Blog - Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/blog/ UK Travel Blog Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:19:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://charlieontravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-Charlie-on-Travel-Favicon-32x32.png Blog - Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/blog/ 32 32 Taghazout Weather and the Best Time to Visit https://charlieontravel.com/taghazout-weather/ https://charlieontravel.com/taghazout-weather/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:17:11 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16762 Taghazout’s year-round mild climate makes it a good destination most of the year. For us though, Taghazout is a winter sun destination where we escape the chilly and grey UK weather for 10 days of sun, surf and tagine. The best month for surf also vary too. We’ve had the pleasure of visiting Taghazout three […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/taghazout-weather/feed/ 0 Where to Stay in Taghazout: Village, Bay or Panorama Beach https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-taghazout/ https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-taghazout/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:32:01 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16760 Taghazout is a small village with three distinct areas where you may want to stay. Where you base yourself really shapes the trip, so here’s how the three main areas compare: We’ve stayed in Taghazout on three visits, in 2017, 2025 and 2026, and have our favourites for where we like to stay. If you […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-taghazout/feed/ 0 Best Things to Do in Lanzarote: 21 Ideas Beyond the Resorts https://charlieontravel.com/things-to-do-lanzarote/ https://charlieontravel.com/things-to-do-lanzarote/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:24:06 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=10440 Lanzarote is the northernmost island in the Canary Islands. You’ll find plenty of Spanish influence here in the tapas and culture. But the island has its own distinct identity. The volcanic landscapes are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. The architecture has its own special and sustainable style. Avoid the crowded tourist beaches and discover […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/things-to-do-lanzarote/feed/ 4 Best Beaches Near Lisbon (and Where Locals Go) https://charlieontravel.com/best-beaches-near-lisbon/ https://charlieontravel.com/best-beaches-near-lisbon/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:13:24 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=14676 Most travel guides will send you straight to Cascais — and Cascais is great — but the Lisbon coast isn’t one beach. It’s a string of beaches and most are reachable by train in 25 to 40 minutes. After a week based in Graça in Lisbon last this year, I headed to a few different […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/best-beaches-near-lisbon/feed/ 0 Estepona Old Town: The Prettiest Costa del Sol Town https://charlieontravel.com/estepona-old-town/ https://charlieontravel.com/estepona-old-town/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:28:07 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16595 The Costa del Sol has a reputation for being a strip of resort towns that could be anywhere and attracts mainly foreign tourists. Estepona is on the Costa del Sol coast, thirty minutes west of Marbella, is an exception. Estepona’s old town is an Andalusian casco antiguo: whitewashed lanes, flowerpots stacked up the walls in […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/estepona-old-town/feed/ 0 Where to Stay in Málaga: Best Areas and Neighbourhoods https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-malaga/ https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-malaga/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:10:37 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16584 Málaga is small enough that no area is really a bad choice, and different enough between neighbourhoods that the choice still matters. The old town is walkable and loud. The beach neighbourhoods are quieter and further out. And twenty minutes east there is a stretch of old fishing village that most visitors never see. Here […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/where-to-stay-malaga/feed/ 0 Is Málaga Expensive? What a Week in the City Costs https://charlieontravel.com/is-malaga-expensive/ https://charlieontravel.com/is-malaga-expensive/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:10:33 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16589 Málaga was not as expensive as we thought. We spent a weekend and working week in Málaga, exploring the city on our days off and in the evenings. We ate out, but we also bought groceries and cooked in. We found our coffee shops, but also had a few coffees at our apartment. Málaga is […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/is-malaga-expensive/feed/ 0 The Best Things to Do in Málaga, Spain https://charlieontravel.com/things-to-do-malaga/ https://charlieontravel.com/things-to-do-malaga/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:10:27 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=16583 We spent a week in Málaga, working on weekdays and getting out into the city in the evenings, before heading down the coast to Estepona for a few days with Luke’s family. It was a good way to see the city, plenty of early morning coffees and evening walks. Málaga gets written off as the […]

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