London, England — Canary Islands holidays offer amazing year-round weather at an unparalleled price – perfect for that well-deserved week of guaranteed sunshine.

Situated southwest of Spain and close to the African coast, the Canary Islands enjoy a sub-tropical climate with an average of over 320 days of sunshine a year. Just a four-hour flight from the UK, you can enjoy temperatures that hover around the 20 degree(s)C mark in the winter, rising to a scorching 30 degree(s)C during the summer months.

Activities a-plenty

Made up of seven major islands – including Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote – the Canary Islands are perfect for swimming, boasting stretches of golden sand sloping gently into shallow warm water. There are also first-class water sports on offer, including windsurfing and jet-skiing for those wanting to add some thrills and spills to their Canary Islands beach break. Scuba diving is extremely popular and offers the chance to see sting-rays, eels and barracuda close at hand. There are also some fascinating underwater wreck sites to explore on holidays to Fuerteventura.

If you prefer land-based leisure pursuits, the Canaries are home to no less than four national parks. Why not take a trek up Tenerife’s Mount Teide, which will reward you with amazing views of the entire region, or a trip on horseback to explore La Palma’s lush, diverse plant life? Don’t miss the Dunes of Maspalomas nature reserve on Gran Canaria which can only be crossed on foot or by camel. With the endless, rolling dunes you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d arrived at a different part of the world completely.

If you find the idea of all this activity in the scorching summer heat of the Canaries tiring, you could simply spend your time relaxing on the beach. The freedom to do as much, or as little, as you like on a cheap holiday to the Canary Islands, really is yours.

Fun for the whole family

Family-friendly beaches and a wide array of kids’ attractions including water parks, zoos, camel rides, butterfly sanctuaries and amusement parks make the Canaries an ideal destination for a family.

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Orlando, Florida is the home of Disney World but Orlando natives are normally quick to correct people that the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ is actually in nearby Kissimmee.

Minus the theme parks and local tourist traps there is so much else to do in Orlando.

One of the best places to go with a family, as a couple or alone, is Kelly Park, home of Rock Springs. Wet n’ Wild’s Lazy River has captured the magic that Rock Springs has been bringing visitors for decades.

Kelly Park is a local state park, a reasonable distance away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of Oralndo. It has areas for camping that are fairly cheap and allow people to stay longer than just a day’s visit if they want.

Although camping is available, day visits are the most common. Visitors should enter the park early (with a dollar charge per person in the car upon entering) because the park has a capacity restriction and will close off to more people by 10:30 or 11 AM.

There are so many different things to do in the park itself. Although the park is a wood area there are sand volleyball courts near the parking lot and pavilions to eat lunch. If visitors don’t pack a lunch they can buy one at the concession stand. The park also features several walking trails with explanations of the local flora and fauna in view.

However, the greatest attraction of Kelly Park is Rock Springs. Kelly Park boasts a long, winding river that emerges from a clear, cold spring right in the park. Visitors entering the park will arrive at the widest part of the springs with a large, deep pool and a shallower area for children. There are plenty of places to set up a picnic or sunbathe.

If patrons take a walk on the boardwalk alongside the river they can enter the springs at the very beginning where the water first comes out of the ground. The closer to the mouth of the springs, the colder the water will be; a refreshing feeling in the hot, sticky Florida weather.

Patrons who enter the springs will continue down, lazy river style until they reach the big pool at the entrance of the park; visitors can also bring intertubes or rent them at a nearby shop to float on. The river continues past this point and is much slower and very relaxing, because most people get out at the big pool so they don’t have to walk back to their group.

Rock Springs is a great place to cool down and relax after a day at the parks or just to have a change of pace in a busy city like Orlando. The water of Rock Springs eventually runs into one of two wild and scenic rivers in Florida, Wekiva River (the other river being the Loxahatchee).

Wekiva State Park is close to Kelly Park but is more fun for teenagers and couples. Families with young children do not usually go to Wekiva because the water is deeper.

Wekiva State Park has a spring, much like Rock Springs, except that the area around the mouth of the spring is much wider, like a giant pool. There is a swimming area for patrons, but no lazy river. Instead visitors can rent canoes and kayaks and explore miles of untouched, pristine Florida landscape and wildlife.

As a recommendation, if you do go to Wekiva and kayak/canoe, take the left fork. After about a mile there is a small island with shallow water nearby — a great place to park the boats and have lunch or just play around in the water.

Chances are that visitors going to Wekiva will see a lot of wildlife, even an alligator or two. At Rock Springs the summer months bring in a lot of visitors that create a lot of noise and disturbances so creatures usually stay hidden. However, during the spring months when it is warm enough to go swimming but no one is on vacation, the park is a lot emptier and chances are you’ll swim with an otter or two.

The common misconceptions about Orlando are that the only thing to do are the parks and that there is nothing ‘outdoorsy’ worth doing. However, Rock Springs and Wekiva will be sure to amaze with the quality of the experience and the true beauty of natural Florida wildlife.

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If you are looking to escape a hectic, noisy lifestyle, traveling countrysides may be the perfect place for you to go. The best thing about traveling is trying something that can’t be done at home. although traveling has much more to offer. Taking a trip somewhere can include recreation, tourism, vacationing, volunteering, or discovering and exploring new cultures and civilizations.

There are many advantages to consider about traveling to the countryside, including the fact that some places, including the country of Nha Trang city, Vietnam is less polluted and the traffic isn’t as heavy. The Biet Thu town near Nha Trang city has a pleasant waterfront esplanade, palm trees and nearly 6km of clean beach.

Also beaches in Bai Bien town, which is located around 40 km north of Nha Trang, have more tranquil, cleaner and beautiful beaches. It is well worth taking a tour there. Local fishermen families sell and prepare seafood which they cook on the beach for very affordable prices. Countrysides also have limited temptations to waste money; having no malls, no clubs and no fancy hotels.

However, there are still places to spend money in for example the Irish countrysides, because they have pricey bed spaces and breakfasts.People traveling to the countryside can enjoy the natural life by walking in the forest, hunting or swimming. Travellers can try original, authentic cuisines, regardless of having limited options of national and international food chains.

Local food expresses the heart of the local culture for any society. It’s also a great idea to buy souvenirs to keep it as something to remind you of the time you spent there. The souvenirs sold near tourist attractions in the countryside tend to be much cheaper than buying from the city.

For example, traveling in Indonesia, buying souvenirs near from Borobudur Temple is much cheaper than buying them Yogyakarta city. Borobudur Temple is located in the heart of nature, lying between two volcanoes Sumbing and Merapi as well as two rivers, the Progo and the Elo.

When visiting a more rural area, keeping the environment clean would be appreciated by the local people and even by the natural habitats themselves. This is especially important when visiting a place as nice as La Diague Island in Seychelles, east of mainland Africa, which has the most photographed beach in the world as mentioned in the La Diague Island official website.

The most important thing when traveling to small villages is respecting the local culture and the religion of the country. For example, when traveling to towns in a predominantly Muslim country such as Malaysia or Indonesia, it’s not accepted to visit the mosques or graveyards wearing shorts or sleeveless shirts. Also in these places tourists shouldn’t demonstrate public affection.

Reading about the destination before traveling will help to plan where to go and what kind of transportation to use to get around the tourist spots. Google is a useful resource to collect information about the destinations when preparing for travel. It is useful to prepare a Google map to use during traveling, using a smart phone or a printed map.

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