Ducato win Salou award

FIAT Professional Ducato has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Motorhome Base Vehicle 2023’ ahead of its well ­ known competitors, continuing its winning streak. For the 15th time in a row, the readers of the German specialised magazine ‘ Promobil’ have voted again for the successful model from FIAT Professional.

The annual readers’ choice of the German magazine has represented an important reference point and a major benchmark for the trends in the field of leisure vehicles for more than a quarter of a century, thus confirming the importance of this award.

This prestigious prize stands out, confirming the trust customers have in FIAT Professional Ducato as the ideal base for their leisure vehicle: the several variants of the FIAT Professional Ducato serving as the basis for motorhomes were designed and developed together with the largest European motorhome manufacturers.

The cornerstone of the model’s successful streak is the strategy of designing the vehicle as a platform for add ­ ons right from its development stage.

Ducato has always offered modularity, carlike driveability and versatility, features whichin brief ­ have ruled its achievements together with constant innovations.

CAMPING & Resort Sanguli Salou in Tarragona on Spain’s Costa Dorada has won the Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB) Camping of the Year 2023 award under the new category of Best Family Campsite near the Sea.

The award was issued by the ANWB, a Dutch association dedicated to mobility, tourism and leisure since 1883, has more than four million users.

More than 1,800 campsites from all over Europe were considered for this award. To select the winners, independent inspections were carried out at all the tourist establishments during the summer of 2022. These inspections assessed the sanitary facilities, grounds, swimming pools, leisure facilities,

Adapting to market trends.

WITH 2023 bringing a focus on exploring further while spending less, the Caravan and Motorhome Club UK has launched its 2023 driving training courses to help tourers make the most of the great outdoors.

Whether you are new to caravanning, motorhoming and campervanning, or a seasoned tourer who just needs a refresher, the Club makes sure you feel comfortable and safe in your vehicle before you head out on your holiday adventure.

Harvey Alexander, Director of Marketing and Membership Services at the Caravan and Motorhome Club said, “We are

Sally Underwood Political Animal

WELL it’s safe to say it hasn’t been a good week for the Conservatives.

Between Rishi’s fixed penalty notice for not wearing a seatbelt, Boris’s £800,000 loan controversy, and Zahawi’s seven­figure tax payback, the Tories are not currently having the best time of things.

Two of these controversies are now subject to reviews, while Rishi has accepted fault in the seatbelt incident.

While this certainly doesn’t look like a great time for politics, as one columnist recently pointed out these scandals are somewhat tame compared to some of the UK’s historic political controversies.

Let’s start with possibly the most shocking, the Thorpe Affair. It’s hard to contemplate now the idea that the leader of a major political party might end up being tried for murder, but in 1979 that’s exactly what happened in the case of Liberal Party leader, Jeremy Thorpe.

While he was eventually acquitted, the stain of being accused of attempting to have his former lover killed was ­ fairly understandably ­ enough to end his career.

shops, and restaurants.

Since its inauguration, Sanguli Salou has known how to evolve and adapt to the trends and needs of the market; for almost half a century it has maintained its essence and has become a point of reference for European tourism.

The lodges and tents of Africa, or the new villas of the Mediterrania, are just some examples of the different themes that can be found throughout the resort.