Carnival in the Canary Islands

Carnival Canary IslandsCarnival is in the air and we want to show you a different kind of holyday that combines carnival and sea. Where? In the Canary Islands, Tenerife and Gran Canaria every year carnival is a very important event as picturesque and representative of the spirit and traditions of the Canario people.

Every year there are events, exhibitions, concerts and parties, linked in a double way with local traditions and the stereotype of Brazilian parades. In the whole Canary Islands archipelago each edition  is organized by the Canaria Carnival Community, so that the events are programmed also in the other “minor” islands as Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera.

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Low cost holidays: plan your 2010

plan 2010 holidaysIn this world more and more connected, every year tourist routes change. Tourist operators are organizing the top ten list of low cost holidays. Iceland, Thailand, London, South Africa, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Bulgaria, Kenya, Las Vegas, here are the Lonely Planet places to see without spending big amounts of money.

As Lonely Planet usually does, its advices regards exciting travels at low cost prices. In the list there’s a surprising Iceland, where prices are going down to develop tourism industry and facing the big crisis. Icelandair is offering very affordable flying rates. Other unexpected destinations are Bulgaria, a wonderful land in the eastern part of Europe, that recently entered European Union.

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