La Pelosa is, in our view (arguably), the most impressive beach in Europe. The only other one that comes close is Illetes in Formentera, the same powder-white sand, the same improbable turquoise water, the same low Mediterranean light, but La Pelosa has a medieval tower rising out of the sea just offshore and a 360-degree
A friend paid £2.5 to withdraw cash in London last month. The machine charging that fee was a freestanding unit in a newsagent’s. A free machine (a Nationwide branch) was forty steps away on the same street. We went to Alicante (Spain) two months ago. The closest ATM, by BBVA, was charging €8.5! We didn’t
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ATM surcharges now hit around 60% of UK cash machines. Here is how to find free ATMs in London and the UK, which operators charge most, and how the LINK network works.
We spent a week in Alicante recently and made it our mission to eat as well as possible — which, in a city where the fish comes straight off the boats in Santa Pola and the rice traditions run deep, turned out to be remarkably easy. Alicante doesn’t shout about its food scene the way
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On 19 March 2026, King Charles III walked two kilometres along the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex and officially opened the longest managed coastal path in the world. After 18 years of planning, negotiation, and construction, you can now walk virtually the entire English coastline — 2,689 miles of it — without breaking a
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GPS map updates from manufacturers can cost £50–100+ per year. This guide shows you how to update your Garmin sat nav with the latest maps completely free using OpenStreetMap data, which is often more current than official maps. Garmin maps are simple .img files (files with .img extension). So updating or adding maps is as
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Flying Ryanair or EasyJet with a baby is doable, but it will cost you more than the headline fare suggests. Between the infant fee, seat selection, and getting your pram on board safely, a family of three can easily add £50–80 on top of the base ticket price per flight. We have flown both airlines
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Sardinia was the first place we properly fell in love with as a couple. We drove around the north of the island years ago — no kids, no schedule, just a rental car and a list of beaches. Now we’re going back with toddlers in tow, and the planning looks rather different. Instead of spontaneous
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Handpicked family-friendly hotels in Ibiza east coast — Santa Eulalia, Es Cana and Cala Llonga. Kids pools, splash parks and the areas to avoid with little ones.
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