Archive for January, 2011
Cyclotourism New Travelling Trend From Italy
The tourist data of the last years testify of the new must in tourism: keep in touch with nature and look for psychophysical wellness. More and more people choose to spend their free time in the green listening to the stillness of the open spaces searching simplicity and emotions tied to the pleasure of senses. Among all the green tourism offers the farm holiday the national Parks stays and the cycle tourism proposals stand out.
More and more people need to spend their free time in a natural context and to feel in harmony with the environment around. People look for wellness both physical and psychological. Nature quiet stillness and wonderful landscapes are the new travel proposal from Italy. More and more cycling lovers decide to plan their holidays with their bicycle.
This new trend coming from Northern Europe has already suggested some special facilities to offer to cycletourists; many Italian hotels in collaboration with local tourist agencies have been equipped just in order to satisfy this new trend’s demand. On this wave during the last years some hotels’ group are born with the goal to put into the tourism market a specific offer aimed to this target.
In the 2000 the Group Italy Bike Hotels has been constituted. It coordinates marketing activities and promotes the initiatives of 42 hotels from ten regions of Italy.
When a cycle tourist looks for a valid travelling proposal entrusting the Italy Bike Hotels Group he will find some guaranteed bicycle facilities: free cycle tourism info cyclemaps of the holiday area cycleguides on demand bicycles warehouse bicycles rental breakfasts lunches and snacks with menu adapted to sportsmen medical and mechanical assistance and specialistic laundry for sportswear.
The cycle tourist can daily create its own route or choose among those studied and collected into the free cyclingmap. He can also choose among six various regional tours when he prefers a moving holiday.
Italy from the Alps to the Puglia is improving its special offers…come and discover its beauties and news!
Choosing A Hotel On The Web
You know you will arrive in a strange town or city late in the evening and need to have your hotel reservation sorted out well in advance.
In the old days it would be a question of picking up the yellow AA book and discovering perhaps four of five hotels at your destination. The internet has changed all that.
There are hundreds if not thousands of web sites where you will find lists of tens of thousands of hotels across the world. Naturally most hotels manage their own web presence so the choice is overwhelming.
One way to find a hotel in the United Kingdom for instance is to use your favourite search engine and enter the words : hotel Canterbury which using Google will produce over 280000 results ten time the population of the city of Canterbury in England. In the results will be hotels in Canterbury England Canterbury New Zealand and the Canterbury Hotel near Indianapolis hardly useful.
Try refining the search term with the words : canterbury hotel kent england. This narrows the results down to around 1400 which will have dozens of duplicates.
The results will include individual hotels and directories of hotels. The first couple of pages in the search results give plenty of options of both styles of results. Check the specific hotel results or use the directories. The advantage of the directory results is because often they list all the hotels in Canterbury along with prices and online booking facilities.
Booking through an online web directory can be cheaper than booking directly with an individual hotel.
Whichever way you choose your hotel you can be sure that everything will be ready when you arrive in that strange town.
About the writer: Nigel Peacock has travelled extensively around the world and manages the web site Hotel Finder UK
Choose A County Kilkenny Bb
Since medieval times wanderers and locals have plied the roads of County Kilkenny Ireland. The history of this county is preserved in spectacular ruins a culture with deep roots in its past and in the blending of the contemporary with the very ancient for which Ireland at large is justly famous. Touring County Kilkenney can be enlightening and endlessly fascinating. Where one stays of course is just as important as where one goes.
There are numerous Bamp;B establishments located in County Kilkenny. The urban center of the county Kilkenny City is very much a modern and thriving community wellworth exploring. Here you’ll find Kilkenny Castle is situated occupying a prominent place in the middle of this very modern city. This is a center of the arts as well with many traditional forms of art being practiced and available for purchase by visitors. Hiring a room at a Bamp;B in Kilkenny City is an excellent way to experience the thrill of this bustling city while staying at lodgings that offer some respite from the urban energy.
The more remote regions of County Kilkenny are dominated by farms. This is one of the best places in Ireland to get off the beaten track and explore and given how long human activity spans into the past in this county there’s no telling what you might discover along the course of your wandering! There are monuments and ruins to be found all over the county and many tourists prefer to explore in this freeflowing fashion rather than taking in some of the more wellknown sites. Staying at a Bamp;B allows you to ask the proprietor about any points of interest you may want to see an advantage that can be attained nowhere else.
If you’ve come for the history you can start your exploration right in Kilkenny City. The city is home not only to the castle but to St. Canice’s Cathedral one of the largest such structures in Ireland and dating back to medieval times and the Rothe House whose history extends back to the late 1500′s and much more.
There are also many festivals to take in during a trip to County Kilkenny. The summer brings events ranging from comedy festivals to arts festivals. Of course you can always add your name to the many who have wandered these roads throughout history and simply rent a car and explore! This county is wonderfully entertaining near the city or far out in the country.
If you’re seeking a Bamp;B near the city or during the festivals book well in advance to make sure you have a room. Because these facilities are much more comfortable than most hotels they’re great places for extended stays if one wishes to take in the entirety of a long festival or dedicate some serious research time toward understanding the city and the county at large.
Bamp;B accommodations are the best way to stay in County Kilkenny. Not only do you get the tourist experience you get local hospitality!
About the writer: The Town Country Homes Association is a leading Bed Breakfast accommodation provider in Ireland. They feature over 1100 Bed and Breakfasts in locations across Ireland. For more information on a BB in Ireland visit http://www.townandcountry.ie.