Race to the sun
The UK has had the wettest summer on record, so it’s no surprise that
holidaymakers are heading to the Continent. But if you haven’t booked,
there’s still space. Travel companies say that Greece, Cyprus and Turkey are
the best places to look. Or check out these deals:
Short-haul
29C and under £500
Chez Chester is a family-owned five-star villa in the Hautes-Pyrénées in France
sleeping 12. The house has a gym, steamroom and cinema. The cost is from
£427pp based on full occupancy for the week beginning August 4. Details:
020-7738 8772 quoting ref: PY23, www.pyreneanvillas.com.
31C and under £700
Villa Tomeu in Pollensa, Majorca, sleeps up to ten and has a pool –
ideal for two families or a large group. Through Meon Villas a week’s stay
from August 18 is £643pp, based on full occupancy, with flights from Gatwick
and car hire. Details: 0870 901 4011, www.meonvillas.co.uk.
36C and under £1,000
Save £165 per adult when staying at Club Med’s Nabeul resort in Tunisia
from August 5. The cost is now from £911 per adult and from £678 per child,
including clubs for children up to the age of 17, all meals with wine, beer
and soft drinks, holiday insurance and flights. Details: 0845
3676767, www.clubmed.co.uk.
34C and under £2,000
A family holiday in Corsica is reduced by £310 to £1,690 for a week
from August 19, excluding flights. Villa Mathieu is set in gardens with
fruit and olive trees. Book with Voyages Ilena. Details: 020-7924
4440, quoting ref: 0432, www.voyagesilena.co.uk.
Long-haul
29C and under £200
Amanresorts has taken 50 per cent off stays at two of its luxury resorts in Sri
Lanka. The price per night is now from £125 for a double room in Galle
and £158 in Tangalle. Flights are not included. Details: 00 800
2255 2626, www.amanresorts.com.
35C and under £900
Go all-inclusive in Cuba from £869pp with Letsgo2. Departures are from
September 1 until October 12, staying at the five-star Paradisus Princesa
del Mar. Flights are from Gatwick. Details: www.caribbean.letsgo2.com/cuba.
31C and under £1,500
Get two nights free on a week’s break at the five-star One&Only
Kanuhura in the Maldives. Through Pure Luxury Holidays the cost is
from £1,469pp with seaplane transfers, breakfast, a massage and flights.
Must be booked by the end of July for travel from September 1 until October
8. Details: 0844 4720100, www.pureluxuryholidays.co.uk.
33C and under £5,000
The all-inclusive Beaches Boscobel resort in Jamaica has a kids’ camp
and teens’ disco and water slides. Prices start at £4,635 for a family of
two adults and two children aged from 2 to 11 (a £370 saving on the brochure
price) with flights from Gatwick until the end of August. Book with Funway
Holidays. Details: 0870 4440770, www.funwayholidays.co.uk.
Home deals
Rainy weather at home means there hasn’t been the normal rush of last-minute
summer bookings to the UK, so there’s still plenty of availability at good
prices.
Breaksincornwall has gourmet breaks at the new Porth Veor Manor Villas and
Apartments, Cornwall. A three-night stay costs £139pp, based on four
sharing a self-catering villa with one dinner at Fifteen Cornwall and one
dinner at the Beaucliffes Restaurant. The offer runs until the end of
August.
Details: 01621 784666 quoting ref: PRL/492, www.breaksincornwall.com.
Marsdens Cottage Holidays has properties with easy access to North Devon
beaches and clifftop paths, and many accept pets. Stag Cottage sleeps four,
plus two pets, and is a few minutes’ walk from the village centre of
Porlock. A week’s break from August 4 is now £560, which is a saving of £140
on the brochure price.
Details: 01271 813777, www.marsdens.co.uk.
Hotel Felix in Cambridge has a Summer in the City package from Sundays to Thursdays in August. Rooms are available from £140 (usually £175) with a
predinner drink, parking and breakfast. Details: 01223 277977, www.hotelfelix.co.uk.
For updates on what is and isn’t open for business as a result of the
flooding, visit www.enjoyengland.com/news.
