Holidays

You can soak up the sun throughout the school summer holidays in Cyprus with Small Families, the UK’s leading operator for single parent holidays. Stay at the four star Capo Bay Beach Hotel in Protaras which overlooks the Blue Flag, Fig Tree Bay Beach with other single parent families. It offers a superb range of facilities including two outdoor swimming pools, fitness centre, scuba diving centre and supervised kids club.

A survey of 25,000 Brits*, conducted by ebookers.com the online travel agent, reveals that many holiday makers haven’t yet booked their summer trips and are holding out for bargain prices. 64% of those surveyed claimed to be planning summer holidays but hadn’t yet made their reservations. 31% had already booked while 4% weren’t taking trips this summer.

Larger families, or a group of friends planning a summer holiday together, can choose from around forty big houses in the West Country sleeping between 10 and 29 guests priced from £105 per person per week still available through Helpful Holidays.

Walking holidays with the family often mean that parents are constantly pestered with questions of "Are we nearly there yet?" – by frowning children who find hiking anything but cool. Not so in Carinthia. Here we make sure that walking is fun for the whole family.

Just like the stars of Sex and the City, we all love a girlie weekend away and a gossip. Why not treat yourselves to a break with Italian Hideaways, hiring the whole villa for the weekend to tailor-make your break?

The Classic Traveller (theclassictraveller.co.uk) has introduced a holiday aboard the Trans-Siberian Express – the world’s longest rail service – to its extensive range of escorted tours. The 15-day odyssey from Moscow to Beijing costs from £2,699 per person, with a choice of five departure dates over the course of the summer.

Fears of airport delays, the cost of the Euro and a demand for green holidays is helping to fuel demand for coach holidays in the UK says the Coach Tourism Council (CTC), the industry body that promotes touring by coach on behalf of more than 150 UK coach operators. More than five million people take a short break or holiday by coach in the UK each year and this figure is expected to pass the six million mark within the next three years.

Pack your bags for life and feel good about minimising your carbon footprint by booking a UK break with Haven Holidays. They’re holding a festival on the weekend of June 20th to celebrate all things green - there’s even a chance to meet the jolly green giant of conservation, Professor David Bellamy who will be appearing at selected Haven parks around the country.

As the summer solstice approaches and the weather turns from dull and dreary to bright and beautiful it is time to book that long awaited family holiday. Whether you’re planning an indulgent week abroad or a short break in the UK holidaylettings.co.uk will help make your family summer trip special. From golf fanatics to dedicated adventure junkies, holidaylettings has something perfectly tailored to meet your every need.

It has been announced this week that the face of the Crazy Horse memorial in South Dakota is complete, exactly 60 years since work began on the sculpture on 3rd June 1948. The giant mountain monument depicts Crazy Horse, a respected Lakota warrior who fought against the US government to preserve his tribe’s culture in the nineteenth century. It was begun by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who also worked on the Mount Rushmore sculpture, eight miles away.

Whilst there is no home interest in this year's European Football Championships there is sure to be more than enough coverage on our TVs. If you don't want to know the result, book away now on a trip to Canada.

As the power of the internet as a tool for researching holidays reaches new heights (over 75% of consumers in the UK now use the web to help choose their destination), Travel Indochina is delighted to announce the launch of its brand new, high quality website travel videos.

If you fancy a ghost hunt and enjoy good food and a bit of luxury then Haunting Breaks has just the package for you, a two night stay in Castle Brando in Italy. This 2000 year old medieval castle has its own beauty spa, an indoor pool, two fabulous restaurants and a good selection of ghostly inhabitants.

Tourists can now experience the first environmentally friendly boat on the Yangzi river, thanks to luxury operator Sanctuary Cruising. With a maximum capacity of 124 passengers, The MS Yangzi Explorer will be the smallest boat on the river, when it sets sail on its first voyage on 6th July 2008. This is the first time that Sanctuary Cruising has launched in China.

Stressed out kids can say goodbye to exam tension this summer with grade-A take-it-easy trips from family holiday experts Eurocamp. Leave the exams behind and enjoy a European holiday with prices that won't leave mum and dad hassled either.

Bales Worldwide is featuring a new and unique rail adventure across Southern India, aboard the decadent Golden Chariot. This 88 berth luxury train is the latest to launch on the sub continent and joins other great Indian rail experiences, such as the ‘Palace on Wheels’ in Rajasthan, and the ‘Deccan Odyssey’ in Maharashtra. It offers a new and varied circuit which offers heritage, Palaces, monuments and wildlife.

For summer 2008, specialist tour operator, Libra Holidays, has met market demand and introduced a further three All Inclusive hotels in the resort of Sharm el Sheikh. With many holiday makers wanting to stick to their budgets, an All Inclusive resort is the best way to ensure maximum value for money and these four and five star hotels in Egypt all offer a very high standard of All Inclusive accommodation!

Father's day is only a few weeks away (June 15) and Ranch Rider has the ultimate gift experience for every dad who's yearning to be the next John Wayne.

Parents would risk going to jail or paying a hefty fine by taking their kids out of school during term time, to save as little as £50 per person on their family holiday according to research by money website Fool.co.uk.

Search for marine life including Humpback, Minke, and Fin Whale, land mammals such as Black Bear and Moose, visit the continent's third largest gannet colony in St. Brides and enjoy hiking, beachcombing, sea-kayaking and horse riding during Wildlife Worldwide’s 9-day small group Wild Newfoundland holiday.

Discover one of Europe's most spectacular, long distance trails from picturesque Bavaria through the mighty glaciated mountains of the Austrian Tyrol to 'Mediterranean' Merano in Italy. Walks Worldwide’s new guided 10-day Austria & Germany - Across the Alps tour following 200kms of the ancient E5 through flower-filled meadows, over high passes, past glacial lakes and across alpine plateaux, departs Munich 9th July and 6th August 2008.

Trips Worldwide’s Malaysian Family Special combines city, jungle and beach, and for those booking by 31st July, for travel between 1st October and 19th December 08, includes complimentary breakfast, plus an extra bonus of free dinners for the kids at the Parkroyal Penang. 14-day holidays depart London daily. Kick off the adventure with a 2-night stay in the heart of Kualar Lumpur, right opposite the famous Petronas Towers.

Excellent riding is on offer together with an insight into rural Spain during Equine Adventures’ 8-day Spanish trail ride through one of the most picturesque regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Explore the spectacular Sierra de Gredos - a land of magnificent views, crystal-clear rivers, ancient forest and highland pastures, following ancient cattle tracks and Roman roads.

Book 7-nights at the Blue Waters Inn in Tobago and receive a special 20% discount on accommodation and diving from dive specialist Dive Worldwide – daily departures available from London between 1st June and 31st October 2008. Aside from Dive Worldwide’s great discounted deal, Tobago offers lots of great draws for divers, from Manta Rays, Great Hammerheads and myriad reef fish including Barracudas, to the island’s phenomenal brain coral.

After 239 years of a monarchy that had increasingly become a symbol of oppression, Nepal has just recently celebrated its first day as a new republic. Newly-appointed Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, said “The nation’s dream has come true”. Peregrine Adventures continues to follow its dream in the world’s greatest mountain range – the Himalaya, refining its programme and including more new and exciting adventures.

The Great Wall is a highlight of any visit to China. Stretching over 4,000 miles, from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, the Great Wall of China was built mainly to protect the Chinese Empire from the Mongolians and other invaders from the 6th century BC. Successive dynasties have all had a hand in repairing, re-building and preserving the wall, and Chairman Mao once claimed that ‘he who has not climbed the Great Wall of China is not a true man’.

With summer well and truly underway many of us are thinking about how to make the most of the warm weather, who knows how long it will last! For some of us it’s an opportunity to catch some rays, for others it’s a time to get out and be active in the great outdoors. For those active types, grab your water bottle and energy bars - 14-22 June is National Bike week, the UK’s biggest annual promotion of cycling and all things bike-related.

Luxury tour operator Ampersand Travel has announced the expansion of its portfolio into South East Asia and a new helicopter tour in the Himalayas. After five years of specialising in luxury travel on the Indian Subcontinent, Ampersand adds Thailand and Indo-China to its portfolio in late June.

British holidaymakers want to combine city and beach in their summer holidays. City breaks in Barcelona and holidays in Nice are becoming a very popular choice for summer 2008 holidays, reports leading online travel agency Holidays-Direct.co.uk.