Monkey Zoo Park in Tenerife

If you are taking a holiday in Tenerife this year, you can view some of the island's animals at close quarters by taking a trip to the famous Monkey Zoo Park.

The park [ranked by TripAdvisor users as the best attraction in Los Cristianos]is home to hundreds of animals and visitors can stroll through some of the cages!

There are all sorts of animals in the cages that you can walk through - ranging from ring tailed lemurs, thrugh to iguanas and chickens. Visitors can also feed the monkeys with food available at the park's entrance.

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Spain comes to Manchester

This May there's a chance to sample a slice of Mediterranean life in the centre of Manchester, when an exciting new free festival arrives in the city. The centre of Manchester will come alive when more than 200 performers, musicians and entertainers from mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera take to the streets with a progreamme of contemporary and traditional events showcasing the four islands.

For 4 days over the bank holiday weekend [May 1-4], Manchester's famous Albert Square will be transformed into "Alberto Square", with many of the events taking place in a giant perspex pavilion - one of the biggest structures Albert Square has ever seen. This will be used as the main stage, allowing people to see the performances for inside and out, whatever the weather.

Other attractions will include street theatre, jugglers, stilt walkers, dancing, contemporary and traditional music, fashion shows, and Correfoc - daring fire displays, performed by devils on the run!. [article taken from "Living Spain" magazine].

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La Feria - Sevilla, Andalucia

Over a thousand marquees fill the centre of Sevilla for a huge party, each one with flamenco dancers, music and a bar. Taking place two weeks after Easter [28 April - 3 May] it begins are midnight on the Monday and finishes 2 weeks later on the Sunday. If a week long party is up your street, this is the place for you. A daily procession of extravagantly decorated horses and carriages carry resplendent girls dressed in flamanco style dress through the streets of the city, a sign that revellry is about to begin. The streets are the location for much of the festivities, until later on when the party moves across the river to largely private casetas [marquees] for drinking, music and dancing until dawn. The event began in the 19th century as a livestock market, becoming the grand spectacle it is today in the 1920s. Have you experienced such a party, or been to this particular Feria? Let us know by clicking on the comments link below.

"Child-Free" Plane Sections

British holidaymakers would like to enjoy some peace a quiet while flying and be seated in an adult-only section.

In a recent poll by TripAdvisor, 79% of Brits said there should be child-free zones on planes. Surprisingly, 71% of parents also think this is a good idea. Almost half of parents admitted that they would let their children miss school in order to take a family holiday, and when it comes to behaviour on holiday, 54% of mothers claimed that their partners are just as difficult as their children to look after!

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Blackpool Airport is Britain's Best

When it comes to customer service, Blackpool Airport is flying his above the competition.

In a recent survey carried out by consumer magazine "Which? Holiday", Blackpool Airport received a passenger satisfaction score of 80%, with travellers impressed by the short waiting time and food on offer at the airport.

A spokesman for the airport said that Blackpool invests a great deal of time in training its staff to ensure that those taking holidays are well looked after.

However, some of the country's larger airports did not fare quite so well, with Heathrow's Terminal 1 being named as the worst place in the UK to catch a flight.

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