Rhyl

Rhyl is a great place for the whole family to go on holiday. Situated in a fantastic place close to other tourist destinations in North Wales there are lots of things to do.

Rhyl has its own Sea Aquarium where you can visit all the underwater animals and enjoy daily live animal shows, and expand your underwater animal knowledge.

Rhyl also has its own nature reserve where you can spend the day relaxing with your family and take a picnic. Here you can enjoy some bird spotting, or even ride on Britain’s oldest running miniature train, which will take you around Brickfields.

Because the town is situated on the coast, when visiting Rhyl the whole family can enjoy a day on the beach. With beautiful sand, sea and peak time donkey rides and refreshments your little ones will have a great time.

For the kids Rhyl has its own children’s complex, which is packed full of children’s rides, restaurants and a large cinema. Here is also Rhyls famous sky tower which will take you up high were you can view Rhyls beautiful surroundings.

Rhyl is also within close distance of other famous North Wales tourist towns like Llandudno, Conwy, Caernarfon, and Snowdon.

Marine Holiday Park in Rhyl-Fun for all the Family

For a fun and affordable holiday for all the family have you thought about visiting somewhere in the UK? Marine Holiday Park is a great fun park for all the family within an excellent area that offers lots of fun things for all the family.

Rhyl is a popular tourist destination in North Wales. Rhyl is also a very popular holiday destination due to its local attractions, Rhyl caravan parks, and holiday parks. Rhyl is easily accessible via train, car and even airport. Rhyl is in the county of Denbighshire, and is very popular with people from all over Wales, and people from the north west of England.

Marine Holiday Park in Rhyl is a fantastic holiday park with some of the best facilities around. The accommodation caravans rate from 3* to 5* depending on your preference, which includes a TV, Shower, Toilet, Fridge, Cooker, Microwave, Duvets and pillows, to help make your stay comfortable. Marine Holiday Parks facilities include a swimming pool, playground, sports bar, cabaret and entertainment bar, arcade, café, sports facilities, mini supermarket, and a laundrette. These facilities ensure that as a holiday maker you will have everything you need within a close distance.

Rhyl’s main attraction is its close location to surrounding towns, beautiful walks and nature reserves around North Wales. Rhyl is within close distance of Llandudno a Victorian town which has a Victorian pier, great shopping facilities and the Great Orme which offers a dry ski slope, cable cars, tram ride to the summit, and mines. Rhyl is also close to Snowdon the highest mountain in Wales and England. This offers a visitor beautiful walks, stunning scenery, and a train ride to the summit. Rhyl is also within close distance of North Wales’s historical towns and castles like Conwy Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Dolbadarn, and Dolwyddelan

Within Rhyl town there is loads of things to do. Rhyl has a sea aquarium, where you can visit different types of underwater animals. Rhyl also has beautiful beaches, for a great day out with the whole family. Rhyl has its famous sky tower, which is 180metres high; this will take its rider up high and give a great view of the surrounding area. Rhyl also has a cinema and kids village full of rides, and restaurants. Just next to Rhyl is the nature reserve Brickfields pond, where the whole family can enjoy a relaxing day; here you can go on the sculpture trail, fish, bird watch, or just sit back and relax by the lake.

With marine holiday park offering excellent facilities and a comfortable visit, why not take advantage of their special offers. Rhyl is a fantastic place to stay, with lots of holiday attractions, and surrounding tourist attractions why not take the whole family, and experience a great holiday within the UK.

Airport Transfer- The best way to start and finish a Holiday

If you are travelling away from the UK for your holiday or holidaying in some of the UKs best holiday and seaside resorts, there is only one way to start and finish your trip. This is with an airport transfer. An airport transfer is the best way to start and finish your holiday for two reasons.

Firstly cost. The cost of leaving you car at the airport or local airport transfer car park can be pricey, with them charging a full rate for every day and night that you leave your car there. This may exceed to the amount it would cost you to organise an airport transfer. When you organise an airport transfer the company tend to cut the cost of your journey, if you book both there and back with the same company.

Secondly convenience. The convenience of having someone come and pick you up to take you away on your holiday will cause you less stress, and it’s another part of your holiday that you will not have to worry about. The airport transfer will pick you up at the time you have decided, on time and take you to your destination accurately so there is little chance of getting lost. Also having an airport transfer will save your energy. When you go away on holiday you flight could be early in the morning, having an airport transfer means that you will be able to get to the airport without driving, conserving your energy for the rest of the day. Also the end of the holiday can be tiring, going home back to reality and the exhaustion of your holiday can take its toll. Having an airport transfer to pick you up and drive you home will help you relax, and most importantly it is safer for you and your family, as driving when tired is dangerous.

Castle Mini Coaches offers an affordable airport transfer service taking people to airports from North Wales to airports in Manchester, Liverpool, and east midlands. They also provide for the seaports of Holyhead and Liverpool.

Costa Blanca

The Costa Blanca is the costal region of Spain in the Northeast. Costa Brava is very popular among tourist due it is beautiful coastal areas, and blue skies and sea.

Although the main tourist resorts offer a great affordable package holiday to families, and these can be made easily for families with children with most holidays offering airport transfers and a holiday rep, the high population of tourists and exploitation of apartments and hotels can be too much. Fortunately Costa Blanca has many other small seaside resorts and traditional Costa Blanca Seaside towns. These are ideal for people who want to enjoy a more traditional holiday in the lifestyle of the local residents. These towns can be artistic looking with traditional marinas, museums, and town architecture.

Between these small seaside resorts there are beautiful secluded beaches and coves. Some which can only be reached by foot or at sea. These offer seclusion, relaxation, and purity away from others and tourism. With the Costa Blanca’s seaside being the Mediterranean Sea it offers its visitors beautiful sparkling bluey-green waters filled with nature and unspoilt seabeds. The best way to enjoy the Costa Blanca and experience unspoilt coast and coves is by boat, particularly yacht.

In Costa Blanca there are many yacht charter packages which will take you around Costa Blanca’s best Marinas with beautiful shops and restaurants, and also so secluded coves where you can snorkel or just have a relaxing swim in a beautiful cove that will feel entirely yours. If you are looking to buy out there for your travels across the Mediterranean Sea you may want to check out Network Yacht Brokers in Calpe for boat sales in Alicante, which is the principal town on the Costa Blanca. If you are a boat owner there are a number of marinas where you can stay and also again beautiful secluded beaches and coves for you to explore and discover.

When exploring the Costa Blanca its best to do so upon a yacht to escape the tourist, and the high-raised apartments and hotels, and find them little secluded places which you can enjoy on your own, enjoying peach, tranquillity and relaxation.

Bala

Bala is a stunning village situated in Gwynedd North Wales. It’s known for its breathtaking scenery and beautiful lake, which attracts lots of visitors. Bala has a lot to offer including lots of little and interesting shops, accommodation, restaurants, historical walks, Bala Lake, lots of water sports, plus magnificent views of outstanding beauty.

Bala’s most famous attraction is its spectacular lake. It is known as Bala Lake or Llyn Tegid, and It’s Wales’ biggest lake, stretching over four miles long and one mile wide. Bala Lake’s wildlife is protected, and the Lake contains European Perch, Trout, Abundant Pike, Eel, and a rare protected whitefish called the Gwyniad, which is said to be from the last ice age. This fish is no longer found anywhere else in Britain and is becoming increasingly low in numbers, due to its habitat becoming more and more unsuitable.

Bala Lake attracts water sport enthusiast, including kayakers and Sailors.The Lake is popular for its water sports due to the suitable winds which sweep through the mountain valley setting. In the Afon Tryweryn, which joins the River Dee at Bala, white water sports including White Water Kayaking and White water rafting is offered.

Bala Town also holds a popular village market every Monday which has a range of both unique and usual things that you can buy. Bala also has shops, and restaurants surrounding the market, and also offers accommodation. Bala accommodation consists of a wide range of housings both within the village and surrounding areas. Bala Cottages, guest houses, self catering accommodation, hotels, and converted barn houses, are all different types of accommodation which Bala’s visitor can choose from. These offer visitors secluded accommodation, and private areas for quieter recreational activities and peace.

If you really want to see all the beautiful sights of Bala, there are many walking paths, cycling paths, and also a beautiful nine mile train journey alongside Bala Lake and Snowdonia National Park which you can take. This will give you an excellent view of the lake, surrounding woodlands, and historical village. Bala is a highly recommended holiday destination, and is perfect for a weekend getaway for couples, and families.

Bathing Quality at UK Beaches Drops - Where's Safe?

The BBC recently published an article about how in the last year the amount of beaches recommended in "The Good Beach Guide" has fallen.

The amount of beaches recommended by the Good Beach Guide has dropped by 74, the most it has ever dropped in the guide's history.

There are reasons for this, at the time when the study was taken, the UK was in the midst of a very wet summer, which washed pollutants & other undesirables into rivers & streams, which then flowed into the sea.

So what advice does the Marine Conservation Society give?

Mr Bell warned bathers that to avoid health risks, they should pick places to swim in the sea which had a good water quality record.

People are advised to stay out of the water for at least 24 hours after heavy storms and report pollution problems to the MCS.

A full list of beaches and how they scored is available in this PDF, click here to download it.

Of course, the other approach is to take your annual holiday away from the coast, and instead have a holiday within the countryside or a national park. Places like Snowdonia are popular for a idyllic holiday away from the hustle and bustle of normal life - you can check out a Snowdonia Guest House and some Snowdonia Cottages at Bryn Melyn Farm

Increase in UK Tourism in the past year

This year could be a record year for the UK travel & tourism industry, with the weak pound, credit crunch & less money around, people are opting to holiday in the UK rather than abroad. A number of traditional seaside resorts have seen an increase in popularity, with Torquay & Newquay leading the way with a 160% increase in searches since last year on popular website hotels.co.uk.

Furthermore, there has been an increase in searches in Blackpool (140%), Jersey (120%), Llandudno (130%) and Bournemouth (80%).

This is great for the areas mentioned, which has seen a decline in popularity in recent years, with foreign climates proving more appealing. Nevertheless, the hope is that visitors will come and discover these places, find out that they love them, and return year after year.

Furthermore, with the weak pound, tourists from Europe & the United States have been arriving in mass to these destinations. For backpackers especially, now is really the best time to explore the UK.

On a personal note (as a Llandudno resident) I'm glad to see a rise in popularity of Llandudno Hotels & Self Catering Llandudno properies with people having difficult years up to now. Things are looking up!