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Travel Links

Below is a list of useful travel links when planning your holiday. Please note ABTA protection only applies to ABTA members' sites.

DEFRA - Don't Bring Me Back
Visit website http://dontbringmeback.direct.gov.uk/index.html for information about what food you can and can't bring back from abroad.

Dolphin Safaris
Visit website www.dolphinsafari.gi/ for details of excursions aboard The Original Dolphin Safari from Gibraltar.

EU Banned Air Carriers
Visit website ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm for a list of air carriers banned from undertaking operations within EU.

European Health Insurance Card
Visit website www.ehic.org.uk for information on applying for or renewing an EHIC.

Family Safe Holidays
Visit website www.familysafeholidays.co.uk/ for family safety - provides an online account to store vital information that can be called upon in times of emergency such as photos, medical conditions and emergency contacts or use this website to have access from anywhere in the world.

Foreign Office Travel Advice
Visit website www.fco.gov.uk/en/ for Foreign Office Travel Advice.

Health Advice
Visit website www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/home.aspx for useful health advice for travellers provided by Scottish National Health Service.

House Sitting
Visit website www.housesitters.co.uk/ for information about professional house sitting services and care for your pets, livestock and garden while you are away on holiday.

National Health Service
Visit website www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/Healthcareabroad/pages/Healthcareabroad.aspx for information on health requirements/vaccinations and information on EHIC.

Passport Agency
Visit website www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/index.htm for information on UK passports.

Pet Travel Scheme
Visit website www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm The Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) is the system that allows pet animals from certain countries to enter the UK without quarantine as long as they meet certain conditions. It also means that people in the UK can take their pets to these countries and bring them back without the need for quarantine.

Polo
Visit website www.santamariapolo.club/en/ for information about Santa Maria Polo Club, Sotogrande.

Visit website www.jcm-polo.com/ for JCM Polo Sotogrande.

Sotogrande International School
Visit website www.sis.ac/ for information about Sotogrande International School - day and boarding school for 3-18 year olds.

Weather
Visit website news.bbc.co.uk/weather/ for world weather reports.

Whale Watching
Visit website www.firmm.org/ for details about whale and dolphin watching in the Straight of Gibraltar from Tarifa, Spain.

Yachting
Visit website www.yachtingsotogrande.com/ for information on sail and motorboat courses, catamaran, yacht and motor cruiser hire and excursions.

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