When frightfully busy people take the time to provide feedback that is bubbling over with enthusiasm, our clients are naturally delighted. And, just once in a while, we like to shout about it on their behalf. Sunvil Discovery client, Martin Gibbons, owns the Palm Centre in Ham; he has just won a Gold at Chelsea [...]
I had only previously visited the Algarve and Porto in Portugal, so a week in another region of the country (which I confess I knew nearly nothing about), courtesy of a newly-launched weekly flight from London Heathrow into Beja, in the centre of The Alentejo, was a revelation about this little-known yet vast region of [...]
Sunvil Discovery’s Rachel Jelley fills us in on her recent visit to the Faroe Islands… The Faroe Islands are like nowhere else on earth: a staggeringly beautiful, unspoiled volcanic landscape where age-old traditions reign supreme. It is a destination to which the written word cannot do justice, and where seeing is the only way to [...]
Noel Josephides, Managing Director of Sunvil Holidays, was invited to speak on Radio 4 at 12.30 pm today, 7th February, 2011, about the difference in travel advice on travelling to Egypt while demonstrations were underway given by the UK Government compared with that, for example, of the American and German governments. He was interviewed alongside travel writer Alison Rice.
Downing schnapps, dining on pickled herring and dancing around a phallic pole like a frog – it doesn’t sound terribly appealing, does it?! For most Swedes, however, Midsummer is by far the biggest and best party of the year. In a country with dark winters and short summers, celebrating the light and warmth – usually [...]
Barga, a beguiling 10th century hilltop town, sits on the edge of Tuscany’s Garfagnana region, nestled beneath the towering peaks of the Apuan Alps and the Apennines. It’s a champion of ‘slow food’ – think locally grown porcini mushrooms, pecorino cheeses, sublime chestnut-inspired desserts, indulgent black truffles and leisurely lunches – but it sticks in my mind for an entirely different reason.
The Faroe Islands gained some avid fans at a balmy evening reception co-hosted by Sunvil Discovery and Atlantic Airways on Tuesday night. Held at the Danish Ambassador’s residence in Belgravia, the event set out to raise awareness of this little known, yet stunning archipelago. Cocktails on the breezy terrace, delicious canapés and beer, and traditional [...]