From the 101 Holidays newsdesk
Escape the crowds and save £200 pp on a week at the 12-room Ece hotel on the pedestrianised island of Sövalye on Turkey’s Lycian coast. Departing Gatwick or Manchester on July 11 or 18, a week with Exclusive Escapes now costs £700 pp including accommodation on a B&B basis, flights, transfers (by boat), a day’s Gulet cruise and a courtesy boat service across the water to the distinctly livelier resort of Fethiye.
If you fancy summer in the city and want to take advantage of the improved exchange rate (currently around $1.59 to £1), Hayes & Jarvis is offering 3 nights in the Big Apple for £569 pp, a saving of £244 pp. Departing on July 18, the price includes flights from Heathrow with Delta Airlines and 3 nights room only at the 3* New Yorker Hotel, close to Macy’s and Madison Square Garden.
It may be the monsoon season in the Himalayas, but Ayurvedic doctors tell us that’s the very best time to receive treatments. Elegant Resorts is offering 7 nights at the Ananda in the Himalayas from £1,775 pp full-board, a saving of £150 pp. Also included in the price are a consultation with the hotel’s Ayurvedic doctor, 13 prescribed Ayurvedic treatments, 1 spa treatment, 1 private meditation class and 3 private yoga classes. Valid for departures up to October 15.
A 9-night group tour of Kerala departing on August 1 is on offer from TransIndus for £1,098 pp on a B&B basis, a saving of £400 pp. Taking in historic Cochin, spice plantations, wildlife reserves, the beach resort of Marari and the charming backwaters, the tour is based in a range of luxury hotels and includes a night on a traditional rice barge. Scheduled flights and all internal travel are also included.
Vintage Travel has availability for July 18 and August 15 and 22 in Casa do Eido da Devesa, a stunningly restored 17th century house in northern Portugal. They’ve dropped the rental price by £600 to £2,395 excluding flights and car hire. The house, close to Ponte de Lima in the Labruja valley, sleeps up to 18 with 8 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a private pool, gardens, sauna, gym and table tennis. Sandy dune-backed beaches and the Peneda-Gerês National Park are both within easy reach.
Somak is offering half-price holidays in Oman. Stays at the 5* Al Waha hotel, part of Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa on the beach at Muscat now cost from £529 pp for 3 nights, £693 for 7 nights. Upgrade to a seaview room for £6 pp pn. The price includes scheduled flights from Heathrow, transfers, accommodation and breakfast. Available up to September 30.
Kuoni has teamed up with British Airways to offer some great early booking offers. Book by July 14 for 7 nights B&B at the 4* Sheraton Sharm in Sharm el Sheikh and pay £399 pp, virtually half-price with a saving of £386 pp. Departures are from Gatwick departing November 28 on BA’s new service to Sharm.
