BRITISH ISLES
Street Farm Cottage in the market town of Lodden in Norfolk is ideally placed
for walkers, with footpaths and the seaside of Great Yarmouth near by. The
week beginning May 25 is priced at £492 for three nights, based on six
sharing the attractive Grade II listed property. Book with Cottages4you.
Details: 0870 1975853, www.cottages4you.co.uk
Carters Cottage, an 18th-century former coaching inn in Slaughterford,
Wiltshire, is available for the week beginning May 24 for £493. The cottage,
which sleeps five (plus a cot), is near the Castle Coombe circuit - ideal
for motorsports fans. Book with Fairhaven Holiday Cottages. Details: 01208
821255, www.fairhaven-holidays.co.uk
SHORT-HAUL
Watch the Monaco Grand Prix with Monte Carlo as a backdrop on a three-night B&B
break with Black Tomato. The price is from £3,999pp, including stays at the
Hotel Beau Rivage, Grand Prix tickets and flights from London-based airports
on May 22. Details: 020-7610 9008, www.blacktomato.co.uk
Carefree Italy has a week's stay in the rural town of Selva Di Fasano in
Puglia for £58pp per night staying at the four-star Masseria Tenuta
Monacelle. This price is for departure on May 24 and includes breakfast, but
not flights. Details: 0871 7000850, www.carefreeitaly.com
Take a break in Paris from £139pp with ShortBreaks. The cost includes return
Eurostar travel leaving on May 23 with two nights' B&B at the Grand
hotel, near Gare du Nord. Details: 0870 0276027, www.short-breaks.com
Full-board upgrades are offered free on family holidays to Puerto De La Cruz
in North Tenerife with First Choice. Two adults and two children, aged 2 to
12, can take a week's break leaving on May 27 from £1,756. Flights are from
Gatwick. Details: 0871 2007799, www.firstchoice.co.uk
Escape half-term mayhem at the Hoopoe Yurt Hotel, near Ronda, Spain, for a
week from May 24. Energy for the eco-hotel (no children allowed) is provided
by solar power. The cost of £332pp includes breakfast, but not flights. Book
with i-escape. Details: 0117 9428476, www.i-escape.com
LONG-HAUL
A ten-day Feluccas & Pharaohs family holiday to Egypt with the Adventure
Company leaves on May 23. Highlights include a trip to the Egyptian Museum,
the home of Tutankhamun and to the temples of Karnak. The price is from £869
per child and £939 per adult, including two and three-star accommodation,
some meals and flights from Heathrow. Details: 0845 4505311, www.adventurecompany.co.uk
Seven nights for the price of six are on offer in St Barts with the Azure
Collection. The holiday costs from £1,995pp for B&B at the Hotel
Guanahani & Spa and flights from Gatwick on May 22. Details: 01244
322770, www.azurecollection.com
A flying visit to Las Vegas costs from £649pp with Destinology. The price
includes three nights at the Circus Circus Hotel on the Strip and flights
from Gatwick, Bristol or Manchester on May 24. Details: 0800 0722227, www.destinology.co.uk
How about a cruise. I was on www.cruise.co.uk and found a really cheap deal plus it is something different
Ian, Birmingham, UK