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LATEST POSTS:
18 May 2012:
(GREECE) The chief executive of the
Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), of which Travel a la
carte is a member, posted this message about Greece yesterday on his
blog...
16 May 2012:
(GREECE)
What if... ?
Speculation has been growing that
Greece will soon leave the
euro. Here in the
UK, the respected economic
commentator Hamish McRae added his own comment in the London Evening
Standard, entitled: ‘Greece
quitting the euro is no tragedy’. In the article, he looks at the
history of countries leaving monetary unions and how governments
went about replacing one currency with another. [RESPONSES: 1]
3 MAY 2012:
(ISLAND) Kefalonia was basking in summer
temperatures when I flew back to a grey and wet London on Tuesday.
The Monday before I left, on only the second of the new easyJet
flights to the island, temperatures reached an impressive 33 degrees
celsius – that’s over 90 fahrenheit. And it was still April.
30 APR 2012:
(ISLAND)
Paxos in April -
It is a pleasure to be back on Paxos. Now, in the week or so before
the season begins, the island is at its most feminine and appealing.
In the gardens of the old Manor House in Loggos, a beautiful pink
and white climbing rose is in bloom.
01 APR 2012:
(ISLAND)
HYDROFOIL TIMETABLE -
Paxos hydrofoil schedule released! At
last this summer's sailing schedule for the hydrofoil between Corfu
and Paxos is out. You will find it here.
Just email or call us if you have any questions about it and we'll
try to answer them.
31 Mar 2012:
(GREECE) Are things looking up a bit
for Greece? You might think so from a glance at the UK travel
sections this weekend. At last, the papers are beginning to correct
the impression that the entire country is in chaos and you would be
mad to travel there.
14 Mar 2012:
(GREECE) /
(ISLAND) In the first part of this blog on flights to Greece I
reported on how easyJet and Ryanair have been extending their flying
programmes to the Greek islands....
12 Mar 2012:
(GREECE) /
(ISLAND)
Now
that the air over Greece has cleared a bit, financially speaking, it
might be a good time to look at what’s on offer this year in terms
of air travel to Greece and the islands.
5 Mar 2012:
(GREECE) In an opinion poll of over a
thousand Greeks reported at the weekend, 67 per cent said they
thought a return of the drachma would make the country's situation
worse, compared with 13pc who believed it would make things better.
23 Feb 2012:
(GREECE) Strikes this
summer? Not surprisingly, in the present climate, we are often asked
by people considering a Greek holiday what would happen if their
travel arrangements were affected by strikes ...
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23 Feb 2012:
(BUSINESS) Travel à la carte offers
a full welcome service for all its guests on the Greek islands...
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22 Feb 2012:
(GREECE) Chairman
of the Association of Independent Tour Operators Derek Moore has
heavily criticised the foreign secretary, William Hague, for
treating Greece as if it were a “war zone”...
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22 Feb 2012:
(GREECE)
For the past two months, the British newspapers have been full of
reports and comment about Greece and its immediate prospects. Last
weekend was no exception, with a string of papers from the Mail and
the Independent to the Saturday and Sunday Telegraphs discussing the
dire state of the Greek economy and the growing resistance in Greece
to further austerity measures.... Read More
21 Feb 2012: (GREECE) The most recent outbreaks of unrest
in Greek before the vote on the EU rescue package were confined to
Athens and the mainland. Life on Paxos and our other islands
continued completely as normal, the main problem there being caused
by the weather.....
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20 Feb 2012:
(ISLAND) Weather conditions for Paxos added to the site...
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