January 23, 2026
Here are three Burns Night recipes celebrating the best in seasonal Scottish produce. Everyone should try good, wild, free range haggis, at least once!
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Nominated for British Travel Awards 2025
July 8, 2025
We’re thrilled to share that Flavours Holidays has been nominated at the British Travel Awards 2025 – the UK’s largest and most trusted travel awards, voted for entirely by the public. This year, we’ve been nominated in two categories: Best Travel Company for Special Interest Holidays, and Best Travel Company for Singles Holidays. These nominations…
Tuning into Wellness – our favourite 12 wellness podcasts this year
June 13, 2025
If you’re looking for a nudge towards a healthier, happier you, you’re in the right place. This year’s top wellness podcasts cover everything from nutrition and mental health to meaningful habits, daily routines, and the joy of simply slowing down. Whether you’re hoping to feel more grounded, move your body more mindfully, or just hear…
Enhancing Your Sleep: Expert Insights from The Fine Bedding Company
February 27, 2025
Enhancing Your Sleep: Expert Insights from The Fine Bedding Company At Flavours, we understand that great sleep is the cornerstone of a truly rejuvenating getaway—and life at home. That’s why we’re thrilled to feature a guest blog from our friends at The Fine Bedding Company, a fourth-generation British brand renowned for their innovation in luxury…
Passport to lifelong friendships
December 17, 2024
Spotlight on our 6 time Flavours guest, Julie: How One Flavours Holiday Became a Passport to Lifelong Friendships Across the World When Julie, an adventurous traveller from America, signed up for her first Flavours Holiday, a cooking retreat in Amalfi, her goal was simple: to immerse herself in Italy’s rich culture and master authentic Italian…
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Our favourite films set in Italy
September 24, 2024
At Flavours, we have curated a selection of our favourite films set in Italy, a country renowned for its natural beauty and abundance. From its rich natural larder to its breathtaking coastlines, everything in Italy, even a ripe, scarlet-hued tomato, can inspire you to break out your paintbrush—which you can do on our painting holidays….
Becoming a Holiday Property Bondholder
August 6, 2024
New worlds open up when you become a Bondholder… Launched in 1983 by two Suffolk families, the Holiday Property Bond was a revolutionary new holiday product: an alternative to timeshare, offering holidaymakers affordable, consistently high-quality holidays in an ever-increasing range of fabulous locations. By becoming an HPB Bondholder you will discover a refreshing new approach…
Finding the right travel insurance
May 28, 2024
Whether you’re cooking up a true Italian delight in Tuscany or relaxing your mind with sunset Pilates in Morocco, Flavours Holidays has got you covered. But, what about your travel insurance? Sometimes things can crop up and catch you off-guard so having a travel insurance policy in place is essential to help protect you and…
Best UK food festivals: What’s on our radar for 2024?
February 22, 2024
Food festivals are a must in our annual foodie calendar, offering a chance to discover local producers, see top chefs in action and, of course, tuck into some fantastic food. We’ve rounded up some of the best UK food festivals to look forward to in 2024, with plenty of details on what you can expect…
Favourite Italian chefs – our top five
December 30, 2023
Our favourite Italian chefs list is here, do you agree? Let us know if you think otherwise, are there others you think that we should have mentioned? Britain boasts a wealth of incredible Italian chefs who have changed the way we perceive, and eat Italian food. To celebrate their impact on Britain’s culinary scene, we’ve…
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Christmas foods – 7 of our Italian favourites
December 5, 2023
Christmas in Italy is a time of warmth, family, and, above all, tradition. The Italian holiday season revolves around culinary customs that vary from region to region, each celebrating local ingredients and recipes that have been handed down through generations. From north to south, Italian families gather for feasts that stretch across Christmas Eve and…
Our Venetian getaway – take a look inside
July 12, 2023
Villa Domenica Relais – a look inside our Venetian getaway Our continued trips have brought a wealth of experience on the best places to eat, the best things to do, and the best places to stay. Those of you who have travelled with us before to Venice will know that one of our…
Flavours charity art exhibition
June 29, 2023
Our Charity Art Exhibition [now closed] The Art of Travel Exhibition was an amazing collection of paintings and photographs by our Amici who have travelled with us over the years. The exhibition was in August at the Flavours Holidays office in Dean Village Although this year’s exhibition is now over please have a look at…
Best art competitions to enter this year
June 7, 2023
Here, we’ve gathered together some fantastic art competitions located both in the UK and abroad that, on the whole, welcome artists of any experience level, with no age restrictions either. Most of the art competitions listed below have no or low entry fees and the prizes range between anything from £20,000 to an exhibition at…
Holiday review: Unexpected Friendships
January 30, 2023
We love hearing about the unexpected stories that come out of our holidays and for these Flavours’ guests, their week in Italy effected their lives after they came home!
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