http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Travel en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-07T00:00:00 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/2009/1107/1224258243629.html Ethiopia’s highlanders live in a stunning basalt landscape of endless canyons and soaring volcanic peaks. It’s a destination that even family-holiday-averse teenagers will fall for. And an Irish Aid project means that staying here benefits locals directly, writes MANCHÁN MAGAN Text Travel TopStories 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243629 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243830.html Recession or not, life, the vines and the yearly harvest must go on – and for an increasing number of houses that means using environmentally friendly ways of growing grapes and making wine, writes GILLIAN IVORY Text Travel TopStories 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243830 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242429.html You don’t have to go far, or spend a lot of money, to get away from it all. MAL ROGERShas 10 ideas for days out that will cost you little more than the price of a picnic and some petrol Text Travel TopStories 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242429 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242614.html Instead of being out to make a fast tourist buck, the people CATHERINE MACKmet on a family holiday on the Greek island were keen to show their hospitality and share their culture Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242614 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243688.html CONSUMER NEWS:AT LEAST 23 travel companies have not renewed their bonds in the biggest exodus from the trade for years. Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243688 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243707.html TRAVEL TRENDS:IRELAND’S HOTELS, B&Bs, guest houses and other accommodation saw a substantial decline in their occupancy rates in the first eight months of the year. Self-catering and hostels have been particularly badly hit, mainly by a decline in overseas visitors, according to Fáilte Ireland. Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243707 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243728.html This week's travel news in brief
Text Travel Go Now 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243728 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243808.html A two-hour ramble to Lough Muskry, in the Galtees, is just the thing to clear away the cobwebs after an evening of overindulgence, writes JOHN G O’DWYER Text Travel Go Walk 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243808 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242362.html You don’t need to fly overseas for a citybreak. AMY LAUGHINGHOUSEsees what Dublin offers – and if it lives up to its name as Europe’s pub capital Text Travel Go Citybreak 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242362 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243847.html NESSA CHILDERS, Labour MEP for Ireland East, describes her holidays
Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243847 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243873.html Few spectacles will put you in your place quicker than the aurora borealis in full flow. Nature offers no firmer reminder that, no, you are not the centre of the universe – and nor is the tiny planet you call home. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243873 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242392.html Taste of adventureMór Active, a Co Kerry- based outdoor adventure company, has a free taster weekend on November 14th and 15th, to let you sample rockclimbing and hillwalking. It will provide all the equipment for the climbing session, on the Saturday from 10am to 1pm, but you need to bring your own gear, including boots, hillwalking clothing, waterproofs and rucksack, for the hike on the Sunday, from 10am until 4pm. Activities are based at Kate Kearney’s Cottage, at the Gap of Dunloe. For more, or to book, call 086-3890171 or 066-94748857, or see moractive.com. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242392 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242662.html JOAN SCALESanswers your travel questions Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242662 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242634.html LIZ O'HAGAN, general manager of Australian Visa Specialists, describes her day
Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242634 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243656.html GEMMA TIPTONstays at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Co Dublin
Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243656 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242586.html THE BEST-KEPT secrets are often those whispered from one trustworthy person to the next. Sometimes the secrets are so particular that they don’t go outside a certain group. This is definitely the case with Glasgow’s Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, which although located in the city’s leafy West End might as well be in Outer Mongolia for all that people know about it. Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242586 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243721.html From skiing in St Moritz to a cookery course in west Cork, JOAN SCALEShas the best of the week's deals Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243721 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243753.html BERNICE HARRISONon alternatives to movies and the mall
Text Travel Go Regulars 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243753 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258242570.html Go reader CORMAC BYRNEgot an enticing view of Russia in a city with a short but turbulent history Text Travel Go Feedback 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258242570 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243896.html MANCHÁN MAGAN's tales of a travel addict Text Travel Go Back 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243896 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1107/1224258243884.html LAURENCE MACKINreviews Earthbound: A Rough Guide to the World in Pictures,Rough Guides, £20 Text Travel Go Back 2009-11-07T00:00:00 1224258243884