Pillow is pleased to announce we will be offering pre-pitched camping and our premium camping service (Glamping) at the FIA European Drag Racing Finals at Santa Pod. This is the main Drag Racing event of the year, and thousands of people watch hundreds of the best teams and cars from across Europe race along the famous Santa Pod track.

We are really excited about this event, and we have just had a huge debate in the office about what is the best smell in the world. We have narrowed it down to two choices, the smell of a BBQ on a summers evening, or the smell of burning fuel and rubber at Santa Pod on Drag Race days. Both are worthy of an aftershave I am sure you will agree!

For more information about our amazing camping and glamping accommodation at Santa Pod, please click here.

Pillow is delighted to announce we will be offering pre-pitched tents and our premium camping service (glamping) at the Bug Jam festival in July this year. We are really excited to be part of Bug Jam, which is Europe’s biggest and best VW inspired party attracting over 35,000 people each year. Often called Glastonbury on wheels, Bug Jam is a must for anybody who loves motor sport and have a soft spot for VW and in particular VW camper vans and the classic VW beetle.

For more details about Bug Jam, and our camping services at this amazing festival, please click here. 

ANZAC Day Tour France & Belgium

Pillow adventure travel is please to announce our ANZAC Day 2014 and 2015 tours to France and Belgium are now on sale. The 2014 London to London tour is priced at £279, which is only £10 more expensive than our 2013 tours. Also our 2015 ANZAC Day tour is on sale at only £289, which again will only be a small increase of £10 per person.

At Pillow we have been running ANZAC Day tours to France and Belgium since 2009, and we are committed to offering the best quality tours for the long term. We have not and will not raise our prices for 2015 and 2016 ANZAC Day tours, despite the 100 year anniversary.

For more information about our ANZAC Day tours to France and Belgium, please click here.

After months of speculation, Bernie Ecclestone has today confirmed the 2013 German F1 Grand Prix will be held at the Nurburgring. This follows months of negotiations and concerns about the finances of this historic old track.

Pillow tours are currently offering tours to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and the Belgium F1 Grand Prix at Spa, and we will look at the possibility of operating a tour to the German F1 Grand Prix on 7 July 2013. Please contact us at contact@pillow.co.uk if you would like to express an interest in our German F1 GP tour.

Local authorities in Spain have announced a plan to make the La Tomatina (tomato throwing festival) an all ticketed event. In recent years the number of people attending La Tomatina has increased dramatically, and it’s believed almost 50,000 people attended the event in 2012, resulting in huge crowd congestion.

There is now a plan in place to sell 20,000 tickets at EUR10 per person. However no details have been released as to who will be selling the tickets and when they will be sold. At Pillow Tours we agree with this new policy, as the tiny back streets of Bunol is not equipped to deal with such large crowds. 

Budget airline Ryanair has today announced they intend to increase the amount of flights to Morocco. The Irish airline will base two planes at Marrakech and want to increase passenger numbers flying to Morocco to almost 2.5 million people each year.
At Pillow tours we offer a number of tours around Morocco, including our very popular 9 day Imperial Cities and Sahara Desert tour, and our climb Mt Toubkal tours. All of our Morocco tours start and finish in Marrakech, so its fantastic news Ryanair will be offering more flights to and from this destination. Marrakech is already served by a number of budget airlines, so the addition of Ryanair flights will mean our clients get even more options when flying to Morocco.

For more information about our Morocco tours, please visit our Morocco page at www.pillow.co.uk/morocco/

 After Aussie fever swept the Royal Ascot race meeting in 2012 with the appearance of unbeaten super horse Black Caviar, it seems we could be set for a repeat in 2013. The 4 year old horse “All To Hard” is set to race in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in England in June.

All To Hard is the half brother of the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar. Pillow Tours offer amazing day trips to 2013 Royal Ascot from London. The tours include return coach transport from London, entrance tickets and pre-race picnics with unlimited red or white wine. For more information please visit the royal ascot page of our website http://www.pillow.co.uk/the-tours/events/ladies-day-at-royal-ascot/

In late October 2012 our Festivals and Events Manager Greg set off on an amazing journey in which he walked 800km across Southern France and North Western Spain along the ancient Pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago.

Walked for thousands of years, the most popular route of the Camino de Santiago stretches all the way from St Jean Pied de Port near the Spanish border to the mythical city of Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James the apostle of Jesus are interned. Today, however, people from all over the world walk the Camino for many reasons ranging from religion to adventure, to healing.

Setting off from St Jean Pied de Port on 21st October 2012, Greg passed over some truly amazing terrain tackling mountain ranges, river valleys and navigating busy cities before arriving in Santiago 34 days later in late November to kneel before the tomb of St. James. In 2012 alone an estimated 100,000 people walked the Camino, as year by year its popularity grows all over the world as an increasing number of people are drawn towards this truly unique experience.

To see photos of his experience and to find out more information, check out Greg’s blog at www.gregstrachey.co.uk

Thanks again to all our clients who joined our 2012 Oktoberfest tours. It was an amazing event, and as always the official statistics for the event make interesting reading. Over 6.4 million people visited the Oktoberfest grounds during 2012, drinking almost 6.9 million liters of beer. The Lost and Found office again had some surprising finds. 950 passports, 570 wallets, 480 mobile phones, 280 bags and rucksacks, 80 cameras and 100 pieces of jewelry and watches were left in the beer tents. But  there was also Two wedding-rings, two license plates, two bugles, a hearing-aid, a baby monitor, a ping-pong-paddle, a Playboy-magazine (signed by the official 2012 Oktoberfest Playmate) and a dog. We are pleased to confirm the dog was collected the next day!

Pillow Tours is delighted to announce we will be offering a tour to the 2013 Monaco F1 GP. The trip will include return coach travel from central London, and accommodation in pre-erected tents at a campsite near Nice. We will include transfers from the campsite to the local train station where clients can catch the local train to Monaco (we even include the train tickets). Please click here for more information.