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Holiday details: 7 nights – saving £315 – staying in villa Casa Lizeta along the beautiful Costa Brava coast in Spain. Located near the village of Pals, there is a sandy beach 3kms away and local amenities within walking distance. The villa sleeps 6 and has a large private pool and pretty gardens.
Price: from £1385 pp – saving £732 pp – self-catering, based on 6 sharing, sharing. Flights and car hire extra.
Dates: departs July 9, 2010.
Book with: PCI Holidays
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This week we’ve found two great deals to Sri Lanka and some other autumnal treats.
Departing on October 29, Hayes & Jarvis is offering 10 nights at the 4* Eden Resort & Spa, set on Beruwela, one of the best Sri Lanka’s beaches, for £549 pp. The price, a saving of £403 pp, includes 10 nights’ accommodation on a B&B basis, transfers and return flights with Qatar Airways from London Heathrow.
Save £120 pp on a week’s stay with Tropical Sky at the 3* Hotel Seashells Negombo, departing on selected dates until October 23. An attractive fishing port with a wide stretch of beach, Negombo is under an hour away from the airport. The price, from £599 pp, includes flights from Heathrow with Qatar Airways, transfers and half-board accommodation in an ocean-view room.
Mark Warner is offering a week’s half-board at the 5* Abu Soma Hotel in Hurghada for £599 pp, departing Gatwick on October 15. Windsurfing, canoeing and sailing are included in the price; one of the best places to learn the sport, pre-booked British Kite-Surfing Association courses for beginners through to experienced kite-surfers cost from £51 (25% off). Departures are available throughout the winter; courses must be pre-cooked by November 9.
Departing on November 22, Jetsave is offering a 15-day tour Canadian Winter Wonderland escorted tour for £1,299 per person. Travel from Toronto to Vancouver on board the Canadian, a luxurious train, with 4 nights in Jasper en route and followed by 4 nights in Vancouver. The price includes Air Canada flights Heathrow, accommodation in hotels and aboard the Canadian, and an experienced tour director.
PCI Holidays is offering 15% off villa rental on the Costa Brava throughout October, including half-term week. Close to Pals, Villa Blanca sleeps up to 6 in 3 bedrooms with a shared pool and is a short walk from shops, restaurants, a tennis club, golf course and the beach. Rental for 7 nights from October 24 costs £470; flights to Girona currently cost around £195 pp.
By 101 Holidays newsdesk
10 nights from August 25 in the Sol Pins apartments in Tamariu now costs just £594 for up to 5 people (apartment rental cost only, flights to Girona and car hire extra), saving 40% on the original price. Details from PCI Holidays.
A week from August 22 at Butterfly Farmhouse near Ilfracombe costs £1,625 – saving £500 – for up to 12 people. Contact Classic Cottages.
3 nights B&B in Prague’s 5* Hotel Aria with flights, private transfers and a private 2-hour walking tour from £658 pp – saving £154 – for departures up to August 31. Details from Kirker Holidays.
A week for 2 from August 22 in Ca Na Xidoia, a stone-fronted cottage with private pool near Old Alcudia, now costs £1,150 (villa rental cost only, flights and car hire extra), saving £200. Details from Vintage Travel.
A week from September 10 at the 3* Mermaid Hotel on Sri Lanka’s Kalutara beach now costs just £499 pp all-inclusive (including Emirates flights). Details from Hayes & Jarvis.
On selected departure dates in September, a week at the St Lucian by Rex Resorts, bang on Reduit Beach, costs from £799 pp all inclusive including a free room upgrade (saving £200 pp) or a week at the Sandals Halcyon Beach costs from £1,399 pp all-inclusive (saving £400 pp). Details from Tropical Sky.
7 nights at the Shangri-La Rasa Sayang on Batu Feringgi Beach, now costs from £1,055, B&B, a saving of £420. Departures between now and November 30. Details from Tropical Locations.
Departing from Manchester on September 5, a week self-catering in a villa in the Riverside Holiday Village costs from £466 pp, saving £178 pp. Details from Anatolian Sky.
From: 101 Holidays newsdesk
With such poor weather in July, we’ve struggled to find as many great offers this week as sun-seekers abandon plans for a ‘staycation’ and book up what remains of the summer availability in the Med. That said, we’ve managed to track down some August deals.
Vintage Travel is offering £500 off a week’s villa rental from August 2 on the island of Kefalonia. Sleeping up to 6 in a 3-bedroom house with private pool, a week’s stay at Villa Aetos now costs £1,595. Aetos is situated near the village of Vassilikades on the Erissos peninsula in the north of Kefalonia and has fantastic sea views from the terraces and gardens. Flights and car hire extra.
Also in Kefalonia, SunIsle Holidays is offering free car hire worth over £200 at the Metaxatos Studios during August. One week costs £263 pp based on 2 sharing; flights are not included. Located close to both a secluded sandy beach and the tavernas of Lassi, each apartment has a sea-facing private terrace and use of a shared pool.
Departing August 28, PCI Holidays is offering 20% off the cost of a week’s rental at Villa Coral in the harbour resort of Llafranc on the Costa Brava. Now costing £1,688 for up to 8 people (a saving of £422), this 4-bedroom villa has a private pool and is within walking distance of the charming Llafranc beach and village. The nearest airport is Gerona (flights not included).
Anatolian Sky is offering a week from August 31 at the 3* Prince of Caunos hotel in Dalyan from £529 pp on a B&B basis, a saving of £170 pp. This charming family-run hotel, with its tranquil riverside setting, is a short walk from the centre of Dalyan, 40 minutes by boat to Iztuzu beach and a 25-minute walk to the Caunos ruins.
Long Travel has availability in Sicily on various dates departing in August, staying at Villa Tommaso from £277 pp per week and Villa Alfredo from £230 pp per week including a hire car. Villa Tommaso (pictured left) is an old castle, a short walk from the hilltop town of Castelbuono while Villa Alfredo (centre and right) is a group of farmworkers’ houses on a farm (which also produces great organic olive oil).
Mark Warner has a saving of £410 pp at the San Lucianu Beach Resort in Corsica. Activities on offer include sailing, windsurfing, tennis, canoeing, fitness programme and children’s clubs. One week full-board departing Gatwick on August 1, 8, 15 or 22 costs £898 pp.
