Oliver’s Favourite Travel Hacks and Apps

Things To Do
When you spend as much time working in the travel world as we do, you tend to pick up a few sneaky tricks to make holidays easier.  We started posting these travel tips as regular updates on our Faceb...

Costa Blanca Travel Guide

Europe, Spain
Costa Blanca is famous for the 'Brits Abroad' culture, and it's understandable why it attracts such crowds throughout the summer months. Guaranteed weather, world-class beaches, tons of family facilities and bu...

Best Family Activities in Crete

Europe, Greece
It's all about family in Crete. Expect to find families welcomed everywhere, even at late-night dinners! It's a family paradise here, whether your clan is into outdoorsy active fun, learning about history&...

Best Group Activities in Sicily

Europe, Italy
If you’re heading off for a Sicily villa holiday with a group of your nearest and dearest, you’re going to need some awesome days planned out. This unique island has history in spades, with ruins around every t...

Best Group Activities in the Costa Blanca

Europe, Spain
Looking for a fabulous holiday spot for your next friends' getaway? The Costa Blanca is actually way more diverse than you might think. Sure, the beaches, nightlife and luxurious holiday villas are all fantasti...

It’s Awards Season!

News and Press
The Family Traveller Awards are just around the corner, and the nominations are in! Not to brag, (much) but we are shortlisted in TWO categories! Best Multi-Generational Family Holiday Our family villas a...

The best foodie breaks in the UK

Britain & Ireland, Europe
Here at Oliver’s Travels, we love food. Aside from going on holiday, our main topic of office chat is what's for dinner. This lead us to think, 'Hey, other people love food too! Let's put together a bunch of th...

Best Family Activities in the Costa Blanca

Europe, Spain
Sun, sea and sand is the name of the game in the Costa Blanca, but all those with kids will know you're going to need more than that for a great family holiday. Luckily, there is a whole host of family activiti...

We won a Junior Design Award!

News and Press
We are thrilled to announce that we just won a Bronze Junior Design Award! It is so wonderful to be recognised in the Best Family Travel Brand category for our brilliant range of family-friendly villas and serv...
Sicily - Travel Guide

Sicily Travel Guide

Europe, Italy
Sicily is a picturesque and serene island, that somehow also seems to be full of drama. Choose your own adventure from your luxury villa in Sicily; whether you're all about exploring history, food and...

Team Travels: Tuscany

Europe, Italy
Two of our team members, Kyra from product and Florence from sales, recently drew the short straw and had to go to Tuscany to check out some of our luxury villas. They don’t know what they did to deserve it, bu...
family activities in sicily

Best Family Activities in Sicily

Europe, Italy
As far as islands go, Sicily is up there with the best for some seriously interesting kid-friendly stuff. If it’s not enough that your family holiday in Sicily is next to an actual active volcano, or that there...

Team Travels: The Algarve

Europe, Portugal
Our in-house photographer/intrepid explorer, Laeti, recently took a spring trip to visit some of our luxury villas in the Algarve. She’s definitely got a sweet tooth, so we are always treated to a full run-down...

Best Foodie Experiences in Sicily

Europe, Italy
The focus of the Sicilian food is simple, local, seasonal and ages old. Tomatoes, olives and aubergines all play huge roles in the dishes here, and most things you try will feature them heavily, along with the ...

Local’s Guide to Authentic Crete

Europe, Greece
Despite some of the tourist hotspots, the islands of Greece are still relatively unknown. We turned to a Cretan local to share the secrets of his beautiful island home. Markos Margiolakis is the manager of many...

The Local’s Guide to Authentic Puglia

Europe, Italy
When visiting a new holiday destination, don't you wish you had someone in the know to whisper the secret spots to you? Puglia is a relatively undiscovered region of Italy, so what better guide than the lo...