http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Travel en-ie Copyright 2012, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2012-02-11T00:00:00 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/2012/0211/1224311543210.html Can’t afford a break? Think again. From transatlantic yachting to US road trips to villa-minding in Tuscany, there are plenty of ways to holiday on the cheap, writes SANDRA O’CONNELL Text Travel TopStories 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311543210 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311542974.html CITYBREAK:Don’t be put off by the crowds and the noise, Mumbai is a friendly, safe city in which to take the pulse of India, writes ARTHUR DEENY Text Travel TopStories 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311542974 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311542925.html WALK:This delightful walk ends with a panoramic view of Cork city and Shandon Steeple. Text Travel TopStories By TONY O'DOHERTY 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311542925 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311544012.html THREE OF A KIND:ANASSA, CYPRUS 40 Regenas Road, 8852 Neo Chorio, Cyprus, 00357-26-888000, anassa.com/cy Text Travel TopStories EMMA CULLINAN 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311544012 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311543056.html ASK JOAN:Your travel questions answered Text Travel Go Advice JOAN SCALES 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311543056 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311545414.html DEALS:John Galligan Travel in Dublin is offering a tour to Antarctica. The group will travel to Buenos Aires in November before taking a private charter to Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of South America to board the expedition ship MV Bremen. The ship will retrace the steps of Ernest Shackleton’s journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia in 1916, as well as zodiac landings on the Antarctic peninsula. The 19-day trip will cost €8,569pp sharing. See jgt.ie Text Travel Go Regulars 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311545414 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311543920.html Tourism Malaysia is offering free tickets to the Petronas Malaysia Formula 1 Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur on March 24th-25th, worth £100 (€119), to anyone booking a four-night break in a selected hotel. Text Travel Go Regulars EDEL MORGAN 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311543920 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311543014.html You might think February is a quiet time in Kerry, but you’d be wrong. Two big musical events are set to have floors stamping and walls heaving from Ballyferriter to Killarney. Okay, for the sake of accuracy, in Ballyferriter and Killarney. Text Travel Go Regulars SANDRA O'CONNELL 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311543014 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311544458.html MY HOLIDAYS: What was your best holiday?I went to New Zealand for a few days as part of my honeymoon to Australia. I loved it and said that one day I’d go back. Text Travel Go Regulars 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311544458 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311542908.html TRX Pro Portable Training Kit:Of course, we do realise one of the lovely bonuses of finding yourself not able to work out when you’re away from home is just that. Oh dear, no gym in the hotel, I’d better lie down here at the pool. Text Travel Go Regulars TOM KELLY 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311542908 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2012/0211/1224311544033.html THE SURFER IN the Spanish bar was in his 20s, and had spent several years working his way around the world. We were talking about how people stayed in touch when on the move. He had never received, nor sent, a hand-written letter in his life, he told me, while casually checking emails and texts on a smartphone. I found myself explaining the workings of poste restante– “post remaining” for collection – as if I was some time-traveller from the past, describing how to send a message by carrier pigeon. Text Travel Go Regulars JASPER WINN 2012-02-11T00:00:00 1224311544033