Deal of the Week:Book a value golf holiday in Spain with Golf the Costas, where five nights B&B with four rounds of golf from June to September costs from €230pps in La Finca, Alicante. Golf breaks also available on the Costa Calida, Costa Blanca and Costa de la Luz. See golfthecostas.com.
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EXPLORE SICILYon a holiday that includes organised trips to Mount Etna, Syracuse and a Godfather tour. Staying in the four-star Hotel Ariston in Taormina and with flights to Catania with Aer Lingus, a week in June is from €976. Tel: 01-2401700 or topflight.ie.
HERE AREa few good reasons to visit Scotland: the Ballathie House Hotel in Perth is giving £100 (€116) off two-night breaks. In Edinburgh the Best Western Bruntsfield is giving £25 (€29) off two-night breaks and the Thistle Aberdeen Altens has a discount of £25 a night. See visitscotland.com.
LOVERS OFthe music of Edvard Grieg can get a 10 per cent discount on a Norwegian coastal voyage from October 14th to 21st that celebrates his music. Combine dramatic landscapes with a series of onboard concerts, lectures and the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights. The tour costs from €1,745pps, including flights to Norway, a five-night voyage and two nights hotel in Kirkenes. Tel: 01-2108391 or project-travel.ie.
IF YOUare a fan of Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape South East Asiathen Travel Indochina is offering a discount on tours to Vietnam and Cambodia booked in May. The 11-day Vietnam culinary discovery tour will explore traditional markets, have cooking classes and a seafood feast on an overnight cruise in Halong Bay from £1,085pps (€1,259), including all accommodation, three dinners, six lunches and internal flights. Tel: 00-44-1865268940 and travelindochina.co.uk.
EXTRA SUMMERcoaches will be put on the Dublin and Cork routes to London for foot passengers on Irish Ferries. Prices are €36 single and no luggage or travel tax charges. See buseireann.ie and irishferries.com.
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UNIVERSITY OFLimerick history lecturer Elaine O'Malley and Gregans Castle Hotel have joined forces to offer a unique tour of the sites of historic settlement in the Burren, both built history and natural history on June 11th. Packages for two days with a six-course dinner, transport, packed lunch and guided tour are from €375pps. Tel: 065-7077005 or gregans.ie.
TO COINCIDEwith the start of the Tour de France on July 2nd, Catherine Fulvio of Ballyknocken House and cookery school will run a course on Parisienne bistro-style dishes and Provencal cuisine. The one-day course costs €110pps and you can stay overnight for €55pps. Bring your bike and explore Co Wicklow. Tel: 0404-44627 or ballyknocken.com.
DAMIEN DEMPSEYand Jerry Fish fans will have a treat on June 24th when they both share the bill at the City North Hotel near Drogheda. Tickets are €25 for the show, or make a night of it and stay over for €64.50pps. Tel: 01-6906666 or citynorthhotel.com.
COMBINE CULTUREand cuisine on a three-night break to Kilkenny. The Newpark Hotel has an offer for €169pps that includes dinner in the hotel one evening, dinner in Campagne, one of Kilkenny's finest restaurants, a guided walk, afternoon tea, and a €25 voucher towards spa treatments. Tel: 056-7760500 or flynnhotels.com.
THE RECENTLYopened Red Cliff Lodge and Restaurant has stunning scenery at Spanish Point, Co Clare. This thatched property has only six suites which you can book on a B&B basis or self-catering. Prices are €60pps per night B&B and from €650 per week. See redclifflodge.ie, 065-7085756.
MARY BLACKis taking to the stage at the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore on June 12th and she will be singing songs from her first album in six years. Stay over, have dinner and see the concert from €109pps. Tel: 057-9325600 or see bridgehouse.com.
Please note that all offers are subject to availability