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Cruising Andalusia and the Algarve with Fred Olsen

Cruising Andalusia and the Algarve with Fred Olsen. Magical ports of call.

Fortunately, the Braemar is smaller than most, at a little over 24,000 tonnes and holds only 930 passengers. I climb on board and make my way to what will be my home for the next 13 nights. 

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Hotel Camiral at PGA Catalunya Resort

Hotel Camiral is a world away from your traditional luxury golf resort. No dark wood and stuffy lounges here, just plenty of classy contemporary interiors.

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PGA Stadium 11 front

PGA Catalunya Resort

PGA Catalunya Resort is the jewel in the crown of Spanish golf, a top luxury resort with two championship golf courses and a 5 star hotel tucked away in 300 hectares of prime Catalan forest.

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Rupert Parker reviews the IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Portals Nous in Mallorca

IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Portals Nous. Palma has never looked so good.

The new adult only Iberostar Portals Nous is a classy 5 star designer hotel with just 66 rooms, just outside Palma and only half an hour from the airport.

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Valencia Cathedral and Fountain

Weekend in Valencia

Striking modern architecture, coupled with elegant art nouveau buildings, and a wealth of Gothic and Renaissance monuments, make Valencia the perfect place to wander.

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Galicia Wooded Pathways

Walking the Camino de Santiago

In recent years the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, in the North West of Spain, has become increasingly popular. It’s known in English as “The Way of St James”, as the bones of the disciple are supposedly buried in the cathedral of Santiago

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