Lyn Russell 

Quick getaways

Our selection of the best travel offers, along with a clutch of web exclusives.
  
  


Under £100

Brittany Ferries (0870 908 1298) has two-day cruises to Spain from 13 March through to November to mark the reintroduction of its Plymouth-Santander route. With up to five hours ashore as well as a host of onboard attractions the crossings, on Mondays and Wednesdays, cost £99 inclusive of cabin accommodation. Also included in the price are dining vouchers worth £30 to be used in on board restaurants.

Under £200

Paris Antiques Fair takes place on 16 and 17 March at The Stade Charlety in the south east of the city with over 250 exhibitors. Eurotours (0870 380 7380) is offering a two night break departing 15 March at the three star Hotel Manufacture. Travel is by Eurostar and breakfast is included in the cost of £129.

Three nights for two in Brittany with self-drive specialist Motours (01892 686666) until 15 April (excluding Easter weekend) at the two-star Hotel du Château, a 30-minute drive from St Malo. Including breakfast and Dover-Calais Hoverspeed crossings for a car and two people the cost is £117.

Under £300

Sunflowers in Amsterdam at the Van Gogh exhibition until 2 June. Kirker Travel (020 7231 3333) has two nights' two-star hotel accommodation, including breakfast, canal cruise, transfers and one-day tram pass, from £214. Exhibition tickets are an extra £15. Return travel by Eurostar. Air package from £239.

Under £500

£419 is the cost of some early season sunshine on a seven night break to Antalya in Turkey with Metak Holidays (020 7935 6961) available throughout April. This includes scheduled flights from Stansted, transfers and accommodation with breakfast at the five star Sheraton Hotel. This hotel has direct access to the beach via a footbridge and also boasts indoor and outdoor pools and a health and beauty centre. Add an extra £24 for flights from Glasgow.

Walking in Andalucia combines Moorish Granada with the slopes of the Alpujarras and peaks of Sierra Nevada. Departing 6 April for seven nights with scheduled flights from Heathrow to Granada, hotel, transport and the services of a group leader for £429. You can opt out of some of the more rugged sections. Travelbag Adventures (01420 541007).

Under £600

With scenery that's straight off a postcard Mount Tremblant in Quebec provides top skiing. Club Pavilion (0870 241 0427) currently have a seven night holiday at the three star Hotel Club Tremblant costing £549 based on four sharing a self-catering studio. The flights are from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham or Glasgow and include transfers based on departures on 6 or 13 April, the last two weeks of the skiing season.

Travel Mood (08700 66 45 56) has five nights in Hong Kong from £549 between 1 May and 30 June. The offer includes scheduled flights from Heathrow, transfers and accommodation at the three star Hotel Concourse. Alternatively, for £679, you can stay five nights at the five star Harbour Plaza Hotel sited on the waterfront in Kowloon with spectacular views across Victoria Harbour towards Hong Kong Island and the South China Sea. Bookings must be made by 31 March.

Under £700

Avoid all that driving on the wrong side of the road with a three-centre car free holiday in California for ten nights, available 1 to 30 April for £649 with Bon Voyage (0800 316 0194). Three nights in San Francisco followed by three nights in Los Angeles and finally four nights in Las Vegas. Cost covers United Airlines flights from Heathrow, the two internal flights and accommodation which is on a room only basis. Add £40 for flights from Manchester.

Four nights at the five-star Mena House Hotel in Giza, near the Pyramids, including breakfast, transfers, one day's sightseeing and scheduled flights from Heathrow, is available through Cox and Kings (020 7873 5000) for £695 for departures between 3 and 30 April. Giza is a 40-minute drive from the centre of Cairo.

Under £800

Follow migrating sardines along the eastern shores of South Africa where the shoals are measured in kilometres. The price of £798 covers all dives and equipment, transfers and five nights' accommodation in a three-star hotel with breakfast and all water-based activities. Flights cost about £500 extra. Departure date is 9 June with Farside Africa (0131 315 2464).

· Prices are per person and all travel is return.

 

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