Escapism

Behold the Eagle's View, a new luxury glass suite with views over the snowscapes of Syöte national park in Finnish Lapland, where eagles soar above the trees and couples can just stay in bed and watch them or, at night, enjoy the northern lights. Until the end of April a four-night break with the Mighty Fine Company (0845 072 0090, mightyfinecompany.com) costs from £1,390pp half-board, including flights from Heathrow.

Snow watch

The Alps were warming up, just like the UK, at the end of last week, but there was still around three metres of snow in Argentière, Flaine and Tignes, a couple of metres in Verbier, Saas Fee, La Plagne and Avoriaz, with 150cm in Ischgl and Soldeu, and two in Obergurgl.
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Trend alert!

OK, this is only an idea for now, but indie-entrepreneur Emilie Harley plans to open – hot on the pawprints of Japan's cat cafes – a sausage dog cafe! If she can raise £50,000 through crowd-funding (see indiegogo.com/projects/322066), cafe-goers will be able to pet her collection of sausage dogs at a venue in Brixton, south London.

What's new?

Ski festival
Horizon, a new electronic music and ski festival in Bansko, Bulgaria (from 23-29 March) offers a cut-price alternative to Alpine partying. Created by the co-founder of Croatia's Outlook festival, it will be DJ-led, with acts including Maribou State, Alex Arnout and Dark Sky, in bars and venues where a beer costs £2. A package including six days' accommodation, ski pass and festival pass costs from just £256, or from £499 for a luxury version in the Kempinski Grand Arena hotel with spa (horizonfestival.net).

Accommodation
The UK's first "tree tent" opens in Powys in March, with a spherical tent sleeping two suspended between trees. The Red Kite Tree Tent is wool-lined to keep it warm, plus there's a woodburner and a bed for two. It's available for guests after 29 March; a three-night break for two costs £299 through Sheepskin Life (01865 764087, sheepskinlife.com).

Online guide
For a romantic break, Mr & Mrs Smith guide books and website can be relied on for stylish, sexy abodes. But all those dirty weekends can lead to the patter of tiny feet, so the company has launched Smith & Family, a collection of child-friendly places to stay. Many are high-end but there are better-value options such as The Beckford Arms in Tisbury, Wiltshire, from £95 a night. (smithandfamily.co.uk).

Instant getaways: to book now

• British Airways Holidays (ba.com) has some weekend breaks for under £200pp, such as two nights in Dubrovnik (above), at the Adria Dubrovnik hotel for £185pp in February.
• A short break on the continent by ferry is super-cheap in February: a one-way crossing Dover-Dunkirk or Dover-Calais with a car costs £19 each way; or there's a two-night trip from Newcastle to Amsterdam for £99pp including a meal with a glass of fizz, and a night in a cabin on the way there and back, through DFDS .
• How about four nights in Washington DC with Virgin Holidays? Fly on 12 February from Heathrow and stay until 16 February at the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, for £641pp, virginholidays.co.uk.
• Explore (explore.co.uk) has some small discounts on Easter adventure holidays, including a 16-day trip to Laos and Cambodia, touring Angkor Wat, Luang Prabang, the Mekong, caves and jungles for £2,195pp (£100 off) including flights, or £1,469 without. The price includes most meals, transport and a tour guide throughout, departing 24 March.
• For the upcoming half-term holiday you could do worse than a ski trip to Alpe d'Huez in France, including seven nights in catered accommodation with five-course dinners and that all-important afternoon tea and cake, plus complimentary wine at the Chalet Hotel Les Cimes, for £741pp including flights departing from Belfast, Manchester or Bristol on 16 February, with Inghams.

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TV and film pilgrimages
• Santa Cruz (esp the old rollercoaster) for Lost Boys, after dark the whole town = eerie vampire vibe @shhhaddad
• The Belfry tower in Bruges from in Bruges! Picturesque in the snow last week! @StephKStokes
• 'Once', 'PS I Love You' and 'Leap Year' for Dublin @FionaHilliard
• Stockholm for the Millennium trilogy, the original Let the right one in & Ingmar Bergman films. @michaelapieh
• Williamsburg for 2 Broke Girls and Alabama for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe @NJLaurence
• Atacama desert for Quantum of Solace, rest of Chile for Motorcycle Diaries! @gemmadunnchile
• Chicago Union Station for The Untouchables. Montmartre for "Amélie."

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