Majorca News

Palma's maze of medieval streets and alleys hides an impressive array of tapas bars and bodegas – from pleasingly ramshackle to gleamingly minimalist. And with pintxos starting at around €2, there's no reason not to try them all..

Turkey, seven nights – from £299Prices for a seven-night holiday in Bodrum start from £299, including accommodation at the five-star Azka Hotel, breakfast and return flights from Manchester departing 3 June..

British skies were criss-crossed with vapour trails for the first time in almost a week today as the travel chaos caused by Iceland's volcanic eruption began to recede and stranded passengers began to return through airports..

Marseille In recent years, Marseille has ditched its gun-slinging and girlie-bar image in favour of Euro-sophistication. The city is to be European Capital of Culture in 2013, so clearly needs all those design hotels, lounge bars and galleries that have sprung up to puzzle the hoodlums..

Casa Miralles, Costa BravaIf it's size you're after, Casa Miralles, a 13th-century stone farmhouse in the heart of Catalonia, is as big as they get. It sleeps 30 in all, but there are only 11 rooms, so some guests will have to share with up to three others if you want to fill the place..

Foreign holidaysLaws and practicalitiesThe laws that apply to under-18s travelling without an adult vary from country to country, so look at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website. An FCO spokesman says: "Laws and customs can differ between countries, and specific detail in these laws can change, so we advise parents of young people travelling for the first time to check with the country's embassy in the UK before booking..

Its only mention on publication in 1989 was a brief aside in Campaign. And that was more a nod to Peter Mayle's former career as creative director of advertising agency BBDO. The trade magazine even managed to get the basics wrong, calling his new book a novel..

Greentraveller.co.uk, the award-winning green travel forum and blog, has relaunched with new trip-planning and booking tools and an exclusive focus on holidays you can reach without flying. Environmentally aware travellers can now browse 150 hand-picked low-impact holidays from cycling in Brittany to dog-sledding in Sweden, plus a directory of green places to stay and information on planning over 50 European journeys by train..

The little fishing harbour of Fiscardo, in the north of Kefalonia, is often described in guidebooks as Greece's prettiest village. The Venetian houses that line its waterfront are painted in sugary shades with contrasting doors and windows – blush-rose and green, lilac and pink, orange and red – all lit up like a twinkling rainbow at night..

Off the south-west coast of Ibiza stands Es Vedrà, a 400m-high limestone rock which legend suggests was the island of the Sirens who lured sailors to their deaths in Homer's Odyssey. Since early history, Ibiza itself has attracted hedonists and freedom-seekers, from the Carthaginians in 654BC, to the hippies of the 1960s, to the clubbers of more recent times..

Welcome to the Flyer. This week: School's out for summer - and bikes are in. Discover new cycling holidays in Europe and the UK for an active family break; follow the strange trail of Romania's Vlad the impaler in our video series; Been there tips take us to Edinburgh festival; plus all the latest news and comment, our pick of late deals and more ..

The travel company Sun4U has collapsed, leaving around 1,200 holidaymakers abroad facing uncertainty as to how to return home.The Birmingham-based firm, believed to have been hit hard by the flight bans imposed during the Icelandic ash cloud crisis, announced on its website that it had ceased trading as of 9pm last night..

"You get what you pay for," my mother used to say. And she was certainly right when it came to holidays.There is little doubt the British public loves a bargain trip abroad. Whether or not they make it back is another matter entirely..

The annual Anglo-German race to be first to the coveted Mediterranean sun lounger with the beach towel looks set to be resoundingly won by Teutonic tourists this year, as it seems growing numbers of hard-pressed British holidaymakers are forgoing their annual package holiday..