19 June, 2013
The Iles Du Ponant are 15 islands which are sporadically dotted around Brittany’s Atlantic and English Channel coastlines. All 15 of the islands can be visited on a daytrip and some have facilities for overnight stays. Take a look at the following selection of mesmerising Iles Du Ponant. Ile de Brehat Ile de Brehat is
17 June, 2013
As well as providing many great villas with private pools to discerning holidaymakers looking to escape the mainstream trail and diverge off the beaten track, Vintage Travel is involved with charity work. For the last three years, Vintage Travel has been supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care at the fundraising event known as the House Builder
15 June, 2013
If you are lucky enough to be staying in a Vintage Travel villa in South West France or Brittany this coming July, you may want to think about joining the thousands of Tour de France supporters who line the route of the gruelling climbs of the Pyrenees or the roads through the sleek landscape of
13 June, 2013
Villa La Serenite, La Fouillade, South West France – Possibly the most perfect place for serving Coq au Vin! With its huge stone walls, wooden shutters and low exposed beams conjuring up visions of plates of Cassoulet and Coq au Vin, it is safe to say that the stunning villa of La Serenite is designed within
11 June, 2013
Set amongst one of the sleekest landscapes on our planet, the villa La Vallee in South West France is at one with its surroundings, radiating a sense of extravagance and bucolic simplicity simultaneously. The high vaulted ceiling gives a feeling of history, grandeur and the raw stone walls and bare wooden floors add to the
9 June, 2013
If you arrive in Faro by plane, you may get a glimpse down below of a nester of off-shore islands, defined predominantly by huge sand swept beaches and lagoons. From this privileged position you may even notice the Atlantic Ocean changing through different shades of blue like some Pantone chart as it laps against the
7 June, 2013
Many centuries ago there was a religious organisation known as the Cathars. Their stronghold was in southern France and in many ways the Cathars bear similarities with the present day Amish Society in the United States of America. The Cathars rejected many material things and attempted to live as pure a life as they could,
5 June, 2013
You don’t always have to go a long way back through many centuries to find a building of great style and grace and Seville’s Plaza de Espana is one of them. Built as recently as 1929, the Plaza de Espana is a true credit to the incredible city of Seville. Tastefully built and designed, the
3 June, 2013
Way down in the south of Istria there is a peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean; it is a holidaymakers’ paradise and is known as the Medulin Riviera. The Riviera comprises of approximately 80 kilometres of indented coastline, containing many coves and bays coupled with half a dozen picturesque towns, making it a highly desirable
31 May, 2013
When one thinks of Andalucia, majestic mountains doused in stunning sunsets, remarkable cities and towns steeped in history and intrigue and mind-boggling fiestas in which an otherwise sleepy village comes alive, might spring to mind. The Andalucian horse however has to be a fairly dominant image of this culturally autonomous region on southern Spain. The