Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts

Saturday, 3 March 2012

Win a city break to Barcelona courtesy of the easyJet holidays website!

The easyJet holidays website is celebrating Barcelona being voted as one of Europe’s top gastro tourism destinations by launching a challenge for food bloggers to create a tapas dish worthy of winning a holiday to Barcelona.

This is following the news that Barcelona was recently voted in the top ten best European destinations for food and wine according to a world traveller’s poll commissioned by tripadvisor. The Catalan capital has steadily been on the rise on gastro tourists’ radar, with the city having a number of the world’s best restaurants and chefs residing in its limits in recent years.

The blogger competition is set up to showcase the delights of Spanish food. If you are a budding foodie blogger and fancy sharing your creation on your blog, you have the opportunity to enter and win a holiday in Barcelona. The top prize is a three night stay at the stylish 4 star Barcelo Sants hotel with return flights included. The competition runs until the 4th of April with entries being entered into a random prize draw, which gives everyone a chance to win no matter what the cooking ability is.

Mandy Round, general manager, easyJet holidays commented on the prize saying: “Barcelona is a beacon of both Spanish and Catalan cuisine and is home to some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants. The Barcelo Sants hotel is in a great location and a stay there will give the lucky winner a fantastic opportunity to get out and sample the city’s best gastronomic delights, something Barcelona is becoming ever more renowned for”

Entrants will have the chance to have their dish and blog promoted on the easyJet holidays competition page, giving great exposure to any aspiring food writers and adding to the already great incentive to enter. Along with the chance to win a three night holiday in Barcelona, there will be ten highly rated Catalan cookbooks, ‘Catalan Cuisine: Europe’s Last Great Culinary Secret’ up for grabs as runners up prizes that will be chosen at random from all competition entries, giving everyone a chance to win a prize.

The competition runs through March until the first week of April, with final entries being accepted at midnight on Wednesday 4th April 2012.

For all the details of how to enter the competition, visit the Barcelona food blogger competition page. Learn more about Barcelona holidays on the easyJet holidays website http://holidays.easyjet.com.

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Benidorm Now! iPhone and Android App is the Number 1 In Your Pocket Travel Guide

Love it or hate it Benidorm the TV series has raised people’s awareness of Benidorm the number one holiday resort in Spain and now they are flocking there in droves.

Mel Castle an ex-pat Brit living near Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca has designed a smartphone and tablet application for tourists and everyone else interested in Benidorm.

Benidorm Now! Is a new App for iPhone, iPad, iTouch and all Android phones and tablets that details everything you need to know about Benidorm including accommodation, restaurants, attractions, night life including the bars and clubs, shopping plus lots more including photos and interactive maps. There is even a section on the TV series and mobility products and how to hire a mobility scooter like Madge’s.

The complete “in your pocket” guide to Benidorm

The App provides all the essential information you need to know about the most famous holiday resort in Europe. From the winding streets of the Old Town with its myriad of tapas bars and night life, strolling down the magnificent golden beaches to cabaret and karaoke, discos and sangria, shopping and sightseeing, fiestas and fun, fun and more fun for all the family!

Easy to use the App works offline without Wi-Fi, so you will avoid roaming charges, and regular updates are provided automatically when it is used in a Wi-Fi zone.

Pricing & Availability

Benidorm Now! is available for download for £0.69 at the iTunes App Store http://bit.ly/ydqjfk and the Android Market http://bit.ly/zuybnM.

Demo video available at You Tube http://youtu.be/yw8EwB9yUdI