Link collection

Spain

Large choice of flats for long term or short term stays in Barcelona

Europe

The Backpacker - Backpacking & hostels in Europe

Hostelworld.com - Extensive list of Hostels all over the world

HRS.com - Hotel reservation service. One of the biggest hotel booking services in the world (available in 32 languages)

Currencysite - Exchange rates based on day to day trading values of the world markets (please use only for orientation purposes in comparison to our quotes)

Worldwide

Tourism Offices Worldwide - A directory of all tourism offices worldwide

World-Newspapers.com - Directory of worldwide Newspapers, Magazines and News Sites in English

Clarin - Buenos Aires newspaper (Spanish)

Buenos Aires Herald - newspaper (English)

Australia.com -  Australias official tourism website

Sydney Morning Herald - newspaper

The Age - Melbourne based newspaper

Braziltour.com - Official website of the Braizilian ministry of tourism (various languages)

Rio de Jainero Travelguide (English)

Canada.com - Online presence of Canwest, Canadas largest media company

Ottawa Citizen - The Candian capital newspaper

TourismChile.com - English website on tourist informatino for Chile

El Mercurio Newspaper (Spanish)

Santiago Times Newspaper (English)

CCTV.com - English website of China Central television

China Now - Independent magazine reporting on economic, social, and cultural developments in China

China National Tourist Office

Costa Rica Tourist Information - Costa Rica Guides offers everything you need for your travels to Costa Rica

Tico Times - Major Costa Rica English-language newspaper

Cuba Si - Cuba news and information portal

Cuba Nation - Newspaper of the Cuban American community in the US

Travel France - Guide to France including regions, towns, places of interest, activities and events. Includes travel information

French News - France's English language newspaper

Le Monde - One of France's leading newspapers (French)

Tourism Germany - The offical tourism website by the German National Tourism Board

Spiegel Online - Germanys biggest newsmagazine (English version)

New Berlin Magazine - English magazine for information on Berlin

Visit Berlin - Official Berlin website (various langauges)

Zitty.de - Online version of Print magazine "Zitty", a biweekly magazine for Berlin (German)

Goto-Guatemala.com -  Local travel guide

Guatemala Times - English language newspaper

Official webite of the Island Tourism agency

Independent.ie -  Irelands Newspaper and information portal

Enit - Italian Goverment tourist board (various languages)

Corriere  della Sella - Italys leading newspaper (English version)

Visitmalta - The Official Malta Tourism Website. Information on Malta, Gozo, Comino

Malta Independent - Leading national daily newspaper

Visit Mexico - Official website of the tourism board with many city guides, maps, accommodation, transportation and more

Gringo Gazette - English speaking newspaper

El Norte - One of the leading newspaper from the north of Mexico (Spanish)

New Zealand Tourism Online - New Zealand's most comprehensive online directory of tourism and travel companies

New Zealand Herald - Leading national daily which also publishes many local newspapers

Visit Portugal - Official Tourism Website by the Government (various languages)

Portugal News Online - English website covering most Portugese topics online

Jornal de Notícias - The largest Portuguese newspaper. It is a daily paper especially read on the north of the country (Portugese)

Russia Travel - The official toursm website for Russia (English)

Moscow News - Weekly newspaper (English)

Kommersant - Leading russian news portal

South Africa Net - Home of the South African toursm agency (various languages) 

The Star - Daily Newspaper from Johannesburg

Spain.info - The official website for tourism in Spain

El Pais - One of the leading independent newspapers in Spain (Spanish)

Visit Britain - Britain & the UK's official travel and holiday Guide!

Bournemouth Tourism - The offical toursim website of Bournemouth

Discouver America - The official travel and trourism website of the USA

New York Times - One of the leading US Newspapers

Think Venezuela - Independent onine tourism directory for Venezuela

El Universal - Major newspaper with english section

Chinese

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

Czech

Wordbook.Cz - Czech dictionary into English, German, Spanish and French

English

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

French

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

Larouse - French monolingual dictionary

German

Leo.org -  Biggest German based dictionary with translations for English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese

Italian

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

Polish

Ling.pl - Major polish to various languages dictionary

Russian

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

Spanish 

Wordreference - One of the most extensive dictionaries on the web for translations in and to english

Travel Health Online - Your guuide to safety and health information in over 220 countries (Login required. Free of charge)

Health & Travel

AVI leaflet - our general partner for all insuarance related issues including health and certain travel risks

Chinese

Mandarin step by ste for free at about.com

English

An introduction to english for free at about.com

French

Introduction to French for beginners at about.com

German

Extensive section on learning German at about.com

Italian

Italian for beginners at about.com

Portugese

No entry yet. Any suggestions?

Russian

The Cyrillic Alphabet - A first introduction

Spanish

Collection of Spanish lesson at about.com

General

Google Maps - One of the most extensive collections of street maps around the world

Via Michelin - Great selection of maps and free routing

Streetmap.co.uk -  Routes and streets for Great Britain

MultiMap - A UK based Microsoft map service for worldwide maps

GPS

GPS Virtualizer - Collect GPS points and let them show on a street map

Guides

Lonely Planet - One of the worlds most famous guide books and extensive website

Communities

Tripwolf - Hungry for Travel (connected to Facebook but independent)

Dictionaries

Worldclock

Plane

• Airport Infos

A-Z World Airports -Comprehensive collection of information for Airports around the world

Tips for sleeping in Airports when you get stuck

• Airline Infos and Blacklists

Lists of Airlines banned within the EU

A guide to Airlines by continent from about.com

Airline Test - A German portal to rate Airlines and flights

• Booking 

Flug.de - A German search and booking engine for flight booking around the world

Specialist on Booking flights from the US to Latin America  

• Low fairs 

Cheap Ticktes - A German distributor of low fairs airline tickets

Air Ninja - A Database of all low fair airline connection around the world  

Train

Deutsche Bahn - The online portal of the German National Train company. Includes train conncetions around the world

Eurostar - Train conncetion between Paris and London via the EuroTunnel

Bus

National Express - United Kingdoms largest coach network

Eurolines - Bus network for Europe (partner of National Express as well)

International Travel information by the US Department of State

Safe Travel - US Department of Transportation information on what not to take on an airplane

Worldwide

Embassy World - Directory & Search Engine Of Every Nations Embassies & Consulates

Europe

Schengen Visa

USA

SEVIS - The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System

US Student Visa - Extensive information on the Student Visas for foreigners

World

World Weather - Delivered by the World Meteorological Organization

Germany

Donnerwetter - German Weather forecast

USA

The Weather Channel - US focused weather information