http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Travel en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-21T00:00:00 http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259202681.html The recession means plenty of good-value holidays are on offer if you’re planning a honeymoon. But an uncertain future means we’re less keen to commit to luxury getaways before we have to. ALANNA GALLAGHERgets some tips from travel agents and FIONA McCANNtakes a ‘minimoon’ closer to home Text Travel TopStories 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259202681 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203161.html Endless unspoilt beaches, affable locals and dirt-cheap but miraculously easy-on-the-body Tanduay rum made the Philippines the perfect location for FERGAL QUINN Text Travel TopStories 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203161 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259216719.html TOURISM DECLINE:THE SLUMP in tourism is showing no sign of easing, with data published yesterday by the Central Statistics Office confirming a sharp decline in visitor numbers. Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259216719 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259216736.html MONEY-SAVING TRENDS:THE RECESSION could offer a boost to a travel industry willing to embrace the “funemployed”, tourism providers have been told. Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259216736 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259216764.html The other travel news stories of the week...
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Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259202665 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203188.html Galty walks Meeting every weekend, usually in the Comeragh, Knockmealdown or Galty mountains, Galtee Walking Club offers graded walks for new members or anyone who’d like to join in for a one-off hike. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203188 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259214091.html HENRI ASSEN:I CALLED my travel business Nuevo Mundo because the Americas are, of course, the New World but also because South America is the last great destination, other than Antarctica, that the travelling public hasn’t been to yet. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259214091 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203132.html PETER GEOGHEGANstays at Hotel Chelsea in New York  Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203132 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203259.html USUALLY a visit to a museum of any standing takes place in a city, but not if it’s the remarkable Dutch Kröller-Müller Museum. Hidden in the middle of De Hoge Veluwe National Park, near Arnhem, it has an extensive Van Gogh collection. Here, among the trees, you can see one of the most impressive overviews of his work, with masterpieces such as Café Terrace at Nightand The Sower. There are also works by Monet, Seurat, Picasso and other artistic giants. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203259 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259216923.html From a girlie trip to the Algarve to ut-price B&B at Mount Juliet, JOAN SCALEShas the best of the week's offers Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259216923 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259216804.html BERNICE HARRISONon alternatives to movies and the mall
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Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203247 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259202646.html DEREK EVANSdidn’t know what to expect from his first proper visit to Northern Ireland for 25 years. He needn’t have worried: he enjoyed every minute at Belle Isle Castle Text Travel Go Ireland 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259202646 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203240.html Go reader MARY DAVISon a delay that almost ruined a family holiday Text Travel Go Feedback 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203240 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203109.html MAGAN'S WORLD:NOTHING COULD better convince the world that Colombia is no longer the Hades of narco-terrorism than the sight of matronly English women in sensible Debenhams dresses swinging their stiff hips to a salsa beat in an elegant colonial plaza – women who’d normally never stray beyond the reassuring pips of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour knocking back mojitos and flirting with Latino bad boys. Text Travel Go Back 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203109 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1121/1224259203095.html Best in Travel 2010 Lonely Planet, £9.99 Text Travel Go Back 2009-11-21T00:00:00 1224259203095