Villas Costa Brava
The combination of a very good summer climate, nature and excellent beaches the Costa Brava has often been considered only as a package holiday, fish n chips and sangria destination, a stereotype based on only a few tourist areas of the coast. The real Costa Brava is a diverse region of extraordinary natural beauty and heritage with small hidden coves, cliffs and pine forests meeting the sea shore and long sandy beaches the Costa Brava is uniquely and authentically Spanish.
Spaniards enjoy gathering in bars before their typical lunchtime meal over three hour period in which most business comes to a halt and temporarily satisfy their hunger with tapas and a glass of beer or wine. Tapas represent a Spanish way of life, and there is no better way to partake in the life of the country than by experiencing this time honoured tradition.
Escape to the sun and enjoy a Costa Brava villa holiday. A holiday in Spain with its unspoiled coves, rugged coastline and picturesque bays, is a popular destination for families, couples to enjoy cheap holidays, discover cheap holidays using our villa finder on our homepage; find the perfect accommodation to suit your needs.
For a fantastic location, lots to see and do and with prices that won’t hurt the wallet, Costa Brava holiday resorts are a great choice for the whole family.
Find out more about villa Costa Brava and the services offered from Toro Holidays.
Holiday cottages in England
How has the recent disruption to air traffic due to the volcanic ash cloud closing UK airspace and the news that there will be more strikes by airline staff affected your decision to book your holiday this year?
Looking forward to a heat wave this summer in England and booking a holiday cottage could solve any concerns that you may have about summer air travel disruption. It is all too easy to miss some great attractions and sights on your own doorstep and with no need to learn the lingo, well there may be a few accents around the UK that could catch you out now and again.
Get out of the cities and you can experience a different England in one of the many national parks taking a slow stroll through a forest or along the beach, I bet you forgot that we had beaches over here, then take a long lunch in a country pub supping a few pints of beer. Why not book your holiday in England this year and see how much more holiday time you gain by missing out on all that time waiting in airports and long transfers to your hotel.
We have added over 1300 new cottages in England onto the site this week, these new properties are a great addition to the selection of accommodation we have on the site.
Villa Costa Brava
The Costa Brava area of Spain has evolved over the years from one of the early package holiday destinations with thousands of people visiting Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar on their first Spanish Holiday, now that more resorts have opened up around Spain letting the Costa Brava settle and rejuvenate itself back into a leading destination that the whole family.
The Costa Brava’s location provides great choice for cheap flights with most low cost airlines flying to Barcelona, Girona or even just over the border in France to Perpignan which could be an excellant choice if you were looking to hire a car and explore the area properly.
Barcelona is a unique European city break destination allowing it’s visitors to enjoy the normal sightseeing treats you would come to expect to see whilst only a short walk away from the beach where you can find many locals enjoying their work break in the sun.
The area enjoys large amounts of sun and if you think the Costa del Sol is too hot for you in the peak summer period, this area is a few degrees cooler during the year so can be a bit more comfortable allowing you to spend more time enjoying the sun.
Blanes is host to the International Costa Brava Fireworks Contest ‘Internacional De Focs D’Artifici De La Costa Brava’ with prizes awarded to the best displays. This is a very prestigious contest and is held over three nights in July attracting thousands of vistors to watch tons of fireworks bursting in the night sky.
We have over 700 villas and apartments in this area on the site for you to choose from so please visit the villa Costa Brava for more details
Book villas in Spain for La Tomatina
If you are looking for a little something different to do on your holidays this year, then La Tomatina festival in Spain might be for you. The normally sleepy town of Bunol inland from Valencia is transformed in to one huge tomato party for one day every year.
There are many theories on how this fiesta began that now involves trucks loaded full of tomatoes are driven into the town to let 30,000 people start chucking them around after having a good soaking in water. This tomato riot lasts for one hour but is part of a week long fiesta in the town with musical bands, fireworks and as normal with Spanish town fiestas lots of great food.
La tomatina is held on the last wednesday of August during the day and once the final blast signals the end of the tomato riot the town is quickly hosed down leaving little reminder of what had just happened until the next year. This is not for the faint hearted and you will not want to attend in your best summer outfit as you will get covered head to toe in fresh salsa but has got to be on most peoples list of things to see.
Here are a selection of villas in Spain that can be booked for this week that are within easy reach of Bunol and La Tomatina festival, there are plenty of trains running from Valencia to get visitors in to Bunol for the fiesta as this is a small town and there will be a lot of visitors there on the day it is advisable to use the train as there may be limited places to park. Do not worry there will be lots of other people on the train in their old tshirts and shorts;
Apartment in Penyiscola up the coast from Valencia costing £1,147 for 14 nights arriving 21/08/10
House in Oliva outside Valencia costing £559 for 7 nights and £914 for 14 nights arrivging 21/08/10
Apartment in Cullera costing £1,077 for 14 nights arriving 21/08/10
Apartment in Puerto Sagunto costing costing £1,104 for 14 nights arriving 21/08/10
Villas in Croatia
We have expanded our selection of villas and apartments we have displayed on the site in Croatia by adding over 3,400 new holiday rentals to the site. This includes adding over 500 new locations that our visitors can book a villa holiday in croatia. All of the new apartments in villas in Croatia have a live availability calendar and online bookings through secure pages. These properties are sourced from leading villa holiday suppliers offering protection and security to the holiday maker booking an independant accommodation through Toro Holidays.
We now have over 4,400 different accommodation properties from cheap apartments to luxury villas in Croatia giving our visitors a wide selection to choose their next holiday in Croatia. All last minute special offers will continue to be displayed on the last minute villas Croatia page for quick access to all the best deals we have.
Croatia is a growing holiday destination offering luxury villa accommodation along with some rustic countryside retreats that can offer unspoilt resorts and attractions and with a large choice of protected UNESCO heritage sites to visit in one country. Croatia has missed out on most of the large scale tourist developments that have changed the coast line some of the more popular holiday destinations of Europe.
New Villas in France
An increased selection of apartments, gites and villas in France has been added to the online portfolio of Toro Holidays. We have added over 900 new properties to the site now taking the choice of accommodation in France to over 7,800 available through Toro Holidays. This offers our vistors greater choice ranging from cheap weekend breaks to luxury villas all over France covering all budgets and requirements.
These new properties also increase the locations that we now have available property to over 2,400 different places in France that can be booked online through our secure villa booking pages.
We aim to offer a wide range of villas to rent in France to our site visitors and continue to grow our villa portfolio to give offer a wide choice all in one place at www.toroholidays.co.uk.
Tourist Info Spain
Continuing our development of the tourist info sections of the site an overview guide page for Spain has been added, a tourist guide for Spain has been added to the travel guides section with some general information on the country, indivual sections for each are will be following.
There will be some personal travellers experience guides being added over the next couple of weeks to give our visitors a personal impression of the destination they will be visting.
Tourist Guide Croatia
We have a large selection of holiday villas and apartments on the site all over Europe including the well known destinations and some not so well known holiday destinations. We are updating the tourist info sections of the site to include some useful information that will help our site visitors in selecting the perfect accommodation for their needs and helping plan excursions and activities for their holiday. A tourist guide for Croatia has been added to the site with some general information on the country.
There are also a selection of personal guides written by travellers on their experiences and tips on what they enjoyed on thier holiday.
Offers of the week for 20/11/09
I have been searching through the listings to find some of the best offers on the site for you, this weeks focus is on gites in France now with over 8500 accommodation villas and apartments in France to choose from I am sure we can find something for everybody;
Hop over to France on a cheap ferry ticket and spend the weekend in Normandy only a short drive away from Calais
La Rabouillere – Englancourt – 20/11/09, Weekend sleeps 9 people £234
Les Aires – Epagnette – 20/11/09 – Romantic weekend getaway for 2 £134
La Bailotte – Luzior - 21/11/09 – 1 week sleeps 8 for £350, this property offers excellant value for money costing £43.75 each for a weeks accommodation.
Sauvegrain gite – Chinon – 21/11/09, 1 week sleeps 4 £279, this property is 1 hour by TGV from Paris with a collection service availble from the station
Holiday Park Chalet – Chef Boutonne – 21/11/09 1 week sleeps 6 £213 this gite is equiped for handicaped guests, indoor heated swimming pool, restaurant and bar are located on the site.
Hotel de Margailler – Beucaire – 21/11/09 – 1 week sleeps 3 £236 a beautiful apartment in a private hotel dating from 1675
Residence Montpellier – 21/11/09 – 1 week sleeps 2 £481 10 minutes from the centre of Montpellier and 15 mins from the sea
Activity Based Villa Holidays
The markets for adventure holidays is growing each year and with more people looking to get out and do something on their yearly holiday instead on laying on the beach or following the other half around the shops looking to buy that perfect holiday souvenir.
Mountain Biking Holidays
I am bit biased on this subject as I cant think of anything better than going mountain biking for a couple of weeks. There has been a long battle between walkers wanting to keep the mountains to themselves and questioning the deluge of mountain bikers on the hills but many of the larges ski resorts are developing dedicated biking areas to keep everybody happy, well nearly everybody? The ski season in some of the large resorts does not last for very long and it can be very difficult for the accommodation providers to cover their costs over the short season. So why not turn over the lifts to the mountain bikers and bring some money into the resorts and create a much larger season for travellers.
We can all win – travelling to some of these larger resorts out of the main season can offer some great savings on the accommodation as these are effectively times that they would struggle to fill normally so many are now offering big discounts. I found a very nice apartment in Tirol Austria sleeping 4 people for £196 for 7 nights which works out to be £49.00 each for a weeks accommodation I am sure that you would find it hard to find a cheap hotel for that price per night let alone a week. All of the low cost airlines allow you to take a bike on the plane as sports luggage for an additional cost, please check with the airline before travelling for individual rules for sports equipment and costs.