstein and select Images Search instead of Search. If spending a day or two in the region, on no account miss Feldkirch just over the Austrian border. This "little Vienna" of Western Austria comes complete with Vienese style coffee houses, covered shopping streets and a castle (A HREF="http://www.hak-feldkirch.ac.at/schattenburg/"> Schattenburg built 1230) over the main road which serves what must be the world's largest children's Wiener Schnitzel. Do try it. The "Gastwirtschaft" of this almost 800yr old castle is in the Knights' Hall and quite an experience with quite a view. [Official Feldkirch website in English > Search with Google.com for "Feldkirch tourism" and hit "Translate this page" at www.feldkirch.at"]
The Official Website has wonderful video pictures of the ever popular Rhein Valley hang-gliding. Don't miss the video about the "Princely House" and Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie and their family. Leaning very much towards Austrian when it comes to culture and gentry, Leichtenstein is nevertheless very Swiss when it comes to money and business. This small principality often gets forgotten - "Liechtenstein discovered, to everyone's surprise, that it was one of the Allies in World War II, because it had never formally ended hostilities, as an ally of Austria, against Prussia in 1866." (www.friesian.com/deutsch.htm) - and often surprises by still having the same music as the British national anthem to this day. Switzerland also had the same music (but different words of course) until the mid 1960s
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Portuguese Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Portugal. Includes Azores, Port. W Africa, Brazil and other airlines also.
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AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
www.airluxor.com Portuguese orientated site. London to Lisbon and Dublin to Faro and Lisbon. Connections to Funchal & Porto Santo (Madeira), West Africa - Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome & Principe (even further south in West Africa). Great site to get to places which are otherwise difficult to get to. Sao Tome proved to cost euro 357 each way in March. London-Lisbon was £40 each way. A week on Porto Santo beginning March cost euro 44 one way and euro 73 to get back –This site does have the habit of talking to you in Portuguese – even when you select English. The contact us mail form didn’t work so we’ll never know if the prices are inclusive or exclusive taxes. Banned from flying to France on Mar 28, 04 - See news
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HostelWorld.com/RyanAir - Cheap hotels/hostels at Ryanair destinations VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide.
Spanish Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Spain. Cheapest way to S America. Indicates other airlines also.
If you understand a bit of Spanish then www.viajesecuador.com - Has some great fares from Spain and will get you from Madrid to Quito (Ecuador) for euro 516! [Convert at xr200 http://travel.holidays.com/#xr200 ] www.travelinstyle.com Travel agents using Air Madrid - in this case to get to Morocco (Tangier, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Meknes, Fez)
Vueling.com Paris, Brusselles, Rome, Milan to Madrid and Spanish mainland (Bilbao to Malaga) and the Balaeric Islands. One way flights start at euro 40 plus taxes.
www.air-europa.com Air Europa - from/in Spain to N & S America and London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Tunis. Great offers
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
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Andalucia.com/Accommodation provides extensive information on the whole of Andalucia from Costa del Sol over Costa Tropical, Costa Almeria and Costa de la Luz as well as their Inland areas and Ronda & Antequera, Granada & Alpujarras and Deep Andalucia
ArgusRentals.com - Excellent worldwide online car hire. Best deals on car hire in locations from Canada to Australasia. Carhire in Nice, Malaga, Alicante, Heathrow, Dublin.
The airport has daily flights to and from London Heathrow and Gatwick, Manchester and Luton in the UK.
There are daily services between Gibraltar (GIB) and London Gatwick (LGW) by GB Airways (a BA affiliate) and London Luton (LTN) by Monarch Airlines. Flight time is 2.5hrs. Local phone numbers: * British Airways - Tel: 44737 * Monarch Airways - Tel: 47477 There are also occasional flights from Gibraltar to Morocco and other destinations. Details: Gibraltar Airport Information Desk - Tel: 73026.
There are no train lines or stations in Gibraltar. At La Línea there are regular buses to and from Seville, Malaga, Cadiz, Granada etc. and hourly to Algeciras. See map at WikiTravel.org
Seat61.com/Gibraltar Tells you how to get from London to Gibraltar by rail (to Algeciras) and bus.
From Spain, there are daily bus services from Málaga and Algeciras to the border town of La Línea de la Concepcion. From the bus station it is just a few minutes walk to the border. Various tour operators also run day trips from the Costa del Sol resorts to Gibraltar. By car you take the Spanish N-340 and turn off at San Roque for La Línea. Unfortunately, lengthy queues can form for cars wishing to go onto and leave the Rock. It is often better to park your car in La Línea and walk across the frontier. It is a 15 min walk from the border into the centre of Gibraltar. To check queues at the border call Frontier Queue Information - Tel: 42777. There are bus services to various parts of the Rock at the bus stop, on the Gibraltar side of the border, opposite the airport terminal entrance. There is also a taxi rank and Tourist Information Office. Gibraltar Taxi Association - Tel: 70027. Gibraltar Phone Numbers - consist of five digits. When phoning from abroad, the dialling code is +350 (from Spain 9567).
By Boat: When the frontier was closed, there was a ferry service from Gibraltar to Morocco. Although there may be an occasional passenger service geared up to the Moroccan workers in Gibraltar, who have problems crossing the frontier, the Gibraltar ferry has ceased and the nearest service is from Algeciras in Spain. These ferries accommodate cars.
Andalucia.com/Gibraltar provides extensive information on Gibraltar as well as the whole of Andalucia.
Facts: Capital - Gibraltar, Government - Overseas Territory of the UK, Currency - Gibraltar pound (GIP), Area - 6.5 sq km, Population - 27,833, Language - English (in schools and official), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Religion - Roman Catholic 77% Church of England 7% Muslim 7% Jewish 2% none or other 7%, Electricity - 230/50Hz (European plug), Intl Dialling Code - +350, Internet TLD - .gi, Time Zone UTC+1 Getting around: Gibraltar is less than 7 sq km, so most of it can be seen on foot. Bear in mind, though, that some of the roads (especially up to the Upper Rock) are very steep. Taxis that will take the strain out of the climbs, and all the taxi drivers seem to know all the apes by name. There is # 3 bus service that runs from the frontier, through the town and on to Europa Point.
Hostelz.com lists 1 hostel in Gibraltar (Emile). Hostels mostly have double and single rooms and it is not uncommon to find those which have en-suite bathroom facilities.
There are no train lines or stations in Andorra, and none close to the Spanish border. However, the French train station of l'Hospitalet is located a few miles from the Andorran border. It is possible to catch an overnight sleeper train from Paris to l'Hospitalet, as well as many other services. There is a connecting coach service from l'Hospitalet into Andorra, calling at Pas de la Casa, Soldeu and Andorra La Vella. See map at WikiTravel.org
By bus: There are many coach services operating into Andorra. From France there is a coach service from Toulouse, and one that operates via L'Hospitalet and La Tour de Carol. From Spain, coaches to Andorra can be caught from a variety of locations, such as Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Lleida and Valencia.
Facts: Capital - Andorra La Vella, Government - Parliamentary democracy, Currency - euro (EUR), Area - 468 sq km, Population - 68,403, Language - Catalan (official) French Castilian Portuguese, Religion - Roman Catholic, Electricity 220/50Hz (European plug), Intl Dialling Code - +376, Internet TLD - .ad, Time Zone UTC +1
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Hostelz.com lists 6 locations in Andorra. Hostels mostly have double and single rooms and it is not uncommon to find those which have en-suite bathroom facilities.
The Andorran Government website will show lovely pictures of the country and leads to a complete Accommodation Listing and other tourist information such as gastronomy and hiking tours.
By car: There is, so to say, only one road entering Andorra from both Spain and France. Roads are generally of a good quality. Entering from the Spanish side is straightforward. However, entering from France is a more stressful affair involving many hairpin bends. Be sure that your car is in good condition, since Andorra (sometimes referred to as a budget St Moritz) lies at a very high altitude.
Italian Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Italy. Excellent connections. Indicates other airlines also.
www.meridiana.it From London to Olbia (Sardinia) and Florence. Several S Italian destinations from Paris with onward connections to Tunis and Tripoli from Sicily (also possible from London via Florence and Sicily)
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
SUSPENDED OPERATIONS NOV 19, 04www.volareweb.com Italian airline - presently flies from London Luton to Venice, Rimini, Cagliari (Sardinia) and Catania (Sicily). The only hub airport for Lutoners is Venice. Inner Italian flights presently on special at euro €19.99. Some great destinations coming up including Lampedusa, Bucharest, Krakow and Warsaw in Poland and Stockholm. Also several, Spain
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AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Polish Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from Poland. Very good services. Indicates other airlines also.
Wizz Air Poland fm London and Liverpool (fm Dec 04). Also flies Athens, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Dortmund, Malmo, Stockholm to/from Poland (Gdansk, Warwaw, Katowice) and Budapest. Connections to Cracow. From LPL, 1 penny flights to Poland giving under £40 incl return.
Failed www.airpolonia.com Four Polish destinations from London-Stansted. Also flew Poland from Athens, Brussels-Charleroi, Cologne, Frankfurt-Hahn, Madrid and Paris
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HostelWorld.com/RyanAir - Cheap hotels/hostels at Ryanair destinations VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide.
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Slovakian Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from The Slovakian Republic. Young destination. Indicates other airlines also.
www.skyeurope.com Stansted to Bratislava (for Brno and Vienna) and Budapest. £49 ew Budapest + £17 ew taxes. Dec 2004 Offering Manchester-Bratislava, -Warsaw, -Krakow and London-Bratislava and -Budapest all fm 0.01 GBP
www.croatiaairlines.com From London to Zagreb, Sarajevo, Skopje for £100; From Manchester to Dubrovnik and Split for £130. You need to be a member to work the site. Some prices are one way and some return and all are not inclusive of taxes. A case of "ask before you buy/fly". Good links pages
A Russian visa is required for all foreigners entering the Russian Federation. In order to receive a Russian visa from the Russian Consulate, travelers are required to have a tourist invitation (also called a voucher). See Accommodation below for more infomation.
Russian Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying from the Russian Federation. Indicates other airlines also.
Excite.co.uk Apart from a still 6mth valid passport, Visa Requirements for Belarus. Required by all except the following: (a) nationals of the CIS (except nationals of Turkmenistan, who do require visas); (b) nationals of Cuba, Macedonia, Mongolia, 1. Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, provided arriving from their country of origin, holding return tickets and travelling for touristic purposes for up to 30 days; (c) transit passengers continuing their journey to a third country provided holding valid onward or return documentation and not leaving the airport.
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Belarus (or White Russia) is a country of 10 million people in Eastern Europe. It is landlocked between Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania some 100 miles South-East of Baltic Sea. Its capital is Minsk. Maps
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BelAvia.by The national airline flies to many destinations including London and Shannon. Via Paris to Atlanta, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Montreal and Toronto. To the east, to many destinations N of the equator incl. Tokyo, Shanghai and Seattle.
Airlines flying from Europe to Minsk 2 Intl (MSQ) include LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Alitalia, Czech Airlines, Austrian (see http://flights.justtheflight.com/ "> JustTheFlight.com . Flights connect in Vienna.
Belarus is bordered by Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The country is covered largely by forests and lakes, is rich in wildlife and crossed by major rivers such as the Dnieper. Minsk, the capital of Belarus, was first mentioned in 1067, but little of the old city survives except a few 17th-century buildings. Modern Minsk is symmetrically designed with wide embankments flanking the Svisloch River. The cultural scene is very diverse with the Belarusian Ballet and museums such as the National Museum of Belarusian History and Culture. The suburb of Troitskoye Predmestye gives an insight into the way Minsk...read on at Travel.Excite.co.uk
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Excite.co.uk Apart from a still 3mth valid passport, Visa Requirements for Bulgaria . Visas - Required by all except the following: (a) 1. nationals of EU countries for stays of up to 90 days within each six-month period (except nationals of Estonia, Ireland and the UK, who may stay for up to 30 days within a six-month period); Note: UK nationals living overseas do need a visa. (b) nationals of Chile, Iceland, Malaysia and Norway for stays of up to 90 days within a six-month period; (c) 2. nationals of Andorra, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand, Switzerland, USA and Vatican City for stays of up to 30 days within each six-month period; (d) nationals of Croatia, Korea (Rep), Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of), Romania, San Marino and Tunisia.
Seat61.com London to Bulgaria by rail. Also worldwide rail. Bulgarian Internal Travel . There are over 4200km (2625 miles) of railways in the country. Bulgarian State Railways connects Sofia with main towns. Reservations are essential and first-class travel is advised. For details, contact the State Railway Office . By air - Bulgaria Air
Excite.co.uk Apart from a still 6mth valid passport, Visa Requirements for Romania . Visas Required by all except the following: (a) 1. nationals mentioned in the chart above for up to 90 days, except nationals of Czech Republic, Poland and Slovak Republic who can stay for up to 30 days; and all nationals of Australia who do require a visa; (b) nationals of Andorra, Costa Rica, Iceland, Korea (Rep), Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Monaco, Republic of Moldova, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland and Venezuela for stays of up to 90 days within six months of date of arrival; (c) nationals of Uruguay for stays of up to 90 days within 12 months of arrival; (d) nationals of Bulgaria, Croatia and Singapore for stays of up to 30 days; (e) transit passengers continuing their journey by the same or first connecting aircraft within 24 hours provided holding valid onward or return documentation and not leaving the airport except for nationals of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo (Dem Rep), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka who always require transit visas. Note: All other nationals require a visa which must be applied for prior to arrival. There are no visas issued on arrival.
Seat61.com London to Romania by rail. Also worldwide rail. Travel - Internal Air - The main airport for internal flights is Baneasa (travel time 20 minutes to Otopeni). Tarom (RO) operates regular services from there to Arad, Baia Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta, Iasi, Oradea, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Timisoara and Tirgu Mures. River - The Danube Delta is easily explored by boat. Most trips and cruises depart from the ancient city of Tulcea and sail to Sulina. Rail - Bucharests main station is the Gara de Nord on Calea Grivitei. Romanian State Railways (website: www.cfr.ro) runs frequent, efficient and cheap services to most cities, towns and larger villages, some with sleeping and restaurant cars. There are five different types of train, varying in speed from the slow personal to the faster accelerat, rapid and express trains, and the more expensive and comfortable Inter-City. Supplements are payable on rapid and express trains, for which seats must be reserved in advance. Express routes run from Bucharest to Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Constanta and Brasov. Rail Inclusive Tour tickets include transport and hotel accommodation. There are no platforms of any great height in Romania, making entering and alighting a little difficult for the elderly or infirm. There is a discount of 25 to 35 per cent for non-express trains. Road - Traffic drives on the right. The Romanian Automobile Club (ACR) has its headquarters in Bucharest (tel: (21) 212 8247 or 223 4525) and offers services through all its branches to AA and RAC members. Speed limits are 50kph (30mph) in cities, 60kph (37mph) in built-up areas, up to 90kph (57mph) on main roads and 120kph (75mph) on motorways. Driving under the influence of alcohol is forbidden. Coach: Local services operate to most towns and villages. The main coach stations in Bucharest are at 164 Soseaua Alexandriei, 1 Ion Ionescu de la Brad Boulevard, 1 Piata Grii Filarest, 221 Soseaua Chitilei, 141 Pacii Boulevard and 3 Gãrii Obor Boulevard. Taxi: Metered taxis can be hailed in the street or called from hotels. Prices are relatively low, but drivers expect a 10 per cent tip. Although most drivers are honest, prices should be agreed beforehand, especially at the airport. Car hire: Available at hotels and at Bucharest Airport. Driving is very erratic, so it might be advisable to hire a car with a driver. Documentation: National driving licence or International Driving Permit are required, as is Green Card insurance. Most Romanian roads are best suited to 4-wheel-drive vehicles as they are in poor, potholed condition. Urban - Good public transport facilities are provided in the main centres. Bucharest has a good bus and tram system and a metro. Tickets are pre-purchased from agents, and there are stamping machines on board buses and trains. There are also daily, weekly and fortnightly passes. A separate minibus network is operated.
Air - National airlines are Air Moldova (9U) and Air Moldova International (RM). Moldovian Airlines , Tarom (see Romania), Transaero (see Russia) and Tyrolean Airways (see Austria) fly regularly to Moldova. There are also charter airlines operating between Chisinau and some major destinations in the CIS, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, The Netherlands, Romania and Turkey. International airports - Chisinau International (KIV) is 14km from the city centre (15 to 25 mins). There is a regular bus service to the city. Taxis are also available. Moldova-Tur offers a courtesy pick-up by prior arrangement.
AttitudeTravel.com - Club Air claims to be the only low cost airline serving Moldova and flies from Milan and Verona for euro 280 each way.
Excite.co.uk Passport - valid for at least six months required by all. Visas - Required by all except the following for stays of up to 90 days: (a) nationals of the CIS, except nationals of Turkmenistan who do require a visa; (b) nationals of 1. Poland and Romania. Types of visa and cost - Tourist, Simple, Service (Business) and Transit. All may be issued on a single-, double- or multiple-entry basis. Costs vary depending on nationality of applicant and type of visa. Contact Embassy for further details. Validity - Tourist: One month from date of issue.
Seat61.com London to Moldova by rail. Also worldwide rail. Domestic Travel Rail - There are over 1145km of railway and trains run daily to Ocnita, Tighina and Ungheni. There are connections to most areas of the country. For more details, contact the information service of Moldovan Railways (tel: (22) 252 737/5; or go Railway.md . Road - The road network covers 13,622km. Busses: Run between most of the larger towns and cities. For further information, contact either Chisinau Main Bus Station (tel: (22) 542 185) or South East Bus Station (tel: (22) 723 983). Taxis: Can be found everywhere. Fares should be negotiated in advance, though drivers prefer to charge per hour. Taxis are requested by calling 900 or 905-8. Carhire: Self-drive cars can be obtained for self-drive or with an English-speaking driver. Avis car hire is represented in Chisinau. Documentation: An International Driving Permit is required. Urban - Buses, trolleybuses and minibuses are cheap but notoriously crowded and unreliable. They all operate from 0500-2400 with services every 15 minutes. Tickets for buses and trolleybuses can be purchased from kiosks or on board the vehicle. Minibus tickets are bought from the driver.
Excite.co.uk Apart from a still 1mth valid passport, Visa Requirements for Ukraine . Visas - required: Note: From May until Sept 2005 there was a temporary abolition of entry visas for citizens of all EU countries and Switzerland. The move has been made to allow for preparation for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest held in the Ukraine. The situation was monitored with a view to a permanent relaxation some nationalities. Required by all except the following: (a) nationals of all CIS countries (except nationals of Turkmenistan who do need a visa); (b) nationals of Mongolia, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
Seat61.com London to Ukraine by rail. Also worldwide rail. Air - Fuel shortages used to result in sharp reductions in flights within Ukraine and erratic timetables. However, the situation has improved recently. Air Ukraine's repainted Aeroflot aircraft are far from comfortable and buying tickets is extremely difficult and almost guaranteed to involve complicated negotiations with the local travel agencies. Pre-booking through Intourist Travel Ltd in London is advised (see Contact Addresses section). Winter weather frequently grounds aircraft. The most reliable flights are from Kyiv to Donetsk, Lviv and Odessa. River - Cruises between Kyiv, Odessa and Sevastopol are very popular and can be booked through various tour operators. Rail - Again, pre-booking through Intourist Travel Ltd in London is advised, as buying tickets is a difficult undertaking. Journeys are slow, though trains are more reliable than air travel in winter. Road - Bus: There are services to most cities and towns although they are not always recommended due to overcrowding and uncleanliness. Taxi: Hiring a driver for a long-distance destination is a realistic option, costing about US$200 from Kyiv to Odessa or a similar journey. Car hire: Self-drive hire cars are gradually becoming more available. Traffic regulations: Speed limits are 60kph (37mph) in built-up areas, 90kph (55mph) in outside areas and 110kph (69mph) on the motorways. Traffic drives on the right; righthand-drive cars are prohibited. Drinking and driving is strictly prohibited. Heavy fines are imposed if traffic police smell alcohol on a drivers breath. Documentation: An International Driving Permit is necessary.
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International recognition of Montenegro The first state to recognise Montenegro, was Iceland on June 8, 2006, followed by Switzerland (June 9), and Russia (June 11). The European Union and the United States recognised Montenegro on June 12, as have various member states of the EU and other European countries. The United Kingdom formally extended recognition on June 13, as did the People's Rep of China and France (June 14), meaning that all 5 permanent UN Security Council members recognise it. Their former partner Serbia recognised Montenegro on June 15. ( Wikipedia-Montenegro)
MonteNegro-Airlines.com (YM) Flies from capital Podgorica (TGD) and destination map shows serving Tivat (TIV). Various foreign airlines serve TIV seasonaly JAT.com Jugoslavian Airlines flies London to Podgorica and to Tivat for £68/€ 90 presently.
Airline Companies Montenegro Airlines - flies from Tivat and Podgorica Airport, with daily flights Podgorica-Beograd-Podgorica and international flights on routes: Podgorica-Ljubljana-Podgorica, Podgorica-Frankfurt-Podgorica, Podgorica-Cirih-Podogrica, Podgorica-Budimpesta-Podgorica and Podgorica-Rim-Podgorica. Office: Tel: (081) 224-406, 224-231 / (011) 621-122, 628-002
Yugoslav Airlines (JAT) - has its main office in Belgrade with direct flights to Podgorica and Tivat. Office in Podgorica: (Tel) 081–242-748, 244-248
Airports Tourists visiting Montenegro have choice of using two international airports in Podgorica and Tivat. Airport Golubovci is located 12 km from downtown Podgorica, 80 km from Kolasin, 170 km from Zabljak, 62 km from Budva and 65 km from Bar. Airport Tivat is located 4 km from downtown of Tivat, 20 km from Budva, 20 km from Herceg Novi, 58 km from Bar, 73 km from Ulcinj and 80 km from Podgorica.
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
www.airmalta.com No destination map, Options not limited to destinations flown. A site to go crazy with. Only good for Manchester to Malta. Flies from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted and Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Dublin and Cork but guess to where!! The Manchester selection lets me fly to St Petersburg and Gozo – there just aren’t any flights available if I select them. One way special from Malta to Stansted is £38. Return is £104. Don’t know how this got onto the no-frills airlines list.
International: The national airline of Morocco is Royal Air Maroc. Other airlines - Air France (AF), Alitalia (AZ), British Air Lines (BA), KLM (Belgian of KL), Sabena (SN), Lufthansa (LH) and Swissair (MR.). Domestic: Royal Air Maroc operates regular services Casablanca to Agadir, Al Hoceima, Dakhla, Fès, Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Rabat, Tanger and Tetouan. There are special prices for minors of 26 years of age depending on where they wish to fly to in Morocco. Moroccan International airports: Casablanca (CAS) (Mohammed V) - 30km S from the city (35 mins). Car rental (Avis, Hertz and Europcar), bus and taxi. Tanger (TNG) (Boukhalef Souahel) - 12km from the city (20 mins). Car rental (Moroccan Avis, Omnium, Starc-Hertz and Celebrations). There are busses and taxis. [Local data thanks to MagicMorocco.com Morocco Travel Guide]
RAIL: Seat61.com London to Morocco by rail (& ferry). Also worldwide rail.
ONCF.ma Moroccan railway system. Cheap first class fares. The network runs of Oujda in the northeast to Casablanca in the E coast, Tanger in the N coast and Marrakech in the interior. Main lines: Marrakech-Casablanca-Rabat-Meknes-Fès-Oujda; / Marrakech-Casablanca-Rabat; / Marrakech-Casablanca-Meknes-Fès and Casablanca-Rabat-Tangier. The railway connections between Morocco and Algeria remain closed. the Main international routes are from Oujda to Algiers. [Local data thanks to MagicMorocco.com Morocco Travel Guide]
COACH: Bus: The main centers are connected by a variety of bus services - many of which they are private. The two greater companies are CTM.ma (covering the whole country) and SATAS (between Casablanca, Agadir and the south of Agadir). Urban Busses: Connections between most towns and cities are frequent. Autobusses can be full and it is wise to buy ticket beforehand and to arrive enough time prior to departure to make sure a seat. Ticket prices are very low. Taxi: In the cities. Larger taxis (generally Mercedes) can be used for shorter trips between cities, but agree the fare before leaving. [Local data thanks to MagicMorocco.com Morocco Travel Guide]
BOAT: The main ports are Tanger, Casablanca and Ceuta. Lines that serve these ports are Transtour, Trasmediterranea Company, Limadet, the Soft Line (Spain and Gibraltar), Polish Lines - Ocean and Nautilus (Spain and the U.S.A.) and Comanav. There are cheap and regular automobile ferries between Spain, Tanger and the Spanish enclaves in the North Moroccan coast. The routes are of Algeciras to Ceuta (Sebta); Algeciras to Tanger; Gibraltar to Tanger; Almeria to Melilla and Malaga to Melilla).
MagicMorocco.com Morocco Travel Guide with all you will need to get there, travel, see and do there. Also very good directory as well as data and travelogues.
Car hire: Avis and Hertz can give automobiles in Gibraltar or Tanger, Agadir Rabat or Casablanca. The price is generally expensive. Documentation: The Driving licences are accepted foreigner. It is obligatory the Insurance and the Green Card.
Domestic road travel The main Moroccan highways - esp those of the N and NW - are in good conditions throughout the year. In the interior and S, conditions are good but can be difficult in winter - esp the Atlas mountains in winter.
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
• Afriqiyah Airways • Buraq Air Transport • Jamahiriya Libyan Arab Airlines • Tibesti Air Libya and the cargo airline Tobruk Air (TOB) See Aneki.com/Airlines/Libyan_airlines.html
Afriqiyah Airways Tripoli to London, Brussels, Paris, Geneva, Kartoum (Sudan), N'djamena (Chad), Niamey (Niger), Ouagedougou (Burkina Faso), Bamako (Mali), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), Lome (Togo), Cotonou (Benin), Accra (Ghana), Kano and Lagos (Nigeria). Buraq Air Domestic flights from Tripoli & Misratah to Benghazi. Tripoli to Jalu and Aloaha. Libyan Arab Airlines 11 domestic destinations. Tripoli to Tunis, Alger, Casablanca. Benghazi to Tunis. Flies to Istanbul, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE. London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, Rome, Malta and Kiev. Air Libya Tibetsi 7Q TLR. Domestic: Benghazi, Ghadames, Kufrah, Sabha, Sert and Tripoli. International: El Fasher (Sudan).
LibyanRailways.com/eng Map and description in English of system. Seems to be work in progress but great things coming. Seat61.com London to Tunisia (Libyan border) by rail and ship. Also worldwide rail. Seat61.com Train travel in Egypt and to Libyan border. Also worldwide rail.
AirBerlin.com - UK Domestic and European discounted fares. Special offers from £1-£57 plus taxes/charges £13/17. Presently bookable - MAN-STN rtn £38 incl. From MAN and GLA direct or via STN to 7 German, 12 Spanish, 3 Portuguese destinations plus Mallorca. Serves great portion of network from London-Stansted base. Prices fm £19 (incl taxes, snacks and soft drinks!). Tel 24/7-UK 0870/738 8880 (8p/m)/Sweden: 0857/929 021 (€0,06/m)/Germany: 01805/737 800 (€0,12/m). Great site for Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal (incl Madeira), Spain, Canaries, Agadir (MA), Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Rome and Sicily in Italy. If not direct, connections over the N Germany. (AB) routes/destinations - massive list.
Rail/Coach/Boat - Egypt
Seat61.com Train travel in Egypt. Also worldwide rail.
Travellers from Australasia (and elsewhere also) are well advised to take a look at Smartraveller.gov.au which advises Australians regarding DO NOT, RECONSIDER and other travel precautions.
Best flight deals from Europe to Australasia used to be with Malaysia, Emirates or Royal Brunei airlines. However, Qantas and Singapore Airlines (in unison with partner BritishAirways.com) rallied to the challenge and also offer good deals now periodically. Cheaper deals sometimes obtainable with SE Asian airlines such as Korean, Garuda, Cathay, Vietnamese, Chinese etc. Emirates vamped up its flight schedule to Australia Nov 2004 offering double services between Dubai and Sydney (via Singapore). Big advantage with Emirates are the three 8hr stretches/breaks from the UK which help avoid DVT.
VirginBlue.com.au - Cheap travel within Australia. The "Ryanair of Oz" Super prices. Perth, Darwin, East Coast, Tasmania. New routes coming Following months of speculation that Virgin Blue was looking to set up an airline in South-East Asia, the airline is now in talks with Air Macau over a bid to service China from the former Portuguese enclave, Macau, best known for its casinos. The South China Morning Post reported Virgin was in talks for Air Macau to waive its 25-year concession as the territory's only home-based carrier. Air Macau only services nine of the 31 Chinese destinations to which it has flying rights and Macau Airport is keen to attract more passengers to the territory. Virgin said it was also looking at several options including expanding into India, despite the Indian Government barring any foreign ownership of airlines in the country.
Pacific Blue VirginBlue.com.au daughter - Super prices Australia to New Zealand and S. Pacific. PacificBlue now flies Fiji (Nadi) and Vanuatu (Port Vila) from Australia and Cook Islands (Raratonga) from Australia and Christchurch. Pacific Blue’s trans Tasman operations now include Wellington (-Brisbane, Sydney) and Christchurch (-Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Rarotonga Cook Islands). Since May 05 Auckland-Brisbane and Auckland-Gold Coast . Check out Ozflight - Airnews and our AirNews regularly. The expected New Zealand domestic operations in the 4th qu of 2004 did not materialize and no more news is forthcoming.
flyPacificBlue.com takes off to Tonga from both Australia and New Zealand from 31 October 05. Initially two direct flights a week from Sydney to Tonga (Mo,Th) Promotional fare: A$299 (incl) Fair fare: A$349 (incl), as well as three direct flights between Auckland and Tonga (Mo,Th,Sa) Promotional fare: N$149 (+ taxes fm N$60) Fair fare: N$179 (+ taxes N$60). Subject to Government approval, the new services to Tonga will be the fourth South Pacific destination serviced by Pacific Blue following the launch of services from Australia to Vanuatu and Fiji 2004.
Polynesianblue.com starting 30 Oct 05 (Initial promotion ‘Go See Samoa Fares’ fm $349 o.w. fm Sydney). Virgin Blue’s new joint venture airline, “Polynesian Blue” launches its first flight to Samoa 30 Oct 05. The carrier is a partnership Virgin Blue and the Samoan Government to provide affordable flights from Australia and New Zealand to Samoa. Polynesian Blue will be the only airline offering budget flights between Australasia and Apia and will initially operate three direct flights per week between Apia and Sydney (We,Fr,Su) for A$ 349 incl and four between Apia and Auckland (Tu,We,Fr,Su) with Polynesian Blue’s special single launch fare offer of NZ$199 (plus taxes and charges). Bookings can also be make via VirginBlue and PacificBlue websites and cost about $100 more after the initial promotion finishes.
Jetstar Qantas daughter takes on Virgin Blue. Too late for another "Ansett slaughter". Flies East Coast from Cairns to Hobart at prices from A$65 to A$195. Special offers from time to time. Links to Budget and Avis on home page. Jetstar Asia - QANTAS, Australia's biggest airline, said its new Singapore-based budget carrier Jetstar Asia would start flights by the end of 2004 as it awaited certification from the city-state's Government - Qantas Airways has been bitten by the low cost carrier bug with Apr 6, 2004 announcement it will start an Asian discount carrier in addition to its domestic offshoot Jetstar. The airline plans to fly to destinations within five hours of Singapore, an area that includes Shanghai, most of India, and might also include Perth.
Australian Airlines Cairns, Gold Coast (to Cairns), Sydney (to Bali and Cairns), Melbourne and Perth (to Bali) and Darwin (to Singapore and Cairns). Flies Singapore to Darwin, Cairns and Bali. Cairns flies also Hong Kong and 4 Japanese destinations. Not a budget airline. "*Online bookings are currently available to Australian, Singapore and US residents only." Bookings via Qantas site. Services to Bali from Perth and Melbourne suspended from Nov 10, 05 until the end of Jan 06.
OrientPacific has specials with Qantas Link to Lord Howe Island (AU). Kendell Airways - Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Kangaroo Isl, Coober Pedy, Wagga Wagga + other domestic Air North Cute airline connecting Alice Springs, Broome and Darwin with Dili (E Timor) and the Groote Eylandt area Regional Express Same website as REX. Now flies the old Ansett companies' Kendell and Hazelton Airlines REX. linked up with Virgin Blue and flies in and outback SA,VIC,TAS,NSW and ACT. The airline for Coober Pedy or Wagga Wagga. Good price for Kangeroo Island. Tel +61/131 713 Australian Regional Airlines Index. All regional airlines - You can get anywhere but they are not always cheap! Aero Pelican. Just great for Sydney to Newcastle. Williamstown coming soon! Sky West. At A$259 each way from Perth to Broome or Darwin, the link to Virgin Blue stations is achieved. Still a bit pricey though. Albany one way at A$99 sounds better. Regional specials for those who want a combined land/air journey. Aero Tropics A dream network in the Torres Straights Ozjet Founded by aviation and motoring racing identity Paul Stoddart, to launch its all-business class domestic service out of Sydney and Melbourne in Nov 05. Ozjet initially 8 flights a day Sydney- Melbourne. Plans to fly from the East Coast with six jets. OzJet plans to operate from smaller regional airports such as Essendon and Moorabbin (for Melbourne), Bankstown (for Sydney) and Archerfield (for Brisbane). The airline plans to expand its fleet to up to 12 aircraft with services to Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane by mid-2006.
Australian Offshore Island Territories - airlines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Air Travel Sites
Skyscanner.net All cheap airlines flying Australian islands and territories. Indicates other airlines also.
Indian Ocean Islands: Christmas Island (CXT = UTC+7, no DST) You can fly to Christmas Island from either Perth (WST = UTC+8, no DST) direct or through Cocos Islands as well as direct from Denpasar, Bali. Obtaining a visa from most countries is now as easy as buying your ticket, your travel agent can assist you. For Australian immigration information, go to: www.immi.gov.au Austasiaairlines.com flies Denpasar (Bali) - Christmas Island every Fri for AUD 735 return. Flight time is 1hr 45mins with a 133 seater Boeing 737-400. Good write up on both destinations Nationaljet.com.au flies with an Avro RJ70 from Perth on Mon and Thu. The flights outbound from Perth stop at Learmonth on the most westerly point of Western Australia (see destinations map ) and the Thu flight also at Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The return flights are via Cocos on Mon and direct on Thu. Flight times are 4hrs direct, 5hrs (1 stop Learmonth), 6.25hrs (1 stop Cocos) and 8hrs (2 stops Learmonth + Cocos). There are also some flights certain Saturdays in Apr, Jul and Sep or Oct.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (No abbrev. UTC+6:30, no DST) Nationaljet.com.au flies with an Avro RJ70 from Perth on Mon and Thu (See Christmas Island above). Outbound from Perth stops at Learmonth and Christmas Island (see destinations map ) and the Thu flight at Learmonth only. The return flights are direct on Mon and via Christmas Island on Thu. Flight times are 4.15hrs direct, 5.45hrs (1 stop Learmonth), 6hrs (1 stop Christmas) and 7hrs (2 stops Learmonth + Christmas). There are also some flights certain Saturdays in Oct, Dec, Jan and Apr.
Ashmore & Carier Reefs (Uninhabited)
Pacific Ocean Islands:
Lord Howe Island (No abbrev. UTC+10:30, DST 30mins)
Norfolk Island (NFT = UTC+11:30, no DST)
Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Islands and Territories:
Macquarie Island (No abbrev. UTC+10, no DST) Macquarie Island is a sub-antarctic island located in the Southern Ocean at a latitude of 54°30'S, 158°57'E. Pt of State of Tasmania, it is 1500 kilometres south east of the island of Tasmania and 1300 kilometres north of the Antarctic continent. "Macca" as it is generally referred to, is 34 kilometres long and 5 kilometres wide at its widest point. It has a total surface area of 128 square kilometres. It is a Tasmanian State Reserve managed by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service and in 1996 was nominated by the Australian Govt for inscription on the World Heritage Register, for its unique geological features. Time runs the same as Queensland.
Heard & McDonald Islands 53:06S, 72:31E. Heard is the main island with Shag Island (with Drury Rock and Sail Rock) to its north and the islands of McDonald and Myer Rock to the west. Uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve. CIA Factbook has map and data. The islands have their own website "Heard & McDonald Islands" (HIMI) and is a subantarctic island group located in the Southern Ocean (actually the Southern Indian Ocean), about 4,000 kilometres south west of mainland Australia. The islands and surrounding waters teem with wildlife and other natural wonders that make HIMI a special place. Because HIMI is so far away, and because of the extreme ocean and weather conditions, it is not an easy place to visit.
Papua New Guinea. Air Niugini - Strange site and difficult to find where exactly they fly without downloading a .pdf file. The International Map under Travel Guides says Air Niugini's Boeing 767 will fly you direct to Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Brisbane and to Sydney via Brisbane. The Air Niugini Fokker F28's will fly you direct to Cairns and Honiara (Solomon Ils). The domestic Papua New Guinea routes include New Britain (fishing, diving, war history), New Ireland (reef & wreck diving, war relics), North Solomon (culture, scenery, snorkelling) and Manus Il (sea-kayaking, snorkelling, WWII airbase) and a wealth of mainland destinations incl Madang "often tagged the 'most beautiful' destination in PNG"
Pacific Blue Virgin Blue daughter - Super prices Australia to New Zealand and S. Pacific. PacificBlue now flies Fiji (Nadi) and Vanuatu (Port Vila) from Australia. More international destinations announced in the first half of 2005. The expected New Zealand domestic operations in the 4th qu of 2004. have as yet not materialized.
Freedom Air - Cut price across the Tasman. New Zealand to Australian E coast. Competition from PacificBlue
Origin Pacific Airways - New Zealand's Heartland Airline. Great prices and changeable flights for a small fee.
Air New Zealand New Zealand's Airline. Suddenly able to give reasonable offers! Flies internationally to London, Japan, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Los Angeles and many destinations in the Pacific. Star Alliance member. Air New Zealand serve the GST free Norfolk Island (AU), Noumea (New Caledonia), Nadi (Fiji), Tonga, Apia (Samoa), Rarotonga (Cook Ils), Papete (Tahiti, FP) and Honolulu (Hawaii). BackForwards
UK Booking Agencies for Australasia, Pacific and RTW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.thetravelleruk.com - Advantage Travel agent. Tel 01524/422 562 or 0870 027 0056 Fx 425 379. 63 Yorkshire St, Morecambe LA3 1QF sales@thetravelleruk.com Karen & Anthony are Australasia experts. Other destinations via www.advantage4travel.com/traveller
www.flightcentre.com.au Flight Centre are discount flight specialists but also do hotels and hirecars. PER-MANchester A$1600, 3nts Fiji A$699
www.blueholidays.com.au/ Holiday deals recommended by Virgin Blue - also covers departures from New Zealand. AustraliaTravelSearch.com.au Good Aussie search engine www.bestflights.com.au Best Flights - Red hot Pacific, RTW A$1600, packages. In fact anywhere anyhow. Includes taxes finder www.lastminute.com Great Australian Last Minute - Travel, hotels, entertainment. Includes a flight search programme www.travelshop.com.au Australia to elsewhere. Red Hot Deals - Round the world for A$1571 (= £538 in July 04) www.traveldownunder.com.au Getting around once downunder. Flights, accommodation (luxury), attractions, tours and carhire. Flights to Horizontal Waterfall at WA - Kimberley.
www.travelonline.com/ All you need to travel Australia, New Zealand and SW Pacific Flights, accommodation, car rentals.
New Zealand Booking Agencies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HouseOfTravel.co.nz - Dinkum Kiwi site especially for New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Also world, cruises, and bags of useful information. Fancy a Helicopter Ride? www.helipro.co.nz/ - Scenic flight around North Island, New Zealand. www.zuji.co.nz - Online Travel Guru - Worldwide and great Pacific coverage. N$1'215 AUK-LA , N$618 AUK-Perth aren't bad prices? Itravelnet-New Zealand All the links you need for New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific Itravelnet-LowCostAirlines-Oceania - New Zealand and Oceanian low cost airlines. Also use the excellent Lowcost airlines to search elsewhere (Forget the Applefares link) www.flightcentre.co.nz Flight Centre are discount flight specialists but also do hotels and hirecars. Here you can get 5 nights Los Angeles for N$1'749 or 4 nts Fiji for N$569! www.blueholidays.com.au/ Holiday deals recommended by Virgin Blue. Departures from New Zealand and from and to Australia
www.bestflights.com.au Australian site. Red hot Pacific, RTW A$1649, Royal Brunei to London A$1'399. Includes taxes calculator New Zealand Lastminute.com Great Last Minute - Travel, hotels, entertainment. Includes a flight search programme Travelshop.com.au Australia to New Zealand and elsewhere. Red Hot Deals - Round the world for A$1599 www.travelonline.com/ All you need to travel New Zealand, Australia and SW Pacific Flights, accommodation, car rentals.
MAPS of Australia are bountiful. Start with the government's geosciences Ga.Gov.Au/Map which also has satellite and downloadable maps. A simpler overview is provided by the Lonely Planet which also has an Explore Pacific interactive map. The Australia guide is also there.
Walkabout www.walkabout.com.au/ A-Z, Maps, Themes, Tales, Tips as well as Flights, Carhire, Cruises, Travel insurance and Holiday rentals Escape escape.news.com.au Excellent articles over Australia and the world Travellink Australia Travellink.co.nz/aus Destinations, maps, all forms of travel, track guides, vacation packages. Watch this site for the coming BackpackerExpress airline from Darwin to Manchester and Munich - See AirNews Sep 08, 04 www.topdeals.smh.com.au/ Sydney Morning Herald Travel - Top Deals.
New Zealanders have an excellent companion with www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/ The New Zealand Herald - Travel section. Very good selection. Travellink New Zealand Travellink.co.nz Destinations, maps, all forms of travel, track guides, vacation packages. Womens Travel WomensTravel.co.nz Covers Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Walkabout www.walkabout.com.au/ A-Z, Maps, Themes, Tales, Tips as well as Flights, Carhire, Cruises, Travel insurance and Holiday rentals New Zealand Lastminute.com Great Last Minute - Travel, hotels, entertainment. Includes a flight search programme
New Zealand accommodation is found via airline sites, search engines or the following pages when New Zealand is selected. To find an equivalent NZ site, change .com.au into .co.nz
InternationalAirportGuide.com Worldwide airport information. Incl Orbitz cheap fare seeker, hotels, airport day rooms, airport parking.
BudgetStay.com.au Budget accommodation from Melbourne to Cairns Wotif.com Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide. StudentAccommodation.org Usually for 18-35yr olds - Worldwide. Maze Backpackers Sydney - A"maze"ing Budget hostel accommodation in Pitt St central Sydney. Sgl and dbls available, Internet cafe next door and more than all services (you might not want to leave!). Wakeup.com.au Pitt St, Sydney next to Central Rail Statn, short walk to best shops, food, bars and clubs. Just across the road from the bus station! If you're over 18 and still breathing then Wakeup's THE address in Sydney! VoyageNow.com Pretty good hotel searcher at payable prices. Works worldwide. TravelOnline.com All you need to travel Australia, New Zealand and SW Pacific Accommodation, car/camper rentals, flights.
Jetstar hotel service - for those who like to pay a bit more. LateRate.com - Hotel service for those who think discounted is double. Perth A$72-235 incl alarm clock and hairdryer. Flights links to Travelonline.
New Zealand Lastminute.com Great Last Minute - Travel, hotels, entertainment. Includes a flight search programme
Carhire Australasia
- And no, New Zealand is not across Sydney Harbour Bridge - it's a 4hr flight across the Tasman Sea! New Zealand sites usually end .co.nz www.rentacar-australia.com - RentaCar Australia. Go to www.rentacar-newzealand.com - for RentaCar New Zealand - Personally tried and satisfied. www.deltaeuropcar.com.au/ - Virgin Blue's recommended carhire service - from A$39 pd - for carhire in Australia & New Zealand. www.budget.com.au - Budget Australia. A$ 27 pday and 3 days for 2 deals. Has hotel link to www.hotelclub.net for those who like expensive hotels in the outback. Go to www.budget.co.nz - for Budget New Zealand. www.thrifty.com.au - Thrifty Australia. www.thrifty.co.nz - Thrifty New Zealand www.avis.com/ - Avis worldwide for Australia & New Zealand. www.rentalcarsaustralia.com - Travelonline's car rental engine for Budget and Europcar (Thrifty in NT). See also World Carhire
America West Airlines Phoenix based airline flying all over the USA including Alaska & Hawaii. Also Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. Cumbersome website which shows Toronto to Costa Rica in $ (dollars) without specifying which dollars! Toronto to CR appears to be cheaper than from Chicago.
AirTahitiNui-USA.com New York JFK to Auckland, New Zealand U$364 o.w. with free stopover in Tahiti! (Based on roundtrip booking).
US Carriers flying high - The US Dept of Transport lists: AirTran.com Airways mainly E coast but some mid and west USA, ATA.com American Trans Air flies Hawaii Caribbean & Mexico, FlySong.com Delta Song limited NE & SE with CA and NV plus San Juan. Operated by Delta. Flies Seattle, California, New York, Hartford and Boston, Atlanta, Florida, San Juan and Aruba FrontierAirlines.com coverage from Anchorage to Cancun down US mid-west and west. Origin must be Denver. Route map hidden bottom left, JetBlue.com good E and W destinations + Puerto Rico, Southwest.com Destination map in Travel Center>Cities. Good coverage of USA but Mountain and North sparse. Expansion summer 2004. See news Spirit Airlines No indication of destinations at this site; and SunCountry.com Anchorage to Mexico - likes Texas and Florida. Vacation packages to Mexico and Arizona;
For residents of Northern USA FlyZoom.com Canada to London-Gatwick & Glasgow from 6 Canadian cities. Belfast & Manchester in 2005. Links Canada-Caribbean. Call toll free 1-866-FLY-ZOOM (866-359-9666). Also http://transatservices.travelplus.ca TransAt flies from Canada to 8 European countries from Eire to Athens (7 destinations in UK), to Florida (Ft Lauderdale, Orlando) and Nevada (Las Vegas), and to 15 countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America (Venezuela & Columbia). TransAt also flies east and south from 18 Canadian airports - incl Cuba and Haiti. Together with Flyzoom.com, AirTransat is an ideal alternative way to Europe for Americans able to connect easily. Globespan ( UK to Europe,N Africa ) is booking agency for AirTransat.com in Scotland and connects from Europe to Canada (and further) with www.globespan.com - For UK/Irish residents, Globespan flies to Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal from Shannon, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, Gatwick, Birmingham and Exeter. Connections with AirTransat get you to Central America and the Caribbean as well as to Venezuela and Columbia. FlyGlobeSpan.com/ - Cheap flights from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast to Prague, Geneva, the Mediterranean and Canary Isles. X2 routes/destinations.
Familyadventurevacations.net - specializes in US (also Brit Columbia) family vacations, adventure vacations, and family vacation ideas.
Wicked Liquid Expeditions - Multi-Adventure Rafting Expeditions. This Richmond, VA based company provides seminars and multi-sport experiences in India, Peru, Chile, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Guatemala and Turkey
Bugbog.com - Runner up world wonders - Pueblo Bonito [Chaco Canyon complex], New Mexico, USA.
VoyageNow.com - Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com - Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide. Microtel Inn - the newest, cheapest and best motel offers in the USA. New - also Philippines, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras VoyageNow.com Pretty good hotel searcher worldwide at payable prices Wotif.com Limited amount of 2-5 star accommodation - Worldwide. InternationalAirportGuide.com Worldwide site
Carhire USA
RentaCar.com - RentaCar USA. Deals from U$22. www.rentacar.ca - RentaCar Canada. Gives me a choice of 8 companies but no chance for one-way rental.
FlyZoom Canada to London-Gatwick & Glasgow from 6 Canadian cities. Belfast & Manchester from 2005. Links Canada-Caribbean. Call toll free 1-866-FLY-ZOOM (866-359-9666).
http://transatservices.travelplus.ca TransAt flies from Canada to 8 European countries from Eire to Athens (7 destinations in UK), to Florida (Ft Lauderdale, Orlando) and Nevada (Las Vegas), and to 15 countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America (Venezuela & Columbia). TransAt also flies east and south from 18 Canadian airports - incl Cuba and Haiti. Together with Flyzoom.com, AirTransat is an ideal alternative way to Europe for Americans able to connect easily. Globespan UK ( to Europe, N Africa ) is booking agency for AirTransat.com in Scotland and connects from Europe to Canada (and further) with Globespan.com - For UK/Irish residents, Globespan flies to Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal from Shannon, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, Gatwick, Birmingham and Exeter. Connections with AirTransat get you to Central America and the Caribbean as well as to Venezuela and Columbia. FlyGlobeSpan.com - Cheap flights from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast to Prague, Geneva, the Mediterranean and Canary Isles. X2 routes/destinations.
WestJet.com West Jet - from anywhere to anywhere in Canada. Recommended by friends for good and fair service CanJet.com Canadian Eastcoast network. Flies from Halifax (NS), Moncton (NB), St John's and Deer Lake (NFL), Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton to New York, Chicago and 4 destinations in Florida (from C$99!. CanjetVacations.com does packages to the above destinations. The hotel booking site works quite well but might have higher commissions than other sites. We preferred www.ReserveTravel.com/ -even if you do have to guess what $ they are talking about - which we used to satisfaction (See Accommodation section) AirCanada.ca Canada's national airline ZIP 4321zip.com ZIP budget airline - Re-directs to Air Canada
FirstAir.ca Now THAT is an Arctic airline if ever there was one. Hardly gets south but does connect with Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton. The arctic airline for fishermen, seal and polar bear lovers. Serves Canadian north up to Cornwallis Island-Resolute Bay. Hubs in Yellowknife and Baffin Island (Iqaluit). Nunavut, NWT & Yukon from Edmonton and Winnipeg. Nunavik (N of Quebec) from Montreal and Ottawa. East-West northern cross connection via Rankin Inlet (Nunavut). Route map at Firstair Route Map Check out Devon Island (Resolute) and Ellesmere Island where the world's northernmost human habitation lies - Alert is a military outpost.
CanadianNorth.com offers: Deep discount fare, Value fare, Economy fare and Full fare depending on availability and customer wishes. Gets even further north than FirstAir with its friends at Kenn Borek Air, Calm Air, Aklak Air, North Wright Air and Air Tindi. Hardly who connect with CanadianNorth at Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay), Rankin Inlet (connections from Winnipeg and Churchill), Edmonton and Calgary over Yellowknife to Cambridge Bay and to Inuvik. A very good network serving the extreme north from the Atlantic to the Rockies. Route map at CanadianNorth Route Map
America West Airlines Phoenix based airline flying all over the USA including Alaska & Hawaii. Also Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. Cumbersome website which shows Toronto to Costa Rica in $ (dollars) without specifying which dollars! Toronto to CR appears to be cheaper than from Chicago.
HarmonyAirways.com Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Maui. Seasonal Palm Springs from Vancouver and to Honolulu/Maui from Victoria, Abbotsford, Kelowna. The Calgary to Honolulu service remains seasonal (suspended in summer months). Toronto-Vancouver C$99 ow excl if you're lucky!
Sunquest.ca Canadian budget travel agents. Mexico, Caribbean, Britain, Europe. 130 Merton St, Toronto (416)485-1700 customerservice@sunquest.ca . Halifax-Manchester UK C$199. Ottawa-MAN C$299 at time of insertion.
Iqaluit (Baffin Island) is the territorial capital and the largest community of Canada's youngest territory, Nunavut. Its population is about 60% Inuit, a lower figure than in other parts of Nunavut. The town was selected to serve as the new territory's capital in a territory-wide referendum, in which it was chosen over Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Population of the town is about 5,250 (100/km²). Time zone is Eastern: UTC -5. Latitude: 63°45′ N Longitude: 68°30′ W Read on at Wikipedia.org and check out other destinations of the airlines listed above.
Fishing in British Columbia A vessel once owned by Rod Stewart (the Charlotte Princess) is a floating luxury hotel situated at Langara Island in the Queen Charlottes. Featuring private rooms with luxury ensuite baths, the Charlotte Princess accommodates up to 30 guests in style. Gourmet food and superb service compliment the fine experience, and the highest quality tackle and equipment ensures a memorable vacation. Fishing is unguided in the protected areas of the island aboard 18 ft, custom-designed "Fat-Cats" complete with 60 HP outboard motors, VHF radios, and depth sounders. Virtually all of the Salmon encountered are the famous Chinook (King), and the numbers of fish encountered can be overwhelming. Packages include round trip air from Vancouver, accommodation, meals, wine w. dinner, use of boats, tackle and equipment, rain gear, cruiser suits, and professional catch care (vacuum packing and flash freezing) for your trip home. Reservations are handled by Destination: PACIFIC Call (toll free from N America) at +1-888-BIG-ULUA. Email: destpacific@sportfishhawaii.com. The flight path from Honolulu to Midway is over the northwestern Hawaiian Archipelago, some 1,250 nautical miles. The aircraft passes near the islands of Kauai, Niihau, Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Laysan, Lisianski, and Pearl and Hermes Reef. The time en route varies, depending on the winds aloft, but is generally 2.5 to 3 hours on the Aloha 737 aircraft. The above link has a map.
Connections are only from Europe (Iceland, Denmark, Faroes and UK). Iceland has connections to 6 US cities. Air Greenland is to start a new route Kangerlussuaq to Baltimore, USA between May and September 2007.
Air Greenland (GL) from Akureyri-AEY to CPH / from Copenhagen-CPH to AEY Air Greenland serves Copenhagen and: In the Extreme NW: Qaanaaq (Thule) and Pituffik North (West)-(fm N to S): Upernavik, Uummannaq, Qaarsut, Qeqertarsuaq, Ilulissat, Qasigiannguit (Disco Bay), Aasiaat. North East: Neerlerit Inaat/Constable Pynt, Ittoqqortoormiit. West Greenland: Sisimiut, Kangerlussuaq/Søndre Strømfjord, Maniitsoq, NUUK. South East: Kulusuk, Tasiilaq. South: Paamiut, Narsarsuaq, Narsaq, Qaqortoq, Alluitsup Paa, Nanortalik.
AirIceland.is (NY) Domestic in Iceland from Reykjavik to Akureyri, Ísafjarður, Egilsstaðir. Then onwards from Akureyri to Grímsey Island, Þórshöfn and Vopnafjörður. Air Iceland also flies Kulusuk (KUS) in SE Greenland and The Faroe Isles. From mid June to end August, there is a Tue and Fri flight from Reykavík to Narsarsuaq (UAK), South Coast Greenland (see Agents/Guides below). Flights with Landsflug Air from Reykjavík to: Höfn in Hornafjord, Vestmannaeyjar (Westerman Isls), Sauðárkrókur, Gjögur, Bíldudalur can also be booked via this website.
Greenland has no roads between towns or no railways. Intercommunal travel is by plane or-if time and sea ice permits-by boat. Otherwise, dog-sledding is popular.
Arctic Umiaq Line AUL.gl - Air/Ship and boat connections to Greenland. SHIP: Sarpik Ittuk - Fm Nuuk to Uummannaq, Sarfaq Ittuk - Fm Narsarsuaq to Ilulissat. AIR: Copenhagen-Kangerlussuaq / Iceland-Greenland / Nuuk-Kangerlussuaq-Ilulissat AIR/SHIP: Nuuk-Copenhagen (Nuuk, Maniitsoq), Ilulissat-Copenhagen (Ilulissat, Aasiaat, Sisimiut,Kangerlussuaq)
See Travel Agents/Tours/Guides - Greenland for more information and links re transport by ship.
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Greenland has no roads between towns or no railways. Intercommunal travel is by plane or-if time and sea ice permits-by boat. Otherwise, dog-sledding is popular.
Greenland-Guide.gl - Official guide. Mentions names of hotels, airlines and travel agencies. Greenland.com - Getting to Greenland, Accommodation info/tips, Towns and regions, Travel agents (Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan), Cruises, Adventures, Animals and sea creatures, ice golf. Travellers from Canada and the USA need to fly via Reykjavik/Keflavik, Iceland, or via Copenhagen, Denmark to get to Greenland
Greenland.com - Q: Is visa necessary in order to go to Greenland? A: If you come from a country from which visa is required in order to go to Denmark, you will also need visa to go to Greenland. The visa for Denmark must contain a remark that you travel on to Greenland. Q: Which means of payment can be used in Greenland? A: Danish coins and notes (DKK) are valid currency in Greenland. Foreign currency can be exchanged in the banks. In hotels, restaurants and larger shops credit cards can be used, primarily Diners Club and Visa are accepted.
Kulusuk, Greenland (Air Iceland) When you have already travelled as far as Iceland, then why not write another thrilling chapter in your northern adventure by visiting Greenland, which is only a two-hour flight away. See pics at AirIceland.is destinations. The largest island in the world is dominated by a massive icecap, and has an unrivalled rugged splendour that leaves the visitor spellbound. Greenland is home to a hardy Inuit population of 56,000, spread sparsely along the east and west coasts. These charming and hospitable people continue to live a traditional life of fishing and sealing in what is one of the world’s harshest but most beautiful environments. The little village of Kulusuk, situated on the island of Ammassalik, is the only populated area of the entire east coast. Here you will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the ancient Inuit culture, best reflected in the beautiful craftsmanship of the carvings done in tusk and bone. The beauty of the country’s natural wilderness, combined with the Inuit cultural experience, may very well mean that your visit to Greeland will rank as one of your most cherished memories.
South Coast Narsarsuaq Air Iceland will from Jun 17 until Sep 2, 2006 offer flights to Narsarsuaq from Reykavík. Flights will be twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Narsarsuaq, in the southern part of Greenland, is the international airport for Narsaq which is a true pearl of beauty in the otherwise extreme arctic nature of Greenland. With a direct view to the inland-ice, and hundreds of icebergs floating in the fiords just outside the town, the green valley and mountains surrounding Narsaq makes up perfect contrasts for the visitor, who wants to experience pure and unspoilt nature. SouthGreenland.gl gives more information about Narsaq and South Greenland.
East Coast Ittoqqortoormiit Ittoqqortoormiit just like Qaanaaq is one of the youngest towns in Greenland and by far the most isolated. Scoresby Sund with its side fjords are the largest fjord complex in the world and the fjord itself is also the longest in the world. The municipality is about the size of Great Britain and, this would indicate that each of the 562 inhabitants has an area of 420 km2 to roam in. However, the inhabitants live in Ittoqqortoormiit or one of the two settlements, Itterajivit/Cape Hope or Uunartoq/Cape Tobin. Hunting and, to some degree, fishing are the main trades of the area. The National Park is the largest in the world and people without permanent address in Ittoqqortoormiit or Qaanaaq municipalities must apply for a special permit to enter the area. The wild life in the area is extraordinary with many birds and mammals.
All-Hotels.com Hotels in Greenland www.internationalairportguide.com Worldwide site Greenland-Guide.gl - Excellent accommodation and information guide. Cruises Greenland.com - Q: Which accommodation possibilities are there - apart from the hotels? A: In Greenland there are a number of youth hostels in both the towns and the small settlements. The standard of these youth hostels fluctuates on the range of facilities. Some youth hostels were built exclusively for hikers and only offer the guests a plank bed, shower and kitchenette. Other youth hostels can be described as real guest houses with both cafeteria and the possibility of renting bed clothes or sheet sleeping bags etc. In addition to the youth hostels there are Seamen's home in five different towns in Greenland; Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Nuuk and Qaqortoq.
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Greenland has no roads between towns and no railways either. To get around in Greenland you have to fly or - if time and sea ice permits - to sail. Otherwise, dog-sledding is popular.
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