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Escape to the Isles of Scilly this Autumn

7th July 2009 Print
Escape to the Isles of Scilly this Autumn Prestige Holidays is offering three night breaks to Tresco’s Flying Boat Club this autumn from just £315 per person, based on six sharing a luxurious three bedroomed beach front house.

Included in the three night package, based on October and November stays, are return helicopter flights from Penzance to Tresco, return transfers from Heliport to Flying Boat Club and three nights self catering accommodation. The twelve Flying Boat Club houses are decorated in Designer’s Guild fabrics with beautiful artwork throughout and feature Wi Fi broadband, digital satellite television and the latest appliances in the kitchen and living areas. A three night stay in September costs £489 per person.

Full membership of The Flying Boat Club is included with the rental giving access to the: restaurant, bar, garden, indoor swimming pool, gym, steam room, treatment rooms and free tennis on the Astroturf courts. Guests also receive free entry to the Abbey Gardens, featuring species from 80 countries, and enjoy free golf on the 9 hole St Mary's course.

The sub-tropical island of Tresco lies just 29 miles south west of Land’s End and is cosseted by the warm waters of the North Atlantic drift. The island offers breathtaking scenery with unspoilt white sandy beaches, turquoise waters and an abundance of marine and birdlife. Measuring just two miles by one mile, Tresco is car-free apart from a few vehicles used by to the Tresco Estate and the odd golf buggie and tractor. Most people get about on bikes or foot.

The island has one very popular pub, The New Inn that serves great food. Another location for good food is the Island Hotel in a magnificent setting on the west coast.

Autumn Events on the Isles of Scilly

September
4-7 Tresco Beer Festival at the New Inn on Tresco
The Scilly Food Festival dates (TBC)
10-14 The Scilly Art and Film Festival

October
11th St Mary’s Half Marathon
22-25th Art Fair in the Tresco Gallery

For more information and bookings, visit Prestigeholidays.co.uk.

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Escape to the Isles of Scilly this Autumn