September Fiestas in a Spanish Villa or Apartment holiday

If you have already booked your villa in Spain for September this year, or are still thinking about a last minute holiday to Spain, then don't forget to try and take in some of the local traditions by way of a Spanish Festival.

The town of Jerez de la Frontera opens it's gates on the first Saturday of September for the harvest of it's wine with the Jerez sherry festival. The festival in Jerez, or Fiestas de Otoño as it is known locally, is a three week celebration and open to locals and visitors to the area. Those staying in a holiday rental in Jerez de la Frontera are sure to have a wonderful time.

For wine lovers, the Fiesta de San Mateo is located in the Rioja wine region.
Catalunya celebrates Cava week during September in Spain, a festival dedicated to the fine Catalan version of champagne.

If you are staying in an apartment or villa in Northern Spain, why not visit the Festes de la Merce near the city of Barcelona.

If you like Paella, then head to the town of Sueca near Valencia as the Fiesta del Arroz gets underway.

The town of Ronda celebrates during the first week of September as it sees the 'Feria Goyesca de Pedro Romero'. Everyone in the town and local matadors dress in 18th century costumes and enjoy bullfighting all weekend.

For details of holiday apartments and villas in Spain, take a look at the Villa Holiday website and book direct with the owner.

Holiday villa owners turn to Villa-Holiday.co.uk for their bookings

Villa Holiday is pleased to announce that we have now reached 3,000 holiday property adverts on the Villa Holiday website. Villa Holiday CEO, Alexa Brown says, "Our existing owners are VERY pleased with our service and we're happy that they recommend us to friends and family and it's a true testament to the team here who work so hard to ensure we provide a personal service to everyone. Between the small team here, we know each and everyone of our owners and can look after their individual needs and requirements.

Unfortunately these days there are so many larger organisations that forget who their customers are, however we do not. Our internal motto it "Big enough to cope, Small enough to care"." In times of recession people look to make savings and we're finding that many of our existing holiday apartment and villa owners are stopping their other advertising and concentrating their efforts on their advert with us - Here's what one of our owners said: "I’ve actually cancelled some other adverts which are so expensive and not generating the interest that your site does" - This and more great testimonials can be found here.

If you have a holiday home and are interested in advertising a villa or apartment with us, please, please get in touch, we're always happy to hear from new folk.

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Villa in Calpe, Spain. Sea views. Direct with the owner

Villa in Calpe, Spain. Sea views. Direct with the owner

Villa with pool to rent in Mellieha bay, Malta

Villa with pool to rent in Mellieha bay, Malta

Villa in Carvoeiro on the beautiful Algarve to rent direct from the owner.

Villa in Carvoeiro on the beautiful Algarve to rent direct from the owner.

Weekend rush to Spain and Portugal

Budget airlines are boasting 'full planes out of the UK' for this
weekend's bank holiday getaway.

Owners of villas in Portugal and Spain have dropped their prices and
minimum rental periods to accommodate the last bank holiday of summer
rush.

If you are visiting Portugal or jetting off to anywhere this weekend,
travel centres are advising to leave with pleanty of time for your
journey.

For details of villa and apartment holiday rental in Portugal, visit
the www.Villa-Holiday.co.uk website.

Tenerife expects Xmas sunshine rush!

With the poor summer in the UK this year and the ever increasing hope
that the recession is over, holiday rental owners in Tenerife are
expecting an increase in bookings for Winter 09/10.

Many owners of apartments and villas in Tenerife are already receiving
bookings and lots of interest from UK tourists looking to the Canary
Islands for some warm sunshine and maybe the BBQ Summer that was
promised for the UK thus year!

Villa-Holiday.co.uk has some great villa and apartment holidays in
Tenerife and other Canary Islands, so why not take a look for yourself
today!

Dubai a big hit even in a 'recession'

Dubai is one of the few destinations still holding strong in the global recession with year-on-year increases on visitor numbers. Close to 2 million visitors went to the Arab state in April to June 2009 with the majority from the UK and Ireland. For Dubai, this is a 4% increase compared to the same period in 2008.

Dubai's coastal holiday resorts are loooking at 90% occupancy rates for September and 2009 has followed in the record breaking wake of 2008 for Dubai's tourism figures.

Food, Festivals and Car hire in Menorca this summer

Cala N Porter, Menorca has a rich variety of regional foods. If you are staying in a villa in Menorca this summer it is often advisable to hire a car in order to enjoy the culinary treats on offer.

From Cala N Porter's mountain ranges to the warm sea of the Mediterranean a rental a car will mean you won’t miss a thing. Cala N Porter is know for it's vibrant fiestas small and large which take place in most towns and cities in the area. From streets carpeted in flowers in Cordoba, to the running of the bull, there is certainly something for everyone to do while staying on your Menorca villa holiday.

La Guancha, Tenerife begins it's celebrations!

Yesterday on August 8, La Guancha started it's celebrations with the biggest day of the local holidays in honour of the Virgen de La Esperanza.

Bajada de las Hayas kicked off the festival which will continue until August 22. La Guancha town hall is providing free transport from the central plaza Ángeles Machado at 16.00h to take participants to the starting point at Casa de La Pradera.

The popular pilgrimage, led under the banner of the Virgen de La Esperanza starts the procession travelling in the direction of the ridge arriving at the plaza de la Iglesia at 18.00h where it will be joined by La Guanchería de Los Realejos, groups from Atahona and Santa Rosalía de San Juan de la Rambla and the Danzas de las Cintas from Tegueste.

The plaza then turns itself into a great dance hall with the orchestra Melao Boricua y Bahía band.

Majorca - Business as usual for holiday villa owners

Tourists visiting the island of Majorca have been told to stay alert
although the alert applies to mainland Spain as well as the islands.

Many tourists already booked to stay in holiday villas in Majorca have
said that they will not change their plans "Spain and the Balearic
islands must be one of the safest places to visit while they are on
high alert" said Robert Box, who has planned to visit Spain this
summer with his family.

If you are visiting Spain or it's islands and are concerned in anyway,
please contact the tourism website for further information and advice.