Were you one to throw away tomatoes as a child when there were sweeter and tastier things going around the table? Welcome to the La Tomatina festival, where you can launch your tomatoes at every busy body around you. There are no limits or followed rules at the biggest of all food fights. Indeed for 364 days a year the town of Bunol, Valencia is at...

The Drôme, the area of France south of Lyons, is located between the Vercors and Provence. It is the premier part of France for bio-agriculture due to the warm climate and the rich soil. Some of the finest Drôme products include truffles from Tricastin, Valrhona chocolate, olive oil from Nyons and picodon cheese. The wines of the Hermitage, Tain l'...

Located between France and Spain, the principality of Andorra offers three nature parks and the highest concentration of protected areas in the world. Some 90% of the principality's total land mass is covered in forest. The Madriu-Perafita-Claror This nature park, which covers 10% of the country, is a glacial valley and UNESCO declared World Herita...

River cruise specialist, VIVA Cruises, has launched four-night cruises in Germany for the summer season. Throughout July and August, two of VIVA Cruises' ships, MS TREASURES and MS INSPIRE, will embark on short itineraries as part of Germany's emergence from lockdown. Departing and finishing in Frankfurt, MS TREASURES will be sailing along the Main...

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a summer adventure and winter ski resort in northern Italy and is part of the Dolomiti Superski area. Cortina in summer offers : the UNESCO World Heritage peaks11,200 hectares of Natural Park400 km of hiking trails and 1000 km of road-bike and MTB itinerariesa 9 hole golf course, along with mountain lodges, restaurants offering...

The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa, comprise the seven main islands of Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Of these, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa, the "Covid-19 free" islands, are leading Spain's de-escalation from the Covid-19 lockdown. La Gomera L...