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Escorted Holidays by Air 2014& Festive Season 2013

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Financial Peace of MindYour money is completely safe when you book any Newmarket holiday. We offer you full financial protection, through our ABTA and ATOL bonds. Plus, with 30 years experience of taking people on holiday – we promise you’re in very capable hands! Newmarket provide 24-hours-a-day, year-round emergency cover to ensure that wherever you are in the world with us, our team is ready to help and advise in any eventuality.

Welcome to our latest collection of high quality, great value air-inclusive escorted holidays to a whole host of exciting destinations within the UK, throughout Europe and across the globe.

Choose from holidays featuring the British Isles’ scenic delights, the wonders of Italy – we were delighted to be named ‘Best Tour Operator’ to this beautiful country last year – and others that offer the very best of Europe and beyond. Several new tours, including Italy’s southern outpost Puglia, the French island of Corsica and Slovenia’s stunning Lake Bled, are sure to prove popular in 2014.

We’ve also included a whole host of winter-warming festive favourites, with breaks to some of Europe’s Christmas Markets and some wonderful Christmas holidays, and finally present just a flavour of our popular escorted holidays to North America, India, China and the Far East.

Newmarket recently marked 30 years of tour operating, and we’re just a little proud that over three decades we have looked after what are now hundreds of thousands of happy customers who have enjoyed our escorted tours. If you are one of our regular clients, we sincerely thank you for your past custom, and if you’re contemplating your first Newmarket holiday, we look forward to the pleasure of your company soon!

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Explore Classic ItalyGreat sights – Vesuvius, Pompeii, the Amalfi Drive – and fabled Florence & Rome in one memorable tour.

Washington, New York & NiagaraBreathtaking natural wonders and the heart of historic America.

Enjoy Prague’s Christmas MarketsFestive delights in the sparkling Czech capital.

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UK & IrelandSome of these islands’ most scenic corners, discovered, explored and enjoyed by coach and rail.

André RieuSee the ‘King of Waltz’ and his orchestra in the home of the waltz in 2014!

The Italian CollectionAward-winning resort-based stays and escorted tours the length and breath of this beautiful country.

AustriaPicture-postcard-perfect ‘lakes & mountains’ holidays in the land of coffee, cakes and Mozart’s birthplace.

FranceThe glorious Côte d’Azur, beautiful Provence and the island of Corsica, discovered and explored.

Spain & PortugalJoin us in some hidden hideaways and elegant Atlantic resorts, and see Andalucia’s classic sights.

GermanyThree of Europe’s greatest cities, restored and rejuvenated, and presented in a hugely popular tour.

Croatia & SloveniaChoose the Dubrovnik Riviera on the Adriatic shores, or head inland to Bled’s forested idyll.

Eastern EuropeSome wonderful scenery and some well preserved cities await wide-eyed discovery and exploration.

Cyprus Winter SunEscape the cold to rest, relax and explore in one of the Mediterranean’s most welcoming corners.

Christmas MarketsGet into the spirit of the Season – with plenty of festive destinations from which to choose.

Lapland Day BreaksSmiles, tears of joy, and a lifetime’s memories on an amazing day in Santa’s winter-wonderland home!

Christmas & New Year BreaksCelebrate the season in a choice of welcoming hotels in some wonderful festive destinations.

America & CanadaTremendous value tours to all four corners of these two eye-popping, breathtakingly exciting countries.

Far Away PlacesExperience the magic and mystery of India, China and the Far East on these wonderful tours.

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Discover Puglia Italy’s sun-kissed southern ‘high-heel’ - full of hidden gems and lapped by warm, blue Adriatic waters. Page 25

Enjoy Eastern EuropeDiscover the medieval wonders of glorious Prague and ancient Royal Kraków, and Poland’s scenic Tatra Mountains. Page 49

Santa Experience Enjoy the most magical, unforgettable day for all the family, as you fly to Swedish Lapland. Page 57

Follow the Mekong From Thailand’s mesmerising capital Bangkok, to majestic Ankhor Wat and on to Phnom Penh and ‘Saigon’. Page 74

Explore Classic ItalyGreat sights – Vesuvius, Pompeii, the Amalfi Drive – and fabled Florence & Rome in one memorable tour.

India, Tigers & the Taj Mahal The fabled ‘Golden Triangle’ and Ranthambore’s natural wonders.

Washington, New York & NiagaraBreathtaking natural wonders and the heart of historic America.

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Good quality hotels – hand-picked for youYour hotel experience is an important part of your holiday. A member of the Newmarket Team has visited each hotel to ensure it offers consistent standards of comfort, service and quality.

On our touring holidays your hotel is an important place to rest and relax after a busy day sightseeing. You’ll also need to re-fuel for the next exciting part of your holiday, so the hotels we choose always have a restaurant and bar on site or nearby.

If you’re staying in one of our many resorts, getting the right location is important. Many of the hotels you’ll choose from are right in the heart of the destination so you can explore straight away!

Great value holidays with so much includedWe promise to deliver great value holidays without compromising on all the things that make your holiday special. Every fully escorted air-inclusive holiday in the UK, Europe and further afield features:

• Return flights from a selection of 30 regional airports

• One suitcase allowance per person, plus hand luggage

• Airport to hotel transfers• The services of a friendly

experienced Tour Manager – local knowledge on tap!

• All Government Taxes and VAT

Many of our holidays include guided tours and excursions. If you want to discover even more, we’ve put together a selection of optional excursions that explore the local region, culture and customs.

Escorted holidays crafted with careFounded in 1983, Newmarket over the past 30 years has built an enviable reputation for quality and value, and for providing our growing band of loyal customers with thoroughly enjoyable holiday experiences.

We never forget that whether it’s a weekend break to a UK destination, or a journey of discovery to some far-flung corner of the world, your holiday time – and your holiday money – are very important to you, which is why all Newmarket holidays are ‘crafted with care’ by a team of experts. From the planning of the itineraries, to the selection of hotels and transport suppliers, throughout the operation of each tour by our office-based and ‘on the road’

teams, we take great care to make your time with us special and memorable.

Which is why so many of our customers return to us time and again, and why,

thanks to their loyal support, we have grown to become one of the largest and most respected independently owned travel companies in the UK.

Reasons to book your holiday with us!

“We are already planning our next trip! Keep up the good work and

thanks for a special holiday.”Mrs Lauder, by email, Lake Garda

• Interesting, carefully chosen, well planned itineraries and excursions

• The services of a dedicated Tour Manager

• Hand-picked, good quality hotels

• Return flights from a large choice of UK airports

• Comfortable, modern coach transfers

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Travel Insurance from just £11.00Travel insurance can play an essential part in ensuring you are able to enjoy every moment of your time on holiday, without worrying what might happen should bad luck befall you.

We offer a comprehensive policy underwritten by AGA International SA and administered in the UK by Mondial Assistance (UK) Ltd.

This insurance policy is unlike some others in that it does not exclude cover specifically on the grounds of age.

Please contact us for further details regarding this insurance policy.

Fly from your nearest airportOur customers appreciate having a choice of airports to fly from. After all, the less time you spend getting to and from the airport — the more holiday time you have to enjoy! That’s why we offer you a choice of 30 airports around the UK, so that you can often fly to your Newmarket holiday from your nearest local airport.

When you select a holiday from this brochure, simply check the information panel on each page to see where you can fly from before you book.

If you require further advice or assistance, please phone to speak to one of our friendly Travel Consultants — they’ll be pleased to help you!

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Travelling in a Group?All our holidays are ideal for groups travelling together. Choose which holiday you’d like to go on and benefit from the same great value and service. And, if you’re travelling in a group of 10 or more people, you’ll be able to take advantage of our great list of benefits.

To find out more, call our specialist groups team on 020 8335 4466

We fly from 30 UK airports!

“I enjoyed the holiday very much and

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again.”Mr Goodwillow, Carcassonne, Avignon and Provence

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Tour Manager. The whole trip was excellent.”Mr Passmore, Canada’s Maple Leaf Trail

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Bunratty CastleMV Pride of the Lakes, Lough Leane

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IRElAnd’S bEAUTIfUl SOUTH WESTAvailable: Apr – Jul, Sep, Oct 2014

The price includes:• A Jaunting car trip and cruise on Loch

Leane on Day Two• A tour of the Dingle Peninsula and

entrance to the Blasket Island Heritage Centre on Day Three

• A visit to Adare on Day Four• A visit to Bunratty and Folk Park

(entrance payable locally) on Day Four• A tour of the Ring of Kerry on Day Five• Five nights’ dinner, bed and Irish

breakfast accommodation at the four-star Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee

• Return flights to Cork• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout your time

in Ireland• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Glasgow ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester

Single supplement £115

See accompanying booklet for prices and departure dates

Inspiration for such films as “Ryan’s Daughter” and “Far and Away”, the Dingle Peninsula offers some of the country’s most outstanding scenery. At Slea Head, Europe’s most westerly point, a stop at the Blasket Island Heritage Centre will give you a fascinating insight into the unique community who inhabited the islands until their evacuation in 1953.

Life slows right down when you head to Killarney for an hour-long ride through the National Park in a horse-drawn Jaunting car (the only transport allowed in this area), before boarding MV Pride of the Lakes for a cruise on beautiful Lough Leane. There’s no better way to enjoy the hidden delights of the Park and

the famous Killarney Lakes.

A visit to historic Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, (entrance payable locally) is the perfect way to gain an insight into Irish life. The Castle, the most complete and authentic medieval fortification in Ireland, has been carefully restored to its former splendour, and Irish village life at the turn of the century has been recreated in the Folk Park adjoining the castle. A visit to Adare, one of Ireland’s loveliest villages, completes the day.

Finally, sit back and marvel as you enjoy the breathtaking, one-hundred-mile circular tour of the Ring of Kerry, with its stunning seascapes and soaring mountains.

This six day tour, based in an excellent four-star hotel in picturesque Tralee, includes a host of highlights, all set against the lakes, mountains and stunning coastline of this beautiful corner of Ireland. from the dingle Peninsula to the Ring of Kerry, this is a holiday you’ll remember for years to come.

Ireland’s Beautiful South West

4★ Meadowlands Hotel – TraleeSet in beautiful gardens, in a quiet residential area of Tralee about a kilometre from the centre, this stylish, family owned and managed hotel offers a really warm welcome combined with comfortable, good quality accommodation. Traditional in style, the hotel has an ‘old world’ ambiance while offering every modern convenience.

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“Featuring half-board accommodation in a four-star

hotel and a full and varied itinerary, this is a holiday

not-to-be-missed!

”Teresa Taylor, Product Manager

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Ladies View Nr Killarney

THE lAKES Of KIllARnEY & THE RInG Of KERRYAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A half-day excursion of the Beara

Peninsula on Day Two• A full day tour of the County Cork’s south

coast including visits to Kinsale and Clonakilty on Day Three

• A tour of the Killarney National Park and entrance to Muckross House on Day Four

• The Ring of Kerry tour on Day Five • Five nights’ dinner, bed & Irish

breakfast at the three-star Eccles Hotel in Glengarriff

• Coach travel throughout your time in Ireland

• Return flights to Cork• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester

Single supplement £95.00


3★ Eccles Hotel – Glengarriff This historic hotel has been welcoming guests for over 250 years, and in addition to comfortable lounges, a bar and restaurant overlooking beautiful Bantry Bay, offers rooms featuring a TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea- and coffee-making facilities. With its relaxed atmosphere, the Eccles is a perfect base for your stay.

Flying into Cork, the lively capital of southwest Ireland, you’ll transfer to Glengarriff and the delightful, traditional Eccles Hotel, from which the many attractions of the region are easily accessible.

The included excursions, taken in the company of a knowledgeable Tour Manager who will bring to life this beautiful corner of the world, will include the rugged Beara landscape, glorious Bantry in its lush setting, and County Cork’s wonderful south coast. Here you’ll visit tiny Clonakilty, birthplace of Irish hero Michael Collins, and the historic port of Kinsale with its bustling harbour and seafront promenade, and Skibbereen, with its fascinating heritage centre.

You’ll also head north into County Kerry, where the Killarney National Park is home to spectacular lakeland scenery looked over by famous – and wonderfully named – Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Ireland’s highest mountain range, and where Muckross House, one of Ireland’s finest stately homes, surveys its vast estate. Saving the best till last, the final excursion is to the fabled ‘Ring of Kerry’, the sublimely beautiful lakes and mountains’ paradise of the Iveragh Peninsula.

With the opportunity between excursions to discover the delights of Glengarriff and its beautiful offshore Garnish Island, this will be a memorable holiday from beginning to end.

This unforgettable holiday is set against a backdrop of some of the Emerald Isle’s finest scenery. based in the subtropical ‘oasis’ of Glengarriff on Cork’s beara Peninsula, in a hotel overlooking stunning bantry bay, the itinerary has been carefully planned to help you make the very most of your time in this beautiful region.

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4★ Radisson blu Hotel – letterkenny Prices from £315Centrally located, this contemporary hotel offers a warm welcome, and facilities that include an indoor pool, gymnasium, sauna, and steam room. There is a restaurant, bar and grill, and rooms offer private facilities, telephone, tea- and coffee-making facilities and a mini-bar.

3★ Station House Hotel – letterkenny Prices from £299Set by the River Swilly close to the town centre, the hotel has its own café/bar, and the comfortable, modern guest rooms offer private facilities, TV, telephone, tea- and coffee-making facilities and a hairdryer.

One of the most popular towns in Ireland’s north, Letterkenny offers a host of modern facilities, including shopping malls, restaurants, pubs and bars that draw visitors from miles around. Dominated by the vast cathedral of Saints Eunan and Colomba, the town is a short distance from beautiful Lough Swilly.

The undoubted highlight of the holiday is the truly breathtaking Giant’s Causeway, set on the windswept coast of County Antrim, and shrouded in the mists of mystery and legend. This astonishing collection of basalt columns, packed closely together, act as stepping-stones into the Atlantic from beneath the windswept cliffs – a simply unforgettable sight. You’ll also visit Dunluce Castle, dramatically set on a precipice above the wild sea. Walking around the castle is fascinating. You’ll discover Norman, Scottish, English and European architectural influences.

We also offer the opportunity, on optional excursions, to discover lively, historic Donegal town, with its imposing Jacobean castle, and the stunning and undiscovered Inishowen Peninsula, with an included visit to Doagh Island famine village and a stop at Malin Head, the most northerly point in Ireland.

This super-value and popular holiday features a visit to County Antrim’s UNESCO-World Heritage site the Giant’s Causeway, and further chances to explore Ireland’s finest scenery. In a region where the Irish language is still widely spoken, and traditional music rings out from the pubs and bars of its ancient towns and villages, you’ll discover a land of rivers and loughs, of towering mountains and sheltered glens from your base in County donegal.

dOnEGAl & THE GIAnT’S CAUSEWAYAvailable: Apr – Jun, Aug – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to the Giant’s Causeway with

included entrance to the Visitors Centre and audio guide to use at the Stones on Day Three

• A visit to Dunluce Castle on Day Three• Four nights’ bed & Irish breakfast at

the three-star Station House Hotel in Letterkenny (upgrade hotel and half-board options available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Belfast• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ Edinburgh ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted

Single supplement from £76


Optional Excursions:donegal Town (half day) – day Two £18 per person

Malin Head and Inishowen Peninsula (full day) – day four £28 per person

Donegal & the Giant’s Causeway

Donegal Castle“Once again a holiday

that lived up to your very high standards. Every detail was spot on.

”Ms Lindtly, Leeds

Please note: Evening meals can be booked at both hotels upon arrival and are payable locally.

An entertainment programme including quiz night and cookery demonstration is on offer at both hotels (payable locally).


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bEST Of SCOTlAnd’S lOCHS & HIGHlAndSAvailable: Apr – Jun, Sep – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A cruise on Loch Ness on Day Two• A visit to Inverness, Capital of the

Highlands on Day Two• A journey on the Aonach Mor mountain

gondolas on Day Three• Visits to Fort William and the Ben Nevis

Distillery (entrance payable locally) on Day Three

• Visits to Oban and the Arduaine Gardens* (entrance payable locally) on Day Five

• Three nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast at the Highlander Hotel, Newtonmore

• Two nights’ dinner, bed and Scottish breakfast at the Loch Fyne and Spa Hotel, Inverary

• Return flights to Edinburgh• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout your time

in Scotland• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



This holiday is also available without air travel. Simply make your own way to and from Edinburgh airport. Please call us for details.

*Arduaine Gardens is part of the Scottish National Trust. National Trust members are admitted free of charge on presentation of their membership card.

3★ loch fyne and Spa Hotel – loch fyneSituated on the banks of Loch Fyne with stunning views over the loch, this attractive three-star hotel is just half a mile from the centre of Inverary. The hotel’s spa facilities include a 15m indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi and a sauna and steam room.

Highlander Hotel – newtonmoreThe Highlander is a modern hotel set amidst the splendour of the Spey Valley in the delightful village of Newtonmore. The comfortable bedrooms are situated in two bedroom blocks just a short walk from the main hotel reception, restaurant and bar areas.

Your hour-long cruise on beautiful, mysterious Loch Ness is on board the Royal Scot. Equipped with the very latest sonar equipment you’ll get a fascinating view of life underwater. Who knows what you might spot lurking in the depths!

Sit back and relax as the Nevis Range gondola – the only mountain gondola in Britain – transports you to 650m on the slopes of Aonach Mor. The views, even on a wet day, are stunning and you’ll get a real idea of the extent of the mountain range that you just don’t get from the ground.

A beautiful drive via Pitlochry, alongside Loch Tay and through the Trossachs, takes you to the small lochside town of Inverary, your base for the final two nights. There will be time for you to explore at leisure, perhaps visiting the Castle which was ‘Duneagle Castle’ in the

Downton Abbey Christmas Special, or Inverary Jail, now a fascinating museum.

Your final day takes in Oban – Gateway to the Isles, with its fine esplanade, whisky distillery and woollen mills and the beautiful Arduaine coastal garden. Whether you’re a keen gardener or not, you’ll be enchanted!

This new two-centre holiday combines the breathtaking loch and mountain scenery of the Highlands with the chance to spend two nights on the shores of loch fyne in scenic Argyllshire. Highlights of the carefully planned itinerary include a cruise on loch ness, a trip on the unique Nevis Range gondolas for stunning panoramic mountain views and a visit to the seaside resort of Oban on Scotland’s west coast.

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The price includes:• Visit to Pitlochry on Day One• Tour of Royal Deeside and visit to

Balmoral on Day Two• Visits to Loch Ness and Inverness on

Day Three• Visits to Spean Bridge, Grantown on

Spey and Cawdor Castle (entrance payable locally) on Day Four

• Four nights’ dinner, bed and Scottish breakfast accommodation at the Carrbridge Hotel, Carrbridge

• Return flights to Edinburgh • One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel once in Scotland as detailed• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted




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Balmoral, Braemar, Royal Deeside & the HighlandsJoin us in the heart of the Highlands and enjoy Scotland’s stunning scenery and fascinating history on this great value five-day break. Visits to balmoral, the Royal family’s favourite summer retreat and Inverness, capital of Highlands, plus a spot of monster-hunting are just three highlights awaiting you!

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Carrbridge Hotel – Carrbridge Dating back to 1803, this family owned and managed hotel, situated in the small Highland village of Carrbridge, was once an inn for weary travellers. It has been extended and refurbished over the years and now has over 100 en-suite bedrooms, a lounge, bar and restaurant.

Your holiday begins with a flight to Edinburgh, where you will be met by our Tour Manager - someone with a love of the Highlands who will help you make the most of your holiday. Stopping en route in Pitlochry, the journey to your hotel takes about three hours.

The following morning it’s over the mountains via Britain’s highest village Tomintoul, to visit Balmoral. A short audio visual presentation sets the scene, while hand-held audio guides (included in the entrance price) bring the famous Royal retreat to life. The gardens and exhibitions can be enjoyed at leisure, and the Ballroom (the only room open to the public) houses a fine collection of silver, china and paintings. During the day you’ll also visit

famous Crathie Church and the delightful ‘Highland Games’ town of Braemar.

Loch Ness beckons the following day. Travelling via Spean Bridge with its Commando Monument, and Fort Augustus, you’ll travel along the Loch shore to Drumnadrochit and the Loch Ness 2000 exhibition. The day ends with a visit to the thriving city of Inverness.

Visits to delightful Grantown-on-Spey and ancient Cawdor Castle (entrance payable locally) complete the holiday. Immortalised by Shakespeare in Macbeth, the castle is steeped in Scotland’s historic past. As you step over the drawbridge and climb the winding stairs you are drawn into a different world!

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SCOTTISH HIGHlAnd RAIlWAYSAvailable: Mar – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Rail journey from Inverness to Kyle of

Lochalsh on Day Two• Rail journey on the steam-hauled

Strathspey Railway on Day Three• A visit to Aviemore with the chance to

ride on the CairnGorm Mountain Railway on Day Three

• Rail journey from Fort William to Mallaig on Day Four

• Four nights’ dinner, bed & Scottish breakfast accommodation at the Carrbridge Hotel in Carrbridge or the Highlander Hotel in Newtonmore (depending on departure date)



This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ Exeter ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ norwich✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:CairnGorm Mountain Railway – day Three Adults – £13 per personSenior Citizens – £11.50 per person Children – £8.50 per person

This holiday is also available without air travel. Simply make your own way to and from Edinburgh airport. Please call us for details.Please note:

1. Both the Fort William and Kyle railway journeys are on scheduled First ScotRail services using diesel powered engines.

2. For operational reasons, the excursions may operate on different days to those indicated above.

3. Your hotel will be dependent on departure date. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

Carrbridge Hotel – Carrbridge Set on the banks of the River Dulnain with spectacular views of the Cairngorm Mountains, the Carrbridge Hotel offers comfortable accommodation with private facilities, TV and tea- and coffee- making facilities.

Highlander Hotel – newtonmore This hotel is set amidst the splendour of the Spey Valley, and has proved popular with our guests for many years. This hotel has a good restaurant and bar and your bedroom will offer private facilities, TV and tea- and coffee-making facilities

This great-value break also includes plenty of time to enjoy the history, heritage and unrivalled beauty that a holiday in Scotland offers. Depending on your departure date, you will stay at one of two comfortable hotels, offering traditional Highland hospitality.

The run from the Highland capital Inverness to Kyle was acclaimed by Michael Palin as one of the ‘Great Railways of the World’, and no wonder. The views as you make your way down to Loch Carron, past Attadale Estate and Plockton, both featured in many a TV series, and on to Kyle, are breathtaking.

The nine-and-a-half-mile journey on the Strathspey Steam Railway runs from Boat of Garten, largely through unspoilt Highland scenery to Aviemore, where you may choose to board the nearby CairnGorm Mountain Railway, the UK’s longest funicular.

The third journey takes you from Fort William on the famous West Highland Line, travelling through glens, alongside lochs and rivers, and across bridges – including the 21-arch span of the Glenfinnan Viaduct – to the tiny fishing village of Mallaig, on the Atlantic shore.

Scotland’s Highland railways offer some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and this is the chance to experience it for yourself, accompanied by one of our knowledgeable Tour Managers. You’ll travel on the last 42 dramatic miles of the famous West Highland line from fort William to Mallaig, take a nostalgic trip on the charming Strathspey Steam Railway and enjoy a breathtaking run from Inverness to the Kyle of lochalsh.

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Carrbridge Hotel – CarrbridgeDating back to 1803, the hotel, which is situated in the small Highland village of Carrbridge was once an inn for weary travellers. It has been extended and refurbished over the years and now has over 100 en-suite bedrooms, a lounge, bar and restaurant.

The Kirkwall Hotel – KirkwallOne of Orkney’s finest Victorian Buildings, this privately owned and managed hotel is situated on Kirkwall’s picturesque harbour front, close to the marina and the main shopping area. There are 36 en-suite rooms, two bars, a lounge area and restaurant.

Overnight northlink ferry - Hrossey or sister ship HjaltlandAccommodation will be on board one of these state-of-the-art ships offering spacious lounge areas, a choice of bars, a large self-service restaurant and a small a la carte restaurant, a cinema, shop, games room and sun deck. Your well-appointed two-berth cabin, though small, offers ensuite facilities, telephone and hairdryer.

The tours of both islands will be conducted by local guides, who will share the islands’ history and heritage with you, as well as all those anecdotes and fascinating bits of information that only locals know!

Rugged and remote, with a raw natural beauty and stunning cliff and sea loch scenery, Shetland has a unique culture and fantastic wildlife. Your day’s sightseeing on Shetland has been carefully planned to give you a feel of all that the main island has to offer, including the outstanding Norse settlement of Jarlshof, Scalloway Castle and Museum and time in the enchanting old town of Lerwick.

Orkney is altogether greener and more fertile than Shetland and its peoples have traditionally been farmers as opposed to seafarers. Highlights of your time in Orkney include the World Heritage sites of Skara Brae and the spectacular Standing Stones of Stenness, as well as the more recent Churchill Barriers and remarkable Italian Chapel, both stark reminders of the part played by Orkney in the Second World War.

Back on the mainland, you’ll have a quick peep at John O’Groats, Britain’s famous most northern outpost, have time to explore fairytale Dunrobin Castle with its confection of turrets and roofs, and visit the popular Highland resort of Pitlochry.

Combine visits to the beautiful and contrasting islands of Orkney and Shetland with time in the Scottish Highlands, on this never-to-be-forgotten holiday. See some of Europe’s most important archaeological sites, enjoy stunning scenery and huge skies, marvel at the abundance of wildlife and experience a truly warm welcome and typical Gaelic hospitality.

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Rings of Brodgar, Orkney

Atlantic Puffin

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The price includes:• Short tour of Royal Deeside on Day One• Full day tours of Shetland & Orkney with

a local guide including entrances to all attractions visited, on Days Two & Three

• Visit to John O’ Groats & Dunrobin Castle (entrance payable locally) on Day Four

• Visit to Pitlochry on Day Five• Northlink ferry crossing from Aberdeen to

Lerwick including overnight dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation in an en-suite, inner 2 berth cabin

• Northlink ferry crossing from Lerwick to Kirkwall including dinner

• Northlink ferry crossing from Stromness to Scrabster

• Two night’ bed and breakfast* accommodation in the three star Kirkwall Hotel, Orkney with dinner on the second evening

• One night’s half board accommodation at the Carrbridge Hotel, Carrbridge

• Return flights to Edinburgh • One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel once in Scotland as detailed• The services of a Tour Manager

*Full Scottish breakfast on first morning, continental breakfast on second morning due to early departure for ferry.

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted ✈ Southampton




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Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Alsh

4★ Menzies Hotel – Irvine This attractive four-star hotel, located on the outskirts of Irvine in beautiful Ayrshire, has recently undergone a major refurbishment programme and offers an attractive, contemporary feel throughout. Facilities include a Brasserie-style restaurant, cocktail bar, a spacious lounge and comfortable, modern bedrooms.

3★ dunollie Hotel – broadford, Isle of Skye The modern, three-star Dunollie Hotel is situated at the water’s edge by the harbour wall in Broadford and offers magnificent views across the sea. Your room will have private facilities, TV and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

Carrbridge Hotel – Carrbridge Family owned and managed, the hotel is situated in the Highland village of Carrbridge and offers spectacular views of the CairnGorm Mountains. The hotel has over 100 bedrooms, offering private facilities, TV and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

Each day has been carefully planned to ensure that you get the most from your time in this beautiful part of the world.

You’ll spend the first two days touring the Highlands with visits to elegant Grantown-on-Spey and Inverness, ‘Capital of the Highlands’, a tour of a whisky distillery and the chance to take a cruise on Loch Ness included. The wooded shores of the Loch are home to an abundance of wildlife including cormorants and osprey.

A breathtaking journey takes you to the Isle of Skye, famed for its magnificent scenery, legends and heritage. From the stark Cullin Hills and gentle, white sand beaches, to tiny villages

and imposing castles which tell of a turbulent past, the ‘Misty Isle’ as it’s sometimes known, is the most iconic of Scotland’s many islands.

Another lovely drive through historic and atmospheric Glencoe, over desolate Rannoch Moor and alongside beautiful Loch Lomond takes you to Ayrshire. From here it’s a 55- minute ferry crossing to the Isle of Arran, where you’ll visit Brodick Castle and enjoy a short tour.

See the very best of Scotland’s spectacular scenery on this three centre, seven day touring holiday that’s full of variety and interest. You’ll visit the Isle of Arran, known as “Scotland in Miniature”, stay on the mystical Isle of Skye, marvel at loch ness, tour a whisky distillery, plus lots more.

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The price includes:• A visit to Pitlochry on Day One• Full day tour including visits to a whisky

distillery, Grantown on Spey and the Speyside Heather Centre on Day Two (entrance payable locally)

• Tour of Loch Ness and visit to Inverness on Day Three

• A visit to Portree, Isle of Skye on Day Four• Day trip to the Isle of Arran on Day Six• Visit to Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran

on Day Six (entrance payable locally between 24 May and 7 September; entrance included on all other dates)

• A visit to Edinburgh on Day Seven• Three nights’ dinner, bed & Scottish

breakfast in the Carrbridge Hotel• One night’s dinner, bed & Scottish

breakfast at the Dunollie Hotel in Broadford on the Isle of Skye

• Two nights’ dinner, bed & Scottish breakfast at the Menzies Hotel, Irvine



This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:loch ness Cruise – day Three £12.50 per person

This holiday is also available without air travel. Simply make your own way to and from Edinburgh Airport. Please call us for details.

Please note: The Dunollie Hotel does not have a lift, and although ground floor rooms are available there will still be some stairs to negotiate in order to access the restaurant.

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Carrbridge Hotel – CarrbridgeSituated in the small Highland village of Carrbridge, the family owned and managed Carrbridge Hotel dates back to 1803. It has been extended over the years and now has over 100 bedrooms offering comfortable accommodation with private facilities, colour television and tea- and-coffee making facilities.

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The price includes:• Visits to the Speyside Cooperage and

Glenlivet Distillery on Day Two• Ride on the Keith and Dufftown Heritage

Railway on Day Two• Single rail journey from Inverness to Kyle

of Lochalsh on Day Three• Single rail journey from Fort William to

Mallaig on Day Four• Four nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast

accommodation at the Carrbridge Hotel, Carrbridge

• Return flights from your local airport to Edinburgh

• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout your time


This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted

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Your Whisky Trail starts with a visit to the Glenlivet Distillery, home of this famous single malt since 1824, for a guided tour and complimentary dram. Then it’s off to the Speyside Cooperage, the only working cooperage in the UK. Using traditional methods and tools, you’ll see highly skilled coopers at work as they create the casks that are a vital component in Scotland’s whisky-making process. The day ends with a ride on the Whisky Line – an eleven-mile heritage railway line linking the ‘World’s Malt Whisky Capital’, Dufftown, to the market town of Keith.

Acclaimed by Michael Palin as one of the ‘Great Railways of the World’, the Inverness to Kyle line

is truly memorable. The eighty-mile run takes you around the western edge of the Beauly Firth to Dingwall before heading West. The views as you make your way down to Loch Carron, past Attadale Estate and Plockton into the small port of Kyle of Lochalsh are breathtaking.

No less impressive is the run from Fort William to Mallaig along the famous West Highland Line, thought by many to be the most spectacular in Britain. From the spectacular 21-arch viaduct at Glenfinnan, to the white sands of Morar, washed by the Atlantic, it’s a journey of ever-changing scenic wonder that you’ll remember for years to come.

This great value five-day break combines rail journeys on two of Scotland’s most scenic lines - the last 42 dramatic miles of the famous West Highland line from fort William to Mallaig and the breathtaking run from Inverness to Kyle of lochalsh - with a day exploring Scotland’s famous Whisky Trail.

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HEbRIdEAn ISlAnd AdVEnTUREAvailable: Apr, May, Sep & Oct 2014

The price includes:• Full day tour of the Isle of Skye including

visits to Portree and Dunvegan Castle on Day Two (entrance payable locally)

• Visits to a Black House, the standing stones at Callanish and The Broch at Carloway on the Isle of Lewis on Day Three (all entrances payable locally)

• A tour of the Isle of Harris on Day Four• Return ferry crossings (Uig to Tarbert and

Stornoway to Ullapool)• Two nights’ dinner, bed & Scottish

breakfast at the three-star Dunollie Hotel in Broadford, Isle of Skye

• Two nights’ dinner, bed & Scottish breakfast at the three-star Cabarfeidh Hotel in Stornoway

• One night’s dinner, bed & Scottish breakfast at the Carrbridge Hotel, Carrbridge



This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton✈ Stansted



This holiday is also available without air travel. Simply make your own way to and from Edinburgh airport. Please call us for details.Please note: Although observance of the Sabbath has relaxed a little in the Outer Hebrides, please be aware that there will be very little open on Sunday.

*The Dunollie hotel does not have a lift, and although ground floor rooms are available there will still be some stairs to negotiate in order to access the restaurant.

Carrbridge Hotel – CarrbridgeSituated in the small, age-old Highland village of Carrbridge in Speyside about six miles north of Aviemore, the family owned and managed Carrbridge Hotel dates back to 1803. It now boasts over 100 bedrooms offering private facilities, colour television and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

3★ Cabarfeidh Hotel – Stornoway Set in eight acres of grounds on the outskirts of Stornoway, the Cabarfeidh (pronounced cab-ar-fay) is an excellent three-star hotel offering spacious, comfortable accommodation with private facilities. A warm Hebridean welcome is guaranteed.

3★ dunollie Hotel* – broadford, Isle of Skye The modern three-star Dunollie Hotel is situated at the water’s edge by the harbour wall in Broadford and offers magnificent views across the sea. All rooms have private facilities.

On arrival at Edinburgh Airport, it’s a long, but hugely scenic drive to the Isle of Skye, your base for the first two nights.

Here you’ll visit the main town of Portree and magnificent Dunvegan Castle, spectacularly sited on a promontory overlooking the sea. Many of the castle’s public rooms are open and the formal gardens are a hidden oasis amid the barren Skye landscape.

The Isles of Lewis and Harris are guardians of a rich culture with roots in the mists of time. Although basically one land mass, the islands have always had their own distinct identities and unique physical characteristics, and

during your stay you’ll explore both, having the chance to enjoy the varied scenery as well as visiting some of the main historical and archaeological sites.

Highlights include two reminders of the islands’ ancient past, the spectacular standing stones of Callanish and the imposing Broch of Carloway, and a visit to the preserved and reconstructed ‘Black House’ at Arnol.

The drive from Ullapool across the north west Highlands to Carrbridge for the final night is yet another scenic delight.

from the ocean-washed sands of vast empty beaches, to mountains and moorlands rich in flora and fauna, the Hebrides (or Western Isles as they are sometimes known) are unspoilt, uncrowded and timeless. With stunning scenery, an ancient history and a unique culture – these islands offer visitors a never-to-be-forgotten experience.

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3★ derag Kaiser franz Joseph – ViennaLocated in the elegant 19th District of Vienna with easy access to the centre, the hotel offers a coffee house, restaurant and bar, as well as a fitness centre with sauna and steam room. All guest rooms are in apartment style, with kitchen, bathroom and dining room.

3★ duo Hotel – PragueSituated to the north of the city with good access to the centre by the nearby metro station. All bedrooms have private facilities & satellite TV. The hotel has a choice of restaurants, plus sports centre which includes swimming pool, bowling alley, gymnasium, sauna, solarium and beauty salon (payable locally).

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André Rieu 2011 Vienna concert

don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to join us in the scenic heart of Europe for an enthralling six-day holiday that in addition to providing the opportunity to discover and explore two of Europe’s greatest cities has as its highlight the chance to see Waltz King André Rieu and his sparkling Johann Strauss Orchestra live in concert in Vienna’s famous Stadthalle.

The first two nights of the holiday are spent in captivating Prague, today one of the most vibrant of the cities emerging into the ‘New Europe’. Enjoy an included guided tour of this fascinating place, before heading south through the countryside of South Bohemia and across the border to the Austrian capital. Take in the glories of this, one of Europe’s most imposing cities, and take your seat in the impressive Stadthalle for an unforgettable night of music and showmanship from the Dutch maestro and his orchestra.

Recreating the romantic atmosphere of 19th-century Viennese Dance Halls, André Rieu is truly one of the world’s greatest entertainers, and this very special concert will be an unforgettable experience to savour and enjoy.

After two nights in Vienna, you’ll return to spend the last night once again in Prague, where there’s the chance to celebrate the

end of the holiday with a wonderful evening’s dinner cruise.

With convenient return flights, accommodation in good standards of hotel, a choice of tickets for the André Rieu concert, comfortable coach travel throughout and the services of our friendly, professional tour manager to guide you each step of the way, this will be a truly memorable break with a difference.

André Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra in Vienna

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The price includes:• Guided Walking Tour of Prague’s Old

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Day Three• Category Four ticket to the André Rieu

concert in Vienna (ticket upgrades available) on Day Four

• Five nights’ bed & breakfast accommodation in your chosen hotels in Prague (three nights) & Vienna (two nights)

• Return flights from your local airport to Prague

• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout your time in the

Czech Republic & Austria• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ dublin ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Schönbrunn Palace (half day) – day four £19.00 per person

Prague Evening River Cruise with dinner – day five £32.00 per person

Please note: Upgrades to four-star & four-star superior are also available. In the event of higher than anticipated demand for this break, we reserve the right to use alternative hotels, which we assure you will be of at least the same standard in a similar location. We will advise you of your confirmed hotels with your Final Travel Documents.

Ticket UpgradeThe advertised price includes a Category D €49.90 face value seated ticket for the André Rieu concert. An upgrade ticket to Category C €59.90 face value is available at a supplement of £16.00, an upgrade ticket to Category B €79.90 face value is available at a supplement of £36.00 and an upgrade ticket to top price Category A €101.90 face value is available at a supplement of £60.00 (all upgrade prices include a booking fee).

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THE ITAlIAn lAKESAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Full day tour of Lake Garda on Day Two• Visits to Lake Maggiore & the Borromean

Islands on Day Four• A full day tour to Lake Como & Lugano in

Switzerland on Day Six• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Splendid Sole in Manerba del Garda

• Four nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at the three-star Hotel Due Palme on Lake Mergozzo

• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• Transfers between the lakes• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available on exclusive newmarket chartered flights from

the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ belfast ✈ bournemouth ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ durham Tees Valley ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Inverness ✈ Manston ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Mantova (half day) – day Three £26 per person

lake Orta (half day) – day five £24 per person

locarno & the Cento Valli train (full day) – day Seven £49 per person

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Please note: Occasionally accommodation will be in the sister Hotel Bettina, situated next door to the Due Palme.

3★ Hotel due Palme – lake MergozzoSet right on the lakeside promenade in the village centre and boasting wonderful views, this traditional hotel offers a breakfast/dining room, bar, lake-view dining-terrace and lounge, as well as its own private beach area. Comfortably furnished, the bedrooms offer private facilities, satellite TV and free WiFi connection.

3★ Hotel Splendid Sole – Manerba del GardaThis welcoming hotel is situated approximately 800 metres from the lake shore and very close to the natural park of Manerba del Garda. The resort with its bars, shops and restaurants is close by. Facilities at the hotel include an outdoor swimming pool situated in the hotel’s gardens, reception, bar and lounge area. All rooms offer private facilities.

The first three nights are spent close to the popular resort of Manerba del Garda, located close to the shoreline at the southern part of the lake, set on a promontory jutting into Garda’s southern waters. After a stay that will include a full day’s tour of Garda’s varied shoreline, you’ll travel on, via Lake Maggiore and the three breathtaking Borromean Islands, for four further nights in a delightful shore-side hotel on Lake Mergozzo, said to be amongst the purest and cleanest of all the alpine lakes.

During the holiday, you’ll also visit forested Como, long-time favourite of generations drawn to the lake by its tranquillity and of one of Europe’s most beautiful locations, and will also cross the border to explore the colourful Swiss resort of Lugano.

Our excellent programme of optional excursions includes the chances to discover Mantova, with its skyline of turrets and towers straight out of an ‘Arabian Nights’ fantasy,

take in the stunning ‘Cinderella’ lake of Orta and its romantic main town, and head into Switzerland and travel by train to visit the elegant lakeside resort of Locarno. With half-board accommodation and comfortable coach travel in the company of our friendly Tour Manager, this really will be a holiday to savour and enjoy every step of the way.

Join us to discover some of the world’s most alluring and contrasting alpine scenery, as you journey first to the shores of sun-kissed Garda, the largest and most popular of all the Italian lakes, then travel on to charming, tiny lake Mergozzo, close to beautiful Maggiore, with its offshore isles and elegant, traditional resorts.

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Limone

This popular hotel, a 10 minute walk from the resort, offers two outdoor and one indoor pool, a terrace, three restaurants, bars and entertainment on three evenings. Rooms, some in garden buildings, offer private facilities and a balcony or terrace. *Local wine, soft drinks and mineral water are served with dinner and you can enjoy complimentary tea and biscuits each afternoon.

4★ Hotel Royal Villagelimone

Hotel Royal VillageLimoneHalf-Board with drinks* included

Prices from £587Please note: Lake view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details. A shuttle bus to the resort centre is available for a small local charge.

Hotel All’AzzurroLimoneHalf-Board with drinks* included

Prices from £517Please note: Balcony and balcony with lake view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

This popular lakeside hotel in the resort’s heart has a lakeside terrace, restaurant, bar and lounge, rooftop terrace, reception and lift, outdoor pool and small sunbathing area. All rooms have private facilities. *Local wine, soft drinks and mineral water are served with dinner for arrivals between 27 April–31 May, 14 September–19 October.

3★ Hotel All’Azzurolimone

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The price includes:• Seven nights’ bed & breakfast at the

three-star Hotel Europa in Limone (half-board and upgrade hotels available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager



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The sun-blessed shores and clear blue waters of lake Garda are backed by towering mountains to the north, and citrus and olive groves and vine-covered slopes to the south and west, completing a picture-postcard-perfect scene.

Elegant and stylish resorts line the shores of the lake, whilst steamers ply their trade across the waters. Sailboats and windsurfers hint at more energetic pursuits, whilst ashore, rest and relaxation are very much the order of the day. With opportunities to take a Grand Circular tour of the lake, visit Italy’s most evocative city, Venice, to enjoy Verona and to be awestruck by the dramatic Dolomites, it’s no wonder that Lake Garda is our most popular holiday destination in Europe.

We offer a choice of wonderful resorts all located on the lake shore. Café life, delicious ice cream from a host of gelaterie, plentiful shopping for handicrafts and souvenirs, or just a seat in the sun, are all happy pre-occupations, although there are always more energetic activities to be enjoyed.

limone: Colourful and bustling on the lake’s western shore, Limone is named for the citrus groves that dot the surrounding hillsides, and is every inch the perfect holiday resort.

Riva del Garda: At the lake’s northwest tip, Riva is the most celebrated of all the resorts, with its elegant, pastel-painted houses, palm-lined promenades and historic centre.

Malcesine/brenzone: Stay in delightful Malcesine, with its quieter near neighbours Assenza di Brenzone, Castelletto di Brenzone, and Porto di Brenzone.

Optional ExcursionsVenice (full day) – day Three £49 pp Verona (full day) – day four £26 ppThe dolomites (full day) – day five £32 ppGrand Circular Tour (full day) – day Six £39 pp

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Prices from £482Please note: Lake view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details. A local bus service to the resort centre is available.

Hotel RelyMalcesine/BrenzoneHalf-Board

Prices from £447Please note: Main building rooms and lake view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details. A local bus service to the resort centre is available.

Hotel MalcesineMalcesineHalf-Board

Prices from £503Please note: Side lake view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

Hotel Casa CanarinoRiva del GardaBed & Breakfast

Prices from £398

Savoy PalaceRiva del GardaHalf-Board with drinks* included

Prices from £713*Complimentary tea/coffee and cakes, mineral water and a half-litre of wine with dinner per room.

Hotel GardaRiva del GardaHalf-Board with drinks* included

Prices from £671Please note: Junior suites upgrades are available.

*Complimentary tea/coffee and cakes, and a half litre of wine with dinner per room and mineral water.

Hotel EuropaLimoneBed & Breakfast or Half-Board

Prices from £349Please note: Balcony, balcony with lake view rooms and half-board upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

This very popular, stylish hotel, which has welcomed our guests for many years, is across from the lake, some three miles from Malcesine and less than one mile from Assenza di Brenzone, and boasts a restaurant and bar, gardens and an outdoor pool and terrace. Rooms, in two separate buildings, have private facilities, telephone and a balcony.

3★ Drago HotelMalcesine/brenzone

This family-run hotel is situated some four and a half miles south of Malcesine and half a mile from the centre of Porto di Brenzone. Located just across the road from the lake, the hotel offers a restaurant, bar, lounge, lift and terrace, outdoor pool and sunbathing area. Rooms situated in the gardens of the hotel offer private facilities, TV, telephone and a balcony/terrace.

3★ Hotel RelyMalcesine/brenzone

On the lake shore right in the heart of this fine resort, this hotel offers a lounge/bar area, large terrace, reception, lift, TV room and restaurant. All rooms have private facilities, telephone, hairdryer and satellite TV.

3★ Hotel MalcesineMalcesine

This small, family-run hotel, very close to the lake and resort centre, boasts an outdoor pool in a quiet garden, reception, breakfast room, lift and small bar area, small wellness area with Turkish bath, sauna and jacuzzi. All rooms have private facilities, TV, telephone, safe and a mini-bar.

3★ Hotel Casa CanarinoRiva del Garda

A popular hotel in Riva, 300 metres from the lake and a 20 minute walk from the historical centre. This hotel has two indoor and outdoor pools, a garden, two lifts and a piano bar with live music five times a week. All rooms (air-conditioned from mid-June to mid-September) have private facilities, satellite TV, telephone, safe, mini-bar, hairbryer and a balcony.

4★ Savoy Palace HotelRiva del Garda

Part of the ‘Family Tonelli’ chain of hotels, the popular Hotel Garda is located in the modern part of Riva del Garda, approximately 300 metres from the lake. Facilities at the hotel include an outdoor swimming pool and sun terrace, a bar and lounge area with ‘Happy Hour’, 24-hour reception and lift. All bedrooms have private facilities, telephone, satellite TV, hairdryer, safe, a mini-bar and balcony.

4★ Hotel GardaRiva del Garda

This friendly, family-run hotel enjoys glorious views over Limone and the lake and the centre is just 300 metres away – a short but quite steep walk through the picturesque narrow streets. The hotel offers an outdoor swimming pool and sun terrace, small lemon garden, bar and lounge area and a lift from the first floor. All bedrooms have private facilities, telephone, hairdryer, satellite TV and a safe (payable locally).

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3★ Hotel Rely – Malcesine/brenzone Prices from £577Located four-and-a-half miles south of Malcesine, the hotel has a restaurant, bar and lounge area, reception, lift, outdoor pool and sun terrace. All bedrooms which are situated in the grounds of the hotel or in the main building have private facilities, TV, telephone and a balcony/terrace.

4★ Hotel Royal Village* – limone Prices from £717Set above the resort just a 10 minute walk downhill to the lake (small charge for shuttle bus) this popular hotel boasts two outdoor and one indoor pool, three restaurants and three evenings’ entertainment. Bedrooms offer private facilities and a balcony or terrace. *Complimentary coffee and biscuits are served each afternoon, and complimentary local wine, soft drinks and mineral water are served at dinner.

3★ drago Hotel – Malcesine/brenzone Prices from £612This popular, stylish hotel is adjacent to the lake, about three miles south of Malcesine. There is a fine restaurant and bar, beautiful gardens and outdoor swimming pool and terrace. Bedrooms offer private facilities, telephone and a balcony.

Stay on the lake’s eastern shore, close to delightful Malcesine, with its quaint alleyways and narrow streets opening onto flower-strewn squares, or choose Limone, on the opposite side of the lake, a popular, bustling resort backed with cobbled streets leading down to a lakeside promenade.

Our included Grand Circular Lake Tour takes in the fjord-like eastern shores and the northern, mountain backed resorts of sun-blessed Torbole and pastel-painted Riva del Garda, the citrus and olive groves of the west, the southern spa resort of Sirmione with its fairy tale castle, and wine-growing Bardolino.

Join us on our included excursion to marvel at the glories of Venice, one of the world’s most

breathtaking cities. Unforgettable highlights include innumerable bridges, gondolas and water taxis on the beautiful Grand Canal, the Accademia, the Rialto, St. Mark’s and the Doges’ Palace, with the famous ‘Bridge of Sighs’.

In Verona you will see one of the finest Roman amphitheatres of all, famed for its Opera Festival. The Piazza Bra is crowded with folk watching the world go by from pavement cafés, and nearby the maze of 13th century streets was the inspiration for Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.

The crags and passes of the Dolomites form some of Europe’s most dramatic mountain scenery and complete this wonderful holiday on our final included tour.

based in a choice of hotels on lake Garda’s beautiful shores, with time for rest and relaxation, this holiday also includes four wonderful guided excursions in the company of our friendly Tour Manager, who will bring to life two of Italy’s finest cities.

VEnICE, VEROnA & THE WOndERS Of lAKE GARdAAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A full day visit to Venice on Day Three• A tour of Verona on Day Four• A visit to the Dolomites on Day Five• Grand Circular Lake Tour on Day Six• Seven nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Rely in Malcesine (upgrade hotels available for a supplement)



the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ belfast ✈ bournemouth ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ durham Tees Valley✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Inverness ✈ Manston ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle



Please note: Lake view upgrades are available at all hotels. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

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SEVEn CITIES Of ITAlYAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Verona on Day Two• A full day tour to Venice on Day Three• Stop off en-route in Florence on Day Four• A tour to Siena & San Gimignano on

Day Five• A tour to Rome on Day Six• A visit to Assisi on Day Seven• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at the

three-star Hotel Royal in Riva del Garda• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

at the three-star Astra Hotel in Chianciano Terme

• One night’s dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation at the three-star Antico Termine Hotel in Lugagnano

• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel coach transfers

and travel throughout• The services of a Tour Manager



This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle



Optional Excursions:Venice Walking Tour & Gondola Ride – day Three £36 per person

Rome Sightseeing Tour – day Six £16 per person

Please note: Should demand exceed expectations on this very popular tour we reserve the right to accommodate you in a hotel of a similar standard in locations convenient for the tour. Full details of your allocated hotel will be sent with your final travel documents, prior to your departure.

3★ Hotel Antico Termine – lugagnanoSituated close to Verona and ideally positioned for the airport, this three-star hotel has a bar, lounge and restaurant, reception area and lift. All air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, telephone and TV.

3★ Hotel Astra – Chianciano Terme Close to shops, bars and restaurants, the hotel has a bar and lounge area, restaurant and lift. There is also a swimming pool and terrace (weather permitting) at the neighbouring sister hotel. All bedrooms have private facilities, TV and a telephone.

3★ Hotel Royal – Riva del Garda Situated in the centre of the modern part of Riva, this popular hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and lounge area, lift and sun bathing terrace. All bedrooms have private facilities, satellite TV and a telephone.

The first three nights are spent in Riva del Garda, on Lake Garda’s shore. This bustling, elegant resort offers everything you could wish for, with a vibrant café culture, shops, restaurants and of course, all the activities on the water.

During your stay, you’ll experience the magic of Venice, with its canals, innumerable bridges, fabled St. Mark’s Square and magnificent Doges’ Palace with its poignant ‘Bridge of Sighs’. You’ll also discover ‘fair Verona’, with its glorious Roman Arena and famous balcony from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

The second three nights of the tour are based in the wonderful spa-resort of Chianciano Terme, high in the Tuscan hills. From here

you’ll explore Rome – the ‘Eternal City’, with its fountains and piazzas, ancient relics and the Vatican City, and journey to Renaissance gem Florence, home to Santa Croce and the Ponte Vecchio. You’ll also enjoy the hill-top gems of Siena – where Europe’s largest square, il Campo, hosts the annual Palio horse race – and San Gimignano, with its fantastical turrets and towers. Whilst in the south, you’ll also visit the great Umbrian city of Assisi, birthplace of Italy’s Patron Saint, and yet another stunning highlight of this wonderful tour.

Your final night will be spent close to Verona, ensuring a very relaxing and restful transfer back to the airport for your return to the UK the following day.

Visit and explore some of Italy’s finest historic cities – Venice, Verona, florence, Rome, Assisi, Siena and San Gimignano – on this great value week-long escorted tour. Combining a stay on lake Garda with time in the Tuscan countryside, this is a hugely popular holiday full of fascination and delight.

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flOREnCE, SIEnA & THE TREASURES Of TUSCAnYAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A full day tour to Florence on Day Two• A visit to Siena and San Gimignano on

Day Three• Seven nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Plaza in Chianciano Terme (upgrade hotel available for a supplement)



the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ bournemouth ✈ Cardiff ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Manston ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:The Eternal City of Rome (full day) – day four £49 per person

Perugia and Assisi (full day) – day five £35 per person

Chianti Trail (full day) – day Seven £39 per person


Please note: Since certain attractions visited offer free admission to visitors aged under 18 and over 65, we do not include entrance fees. These will be payable locally where applicable.

4★ Hotel Cristallo – Chianciano Terme Prices from £684This good four-star hotel is centrally located near the restaurants, bars and cafes of this lovely resort, and offers some spectacular views of the surrounding area. Facilities include a swimming pool, bar and a restaurant serving local and international cuisine. Each guest room has private facilities, telephone, satellite TV and air conditioning.

3★ Hotel Plaza – Chianciano Terme Prices from £579This family-run hotel has a good restaurant, bar and lounge area, small garden, games room and lift. The roof-top pool is open from mid-May to September, and all air-conditioned bedrooms have private facilities telephone and satellite TV. Balcony room available for a supplement.

The holiday is based in Chianciano Terme, a spa-resort close to the fabled wine-growing hill-town of Montepulciano. Chianciano is both old hill town and modern spa, with a good selection of shops, bars, cafés and restaurants, serving delicious Tuscan food and wines.

The included tours are the highlights of this very popular holiday. Visit Siena, one of the most perfectly preserved medieval cities in Europe and admire its centrepiece, the shell-shaped Piazza il Campo. Exquisite hilltop fortress San Gimignano, with its beautiful towers, medieval walls and cathedral, is undoubtedly one of the loveliest places in Italy.

Marvel at the magnificent Florentine skyline, dominated by the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. You’ll explore the splendour of Santa Croce and the medieval Ponte Vecchio bridge, and perhaps visit the Accademia, which houses Michelangelo’s

fabled ‘David’, and the Uffizi, where Botticelli’s famous ‘Birth of Venus’ can be admired (entrances payable locally).

Don’t miss out on our optional excursions and the opportunities to enjoy a taste of la dolce vita in Rome, to tour the rolling hills of ‘Chianti-shire’, and to see the frescoes in Assisi’s famed Basilica of St. Francis.

Join us in a land of vineyards, olive groves, cypress trees, ancient hilltop towns and villages. from your base at Chianciano Terme you’ll enjoy included excursions to beautiful Siena, exquisite San Gimignano and florence – the ‘Cradle of the Renaissance’. Explore the region further on optional tours to discover Assisi, birthplace of Italy’s Patron Saint, the vine-covered hills of ‘Chianti’ country, and the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome.

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4★ Grand Hotel Regina – Montecatini Prices from £709 This elegant four-star hotel, the extensive terraces of which overlook the parkland surrounding Montecatini’s thermal baths, lies a short distance from all the spa-town’s main attractions. Boasting an outdoor pool, a stylish bar and comfortable lounges, the hotel also offers rooms with private facilities, satellite TV, hairdryer and telephone.

3★ Hotel belvedere – Montecatini Prices from £639Close to the spa-town’s centre, and opposite the famous Tettuccio Spa, the Belvedere offers a bar and lounge, reception, lift and spacious restaurant. There is also an outdoor swimming pool, sauna and sun terrace. Air-conditioned bedrooms offer private facilities, satellite TV, hairdryer and telephone.

Perhaps the most celebrated of all of the Tuscan ‘Terme’ or spa resorts, Montecatini has welcomed visitors for centuries. As well as the famous spa baths and the various health and beauty practitioners that are the resort’s main draw, there are beautiful parks and gardens, a host of stylish shops, countless restaurants, cafés, trattorie and gelaterie, as well as bars and clubs for night owls. Above the main town, reached by an historic funicular railway, the stunning, fortified medieval quarter of Montecatini Alto, with its sweeping piazza and winding streets lined with ancient churches and elegant palazzos – as well as its tremendous views – is as beautiful spot as you can hope to find.

The included excursions, taken in the company of a knowledgeable Tour Manager, will bring to life the beautiful Ligurian coast and its resorts, including elegant Santa Margherita

Ligure overlooking its stunning bay, and ultra-chic ‘jet-set’ watering-hole Portofino, as well as truly stunning Florence, home to the magnificent Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, breathtaking Santa Croce and the medieval Ponte Vecchio.

With Montecatini’s many attractions to enjoy, a choice of wonderful hotels, and some fascinating optional excursions on offer, this is proving to be a welcome addition to our Italian collection.

based in one of Tuscany’s most celebrated spa resorts, this wonderful itinerary includes unforgettable excursions to the famous resorts of Santa Margherita and ultra-exclusive Portofino, and to exquisite florence, the breathtaking ‘Cradle of the Renaissance’. Optional excursions feature Pisa – home to the ‘leaning Tower’ – and lucca, another Renaissance gem, and liguria’s stunning ‘Cinque Terre’ coastline.

PORTOfInO, flOREnCE & TUSCAnYAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Portofino on Day Three• An included tour to Florence on Day Six• Seven nights dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the Hotel Belvedere in Montecatini



the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ belfast ✈ bournemouth ✈ Cardiff ✈ durham Tees Valley ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Inverness ✈ Manston ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Pisa & lucca (full day) – day four £39 per person

Cinque Terre (full day) – day Seven £75 per person

Leaning Tower of Pisa

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3★ Santa Chiara – Chianciano Terme This superior three-star hotel is situated close to the shops, bars and restaurants of Chianciano Terme. The hotel has a reception, bar and lounge area, a well-appointed restaurant and a lift serving all floors. There is also a swimming pool (open mid May to mid Sep). All rooms have private facilities, air conditioning, TV and a mini-bar.

3★ Hotel Villa Serena – Castellammare di StabiaThis traditional hotel sits beneath the slopes of Mount Faito, with distant views of the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius. There is a bar and lounge area, restaurant, small swimming pool (open Jun-Sep), lift and a sun terrace. All the air-conditioned rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV, safe and mini-bar.

The first three nights are spent in Castellammare di Stabia, overlooking the Bay of Naples. On a clear day, the views are simply spectacular. From here you’ll explore the slopes of brooding Vesuvius, experience delightful Sorrento, one of Italy’s most celebrated resorts, visit the haunting ruins of Pompeii, where Roman time stands still, and travel the stunning Amalfi Drive, one of Europe’s most scenic coastal roads.

You’ll then head north via historic Montecassino and its restored Benedictine monastery, to spend four nights in the popular spa town of Chianciano Terme, high in the Tuscan Hills. Blessed with a superb climate and amenities, Chianciano Terme has been drawing visitors to its ‘healing waters’ for centuries. From this second base you’ll enjoy a full day visit to the Eternal City of Rome, with its ancient monuments, stylish shopping and the Vatican City. You’ll journey to Florence,

home to Santa Croce and the Ponte Vecchio, and discover beautiful Assisi, birthplace of Italy’s Patron Saint.

With so many included highlights, it is no wonder that this ‘classic’ tour is one of our most popular Italian holidays.

This wonderful, week-long touring holiday combines a three-night stay overlooking the glorious bay of naples with four nights high in the Tuscan Hills. Included guided tours to some of Italy’s greatest sights and renowned cities, including Vesuvius, ancient Pompeii, the Amalfi drive, florence and Rome, make for a memorable holiday.

ClASSIC ITAlYAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Pompeii and journey along the

Amalfi Coast on Day Two• A visit to Mount Vesuvius and Sorrento

on Day Three• Tour to Montecassino on Day Four• A trip to Assisi on Day Five• A visit to Florence on Day Six• A day in Rome on Day Seven• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Villa Serena in Castellammare di Stabia

• Four nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast accommodation at the three-star Hotel Santa Chiara in Chianciano Terme





This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ liverpool✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:florence Guided City Tour – day Six £19 per person

Rome Guided City Tour – day Seven £19 per person

Please note: Should demand exceed expectations on this very popular tour we reserve the right to accommodate you in a hotel of a similar standard in locations convenient for the tour. Full details of your allocated hotel will be sent with your final travel documents, prior to your departure.

Classic ItalyAn unbeatable escorted touring holiday

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UndISCOVEREd ITAlYAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Castel del Monte on Day Two• Full day visit to Matera on Day Three• Tour to Alberobello and Ostuni to see

the traditional Trulli houses on Day Four• Full day guided tour to Lecce on Day Five• Panoramic tour of the beautiful Gargano

peninsula on Day Six• One night’s half-board accommodation

at the four-star Grand Hotel Vanvitelli in Caserta

• Four nights’ half board accommodation in the four-star La Sorgente Hotel in Savelletri

• Two nights’ half-board accommodation at the three-star Hotel Tramonto in Rodi Garganico

• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• All coach travel as detailed• The services of a Tour Manager



This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ london Gatwick



Optional Excursion:Tremiti Islands (full day) – day Seven £37.00


3★ Hotel Tramonto – Rodi GarganicoThis beach-side hotel is perfect for rest and relaxation at the end of the holiday, with well-appointed, air-conditioned rooms, bar, restaurant and outdoor pool overlooking the private beach. A large dining room opens out onto a wide terrace offering panoramic views of the Adriatic.

4★ Hotel la Sorgente – SavelletriThe main holiday ‘base’ is this fine shore-side hotel in a quiet fishing port overlooking the blue Adriatic. Air-conditioned rooms with satellite TV, hair dryer, mini-bar, telephone and safe, a feature sea-water pool and terrace, and a beautiful panoramic restaurant and bar all add to the pleasure of the stay.

4★ Grand Hotel Vanvitelli – CasertaGrand in every way, this elegant hotel exudes Italian sophistication and charm, with every modern convenience, and is a more-than-comfortable first overnight stop. Well appointed rooms, restaurants and showpiece lobby bar create the perfect ambience for rest and relaxation after the first day’s journey.

Crammed full of included highlights, the tour begins with a flight to Naples, from where you’ll make the short journey to spend the first night in an elegant four-star hotel in Caserta, site of the ‘Versailles of Naples’ – the vast Royal Palace.

You’ll journey on from Caserta, via the extraordinary geometrics of the Castel del Monte, set on the limestone plateau of Le Murge, to spend four nights in a four-star hotel overlooking the blue Adriatic. From this comfortable base, you’ll enjoy included tours to eye-popping Matera, where the ancient troglodyte cave-dwellings and the churches hewn from the rocks are unforgettable

sights, to stunning hill-town Ostuni and its labyrinthine maze of narrow streets, to famous Alberobello’s amazing conical trulli houses and to Baroque treasure-chest Lecce, one of Southern Italy’s most appealing cities.

A visit to Bari’s Basilica di San Nicola – final resting place of the saint known as ‘Santa Claus’ the world over – to the lively, historic resort-town of Vieste, with its bustling old town, and two nights in a water’s edge hotel on the spectacular Gargano peninsula, with the opportunity to head across to the idyllic Tremiti islands – home to some of the Mediterranean’s best beaches and clearest waters – complete this simply wonderful escorted tour.

This marvellous new escorted tour takes in the often-overlooked delights of Italy’s sun-kissed southern ‘high heel’, including the UNESCO-listed wonders of Matera’s sassi cave dwellings, the strange conical Trulli houses, Ostuni’s whitewashed streets and lecce’s baroque treasures, as well as the crystal-clear waters of the Gargano peninsula.

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Prices from £483Please note: Balcony upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

This small family-run hotel, offering a good standard of accommodation, is close to the village centre, and offers a bar and restaurant, small lounge area and reception, outdoor pool and terrace. Rooms (air-conditioned July-August) have private facilities and a telephone.

3★ Hotel Villa FernandaSant’ Agata

Villa AngelinaSant’ AgataBed & Breakfast

Prices from £399Five minutes’ walk from the resort centre, this family-run villa-type guest house, close to the public bus stop, offers a small bar and lounge area, attractive breakfast room, small outdoor pool and sun terrace. All rooms offer private facilities, TV and a telephone.

Villa AngelinaSant’ Agata


Sorrento, famously ‘built between the sea and the sky’, exudes Southern Italian charm from every pore. On the shore, two tiny ports are backed by small beaches and several boardwalks, while on the water, craft of all shapes and sizes add to the colourful scene. The backdrop is breathtaking, with the Bay of Naples stretching round to the distant, towering triangle summit of Vesuvius.

The town’s beating heart is the Piazza Tasso, pedestrianised in the evenings when the surrounding bars and cafés are perfect for watching the nightly passeggiata. Join in this ritual ‘stroll’ down stylish Corso Italia, or into the maze of narrow alleyways crammed with shops, bars and restaurants. Everywhere you’ll find lemon and orange trees, the fruit of the former celebrated in everything from ceramics

and linen-ware to limoncello, the delicious local liqueur.

Sant’ Agata del due Golfi, just six miles by bus from Sorrento, is so called for the stunning views it enjoys of both the Bay of Naples and the Bay of Salerno, and offers a small selection of shops, bars and restaurants. Sant’ Agata has long been a favourite with our guests, especially those who like to leave the bustle of Sorrento behind.

Why not take your next holiday in one of Europe’s most spectacular destinations? Choose from a selection of great hotels in the Sorrento area, or neighbouring Sant’ Agata, and join us on some wonderful optional excursions. Visit ancient Pompeii, the idyllic Isle of Capri, historic Monte Cassino and journey along the stunning Amalfi drive.

SORREnTO & THE bAY Of nAPlESAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Seven nights’ bed & breakfast

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This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



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Prices from £679Please note: Sea view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

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In charming Sant’ Agnello, a 15-minute walk from the centre, and close to the Marinella beach lift, this excellent hotel offers an outdoor pool, jacuzzi and terrace, a small garden, restaurant, piano bar, rooftop terrace and lift. All air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, mini-bar and a safe.

4★ Hotel CaravelSorrento/Sant’ Agnello

This family-run hotel in the Sant’ Agnello district, 15-minutes from the centre, offers an outdoor pool, a small sunbathing area and terrace, bar and lounge area, restaurant, reception and a lift. All rooms (air-conditioned mid-June to mid-September for a small charge payable locally) have private facilities, satellite TV and a telephone.

3★ Hotel LondraSorrento/Sant’ Agnello

This family run three-star hotel, which has been receiving British guests for many years, is situated approximately one mile from the centre of Sorrento. The local bus into the centre offers a very regular service, stopping very close to the hotel. There is a beach within 300 metres, which is easily reached via steps and a lift. All air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, mini-bar and a safe.

3★ Hotel MetropoleSorrento

Boasting wonderful views and only a 10-minute walk up a private path to the village centre, this hugely popular hotel boasts an outdoor swimming pool with sun terraces, a restaurant, bar and lounge area, 24-hour reception and a lift. All of the air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, telephone, mini-bar and a balcony.

4★ Grand Hotel HermitageSant’ Agata

Set amongst olive and orange groves, in the resort’s heart, this popular hotel has a restaurant, lounge area, lift and an outdoor pool with sun terrace and gardens. Traditionally styled rooms have private facilities and a telephone.

3★ Hotel Delle PalmeSant’ Agata

Monte Cassino

Monte Cassino & Caserta (full day) – day Three Take in two of Italy’s most important historical locations, the first the great, rebuilt Benedictine Monastery and WW2 battleground, high on its fatefully strategic hill, and the second a rival to France’s Versailles in its stunning Baroque splendour. £36 per person.

Pompeii (half day) – day fourIn the company of our local guide, explore haunting, extraordinary, Roman Pompeii, destroyed – yet miraculously ‘preserved’ – by the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, buried and forgotten for hundreds of years, until its 18th-century discovery. £32 per person.

Amalfi drive (full day) – day fiveOne of Europe’s most scenic coastal roads, winding its way along the beautiful coast, forms the backdrop for today’s unforgettable excursion. £30 per person.

Capri (full day) – day SixCruise from Amalfi’s pier along the coast and to the idyllic ‘Isle of Dreams’, one of the Mediterranean’s most alluring places. £83 per person.

book all 4 excursions & save £10 per person.

Since certain attractions visited offer free admission to visitors aged under 18 and over 65, we do not include entrance fees within the excursion price.

Optional Excursionsduring your stay, you can choose to join a selection of great value excursions, in the company of our friendly, professional Tour Managers.

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4★ Hotel Caravel – Sorrento/Sant’ Agnello Prices from £864Set in a charming district of Sorrento, this hotel is a mile from the resort centre and close to the lift to Marinella beach. Amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, jacuzzi and sun terrace, piano bar and roof-top terrace. All rooms have air conditioning, private facilities, satellite TV, mini-bar and a safe.

3★ Metropole Hotel – Sorrento Prices from £829This family-run hotel is ideally situated approximately one mile from the centre of Sorrento. Public rooms include a bar and lounge area, reception, lift and restaurant. There is also a swimming pool and sun terrace. All air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, a telephone, satellite TV and a balcony.

3★ Hotel delle Palme – Sant’ Agata. Prices from £689Located in a delightful village six miles from Sorrento there is a selection of restaurants, bars and shops nearby, and a regular bus service to Sorrento. The hotel has a restaurant and outdoor swimming pool with sun terrace. Rooms offer private facilities, TV and a telephone.

Capri Island

The Neapolitan Riviera

The holiday offers a choice of hotels in or close to Sorrento. The resort has attracted discerning visitors for years, drawn by its relaxed style, warm climate and its spectacular location. From here you can explore the maze of narrow alleyways crammed with shops, bars and restaurants, its two tiny ports and its blue waters dotted with colourful sailboats.

The highlights of this holiday are the included trips. You’ll visit Roman Pompeii, destroyed – yet miraculously ‘preserved’ – by the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. The breathtaking remains paint a fascinating, vivid picture of life in the Roman era.

Idyllic Capri is one of the Mediterranean’s greatest treasures, and hideaway of poets and artists. An unforgettable day on the island includes visits to the main hill-top town, to the picturesque village of Anacapri on the slopes of Mount Solare, and to the Augustus Gardens, overlooking the ‘Canzone del Mare’, former home of the legendary Gracie Fields.

The famous Amalfi Drive forms the backdrop to the last unforgettable excursion that includes the town of Positano, beautiful Amalfi with its cathedral, and Ravello, with its alleys, stairways and roofed passages clinging to the mountainside.

Enjoy half-board accommodation in the beautiful resort of Sorrento, and discover this delightful region of Italy on our fully escorted included tours on this best-selling holiday. Spend a day on Capri – the Mediterranean’s most enchanting Isle; explore Europe’s most fascinating Roman remains; and enjoy one of the world’s most breathtaking coastal roads.

CAPRI, POMPEII &THE AMAlfI COASTAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Pompeii on Day Four• A scenic drive along the Amalfi Coast

on Day Five• A trip to Capri on Day Six• Seven nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Delle Palme in Sant’ Agata (upgrade hotels available for a supplement)




the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ bournemouth✈ Cardiff ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Manston ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Capri, Pompeii & the Amalfi Coast


Balcony upgrades are available at the Delle Palme and Caravel hotels. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.


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4★ Hotel San Pietro – MaioriSet just 600 metres from the blue sea, in a valley surrounded by green hills, the San Pietro offers an outdoor pool and sun terrace – and two tennis courts for the energetic – as well as restaurant, lift, bar, lounge area and reception. There is a free shuttle bus to the beach. All bedrooms offer private facilities, hairdryer, mini-bar, satellite TV, telephone and a safe.

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THE bEAUTIfUl AMAlfI COASTAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Full day visit to Sorrento and a drive along

the Amalfi Coast on Day Four• Full day visit to Paestum and Salerno on

Day Seven• Seven nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at

the four-star Hotel San Pietro in Maiori• Drinks with dinner, free tea & biscuits

daily, free use of tennis courts and sunbeds




This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ liverpool✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Pompeii & Vesuvius (full day) – day Three £42 per person

Capri (full day) – day five £83 per person


Amalfi

Enjoy half-board accommodation in the charming resort of Maiori, and discover this delightful region of Italy on our included and optional escorted tours. discover idyllic Sorrento, journey along the famous Amalfi drive and explore Paestum’s fascinating ruins, and take the opportunity on optional excursions to visit Pompeii and exquisite Capri.

One of Europe’s most beautiful coastlines, the famous Costiera Amalfitana, with its towering cliffs, winding, vertiginous road and its resorts clinging to the hillside above beaches lapped by azure waters, has been a popular holiday spot since the Romans first discovered this campania felix, or ‘happy land’. With a vast stretch of beach backed by a promenade of bars and restaurants, charming, atmospheric Maiori, at the head of the verdant Tramonti valley, is a truly delightful resort. The main Corso Reginna is lined with shops and stores, while grand hotels and villas look out over the beach and blue sea beyond.

The included excursions, taken in the company of a knowledgeable Tour Manager, feature a visit to the famous resort of Sorrento, along the wondrous Amalfi Drive, and Paestum’s ancient Greek remains. Optional excursions offer opportunities to discover and explore the fabled ruins of Roman Pompeii beneath the brooding cone of Vesuvius, and the wondrous ‘Island of Dreams’, picturesque Capri.

The arrangements at the excellent four-star Hotel San Pietro feature wine and soft drinks with dinner, tea and biscuits each afternoon, free use of the tennis courts and free use of hotel sun-beds.

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Santa lucia & Sabbie d’OroCefalùBed & Breakfast or Half-Board

Prices from £499Please note: Half-board, balcony and sea view upgrades are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

fiesta Garden beachNear CefalùHalf-Board

Prices from £744Some 12 miles from Cefalù, this popular hideaway offers resort-style facilities including extensive grounds, its own private beach, dining room, lounges, terraces, pools, tennis court, mini-golf and a full evening entertainment programme. A twice-daily shuttle (payable locally) operates into Cefalù. Air-conditioned rooms, either in the grounds or the main building, offer private facilities.

4★ Fiesta Garden Beach Hotelnear Cefalù

This very popular hotel lies at the far end of Cefalù’s sweeping bay, two miles from the centre and overlooking the beach. Two buildings overlook the large outdoor pool and terrace, and the hotel boasts a coffee shop, dining room, lifts and a cocktail bar. Rooms offer private facilities, TV and a telephone.

3★ Santa Lucia & Sabbie d’OroCefalù

Laze on pristine beaches and bathe in the warm Mediterranean, or take a passage through time, exploring the one-time centre of the Ancient Greek world, where conquerors – Romans, Carthaginians, Normans and Spanish – have all left their mark.

Stay in or close to the popular town of Cefalù, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and offering a long sandy beach. Alternatively choose to stay on the island’s east coast, where a choice of resorts sit beside one of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful stretches, close to snow-capped Etna and nestled beneath the fabled hill-town of Taormina.

Wherever you choose to stay, take advantage of the great-value optional excursions, including the stunning Greek Temples at Agrigento, the lava-strewn slopes of Etna, Europe’s most famous volcano, and Taormina,

beautifully set ‘between the sea and the sky’. From Cefalù, spend a day in the fascinating Sicilian capital Palermo, and from the east coast resorts, explore Archimedes’ exquisite Siracusa, once Europe’s most popular city.

With convenient direct flights, a wide choice of accommodation and the company of our friendly, knowledgeable Tour Managers, this will be a very special holiday, to a very special place, to savour and enjoy.

Please note: Not all excursions are available from both resorts. See right hand information panel to see which excursions are available from your chosen resort and the price per person.

Since certain attractions visited offer free admission to visitors aged under 18 and over 65, we do not include entrance fees within the excursion price. These, if appropriate, will be payable locally.

Join us for a memorable holiday on an island where all the modern amenities of fine holiday resorts sit side-by-side with some fascinating ancient treasures and one of Italy’s greatest natural wonders, snow capped Mount Etna.


THE ISlAnd Of SICIlYAvailable: May–June, Aug–Oct 2014

The price includes:• Seven nights’ bed & breakfast at the

three-star Santa Lucia & Sabbie d’Oro in Cefalù (upgrade hotels available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Sicily• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager


the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ bournemouth ✈ Exeter ✈ Jersey ✈ norwich




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Hotel baia degli deiRecanati Bay, Taormina MareBed & Breakfast or Half-Board

Prices from £576Please note: A half-board option is available for a supplement. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

Situated right on the beach in the heart of the village, and close to the stunning bay of Giardini-Naxos, this well-appointed hotel offers a marbled reception, lifts, lounge/piano bar, large sun terrace and pool overlooking the sea, small garden, beautiful restaurant and al fresco dining on fine evenings. Air-conditioned rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV, safe, hairdryer and a telephone.

4★ Hellenia Yachting HotelRecanati bay

Set opposite the beach in the compact resort of Letojanni, at the far end of Spisone Bay, this hotel is close to the resort’s amenities, and a short walk from bars and cafés. There is a bar/lounge area, dining room, lift, outside terrace and private beach section. Air-conditioned rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV, a telephone, and balcony or terrace.

3★ Albatros Hotelletojanni

This friendly hotel is set in a quiet location overlooking the beautiful Recanati Bay, with direct access onto a sandy beach and just a few minutes’ walk from the bay of Giardini-Naxos. Facilities include a dining room, a bar, TV room, lounge and a selection of water-sports (payable locally). Rooms offer private facilities with a balcony or terrace, TV, hairdryer, telephone and a safety deposit box.

3★ Hotel Baia Degli DeiRecanati bay

Hellenia Yachting HotelRecanati Bay, Taormina MareBed & Breakfast or Half-Board

Prices from £919Please note: Superior rooms, deluxe rooms and half-board options are available for a supplement. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

Optional Excursions:

from TaorminaAgrigento (full day) – day Three £48.00 per person

Mount Etna (half day) – day four £35.00 per person

Siracusa (full day) – day Seven £48.00 per person

from CefalùPalermo (half day) – day Three £38.00 per person

Mount Etna and Taormina (full day) – day five £59.00 per person

Agrigento (full day) – day Seven £39.00 per person

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Mount Etna, Taormina & The Treasures of SicilyThis half-board accommodation holiday offers a choice of two hotels in, or close to, the picturesque coastal town of Cefalù. There are three included excursions, to historic Palermo, Mount Etna & Taormina and the ancient wonders at Agrigento.

3★ Santa lucia & Sabbie d’Oro – Cefalù Prices from £695

3★ fiesta Garden beach Hotel – Cefalù Prices from £863

See above for full hotel details.

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Available: May, Jun, Aug – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Visit to Palermo on Day Three• Full-day trip to Mount Etna on Day Five• Full-day trip to Agrigento on Day Seven• Seven nights’ half board at the three-star

Hotel Santa Lucia & Sabbie D’oro (hotel upgrades available)

• All standard inclusions apply


Book this holiday online at: www.newmarket-tours.co.uk/11274

Palermo Sicily’s fascinating, vibrant capital, where the legacy of successive foreign invaders has been left in the ancient Quattro Canti (four Quarters), overlooked by the ‘Royal Mountain’ with its stunning monastery.

AgrigentoSituated on Sicily’s southern coast, the town’s Valley of the Temples (Valle dei Templi) is a UNESCO-World Heritage Site and one of the greatest legacies of ancient Greece.

Mount EtnaAt 3,000 metres, Etna is Europe’s highest active volcano, dominating the landscape of the northeast of the island.

The tour takes in the extinct craters at Monte Silvestri, at 1,800 metres; should you wish to climb further – to 2,600 metres – by cable car and Land Rover, a supplementary charge is payable locally.

TaorminaBuilt ‘between the sky and the sea’ in addition to the wondrous views of the bay far below and distant Etna, Taormina offers a stupendous Greek Theatre and flower-strewn piazzi.

SiracusaOnce the capital of ancient Greece, Archimedes’ wonderful city is one of Sicily’s greatest treasures.

Optional ExcursionsJoin our Tour Manager to discover more of the beautiful island of Sicily and visit some fascinating natural sites and historic towns, described in the optional excursions below.

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3★ Hotel Edelweiss – GötzensAt the edge of a forest some 400 metres from the pretty village centre, and typically Austrian in style, the hotel offers a cosy bar, dining room, sun terrace and outdoor swimming pool. Rooms offer private facilities, TV, telephone and a balcony or terrace.

3★ Hotel Geier – TorboleThis friendly, family-run hotel, is ideally situated right beside the lake in the resort’s heart, very close to the bars, shops and restaurants. Facilities at the hotel include an outdoor terrace, dining room, a la carte restaurant open to the public, small bar and a lift. All rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, telephone and a hairdryer.

Tyrol Province

Torbole

Spend three days on the shores of Italy’s most spectacular lake, before travelling through picturesque countryside into the Austrian Tyrol, for four more wonderful days amongst breathtaking scenery. With an included tour of the dolomites, and the opportunity to join some exciting optional excursions, this is a marvellous ‘lakes and mountains’ holiday.

Torbole, our base for the first three nights, has been a favourite with our clients for many years. Situated towards the north of the lake, Torbole is one of the most popular of all the resorts, with its vibrant café life and lakeside promenade.

The lovely village of Götzens, where you’ll stay for four nights, lies on the appropriately named Sun Plateau in the heart of the Austrian Tyrol, a region of jagged, snow-capped peaks and lush green valleys dotted with picturesque villages with their onion-domed churches and geranium-filled window-boxes.

During your stay in both these beautiful places, we offer some great value optional excursions, including the incomparable city of Venice, romantic Verona, setting for the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet, historic Innsbruck, the awe-inspiring Hintertux Glacier, and Mozart’s exquisite ‘Sound of Music’ city of Salzburg.

With a visit to the beautiful Dolomites’ town of Bolzano, as well as transfers between the two resorts included in the price, this will be a wonderful ‘lakes and mountains’ holiday to remember for a long time to come.

AUSTRIAn TYROl & lAKE GARdAAvailable: Apr – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A visit to Bolzano on Day Four• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at

the three-star Hotel Geier in Torbole• Four nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Edelweiss in Götzens

• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• Transfers between Italy & Austria• The services of a Tour Manager



This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Verona (half day) – day Two £26 per person

Venice (full day) – day Three £49 per person

Innsbruck & Swarovski Crystal (full day) – day five £33 per person

Hintertux Glazier (full day) – day Six £59 per person

Salzburg (full day) – day Seven £26 per person


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Verona

“The resort and surrounding area were delightful.

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natural History Museum, Ringstrasse, Vienna

Wolfgangsee Lake Johann Strauss Statue, Vienna

4★ Hotel Stroblerhof – StroblSet a short distance from the shore of beautiful Wolfgangsee, this long-established traditional hotel offers comfortable rooms, a lounge/bar and TV room, as well as a small wellness area (payable locally) with sauna and steam room. A pleasant garden boasts small outdoor pool and sun terrace.

Flying into Munich, journey south through Bavaria into Austria to spend a week close to the shores of beautiful Wolfgangsee, in the pretty village of Strobl, at the lake’s southern end. Make the most of the comfortable hotel, its amenities and surroundings, and join our friendly tour manager to discover and explore this marvellous corner of the world.

Enjoy an included day in Mozart’s birthplace Salzburg, the Baroque gem of a city straddling the Salzach River beneath the imposing Hohensalzburg castle, and another in the Austrian capital Vienna, former hub of the Hapsburg Empire, with its glorious Ringstrasse of majestic palaces, including the world-

renowned Hofburg. Guided tours are included in both cities.

On other days, rest and relax in the hotel, or join the optional excursions, which will include the beautiful Bavarian spa of Berchtesgaden and delightful, idyllic Königsee, one-time haunt of German nobility. There’ll be opportunities to discover the ‘Roof of Austria’, as you make the stunning journey into the Hohe Tauern National Park, passing picture-book towns and villages, with a visit to Zell-am-See, set beneath the Kitzsteinhorn glacier, and to tour the beautiful Lake District itself, enjoying the scenic delights of Mondsee, St Gilgen and St Wolfgang, home to the famous White Horse Inn.

Enjoy some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, and discover two of its most enthralling cities, on a holiday based in a fine four-star hotel in the heart of Austria’s glorious lake district, the Salzkammergut. Included tours of glorious Imperial Vienna and the beautiful ‘Sound of Music City’ of Salzburg complete the magic.

VIEnnA, SAlzbURG & THE AUSTRIAn lAKESAvailable: Apr – Sep 2014

The price includes:• Included guided tour of Salzburg on

Day Two• Included guided tour of Vienna on

Day Five• Seven nights’ half-board accommodation

(three course set menu) in the four-star Hotel Stroblerhof

• Return flights to Munich• One suitcase allowance per person• Coaching throughout• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:berchtesgaden & Saltmines (full day) – day Three £21 per person

lakes Tour (full day) – day four £19 per person

zell am See (full day) – day Seven £17 per person

Please note: The trip to Vienna on Day Five will involve an early start.

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THE fREnCH RIVIERA Available: Apr – Jul, Sep, Oct 2014

The price includes:• Seven nights’ bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Quality Hotel Mediteranneé in Menton or three-star Ibis Styles Menton

• Return flights to Nice• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers • The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ East Midlands ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ liverpool ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:nice & St Paul de Vence (extended half day) – day Two £19 per person

Cannes & St.Tropez (full day) – day four £35 per person

Monaco (full day) – day five £35 per person

Ventigmilia and San Remo (full day) – day Seven £29 per person

Monte Carlo Casino

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The French RivieraEnjoy the charm of the Côte d’AzurJoin us for a marvellous few days of rest, relaxation and exciting exploration in one of the world’s most celebrated playgrounds, the glittering haunt of the bronzed and the well-heeled, radiant hideaway, gourmet Mecca, and favourite holiday stamping ground for lovers of the good life that is the sparkling french Riviera.

Based in the classic Riviera resort of Menton, the holiday offers plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere of this very special corner of the world, as well as opportunities, on optional excursions, to explore further afield in the company of our friendly, knowledgeable Tour Manager.

The sparkling resort of Menton, one of the Riviera’s more traditional, elegant hideaways, lies close to the Italian border on the appropriately named Baie du Soleil, exuding all the sun-kissed charm of the Côte d’Azur. Discerning travellers have been drawn to this flower-decked haven for generations, and the town is an ideal place in which to rest and relax, or from which to explore.

Along the coast and inland through the delightful Provençal countryside, lie some wonderful places. Visit fabled Monte Carlo, with its casino and harbour, sparkling Cannes of La Croisette fame, St Tropez, the original

‘jet-set’ resort, and the famous artists’ retreat of St-Paul de Vence. Across the nearby Italian border lie ancient Ventimiglia and colourful San Remo, ‘capital’ of the Riviera of Flowers.

With accommodation in a choice of hotels, and airport-to-hotel transfers included, whether you choose to rest and relax, or to join us on the excursions, this will be a wonderful holiday from start to finish.

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3★ Ibis Styles Hotel – Menton Prices from £620Located in the resort centre, just 100 meters from the beach and many of Menton’s major attractions, this modern, air-conditioned hotel boasts a terrace and bar and comfortable rooms with balcony or Terrace, complimentary WiFi, cable- satellite television, direct dial telephone and a hair dryer.

3★ Quality Hotel Mediteranneé – Menton Prices from £559Ideally located in the centre of delightful Menton, a short walk to the sea and the exquisite Old Town, this modern hotel boasts ‘Le 5’ restaurant and a verandah bar, and is close to many other restaurants and cafés. Air-conditioned rooms offer refrigerators/mini-bar, satellite TV, safe and a hairdryer.

Monte Carlo Harbour

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4★ Sun Riviera Hotel – Cannes Centre Prices from £504This traditional French hotel in a central location offers high levels of comfort. The hotel has a pretty garden and swimming pool, bar, terrace and restaurant. All rooms offer private facilities, a hairdryer, satellite TV, air conditioning, a telephone, mini-bar, a safe and WiFi.

4★ Hotel Montaigne – Cannes Centre Prices from £469This recently renovated four-star, Art Deco Hotel is conveniently located by the Croisette, the Palais des Festivals and only a few minutes’ walk from the beach. The hotel offers a Spa area with indoor heated pool, Turkish bath and fitness centre, restaurant, bar and lounge area. Guest rooms have private facilities, TV, hairdryer and air conditioning.

3★ Abrial Hotel – Cannes Centre Prices from £389This conveniently located hotel offers a panoramic view from its top-floor breakfast room. There is a small lounge/bar and garden terrace. All bedrooms offer private facilities, a hairdryer, air conditioning, TV, a telephone and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

Cannes is the perfect resort city, with its world famous seafront promenade La Croisette sweeping between grand Palais-Hôtels and private beaches, while above the Vieux Port, the ancient fishing harbour from which the city grew, the charming Old Town of Le Suquet surveys a beautiful scene of blue waters dotted with pleasure craft. There are shops, bars, cafés and restaurants – and whether you choose to rest and relax, or to join us on the excursions, Cannes will provide a wonderful holiday experience.

During your stay you can enjoy all the pleasures of your Riviera resort, stroll the famous waterfront at St. Tropez and relax in a St. Raphael café on the included tour, and venture further afield on wonderful optional excursions. Discover the glamour of Monte Carlo, the Palais Princier – home to the Royal Grimaldis – and the famous harbour, where the super-charged cars of Formula 1TM hurtle in an explosion of colour and noise. The famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice is not to be missed, along with picturesque Antibes. Join us as we ‘head into the hills’, to the ‘perfume capital’ Grasse or board a boat for a trip to the beautiful Sainte-Marguerite Island.

Spend a marvellous few days resting, relaxing and exploring in one of the world’s favourite playgrounds. The holiday, based in the best loved of the Riviera resorts, includes a fully escorted excursion to legendary St. Tropez and glittering St. Raphael. Great value optional half-and full-day trips allow you to explore fabulous Monaco, elegant nice and Antibes, and the fragrant hinterland beyond.

CAnnES & THE fREnCH RIVIERAAvailable: Apr – Jul, Sep, Oct 2014

The price includes:• A full day excursion to St. Raphael and

St. Tropez on Day Four• Five nights’ bed & continental breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Abrial Cannes Centre Hotel in Cannes (upgrade hotels are available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Nice• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers • The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ liverpool ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Grasse (half day – morning) – day Two £21 per person

Sainte-Marguerite Island (half day – afternoon) – day Two £14 per person

Monaco (full day) – day Three £34 per person

nice and Antibes (full day) – day five £27 per person

St. Tropez Harbour

“This was our third holiday to Cannes, and once

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3★ Mercure Carcassonne – Porte de la Cité Prices from £589Ideally situated at the foot of the medieval city, this hotel boasts its own restaurant, bar, terrace, gardens and outdoor swimming pool (weather permitting). Tastefully decorated and comfortable rooms have private facilities, air conditioning, a safety deposit box, satellite TV and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

3★ Cerise Residence – Carcassonne Prices from £434The Cerise Residence is conveniently located within walking distance from the medieval city and its restaurants and shops. This apartment style hotel has its own indoor swimming pool, lift and reception. Accommodation is in one bedroom apartments with private facilities, bedroom, living room with a sofa bed and a kitchenette.

3★ Ibis Carcassonne Est – Carcassonne Prices from £389The friendly Ibis offers good value for money and is located on the outskirts of Carcassonne, in a shopping estate, with a local bus service connecting the hotel with the medieval city during the day. The hotel has an air-conditioned restaurant and bar, and staff are friendly and welcoming. Guest rooms have satellite TV, private facilities and air conditioning.

One of the most dramatically set cities in the whole of France, exquisite Carcassonne is crowned by the fairytale turrets and battlements of the Cité, which surround a perfect medieval town and overlook the River Aude. The atmospheric streets of this historic place will be brought to life on our included guided tour.

Encircled by its ancient walls, Avignon – its monumental Palais des Papes the 14th century home to popes and cardinals – is a delight. Don’t miss the curious half-bridge of St Bénézet – the ‘Pont d’Avignon’ of the famous French folk song – nor the bustling Place de l’Horloge, the city’s main square.

A visit to the spectacular and impressive Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard, is another highlight of the day. Granted UNESCO-World Heritage status in 1985, the stone aqueduct straddles the river Gard, has three levels and is regarded as a masterpiece of Roman engineering.

Optional excursions include an unforgettable cruise on the tree-lined Canal du Midi, a 17th century engineering wonder, visits to the exquisite port-town of Collioure, with its palm-fringed promenade curving around the bay, followed by an afternoon visit to the charming riverside town of Lagrasse and a chance to view the spectacular Cathar castle at Queribús.

This wonderful holiday is set against the background of the beautiful Provençal countryside, and the Cathar castle-dotted languedoc region. Included escorted tours to the walled fortress-town of Carcassonne, as well as visits to the stunning papal city of Avignon, and the world heritage site of the magnificent Pont du Gard, complete this memorable break.

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CARCASSOnnE, AVIGnOn & PROVEnCEAvailable: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct 2014

The price includes:• A guided walking tour of Carcassonne • on Day Two• A full day visit to Avignon & the Pont du

Gard on Day Four• Five nights’ bed & breakfast at the

Ibis Carcassonne Est (upgrade hotels available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Toulouse or Barcelona• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel coach transfers


This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ dublin ✈ Edinburgh✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ liverpool ✈ luton



Optional Excursions:Collioure & the Cathar Country (full day) – day Three £35 per person

Canal du Midi (half day) – day five £17 per person

Carcassonne, Avignon & Provence

“Everything went so well - flights & accommodation were excellent and the whole holiday was thoroughly enjoyable and so full of historical interest.”Mrs Horton, Bristol


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CORSICA & THE SOUTH Of fRAnCEAvailable: Apr – Jun, Sep, Oct 2014

The price includes:• Walking tour of Nice on Day Two• Included tour to Ile Rousse and St Florent

on Day Three• Two nights’ bed & continental

breakfast accommodation in the three-star Campanile Nice Aeroport Hotel, Nice (or similar)

• Five nights’ half-board accommodation (set 3-course menu with ¼ litre of wine per person) in the three-star Saint-Christophe Hotel, Calvi, Corsica (or similar)

• Return flights to Nice• Coaching throughout• Return ferry crossings from Nice to

Bastia or Calvi• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ East Midlands✈ Edinburgh✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:bastia & Cap Corse (full day) – day four £19 per person

Ajacco (full day) – day five £19 per person

3★ Saint-Christophe Hotel, Calvi – CorsicaSet above the rocky shoreline, with panoramic views of Calvi’s whitewashed citadel, and a stone’s throw from one of Corsica’s most beautiful beaches, this welcoming hotel offers a wonderful outdoor pool, a panoramic restaurant and bar/terrace, as well as rooms with satellite TV, hairdryer and safe.

3★ Campanile nice Aeroport Hotel – nicePerfectly located very close to the airport, giving you the opportunity to make the very most of your stays on the Riviera, this modern hotel has been totally renovated, and in addition to comfortable air-conditioned rooms, offers a buffet breakfast, a lounge, bar and café.

The holiday is based in the gorgeous port of Calvi, with its rocky bastions crowned by the ancient walled citadel, and where the colourful quai Landry looks out over the harbour crammed with pleasure craft.

Rest and relax in the holiday hotel, enjoy an included excursion to the beautiful resort of L’Île Rousse, and St-Florent, set on the edge of the mysterious Désert des Agriates, and join optional tours to historic Bastia, with its picturesque Vieux Port and crumbling, colourful old town, the Terra Vecchia, a visit to a winery on the flower-strewn peninsula of Cap Corse, and to Ajaccio, where Napoleon was born in 1769, and which is stunningly set beside one of the world’s most beautiful bays.

Your stay is bookended by two nights in Nice, glittering capital of the French Riviera,

and famed for its sweeping Promenade des Anglais, fringed by beaches and backed by art-deco hotels. You’ll enjoy a guided tour of this wonderful resort town before catching the ferry to Corsica, the first of two journeys across the blue Mediterranean that complete this wonderful holiday.

This extraordinarily good value holiday offers the opportunity to enjoy two nights on the fabled Côte d’Azur and a five-night stay on the spectacular french island of Corsica, birthplace of napoleon, and one of the Mediterranean’s most favoured – and unspoiled – corners. With included tours of sparkling nice and Corsica’s beautiful north coast, and two daytime ferry sailings across the blue waters of the Mediterranean, this will be a wonderful holiday to remember.

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Fortress of Corte

Nice

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Estoril Beach

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lISbOn & THE ESTORIl COASTAvailable: May, Jun, Aug – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Guided city tour of Lisbon on Day Two• Visit to Evora on Day Five• Seven nights’ bed and breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Sana, Estoril

• Return flights from your local airport to Portugal

• One suitcase allowance per person• Return transfers between the airport

and hotel• The services of a Tour Manager


the following airports:✈ bournemouth ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Jersey ✈ Manston ✈ newcastle ✈ newquay ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton



Optional Excursions:Obido, nazaré and fátima (full day) – day four £35 per person

Cacais and Sintra (half day) – day Seven £18 per person

Please note: Half-board upgrades available.

Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, famous Estoril, with its sheltered aspect and genteel air – as well as Europe’s largest casino – has long been one of Europe’s favourite watering holes. Dazzling floral displays, a small beach, lido and elegant seafront with its bistros and old-fashioned cafés, as well as the bustle of neighbour Cascais, all contribute to the wonderful atmosphere of a marvellous holiday base.

In addition to the resort’s delights, you’ll enjoy two wonderful escorted excursions, the first to the historic Portuguese capital Lisbon, which stands gloriously on the River Tagus, from whose estuary explorers set sail for the New World on their Journeys of Discovery, and is a joy to behold, and the second to the province of Alentejo, a rolling land of cork and olive farms and adegas (wineries), at the heart of which is the exquisite city of Évora, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a

living museum of Renaissance splendours.

Rest and relax in Estoril, or join other optional tours, which include the ancient town of Óbidos, historic fishing port Nazaré and the fabled shrine at Fátima, and an afternoon exploring Cascais and ancient, Royal Sintra.

Rest and relax in one of Europe’s most elegant holiday haunts, explore the tangled web of complex past and strikingly modern that is the Portuguese capital, discover the UNESCO-listed wonder of Renaissance gem évora and, on our other optional excursions, take the opportunity to visit some of the country’s most enthralling and enchanting corners.

Lisbon & the Estoril CoastFamous Atlantic Resort

Pena National Palace, Sintra

4★ Estoril Eden Apart-Hotel – Estoril Prices from £627Offering full hotel services and a range of amenities that includes panoramic restaurant and bar, outdoor pool and bar, indoor heated pool, Jacuzzi, fitness centre with sauna and massage (payable locally), as well as rooms with kitchenette/diner, WiFi and air conditioning, the Eden is a perfect holiday choice.

3★ Sana Hotel – Estoril Prices from £529This elegant hotel in the resort centre offers a stunning view of sweeping Cascais Bay from its rooftop restaurant. Well-appointed rooms offer air conditioning, cable-TV, WiFi, safe and hairdryer, and there is a pleasant bar with terrace, an outdoor pool and outdoor breakfast area.

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while taking the time to explore the capital Lisbon, and heritage site of Evora. This is the perfect mix of

sightseeing and relaxation.”Dean Stilwell, Product Manager


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4★ Estalagem Santo André – Póvoa de Varzim Prices from £499The family-run Santo André hotel sits beside the long, sandy beach, just two miles from the resort’s centre. There is a reception, restaurant, bar and lounge area, outdoor pool and terrace. All bedrooms have private facilities, a telephone and satellite TV. The hotel is officially graded four-star. However in our opinion it is a three-star superior hotel.

4★ Axis Vermar beach Hotel – Póvoa de Varzim Prices from £527Located next to the beach in Póvoa de Varzim, the hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and table-tennis, bar and lounge areas, reception and restaurant with glorious sea views. All bedrooms are air-conditioned, with private facilities, a hairdryer, mini-bar and satellite TV.

Our base, the historic town of Póvoa de Varzim, with its stunning beaches, lies north of Oporto on the Costa Verde. A good selection of shops, bars, cafés and restaurants, as well as a nearby golf-course, make Póvoa an excellent base for this holiday.

Our included tour takes you to the ancient city of Oporto, which clings haphazardly to the hillsides above the beautiful River Douro, after which you will visit a famous wine lodge. There’s also an included visit to the Minho region, taking in the seaside town of Viana do Castelo and the border towns of Melgaço and Valenca do Minhoa. Our final included excursion takes you through the Vinho Verde vineyards to the market town of Ponte de Lima, and on to Portugal’s only National Park, Peneda Gêres.

Optional excursions include a visit to Barcelos – home to Europe’s largest open-air market – and Braga, former catholic capital, with its

fabled Bom Jesus shrine. You may decide to spend a day in the wine-producing Douro Valley and visit a working quinta. Don’t miss the opportunity to journey across the Spanish border to the stunning city of Santiago de Compostela and its shrine, visited by pilgrims since medieval times.

discover some of Portugal’s best-kept secrets on this holiday, with three full-day excursions included in the price. Guided tours and optional excursions will take you to the historic city of Oporto, the vineyards of the douro Valley and the beautiful Costa Verde, or green coast, a protected area of outstanding natural beauty.

fOUR-STAR HIddEn PORTUGAlAvailable: May, Jun, Aug– Oct 2014

The price includes:• A trip to Oporto on Day Two• A visit to the Costa Verde on Day Five• A visit to Viana do Castelo and Valenca

do Minho on Day Six• Seven nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast

accommodation at the four-star Estalagem Santo André in Póvoa de Varzim (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Oporto• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager


the following airports:✈ bournemouth ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Jersey ✈ Manston ✈ newcastle ✈ newquay ✈ norwich




Optional Excursions:douro Valley and Régua (full day) – day Three £35 per person

barcelos & braga (full day) – day four £19 per person

Santiago de Compostela (full day) – day Seven £29 per person


Please note: There is a frequent public bus service into Póvoa from the Estalagem Santo André, but the hotel’s location – a short distance away from the town’s amenities – may not make this holiday choice suitable for those with walking difficulties.

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Fishing Boats, Oporto

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4★ Hidden Portugal Oporto, Viana do Castelo & Costa Verde

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4★ Antequera Golf – Antequera Prices from £564This comfortable hotel is within walking distance of the town centre, and offers an outdoor pool, gym, gardens and terraces, piano bar, café and restaurant. There is also a spa, indoor pool and golf course (payable locally). Air-conditioned bedrooms have private facilities.

3★ Hotel las Villas de Antikaria – Antequera Prices from £469This modern hotel is within walking distance of Antequera’s historic centre, and has a restaurant, bar, café, reading room and large terrace. Spacious rooms have private facilities, TV, high-speed internet connection, air conditioning, hairdryer, telephone and a mini-bar.

This wonderful escorted holiday includes full-day visits to Seville, the beautiful, historic ‘City of flamenco’ – and the great Moorish citadel of Granada – with entrance included to the truly stunning Alhambra Palace. You’ll stay in the heart of Andalucia and can enjoy carefully planned optional excursions to magnificent Cordoba and exquisite hill-top Ronda, with its fabled gorge.

Antequera, your holiday base, is an historic, traditional Andalusian market town, with Roman remains, a fine museum and a Moorish castle with spectacular views. Nearby attractions include the ancient Dolmen caves and towering ‘lovers’ rock’ which overlooks the town.

Seville, setting for Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ and Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, is one of Spain’s greatest treasures. Its stunning centrepiece is the magnificent Cathedral, one of the largest Gothic churches in Christendom, with its 300ft high Giralda Tower. Several atmospheric old quarters of narrow streets – perfect for wandering – open on to tree-lined squares. Don’t miss the monumental Plaza de Toros, the city’s ancient bullring, or the ornate, fountain-fronted Plaza de Espana.

Set beneath the snow-capped Sierra Nevada, Granada, the former capital, is breathtaking.

The highlight is its crowning glory – the awe-inspiring Alhambra, the beautiful park and walled settlement surrounding one of the world’s finest Moorish Palaces.

On optional excursions you can discover delightful Ronda, above a dramatic gorge, with a maze of narrow streets and a historic bullring, and the great city of Cordoba.

Plaza de España, Seville

Alhambra, Granada

SEVIllE, GRAnAdA & ClASSIC SPAInAvailable: Mar – Jun, Sep – nov 2014

The price includes:• A full day visit to Seville on Day Two• An excursion to Granada with a guided

tour of the Alhambra Palace on Day Five• Five nights’ bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Las Villas de Antikaria in Antequera (half-board and upgrade hotel available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Malaga• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ East Midlands ✈ Edinburgh ✈ Glasgow ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Southend ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Cordoba (full day) – day Three £45 per person

Ronda (full day) – day four £26 per person

Please note: Half-board upgrades are available for a supplement. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

Seville, Granada & Classic Spain

Seville

“Our Tour Manager’s attitude throughout was one

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bERlIn, COldITz & dRESdEnAvailable: Apr – Jul, Sep – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A guided tour of Berlin on Day Two• A visit to Leipzig on Day Three• A guided visit to Colditz on Day Three• A guided tour of Dresden on Day Four• Two nights’ bed & breakfast at the Hotel

Tiergarten in Berlin• Two nights’ bed & breakfast at the Park

Inn by Radisson in Dresden• Return flights to Berlin• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Glasgow ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:berlin TV Tower – day Two £13 per person

Since the ‘fall of the Wall’ in 1989, Berlin has returned to the world stage as a vibrant, thrusting, exciting, innovative, metropolis, high on youthful exuberance. Highlights include Norman Foster’s startling Reichstag, the glass-and steel-covered Hauptbahnhof, the fabled Brandenburg Gate and the green acres of the city’s great park, the Tiergarten.

Stroll down Unter den Linden past the Staatsoper, the city’s famed opera house; don’t miss Gendarmenmarkt, one of Europe’s most beautiful squares, or the chance to head up the giant TV Tower for a bird’s-eye view. By day and especially by night, Berlin sparkles, and the visit will doubtless tempt you to return to this wonderful place.

Leipzig – Goethe’s ‘Little Paris’, and home for half of his life to Johann Sebastian Bach - is no less fascinating. There will be free time for lunch and individual exploration of the historic central Markt before continuing to Colditz.

We include a visit to fabled Colditz, the former Oflag 1VC POW camp, and two nights in the stunning Baroque gem of Dresden. Its wonderfully restored Altstadt and relatively unscathed Neustadt sit respectively south and north of the great River Elbe, and complete this truly fascinating peek behind the former Iron Curtain.

This wonderful value four-night break takes in three of the most glorious cities of the former East Germany, and includes a stay in reunified berlin, visits to historic, newly sparkling leipzig and the famous POW castle at Colditz, and two nights in the stunning baroque gem of dresden, perhaps the greatest symbol of post-war restoration.

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Park Inn by Radisson – dresden Located in a quiet area close to the river, the hotel offers easy access to Dresden’s attractions, and boasts air-conditioned rooms featuring high-speed WiFi, TV, telephone, hairdryer and a mini-bar. The Zum Atrium bar and restaurant offers local and international dishes.

Hotel Tiergarten – berlin Situated close to the green swathes of the city’s former hunting grounds, this small, privately owned hotel, in a pre-war house, offers a first-floor breakfast room, and comfortable bedrooms offering cable TV, radio and a hairdryer. The hotel is close to many bars and restaurants.

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Colditz

Dresden

“This is a short break that is sure to fascinate with visits

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Enjoy all the freedom of a holiday where you can come and go as you please, dining in or out at your leisure, by choosing to holiday in a private, self-catering apartment.Situated in and around the resort of Mlini, or along the picturesque Dubrovnik coastline, these apartments are all located in quiet locations within 10 minutes’ walk of the seafront and easy distance of public transport to the city.All the apartments are privately owned and managed, offer clean accommodation and amenities that vary, but will always include private facilities, kitchenette with fridge, two-ring cooking hob, a comfortable living room and a balcony or terrace.We offer the choice of one-bedroom apartments for a maximum of two guests, or two-bedroom apartments for three or four guests.During your stay you will be able to join our exciting optional excursions, as detailed above.

Private Self-Catering Apartmentslocated along the dubrovnik coastline

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik


THE dUbROVnIK RIVIERAAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Seven nights’ self-catering

accommodation based on two sharing (hotel accommodation offering half-board arrangements is available)

• Return flights to Dubrovnik• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager


the following airports:✈ bournemouth ✈ Cardiff ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Inverness ✈ Isle of Man ✈ Jersey ✈ Manston ✈ norwich

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ East Midlands ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Stansted



Rest and relax in your very own good quality self-catering apartment or choose to stay in one of our hotels enjoying half-board service. All you’ll have to decide is whether to dip into the pool or the warm waters that gently lap pebbly beaches and rocky coves, or join some wonderful optional excursions – this is holiday heaven!

Choose to stay in the popular coastal resort of Mlini, some 10 kilometres south of the city, or the tiny seaside resort of Plat. You’ll enjoy a wonderful blend of traditional Croatian hospitality mixed with the laid-back temperament of Italy or Spain, epitomised by a vibrant café-life and the daily evening Corsa, or stroll, by locals in their ‘Sunday best’. Get to know the incomparable ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’, with its captivating medieval Old Town

surrounded by ancient walls offering breathtaking views of the city’s orange-tiled roofs, narrow streets, the Old Port and the Adriatic beyond.

Unmissable optional excursions include a journey through the River Neretva delta to historic Mostar, with its famous, lovingly restored bridge, a full day in tiny Montenegro – one of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful corners – and a cruise to the exquisite Elaphite Islands.

Relax on this simply wonderful holiday based on the shores of the blue Adriatic. Stay in a choice of excellent private self-catering apartments or hotels in or near the exquisite walled city of dubrovnik, one of Croatia’s – and indeed Europe’s – most sparkling jewels.

The Dubrovnik Riviera

Optional Excursionsdubrovnik (half day) – day Three £39 per person

Mostar (full day) – day four £39 per person

Montenegro (full day) – day Six £47 per person

Cruise to the Elaphite Islands (half day) – day Seven £39 per person

Your Accommodation Choices

Private ApartmentsSelf-Catering

Prices from £425 (based on 2 sharing)

Please note: Your exact apartment will be confirmed on arrival and your Tour Manager will ensure you are made familiar with all the amenities in your holiday surroundings. This accommodation choice is not suitable for anyone with walking difficulties.

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Prices from £565

Hotel AstareaMliniHalf-Board

Prices from £439Please note: Rooms will be allocated either in the main building or in a separate block in the grounds of the hotel.

Hotel KomodorDubrovnikHalf-Board

Prices from £537

Hotel VisDubrovnikHalf-Board

Prices from £509

Hotel UvalaDubrovnikHalf-Board

Prices from £719This hotel is located just 70 metres from the shore of Lapad Bay and only 50 metres away from the bus stop for the centre of Dubrovnik. Facilities include a spa and wellness centre, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, lounge, bar, reception and two lifts. The air-conditioned restaurant serves buffet breakfasts and the evening meal. All air-conditioned rooms have private facilities and satellite TV and balcony.

4★ Hotel Uvaladubrovnik

The welcoming Hotel Vis is idyllically set right on the shore of Lapad Bay, and boasts a garden terrace, and waterfront man-made sun-bathing area. There is a restaurant with open air terrace and bar, games room and beach snack bar. Rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV, air conditioning, a telephone and balcony.

3★ Hotel Visdubrovnik

This small and friendly hotel is some 100 metres from the beach, overlooks the bay, and boasts an outdoor freshwater pool and poolside bar, sun-terrace and shaded area. There is a restaurant with terrace, coffee bar, lift, lounge and TV room. Air-conditioned rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV and a telephone.

3★ Hotel Komodordubrovnik

Set amongst cypress trees, above a pebble beach and overlooking the blue bay of Župa Dubrovac ka, this modern hotel offers an air-conditioned restaurant and taverna, piano and lido bars, heated indoor pool and fitness centre. The beach offers water sports (payable locally). Rooms offer private facilities, TV, a hairdryer, telephone and balcony.

3★ Hotel AstareaMlini

In a wonderful shore-side location in the tiny resort of Plat, some 12 kilometres south of Dubrovnik, this excellent hotel offers peace and tranquillity as well some modern amenities to add to the pleasure of your holiday. Rooms offer air conditioning, private facilities, fridge, hairdryer, telephone, satellite TV and balcony.

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£579per person

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Dubrovnik & the Treasures of the AdriaticThis fully escorted holiday, a perfect choice for anyone who likes to combine rest and relaxation with exciting exploration, includes half-board accommodation in a choice of three hotels close to the walled city of Dubrovnik, and four wonderful excursions in the company of a friendly Tour Manager, who will bring to life this beautiful corner of the world.

3★ Hotel Astarea – Mlini Prices from £579

3★ Hotel Vis – dubrovnik Prices from £649

4★ Hotel Uvala – dubrovnik Prices from £859

See above for full hotel details.

Your Hotel Choices

Available: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Walking tour in Dubrovnik on Day Three• Tour of historic Mostar city on Day Four• A visit to Montenegro on Day Six• Cruise to the Elaphite islands on Day Seven• Seven nights’ dinner bed and breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Astarea (hotel upgrades available)

• All standard inclusions apply


Book this holiday online at: www.newmarket-tours.co.uk/16630

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With half-board accommodation throughout, and travel by comfortable coach in the company of a friendly, professional Tour Manager and local guides who will bring to life the places visited, this will be a holiday to remember for a long time to come.

The first three nights are spent in the delightful resort of Drevnik, on the sweeping Makarska Riviera, from where there are splendid views to the islands of Hvar and Korcula.

From here, you’ll journey to explore the vibrant city of Split – with its wondrous old town, elegant waterfront promenade, and crumbling palace of Roman Emperor Diocletian – and the walled, island-city of Trogir.

You’ll then head south, journeying through the River Neretva delta – a wildlife paradise – to historic Mostar, with its famous, lovingly restored bridge, before heading to your beautifully located second base close to Dubrovnik.

Your four night stay in Mlini gives you time to get to know the incomparable ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’, with its captivating medieval Old Town and ancient city walls, and to enjoy a full day in stunning Montenegro, including the spectacular, UNESCO-listed Bay of Kotor – a fitting finale to the holiday.

With exquisite cities, the world’s most beautiful coastlines and one of Europe’s ‘newest’ countries next door, it’s no wonder that dubrovnik and the dalmatian Coast are amongst the latest ‘must-see’ destinations. This escorted two-centre holiday allows you to explore the region including visits to Split, Trogir and dubrovnik and a full day tour of Montenegro.

dUbROVnIK, MOnTEnEGRO & THE dAlMATIAn COASTAvailable: May – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A full day visit to Split and Trogir on

Day Two• A visit to Mostar and the River Neretva

Delta on Day Four• A half day tour to Dubrovnik on Day Five• A full day excursion to Montenegro on

Day Six• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at

the four-star Quercus Hotel in Drevnik • Four nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast at

the three-star Astarea Hotel in Mlini• Return flights to Dubrovnik• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel coach transfers



the following airports:✈ bournemouth ✈ Cardiff ✈ Exeter ✈ Humberside ✈ Inverness ✈ Isle of Man ✈ Jersey ✈ Manston ✈ norwich




Optional Excursions:boat Trip and fish Picnic (full day) – day Three £42 per person

dubrovnik guided city tour (half day) – day five £15 per person

Dubrovnik

Kotor, Montenegro

Dubrovnik, Montenegro & the Dalmatian Coast

Your Touring Hotels

3★ Hotel Astarea – MliniSet amongst cypress trees, above a pebble beach and overlooking the blue bay of Župa Dubrovacˇ ka, this modern hotel offers an air-conditioned restaurant and a taverna, piano and lido bars, heated indoor pool and fitness centre. The beach offers water sports (payable locally). Rooms feature private facilities, TV, hairdryer and a telephone.

4★ Quercus Hotel – drevnik This friendly hotel is close to the small selection of shops and just 200 metres from the pebble beach, which is shaded by pine trees, and looks out over an idyllic vista of blue waters and distant islands. The hotel has a pool and sun terrace, restaurant, lounge and bar. Rooms offer private facilities, satellite TV and a telephone

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Mlini, and a full day visit to neighbouring Montenegro.”Andy Jones, Product Manager

Please note: Rooms will be allocated either in the main building or in a separate block in the grounds of the hotel.


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Lake Bled

Lipica Stud FarmPredjama Castle in Postojna, Slovenia

lAKE blEd & lJUblJAnAAvailable: Apr – Jun, Sep 2014

The price includes:• Guided walking tour of Lake Bled

on Day Two• Included guided city tour to Ljubljana

on Day Four• Seven nights’ bed and breakfast

accommodation in three-star Hotel Krim in Lake Bled

• Return flights to Venice• Return airport to hotel transfers• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle



Optional Excursions:lipizzaner Stud farm (full day) – day day Three £16 per person

Postojna Caves (full day) – day Six £29 per person

lake Wörthersee & Klagenfurt (full day) – day Seven £19 per person

3★ Hotel Krim – bledIn the heart of the resort and a stone’s throw from the lake, the Krim offers comfortable rooms with TV, telephone and free WiFi, and boasts restaurant, bar and popular café – perfect for afternoon tea and cake. There is a well-equipped ‘wellness’ centre (payable locally) for the energetic.

Set at the foot of the Julian Alps, Lake Bled, surrounded by forested slopes and with its idyllic offshore island crowned by an exquisite Baroque church, is a treasure. The resort itself offers everything that one would wish for in an international holiday destination, with a host of shops, restaurants and shore-side bars. Join our friendly Tour Manager for a walking tour to get to know the town and its surroundings.

Laid-back Ljubljana is one of Europe’s most delightful capitals, a Baroque gem straddling the River Ljubljanica, with its shady, willow-lined banks. Several elegant bridges span the river as it flows through the exquisite Old Town, the

focal point of which is the 18th-century St Nicholas Cathedral. A walkabout city, Ljubljana offers new delights at every turn, and your visit here will be one of the highlights of the holiday.

Our optional excursions offer the chance to visit the stud farm at Lipica, where the white horses of Vienna’s celebrated Spanish Riding School are bred for their ability to perform graceful dressage steps, to discover one of the world’s most famous caves, the giant chasm at Postojna, and to cross the border into Carinthia, a glorious region of Austria crowned by the Renaissance charm of Klagenfurt, set close to the warm waters of Lake Wörthersee.

based close to the shores of one of Europe’s most beautiful and most celebrated lakes, this wonderful holiday, in addition to a guided introduction to the delights of bled, includes a visit to Slovenia’s charming capital, and there’s chance to join some fascinating excursions to discover more of Slovenia and beautiful neighbouring Austrian Carinthia.

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Ljubljana

“Ljubljana is one of Europe’s hidden gems.


Please note: Half board supplement available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.


Lake Bled & LjubljanaSlovenia’s Scenic Gems

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In Moscow you’ll see the Kremlin and adjacent Red Square, where the multi-coloured, onion-domed St Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s eerie mausoleum look out over the vast space. Other highlights include the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the Lubyanka, former headquarters of the KGB. Optional tours provide a close-up view of the Kremlin and a walking tour of its beautiful squares, churches and palaces. The full day ‘Highlights of Moscow’ tour takes in Victory Park, the Kremlin’s Armoury Palace, Arbat Street and two of Moscow’s landmark Metro stations.

The overnight First Class sleeper train transports you to the stunning city of St Petersburg, the sparkling ‘Venice of the North’ with its canals, great squares and opulent palaces. An included city tour will take in fabled Palace Square, home to the Winter Palace housing the incomparable Hermitage Museum. Marvel at the exquisite Admiralty, majestic St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the fabled

statue of The Bronze Horseman, the Mariinsky Palace and theatre, and the onion-domed Church of ‘Our Saviour on Spilled Blood’.

Optional tours include a guided tour of the Hermitage, a visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress, a full day visit to the Imperial Palace at Pushkin and the gardens at Peterhof, and the chance to enjoy Cossack dancing and folk-songs.

Experience two of the world‘s most exciting cities, travelling between them by overnight first Class sleeper train. Join us on included guided sightseeing tours in both cities and discover more of this fascinating country’s history and culture on our optional excursions.

MOSCOW & ST. PETERSbURGAvailable: Mar–May, Jul–Oct 2014

The price includes:• A guided sightseeing tour of Moscow on

Day Two• A guided sightseeing tour of St

Petersburg on Day Four• Two nights’ bed & buffet breakfast

accommodation at the Holiday Inn Suschevsky in Moscow

• One night in a First Class compartment on the overnight sleeper train from Moscow to St Petersburg

• Two nights’ bed & buffet breakfast accommodation at the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya in St Petersburg

• Flights to Moscow, returning from • St Petersburg• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester✈ newcastle ✈ norwich



Optional Excursions:Kremlin & Red Square (half day) – day Two £35 per person

Highlights of Moscow (full day) – day Three £66 per person

Hermitage Museum (half day) –

day four £41 per person

Tsars’ Grand Palaces (full day) –

day five £58 per person

Cossack folklore & dinner (evening) – day five £99 per person

Peter & Paul fortress (half day) – day Six £47 per person

Please note: British Citizens require a visa for entry into Russia. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.

St Petersburg

Red Square, Moscow

Moscow & St Petersburg

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Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel – St. Petersburg 15 minutes from the city centre, this large hotel offers impressive facilities and a very good standard of service. It boasts a lounge area, cocktail bar and three restaurants. The hotel also has an on-site water park and Spa Centre. All bedrooms have private facilities, satellite TV and 24-hour room service.

Holiday Inn Suschevsky – Moscow A short drive from the Kremlin and Red Square, and close to a Metro Station, this hotel has a bar, lift and lounge, a restaurant, small gym and gift shop. All rooms have private facilities, safe, satellite TV, mini-bar and 24-hour room service.

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3★ Olimpiyat Hotel – Istanbul Located in the heart of Istanbul’s historic peninsula, and short stroll away from major sights, including the Topkapiu Palace, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar and Spice Bazaar, the hotel offers a café, and a bar and lounge area. All of the bedrooms have air conditioning, telephone, satellite TV, mini-bar, hairdryer, and free WiFi internet access.

4★ Iris Hotel – near Çanakkale In a beautiful setting overlooking the blue Aegean Sea, between Çanakkale and ancient Troy, the Iris Hotel offers a restaurant and tranquil outdoor swimming pool. The air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, telephone, internet access, safe and a hairdryer.

4★ Imbat Hotel – Kusadasi The Imbat is set on its own sandy beach, looking out over the Aegean Sea, and boasts a selection of restaurants, several bars, swimming pool and entertainment and Turkish bath and spa. The bedrooms are air-conditioned and have a mini-bar. This is an excellent base from which to join the included and optional excursions.

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

ISTAnbUl & THE TREASURES Of AnCIEnT TURKEYAvailable: feb – Jun, Sep – nov 2014

The price includes:• Visits to Topkapı Palace and Spice

Bazaar in Istanbul on Day Two• Visits to the Blue Mosque, Aya Sofya,

Grand Bazaar and Roman Hippodrome in Istanbul on Day Three

• Scenic Drive through Anzac Cove on Day Four

• Visits to Troy and Pergamon on Day Five• Visits to Ephesus, Temple of Artemis & St.

John the Baptist Basilica on Day Seven• Three nights’ bed & breakfast

accommodation at the Olimpiyat Hotel in Istanbul

• One night’s dinner, bed & breakfast accommodation at the Iris hotel near Çanakkale

• Three nights’ dinner, bed & breakfast accommodation at the Tusan Beach Resort in Kusadasi

• Flights to Istanbul, returning from Izmir• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers and

travel throughout• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Traditional ‘Kumkapi’ fish dinner (evening) – day Two £40 per person

bosphorus Cruise – day Three £36 per person

Pamukkale Cotton Castle (full day) – day Six £53 per person

Kusadasi Caravanserai Turkish night – day Seven £40 per person

Please note: British Citizens require a visa for entry into Turkey. This must be paid cash upon arrival in Istanbul at £10 per person.

Join us first in extraordinary Istanbul, which bridges the divide between Europe and Asia, and brims with magnificent reminders of its illustrious past while exuding an intoxicating present vitality. Journey then, via the poignant Gallipoli peninsula and across the Dardanelles into the heart of ancient Aeolia, beside the North Aegean Sea, to enjoy visits to the ancient site of Troy, scene of the legendary tale of the wooden horse, and to Bergama, where the ruins of the once-great city of Pergamon are crowned by its ancient acropolis.

A three-night stay in the bustling resort of Kusadasi, overlooking the blue waters of the Aegean, affords a chance to rest and relax,

or to join the optional excursion to the unique thermal cascades at fabled Pamukkale, before the holiday is completed with a visit to the stunningly preserved ruins of the city of Ephesus, one of the ancient world’s most important sites.

With accommodation in excellent hotels throughout, including four nights with half-board arrangements, and travel by comfortable coach in the company of a professional Tour Manager and knowledgeable local guides, this is a perfect introduction to a truly fascinating corner of the world.

At the end of your holiday why not extend your stay in Kusadasi? Stay at The Imbat Hotel, with breakfast and dinner included, for an extra four nights. See website for details.

Opportunities to discover one of the world’s most enthralling cities - the great former Imperial capital of the byzantine and Ottoman empires – and some of the world’s finest Classical sites, as well the chance to visit one of its most remarkable natural phenomena, are combined on this fascinating escorted tour of a great country.

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Istanbul & the Treasures of Ancient Turkey

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4★ Hotel Kaiser franz Joseph – Vienna In the elegant 19th District, with easy access to the centre, this hotel offers a coffee house, restaurant and bar, as well as a fitness centre with sauna and steam room. All guest rooms are in apartment style, with a kitchen, bathroom and a dining room.

3★ lion’s Garden Hotel – budapest The hotel is centrally located and within walking distance of many of the sights including Parliament Building and Heroes’ Square. The hotel has a restaurant, bar and lounge, a wellness centre including a gym, swimming pool and spa treatments. All of the bedrooms have hair dryer, mini-bar, satellite TV, air conditioning and safe.

3★ Hotel duo – Prague North of the city, with good access to the centre by a nearby metro station, this popular hotel offers two bars, a choice of restaurants and a sports centre with swimming pool, bowling alley, gymnasium, sauna, solarium and beauty salon (payable locally). All bedrooms have private facilities.

Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna

Old Town Square, Prague

Two nights are spent in captivating Prague, and include a gentle walking tour around the exquisite Old Town, the city’s heart since the 13th Century, and – across the famous Charles Bridge – the magnificent Castle District.

Heading into Bohemia, you’ll visit Bratislava, delightfully set on the River Danube, with its Baroque architecture, before driving on to Hungary and Budapest, the enthralling capital.

On the included tour you’ll discover two cities in one; one ‘half’ Buda, is an elegant hillside of opulent buildings, and Pest, across the river, is a bustling hive of museums, galleries, thermal baths, restaurants and bars. The vast Gothic Parliament lines the river on the Pest side.

Great Imperial Vienna is next, with its Baroque palaces, cathedral, churches and museums, its elegant shopping arcades and famous Ringstrasse of vast government buildings overlooking great squares. The world famous Hofburg Palace is one of Europe’s greatest buildings – home to the Spanish Riding School, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, several museums and the Austrian President. The Old Town’s labyrinth of narrow streets is crammed with shops and cafés – enjoy coffee and cake in one of several celebrated Viennese meeting places.

You’ll return to Prague for the final night, with the chance to view the city from the river on a last wonderful optional excursion.

Journey through the heart of Imperial Eastern Europe in the company of our knowledgeable Tour Manager on this great value escorted tour. Visit the breathtaking capital of the Czech Republic, the beautiful Pearl of the danube and the great Imperial capital of Austria, as well as calling in Slovakia’s striking capital bratislava.

PRAGUE, bUdAPEST & VIEnnAAvailable: Mar – Oct 2014

The price includes:• A guided tour of Prague on Day Two• A short visit to Bratislava on Day Three• A guided tour of Budapest on Day Four• A guided tour of Vienna on Day Five• Three nights’ bed & breakfast at the

three-star Hotel Duo in Prague• Two nights’ bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Lion’s Garden Hotel in Budapest

• Two nights’ bed & breakfast at the four-star Hotel Kaiser Franz Joseph in Vienna

• Return flights to Prague• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel coach transfers


This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:budapest River Cruise – day four £21 per person

budapest folklore Evening – day four £30 per person

Schönbrunn Palace (half day) – day Six £16 per person

Prague Evening River Cruise – day Seven £29 per person

Please note: In the event of higher than anticipated demand, we reserve the right to use an alternative hotel, which will be of at least the same standard in a similar location.

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“Thank you for providing such an excellent holiday and we look forward, with

confidence, to enjoying further trips with your company.”Mr & Mrs Hillingdon, Lancashire


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PRAGUE, KRAKóW & THE TATRA MOUnTAInSAvailable: Mar – Jul, Sep, Oct 2014

The price includes:• Guided walking tour of the Old Town in

Prague on Day Two• Overnight train from Prague to Kraków

in a private compartment on Day Three/Four

• Guided city tour of Kraków on Day Four• Full day excursion to the Tatra Mountains

on Day Five• Guided visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau

concentration camp on Day Six• Two nights half-board accommodation at

the three-star Hotel Duo in Prague• Three nights half-board accommodation

at the three-star Conrad Hotel in Kraków• Dinner in a local restaurant in Prague on

the evening of Day Three• Flights from the UK to Prague, returning

from Kraków• One suitcase allowance per person• Return transfers between the airport

and hotel• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ Aberdeen ✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Prague lunchtime River Cruise – day Three £29 per person

Please note: In the event of higher than anticipated demand, we reserve the right to use an alternative hotel, which will be of at least the same standard in a similar location.

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4★ Conrad Hotel – KrakówThis modern four-star hotel is located to the north of the city, and offers comfortable rooms with flat-screen TV, tea/coffee-maker, hair-dryer, free internet connection and safe, and boasts a fitness room, sauna and Jacuzzi. The hotel boasts a restaurant offering Polish and international dishes, and a café.

3★ Hotel duo – PragueNorth of the city, with good access to the centre, this popular hotel offers rooms with private facilities, satellite TV, radio and telephone, two bars and two restaurants, and boasts a sports centre with bowling alley, gymnasium, swimming pool, sauna, solarium and beauty salon (payable locally).

The first two nights of the holiday are spent in Prague, with its beautiful Old Town, extraordinary astronomical clock, famous Charles Bridge across the River Vlatava and towering Castle district, which is crowned by the spires of Gothic St Vitus cathedral, the resting place of ‘Good’ King Wenceslas. Enjoy a guided tour of the ancient heart of this, one of the ‘New Europe’s’ most vibrant corners, and the chance to cruise on the river over lunch, on an optional excursion.

The excitement of an overnight sleeper train, and an awakening in a new destination, brings you to Kraków, seat of Polish kings, former archbishopric of Pope John Paul II, and an architectural treasure-chest to rival any world city. Discover the mesmerising medieval heart centred on the great square of Rynek Glówny, and soak up the atmosphere of this cultured university seat.

A full day tour into the the stunning, Alpine-like surroundings of the glorious Tatra Mountains and the enchanting mountain town of Zakopane, and a moving day in the poignant surroundings of infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau, complete a truly fascinating tour.

This tremendous value two-centre holiday offers the opportunity to explore two of Europe’s most historic and remarkably preserved medieval cities, one the breathtaking bohemian capital of the Czech Republic, and the other the stunning ancient Royal capital of Poland. With half-board accommodation throughout, an overnight sleeper-train journey between the two cities, included tours and a full day amongst the exquisite scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this is a wonderful escorted tour to remember.

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Wawel Cathedral, Kraków

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“This great value holiday explores two beautiful cities,

Prague and Kraków, and is sure to leave you with

lasting memories, of this wonderful and interesting

corner of Europe.

”Dean Stilwell, Product Manager


Prague, Kraków & the Tatra Mountains

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CYPRUS WInTER SUnAvailable: nov, dec 2013, Jan – Mar 2014

The price includes:• Seven nights’ self-catering

accommodation at the Daphne Apartments in Paphos based on two sharing (upgrade hotels available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Paphos, Cyprus• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ luton ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Paphos (half day) – day Three £21 per person

nicosia & lefkara (full day) – day four £35 per person

Troödos Mountains (full day) – day Six £35 per person

northern Cyprus (full day) – day Seven £55 per person

4★ Aloe Hotel – Paphos Prices from £521Set just 150 metres from the beach in popular Kato, Paphos, this excellent resort hotel has three restaurants, two bars, lounges, two outdoor pools, bike rental, tennis courts, gym, sauna and massage. Air-conditioned rooms have private facilities, hairdryer, mini-bar on request, safe (payable locally) and a balcony.

3★ dionysos Hotel – Paphos Prices from £479Centrally located close to all the resort’s amenities, the Dionysos offers traditional hospitality with recently renovated guest rooms. Facilities include two restaurants, café, bar, outdoor pool and pool bar and games room. Rooms have air conditioning, private facilities, TV, telephone, hairdryer, safe, mini-fridge and a balcony.

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daphne Apartments – Paphos Prices from££409 (based on 2 sharing)

Situated in the resort centre, close to the port and approximately 100 metres from the seafront, these apartments are ideal for those who choose to select a more independent holiday where rest and relaxation is the aim. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool and bar. Apartments have one or two bedrooms, air conditioning and a balcony or terrace.

The holiday is based in the delightful resort of Paphos, in the island’s southwest. There is much evidence of the town’s former glories as the Ancient Greek and Roman capital of the island, and while modern amenities provide creature comforts, development has not detracted from the wonder of the sites.

Bars and restaurants line the picturesque harbour front, behind which palm-fringed boulevards and flower-decked courtyards exude charm and conviviality by day and make for a pleasant evening. Further inland is Ano Pafos, with its historic Turkish Quarter of narrow streets and market stalls.

While much of your time will be spent resting and relaxing, the fascination and interest of the remains of past civilisations ensure that for the curious, there is much to see and do, on the included and optional excursions.

The varied and interesting optional excursion programme will include a visit to Paphos’ extraordinary ‘Tomb of the Kings’, the fascinating ‘divided city’ of Nicosia, the beautiful region of Northern Cyprus and a tour of the Troödos Mountains, home to remote villages and several wonderfully decorated Byzantine churches.

This ancient Mediterranean island, where Aphrodite is said to have risen from the waves, and where St Paul was ‘lucky’ enough to be shipwrecked, has long been a favourite destination of winter sun-seekers. famously hospitable, Cyprus boasts pristine beaches and a stunning interior rising to the snow-capped Troödos Mountains – all adding to your holiday enjoyment.

Cyprus Winter SunAphrodite’s sun-blessed isle


Also Available: Cyprus Winter SunEleven, fifteen or Twenty Two days from £459

A selection of longer duration Cyprus holidays are also available. Please see website for departure dates and prices.

For a full range of the accommodation we offer, please visit our website.

Book Your 2013 Festive Break Today!


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bERlIn CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Guided City Tour on Day Two• Visit to one of the Berlin Christmas

Markets on Day Two• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast

at the three-star Arcadia Hotel (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Berlin• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Glasgow ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:fernsehturm TV Tower – day Two £16 per person*

Potsdam – day Three £29.00 per person

*There is no wheelchair access at the Fernsehturm.

4★ Golden Tulip Hamburg – berlin Prices from £389This centrally located hotel, close to the shops of the ‘Ku’damm’ and the landmark Gedächtniskirche, offers high standards of service, and boasts a well-known restaurant serving traditional Berliner and international dishes, a lounge and bar. Modern rooms offer private facilities, mini-bar, TV, radio, telephone, in-room safe and a hairdryer.

3★ Arcadia Hotel – berlin Prices from £349This modern hotel offers easy access to Alexanderplatz by metro, and has a U-bahn metro station situated across the road, from which all parts of the city can be reached. The hotel has three restaurants and a bar, and boasts comfortable rooms with private facilities, mini-bar, TV, radio and a telephone.

In the following section you will also find a selection of Festive Breaks. Why not get away from it all at Christmas and relax and explore in some of Europe’s fascinating destinations? Stay in a good quality hotel and enjoy an included special meal on Christmas Day.

All our breaks include excellent tours and offer a wide range of great value optional excursions from which to choose – celebrate the festive season with Newmarket Holidays!

Join us on an unforgettable festive break! discover Europe’s traditional Christmas Markets, or rest and relax on a seasonal break away from home at a choice of wonderful locations.

Newmarket’s Christmas Market Breaks sell out quickly every year. Choose from customer favourites such as the Swiss Christmas Markets, and best-sellers including Prague and Barcelona (see following pages). You’ll have plenty of time to browse the stalls selling traditional gifts, and taste the local delicacies!

Join us in one of the world’s great cities, a shopping Mecca where some sixty traditional Christmas markets offer festive wares, delicacies and unusual goods, some boasting fairground rides and attractions, including ice-rinks and even a toboggan run!

An included guided tour introduces the major historic landmarks, including the Reichstag (Parliament) building, the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie, after which it’s time to savour the aromas of glühwein, almonds and sweet Christmas biscuits that waft around the wonderful ‘Weihnachtsmärkte’.

Berlin Christmas Markets

What our customers say about our Christmas Breaks:

“WONDERFUL! The best holiday we have

had for many years!

”Mr & Mrs Leigh, by email Italian Alpine Christmas Markets

“The trip far exceeded our expectations, it was excellent –

no complaints! We look forward to our next trip.

”Mrs Briggs & Miss Landau, Hadleigh Cologne Christmas Markets

“We were impressed with the quality of the tour... we have great memories of a very happy and wonderful

few days away ...

”Miss Norris, by email Germany’s Christmas Markets

Kurfurstendamm Christmas Market, Berlin

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4★ Prinzregent an der Messe – Munich Prices from £395Situated east of the city centre, some 10 minutes by S-Bahn from Marienplatz, this beautifully appointed hotel combines modern luxury with Bavarian tradition. Amenities include a comfortable bar, excellent restaurant and Wellness Centre (some services payable locally). Rooms offer large queen-sized beds, TV, safe, mini-bar and a hairdryer.

4★ Ramada Treff – Munich Prices from £359This bright modern hotel is close to Munich main station and Stachus pedestrian shopping area. Bavarian beers are available in the hotel bar. The hotel’s guest rooms and have air conditioning, free WiFi, satellite TV and private facilities.

In addition to the markets, don’t miss the displays of seasonal foodstuffs at the Viktualienmarkt, and join festive revellers in one of the city’s famous beer halls. An optional excursion to Salzburg is also available on this popular Christmastime break.

Join us in beautiful southern Germany, where the historic bavarian capital exudes festive fun, and the city’s streets and squares are transformed into a fairy tale winter-wonderland complete with colourful markets.

Munich Christmas Markets

3★ Hotel – Hotel Schuster – GredingThis traditional style hotel has been run by the family Schuster since 1598 and is located in the historic spa town of Greding. More than 900 years old, the town boasts a 16th-century castle, a 13th-century city wall as well as a number of shops. All rooms at the hotel are ensuite with TV and telephone. A continental breakfast is served in the restaurant.

Rothenburg Christmas Markets

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A full-day visit to fairytale, hilltop Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber is the highlight of this wonderful break. With accommodation in a traditional hotel in pretty, walled Greding, and the chance to visit historic nuremburg’s famous Christkindlesmarkt, this will be an unforgettable few days.

Famously set on the ‘Romantic Road’, 800-year-old Rothenburg’s impossibly beautiful cobbled streets and squares seem straight out of a fairy-tale, and are

added to by the picture postcard-perfect Käthe Wohlfahrt ‘Christmas Village’ with its astonishing displays and marvellous Christmas Museum, and the delightful Reiterlesmarkt Christmas Market, whose colourful collection of wooden stalls burst with Yuletide charm. Watched over by the ‘Christmas Angel’, with her curls and golden crown, historic Nuremberg’s world-famous ‘Little Town of Wood and Cloth’ is much imitated, but rarely bettered, and some 200 stalls, each monitored for its ‘authenticity’, offer a vast range of festive wares and foodstuffs.

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£359per person

Four days from

£329per person Rothenburg Christmas Market

Munich Christmas Market

MUnICH CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Munich City Tour on Day Two• Visit to Munich’s Christmas Market on

Day Two• Time to enjoy Munich at leisure or join us

on an optional excursion to Salzburg on Day Three

• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast accommodation at the four-star Ramada Treff Hotel (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Munich• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Salzburg (full day) – day Three £32.00 per person

ROTHEnbURG CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Visit to Rothenburg Christmas Markets

on Day Two• Included visit to the Christmas Museum

on Day Two• Included visit to the Kathe Wohlfahrt

Christmas Village on Day Two• Three nights continental bed & breakfast

accommodation at the three-star Hotel Schuster in Greding


This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:nuremburg – day Three £35.00 per personPlease note: Half-Board upgrade is available.




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Fügen village

Austrian Alpine Christmas Markets

Five days from

£449per person

3★Hotel Sonne – fügenThis modern, comfortable hotel in the heart of the village boasts a traditionally-styled Tyrolean stube bar, as well as a modern dining room. There is a sauna and locally payable beauty salon and solarium. The rooms feature private facilities, satellite TV, telephone, radio and balcony.

Spend a fun-packed few days in the classic winter-wonderland of the Austrian Tyrol, on a break which includes a visit to the exquisite Christmas market in majestic Innsbruck, as well as a chance to discover the ‘Sound of Music’ city of Salzburg.

Based in delightful Fügen, in a picture-postcard-perfect land of snow-capped peaks and wooden chalets, the break is the perfect start to the festive season, with Innsbruck’s Christkindlmarkt held in the shadow of the

famed ‘Golden Roof’, with the stalls offering traditional foodstuffs and handmade wares. Join the optional excursion to Mozart’s beautiful birth-place for yet more festive delights, travelling through beautiful Alpine scenery to the exquisite city set beneath Hohensalzburg Castle. Our not-to-be-missed day includes a walking tour and the chance to wander round the magical Christmas market, held in the superb setting of the city’s stunning, Baroque Cathedral Square.

AUSTRIAn AlPInE MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Visit to the Christmas Market in Innsbruck

on Day Two• Four nights’ bed & continental

breakfast accommodation at the three-star Hotel Sonne


This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:bergisel Ski Jump (afternoon) – day Two £11 per person

Visit to Salzburg (full day) – day four £35 per person

Four days from

£299per person

The scenic setting for the Grimm fairy tales , and a rolling landscape dotted with ancient villages, the black forest provides the perfect backdrop for a pre-Christmas break that also includes a full day in elegant baden-baden, one of Europe’s loveliest spa-towns.

In the heart of the ‘Schwarzwald’, Baden-Baden’s beautiful Christkindlesmarkt is held against the classical background of the city’s Kurhaus, with the scents of cinnamon, roast

chestnuts and glühwein wafting through the winter air. Discover the chic boutiques of the stylish shopping malls and the Altstadt, and stroll the Lichtentaler Allee, the beautifully decorated main street. On another day, relax at the hotel, or join the optional excursion to Strasbourg, where ‘Europe’s oldest Christmas market’ is held in the shadow of the city’s magnificent cathedral overlooking the ancient Petite France quarter of canals, covered bridges, cobbled streets and half-timbered buildings.

blACK fOREST CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Included visit to Baden-Baden Christmas

Markets on Day Two• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast

accommodation in the three-star Park Hotel Sonne in Schönau

• Return flights to either Stuttgart or Basel• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:Strasbourg Christmas Markets – day Three £34.00 per person

Please note: Half-Board upgrade is available.3★ Park Hotel Sonne – Schönau

This traditional family run hotel is situated in the centre of the small sleepy village of Schönau in one of the most beautiful valleys of Southern Black Forest. Rooms have a TV and telephone, en-suite with shower. The hotel has a cosy lounge/bar area as well as an a la carte restaurant. Continental breakfast is served in the main dining room.

Black Forest Christmas MarketsBaden-Baden Christkindlesmarkt

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Prague Old Town Square At Christmas

Four days from

£319per person


Our tremendous value festive break to one of Europe’s most beautifully preserved cities includes a guided walking tour, and plenty of time to explore the famous Christmas Markets, located close to the aptly named Wenceslas Square.

The bustling Christmas markets offer tree decorations, traditional folk figures made of straw, glass figurines and hand-carved wooden trinkets. There is so much to explore from the great St. Vitus’ Cathedral to the beautiful Charles Bridge.

With a choice of hotels, plus the chance to join an optional river cruise, this is a very enjoyable pre-Christmas break.

4★ Jury’s Inn – Prague Prices from £355This modern hotel is located in the city centre, with a tram stop and metro station steps away, and offers a contemporary restaurant, stylish lounge bar and coffee shop, complimentary WiFi in public areas and a gym. Well-equipped bedrooms have complimentary wired high-speed internet access, safe, mini-fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, and a TV.

3★ Hotel duo – Prague Prices from £319Situated to the north of the city, with good access to the centre via the metro station opposite, the hotel has two bars, a choice of restaurants and its own sports centre including pool and beauty salon (amenities payable locally). Bedrooms have private facilities, satellite TV, radio and telephone.

PRAGUE CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Guided walking tour of Prague’s Old Town

on Day Two• Time at leisure to explore Prague’s

Christmas Markets or enjoy an optional excursion to Dresden on Day Three

• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast accommodation at the three-star Hotel Duo (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Prague• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:lunchtime River Cruise including buffet (half day) – day Two £29.00 per person

dresden Christmas Markets (full day) – day Three £26.00 per person

Prague Christmas Markets

SWITzERlAnd CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:

• Enjoy the village of Château d’Oex on Day One

• Visit to Montreux Christmas Markets on Day Two

• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast accommodation at the three-star Hotel Roc et Neige in Château d’Oex (half-board upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Geneva• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Stansted



Optional Excursions:bern* (full day) – day Three £32 per person


Switzerland Christmas Markets

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£379per person

3★ Hotel Roc et neige – Château d’OexThis friendly hotel is popular with Newmarket guests, close to all local amenities, and in addition to offering rooms with private facilities, TV and internet connection, has a comfortable lounge and restaurant. A small gym, sauna and solarium are available to guests at the hotel.Please note: Half-Board upgrade is available.

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The highlight of this pre-Christmas break, based in picture-postcard-perfect Chateau d’Oex is an included visit to the marvellous Christmas market in the chic lake Geneva resort Montreux. There’s also a chance to visit pretty Swiss capital bern on an optional excursion.

Set in a valley surrounded by snow-capped peaks, delightful Chateau d’Oex boasts several bars and traditional restaurants. The 150 or so stalls of Montreux’s festive market

are arranged around temporarily named Quai de Noël, close to the resort’s chic shops. Enjoy browsing a vast array of locally produced goods, interesting items from across the Alpine passes and of course the festive staples of vin chaud and cinnamon crêpes, and perhaps pay a visit to nearby Château Chillon, one of Switzerland’s most famous landmarks. Exquisite Bern, a medieval gem built above the River Aare, offers more yet more colourful Christmas markets to enjoy.

*Please note: The Christmas Markets in Bern are available for December departures only. The November excursion will be a full day trip to discover Bern.

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4★ EdInbURGH CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable dec 2013

The price includes:• Guided City tour on Day One• Enjoy Edinburgh’s Christmas Markets on

Day Two• Visit to Leith on Day Three• Two nights’ bed & Scottish breakfast

accommodation at the four-star Holiday Inn in Edinburgh

• Return flights to Edinburgh• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ East Midlands ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



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£369per person

Three days from

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4★ Hotel Galaxy – Kraków Prices from £390The hotel offers comfortable and modern accommodation in the centre of the city, within walking distance of the old town. Amenities include a spa and wellness centre with indoor swimming pool, restaurant and bar and lounge area. All rooms have air conditioning, with satellite TV, mini-bar with tea & coffee, telephone and WiFi internet access.

3★ Hotel logos – Kraków Prices from £369Centrally located in the heart of Kraków, just a short stroll from the famous old town square, and with a selection of bars and restaurants in the immediate area. The hotel has a traditional cellar restaurant where breakfast and evening meals are served. All of the bedrooms have satellite TV, mini-bar, telephone and WiFi internet access.

KRAKóW CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Guided walking tour on Day Two• Free time to browse Kraków

Christmas Markets on Day Two• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast

accommodation at the three star Hotel Logos in Kraków (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Poland• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ newcastle



Optional Excursions:Auschwitz (half day) – day Three £49 per person

Kraków town centre, Christmas markets

Discover the city’s great history on an included walking tour, which will bring to life this seat of Polish kings. The wooden stalls of the Christmas Market stand in the great square of Rynek Glówny in front of some stunningly beautiful buildings. An optional half-day excursion to Auschwitz is also available, where the buildings of the camp are left as they were discovered in 1944.

Join us in the ancient royal capital of Poland, where colourful markets, steeped in tradition, are held against the spectacular backdrop of one of the few European cities to have survived the centuries unscathed.

Kraków Christmas Markets

4★ Holiday Inn – EdinburghSet next to Edinburgh Zoo and its famous pandas, this welcoming hotel, three miles from the city centre – boasts very well-appointed bedrooms with private facilities, two restaurants, bar, lounges, and a health and fitness club offering a heated pool, sauna and spa. There is a bus stop outside the hotel with a regular bus service into the centre.

4★ Edinburgh Christmas Markets

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Treat yourself to a festive break in the ‘Athens of the north’. Compact and easy to get around, the Scottish Capital is the perfect size for a short break, and with its celebrated ice-rink, Christmas lights and markets brim-full of seasonal merchandise, the city sparkles with yuletide cheer. There is also the opportunity, on an included transfer, to step aboard the former Royal Yacht Britannia, which lies at rest in leith harbour.

Visit all the city’s major sights, including the Royal Mile, the Palace of Holyrood House and the impregnable castle atop its rocky promontory. Enjoy time at leisure to check out the Princes Street shops and stores, and the colourful stalls of the festive markets. These include a Traditional Highland Village in Princes Street Gardens, where the handicrafts and foodstuff showcase the best of Scottish fare, and an authentic German Market.

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Bolzano Christmas Markets

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£389per person

ITAlIAn CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: nov & dec 2013

The price includes:• Visit to Merano and Bolzano to enjoy their

Christmas Markets on Day Two• Enjoy Arco’s Christmas Market’s at leisure

on Day Three• Four nights’ half-board accommodation

at the three-star Hotel Pace in Arco• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Verona (half day) – day Three £23.00 per person

Venice (full day) – day four £49.00 per person

Italian Christmas Markets

3★ Hotel Pace – ArcoClose to the historical centre of Arco, the Hotel Pace is an excellent base. The hotel has a reception, cosy bar and lounge area, and restaurant where evening meals are served. Complimentary internet access is also available. The simply furnished bedrooms all have satellite TV, safe, balcony and a hairdryer.

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based in the delightful town of Arco, a short distance from lake Garda’s northern shore, and a gateway to the majestic dolomite mountains beyond, this festive break includes visits to the wonderful Christmas Markets, and offers opportunities, on optional excursions, to visit incomparable Venice and Romeo and Juliet’s Verona.

Vist the wonderful Christmas markets at Merano, and Bolzano, the capital of the

Alto-Adige region and known as “the Italian Capital of Christmas”. Wander amongst the stalls, each laden with traditional handicrafts or regional delicacies. Take a guided city tour of Verona, a medieval gem set on the banks of the River Adige, and Venice, which is even more beautiful in the winter months, amidst sparkling Christmas decorations.

“We thoroughly enjoyed the visits to Merano and Bolzano. Everything was so well organised & ran very smoothly.

”Ms. Richardson, by email

Visit the fascinating Catalan-flavoured Christmas Markets of this great Olympic city on the shore of the Mediterranean. Enjoy an included guided city tour and join us on an optional excursion to visit the fabled shrine at Montserrat.

There’ll be plenty of time to wander the stalls of the Christmas markets based around la Sagrada Familia and the famous pedestrian thoroughfare, La Rambla... and when evening comes, you can enjoy the tapas and festive nightlife.

Our guided sightseeing tour will include Gaudí’s striking buildings and monuments.

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4★ Hotel Acevi – barcelona Prices from £410This modern hotel enjoys a good location close to many of the main sights including Plaza Catalunya, which can be reached by metro or on foot. Amenities include a sauna, Hamman, Jacuzzi, small gym, massage (payable locally), and a bar/café. Stylish rooms offer private facilities, mini-bar, WiFi, satellite TV, safety deposit box and a telephone.

3★ Hotel Rialto – barcelona Prices from £359Set in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, a short walk from La Rambla, Plaza Catalunya and Boquería Market, and close to a metro station, this hotel offers traditional bedrooms with private facilities, air conditioning, mini-bar, satellite TV, WiFi, telephone and a safe. The hotel restaurant serves Mediterranean and international cuisine.


bARCElOnA CHRISTMAS MARKETSAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Half-day Barcelona city tour on Day Two• Visit to la Fira de Santa Llúcia

Christmas Market on Day Two• Free time to explore Barcelona or join

our optional excursion to Montserrat on Day Three

• Three nights’ bed & continental breakfast accommodation at the three-star

• Hotel Rialto (hotel upgrade available for a supplement)

• Return flights to Barcelona• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ bristol ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ newcastle ✈ Southend



Optional Excursions:Montserrat (half day) – day Three £38.00 per person

Las Ramblas, Christmas Lights

Barcelona Christmas Markets

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Join us for the most exciting, most magical and without doubt most unforgettable day ever, flying direct from your chosen airport to a still, white wilderness high above the Arctic Circle where, as children of all ages know, there live a band of elves and a Very Special Person.

Full of activity from beginning to end, your Lapland Experience, in addition to the flight, transfers, thermal clothes, two-course lunch and warming drinks, will include some wonderful snowmobile and sleigh rides, the chance to have fun in the snow and, of course, a meeting with Santa Claus himself!

Your Fun-Packed ItineraryYour day begins with the exclusively chartered flight north to Pajala Airport, beyond the Arctic Circle and gateway to Swedish Lapland. Upon arrival, meet your Lappish hosts and make the short journey by coach to Pajala’s ‘Santa’s Home’, tucked away in the forest, and a place of magic and wonder for everyone.

Wrapped up against the Arctic chill in the thermal garments that are supplied on arrival, in no time at all you’ll be heading out into the snow to start your adventures.

Our Lappish hosts will go out of their way to ensure that each wonderful activity you take part in during the day will be as equally enjoyable for every member of your family and party, with plenty of unexpected surprises. With numbers strictly limited there’ll be time to experience all that the Pajala centre has to offer during your exclusive visit.

Race through the snowy wilderness on a high-powered snowmobile*, and board a traditional sleigh pulled by some of Santa’s reindeer; learn all about Huskies and the ‘art’ of mushing, and enjoy an exhilarating ride over the frozen ground in a sleigh drawn by the willing dogs!

Take time to enjoy the family-fun of being in the snow for a day, perhaps helping an elf to build a snowman, throwing a few well-aimed snowballs, or enjoying a toboggan ride.

Warm Drinks & Lunch IncludedYour Lapland Daybreak includes a two-course lunch, as well as warming hot drinks, available at several points throughout the day.

Lapland Santa Experience

A Private Meeting with Santa Claus

lAPlAnd SAnTA ExPERIEnCEAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Return flights to Pajala in Swedish

Lapland, North of the Arctic Circle• Search for Santa experience• Private Santa Meeting• Children’s gift• Snowmobile Adventure• Reindeer Sleigh Ride• Husky Dog Experience• Tobogganing, ‘snowballing’

and snowman-making• Thermal Clothing• Lunch• In-flight catering• Return airport to resort transfers


the following airports:✈ bournemouth ✈ Cardiff ✈ Exeter ✈ london Gatwick ✈ norwich


Please note: *Holders of full driving licences can take the controls, while for children under 15 there will be the chance to sit on the back or to be pulled along in a sleigh.

“The wonderful memories and emotions will last

a lifetime.

”Andy Jones, Product Director


The highlight of the day will come as you make your way through the forest on a ‘secret’ path lit by twinkling lights to the house where Father Christmas himself is waiting to greet each child personally – it’s the most magical moment of all, as wide-eyed children’s dreams come true, and a smile – or a tear – is guaranteed on every adult’s face.

There’s little doubt that your Lapland Santa Day Break will be one unforgettable experience from beginning to end, full of unique, once-in-a-lifetime experiences that children and adults alike will treasure forever!

Husky Dog Experience

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Torremolinos

CHRISTMAS On THE COSTA dEl SOlAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Visit to Marbella and Puerto Banus on

Day Two• Walking tour of your resort on

Christmas Eve• Christmas Day Dinner• Five nights’ half-board accommodation at

your chosen hotel• Return flights to Malaga• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ bristol ✈ Glasgow ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ Southend



Optional Excursions:Granada (full day) – day five £29.00 per person

Famous as one of the ‘original’ Costa resorts, Torremolinos boasts a splendid square, a stylish promenade and several attractive parks in addition to its vast range of amenities. Restaurants, bars and shops abound, and the old fishing quarter – El Bajondillo – from which the resort grew, still offers a selection of traditional eateries. Ever-popular Benalmádena is famous for its award-winning beaches, sophisticated bars and restaurants, and its yacht marina, while its historic Pueblo (old town) of cobbled streets and traditional shops offers a taste of the real Spain. Whichever resort you choose, you are sure to have a wonderful Christmastime break.

Enjoy the welcome of your Spanish hosts, and the chance to leave the overcoat behind and stroll along the resort’s seafront promenade in temperatures a few degrees warmer than at home! Relax in a bar or café, and enjoy our programme of exciting included and optional

excursions. This great-value break includes half-board accommodation in your chosen hotel, and an excursion to the resort-town of Marbella and nearby glitzy Puerto Banus, where the stores will be open for last-minute present buying. On Christmas Eve get to know your resort with an included walking tour with your Tour Manager, and join the optional Boxing Day excursion to exquisite Granada.

fly south to the warmth of Spain’s famous Costa del Sol on the sun-kissed Mediterranean, to celebrate the festive season in a comfortable hotel in one of the region’s favourite holiday hot-spots – the ever-popular resort of Torremolinos or benalmádena. Enjoy some wonderful included excursions, and the hospitality of welcoming Spanish hosts.

4★ Hotel Amaragua, la Carihuela – Torremolinos Prices from £755Two kilometres from the resort centre, facilities include outdoor and indoor swimming pools, spa and sauna, restaurant and bar. All rooms boast bath/shower, terrace, mini-bar, safe, air conditioning, satellite TV, and WiFi. The festive programme at will include a Christmas day Gala lunch, and Christmas night meal with entertainment.

4★ Aparthotel Vistamar – benalmádena Prices from £649The Vistamar is located close to the beach, with shops, bars and restaurants nearby. Facilities include a bar, restaurant, and outdoor swimming pool, while bedrooms have balcony, TV, shower and temperature control. The festive programme will include a Christmas day Gala lunch, and Christmas night meal with entertainment.

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Christmas on the Costa del Sol

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“Enjoy Christmas in the warmth of the ever-popular

Costa del Sol with time for rest, exploration and celebration!

”Dean Stilwell, Product Manager



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“We had a great time in Spain & the Tour Manager was great in every way.

”Ms Singleton, Lancashire


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CHRISTMAS In lAKE COnSTAnCEAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Visits to Mainau & Lindau islands• Glühwein and Gingerbread on

Christmas Eve• Christmas day Two-course lunch and

Five-course dinner with half-bottle of wine per person

• Welcome Drink• Three nights’ half-board and one night full

board accommodation• Return flights to Zurich• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester




Trip to Switzerland/Austria (full day) – day four £25.00 per person


CHRISTMAS On THE COSTA bRAVAAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• A full day visit to Barcelona on

Christmas Eve• Wild Coast tour on Christmas Day• A four-course Christmas Day lunch with

half a bottle of wine per person• Four nights’ dinner, bed and continental

breakfast accommodation• Use of the leisure facilities at your hotel• Return flights to Barcelona• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ belfast ✈ bristol ✈ Glasgow ✈ leeds/bradford ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton ✈ Manchester ✈ newcastle ✈ Southend



Optional Excursions:Montserrat (Half-day) – day four £29.00 per person

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£549per personLloret de Mar

Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance

Spend the festive season on Spain’s beautiful Costa brava, enjoying Christmas with all the trimmings in a super hotel, a Christmas Eve visit to the extraordinary, colourful city of barcelona and a Christmas day tour of the dramatic ‘Wild Coast’.

Fly south to enjoy four nights in the modern, welcoming Caprici Verd Hotel in the resort of Santa Susanna. In addition to the hotel’s full programme of festive entertainment, which will include a welcome drink, a special Christmas

Eve meal and a four-course Gala Dinner on Christmas Day, with wine and music, you’ll enjoy two guided tours – to Barcelona, proud Catalan capital and one of Europe’s ‘must-see’ cities, and along the coast – in the company of our friendly Tour Manager, and have the chance to visit the fabled monastery at Montserrat on a Boxing Day optional excursion.

Christmas on the Costa Brava

4★ Caprici Verd Hotel – Santa SusannaThis seafront hotel boasts rooms with air conditioning, satellite TV, hairdryer, heating, safe, mini-bar and telephone. Leisure facilities include a gym, spa pool, sauna and indoor and outdoor pools. The restaurant offers buffet breakfast and dinner, as well as the full programme of festive meals and entertainment.

4★ Hotel föhr – friedrichshafenA short distance from the town centre and the lake, this hotel combines modern convenience with warm and welcoming Southern German hospitality, offering rooms with cable TV, mini-bar and telephone. Enjoy a welcome drink on arrival and half-board accommodation including lunch and dinner on Christmas Day.

This wonderful break includes a four-night stay in a four-star hotel close to Constance’s ‘German Riviera’ shore, some fascinating included visits and optional tours, and half-board accommodation with traditional festive meals. You’ll have the chance to visit Austria and Switzerland during your stay.

Fly to Zurich and transfer to our carefully chosen hotel, close to Friedrichshafen, on the northern shore of ‘Bodensee’ and famous for

its fascinating Zeppelin Museum. The festive programme will include traditional Glühwein and gingerbread on Christmas Eve, a two-course Christmas Day lunch and sumptuous five-course Christmas Dinner. During your stay, discover the lake’s beautiful surroundings, with included visits to delightful medieval Meersburg, fascinating ‘Flower Island’ Mainau and fabled island-town Lindau, idyllic gateway to Bavaria and neighbouring Austria. A final optional excursion heads into picture-postcard-perfect Austria, returning via the ‘Bodesee’s’ Swiss shore– a fitting end to the festive stay.

Christmas in Lake Constance

Elizabeth Castle, St Helier

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4★ Pomme d’Or Hotel – St. Helier Prices from £759One of Jersey’s most famous hotels, overlooking central Liberation Square and the marina, this hotel is well known for its bars and restaurants. All bedrooms offer private facilities, TV, WiFi, trouser press and ironing board, hairdryer, and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

3★ Monterey Hotel – St. Helier Prices from £649Centrally located, this contemporary hotel offers a warm welcome, and facilities that include an indoor pool, gymnasium, sauna and steam room. There is a restaurant, bar and grill, and free WiFi. The bedrooms offer private facilities, a telephone, tea- and coffee-making facilities and a mini-bar.

CHRISTMAS In JERSEYAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Island Tour on Day Two• Christmas Day Dinner• Entertainment programme at the hotel• Four nights’ full board accommodation

at your chosen hotel• Return flights to Jersey• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ East Midlands ✈ Exeter ✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester ✈ Southampton ✈ Southend



Optional Excursions:Mystery Tour (Half-day) – day four £16.00 per person

La Rozel Harbour

Jersey is a wonderful choice for a holiday whatever the season, but especially so when – if you are lucky – the island is bathed in the winter sunshine for which it is well known. You can wrap up for a stroll and perhaps even venture onto the glorious sandy beaches to take in the sea air. Rest and relax at your chosen hotel, take a seat in a harbour-side bar or café to watch the world go by, or explore the shops and stores of St. Helier, which are a mix of High Street favourites and others unique to the island – all known for their VAT-free bargains, and dressed for the festive season.

Our guided island tour will include the sweeping beaches, rugged cliffs and ancient lighthouses of the coast, and the pretty inland areas of the island. It’s just one of the highlights of what is sure to be a memorable festive break!

Our exciting five-day Christmas Break includes full-board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) accommodation and an entertainment

programme at your hotel. In addition to the Island Tour, which will take in some of Jersey’s stunning coast, there will be a chance to join a fascinating optional Mystery Tour which, in the company of a local expert, will bring alive some of the Island’s hidden treasures (all different from those which feature on our included tour).

Join us for a seasonal celebration in the winter-warming, welcoming surroundings of Jersey’s charming capital St. Helier. With its maritime atmosphere, comfortable hotels and beautiful surrounding countryside, this is a perfect place for a Christmas break.

Christmas in JerseyFestive cheer in the Channel Islands

La Corbière Lighthouse“We had a very enjoyable five days at The Monterey Hotel in St. Helier over Christmas.”Mr Phillips, Sheerness



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Festive Decorations, Nice


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Highland Stag

CHRISTMAS In THE fREnCH RIVIERAAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• Visit to Cannes and Antibes on

Christmas Eve• Visit to Nice on Christmas morning• Light entertainment on each evening• Special Christmas day meals with half

bottle of wine per person, tea/coffee and a glass of champagne

• Welcome drink• Three nights’ half-board and one night

full board accommodation• Return flights to Nice• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ liverpool ✈ london Gatwick ✈ london Heathrow ✈ luton



Optional Excursions:Monaco (Extended Half-day) – day four £25.00 per person

Please note: Some meals will be buffet style

3★ Quality Hotel – MentonThis modern, centrally located hotel boasts restaurant, bar and comfortable rooms with refrigerators/mini-bar, satellite TV, safe and hair-dryer. A full programme of Christmas meals and entertainment will include a welcome drink upon arrival, a traditional four-course Turkey Dinner and light entertainment each evening.

Join us on the glittering Côte d’Azur, where mild weather, an exciting programme of included and optional excursions, and the warmest of welcomes at a hotel in one of the Riviera’s most famous resorts, will ensure a not-to-be-missed festive break with a difference!

Fly south to the Mediterranean, and elegant Menton, one of the most unspoiled of all the Côte D’Azur resorts. Explore the delightful vielle ville, or old town, with its 3km-long Promenade du Soleil. The break also includes

a Christmas Eve visit to Cannes and Antibes, and a Christmas morning visit to Nice, its Promenade des Anglais sweeping round the curve of the ‘Bay of Angels’. With special Christmas meals and entertainment at the hotel, as well as the chance on an optional excursion to take in the tiny Principality of Monaco, this will be a winter-warming holiday to remember.

CHRISTMAS In THE HIGHlAndSAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• A short orientation tour of Edinburgh

(time-permitting) on Day One• Visits to Inverness, Loch Ness and the

Drumnadrochit Exhibition Centre (entry payable locally) on Day Two

• A half-day tour of the local area and a visit to the Speyside Heather Centre on Boxing Day

• Entertainment in the hotel each evening • Four nights’ dinner, bed and Scottish

breakfast accommodation at the Carrbridge Hotel, Carrbridge

• Christmas lunch with all the trimmings • A soup & sandwich lunch on Boxing Day • Return flights to Edinburgh • One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel in Scotland• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Cardiff ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Southampton ✈ Stansted



Carrbridge Hotel – CarrbridgeSituated in the Highland village of Carrbridge, the family owned and managed Carrbridge Hotel, dates back to 1803. It now boasts over 100 bedrooms offering private facilities, colour television and tea- and coffee-making facilities. You can be sure of a really warm Highland welcome.

Celebrate this Christmas in the heart of the Scottish Highlands amid spectacular mountain and moorland scenery. With included sightseeing, entertainment, traditional Highland hospitality and the chance to relax and make friends, it promises to be a truly memorable Yuletide break.

You’ll be staying in the small, age-old Highland village of Carrbridge in Speyside about six miles north of Aviemore. There are some lovely local walks through the ancient pine woods

or along the river to enjoy, and don’t miss the ancient packhorse bridge – the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands.

Along with festive fun at the hotel – quizzes, games and entertainment each evening – there’s the village treasure hunt and sightseeing tours to enjoy. You’ll visit Loch Ness and the award winning Loch Ness Exhibition Centre (entrance payable locally), have time to explore Inverness, ‘Capital of the Highlands’ and enjoy a tour of the lovely Spey Valley with a visit to the Speyside Heather Centre.

Christmas in the French Riviera

Christmas in the Highlands

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Dolomite Mountains

4★ Hotel Savoy Palace – Riva del Garda Prices from £679The Savoy is in tranquil location, yet is close to the resort’s entertainment and amenities. The hotel offers a heated indoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and lounge area and piano bar. The bedrooms have satellite TV, safe, mini-bar and hairdryer.

3★ Hotel Centrale – Riva del Garda Prices from £619This friendly, family-run hotel is located in the very heart of the historical centre in front of the lake. Amenities include a restaurant, lift, bar and lounge. All twin rooms have private facilities, satellite TV, telephone and a hairdryer.

Based in a comfortable hotel in one of the lake’s most elegant resorts, you’ll enjoy half-board accommodation, including a light turkey lunch and four-course celebration dinner on Christmas Day, following a morning visit from Santa with a small gift for everyone.

Riva, at Garda’s northwestern tip, has been hugely popular with our customers for many years. Pastel-painted buildings surround the historic centre, and the resort boasts a palm-fringed promenade – perfect for a stroll on fine days – and a good selection of shops, bars and cafés.

On Christmas Day, you’ll get to know this beautiful part of Italy on our included guided Lake Tour and boat trip, accompanied by your Tour Manager who will bring to life not only the lakes various resorts, but also Italian Christmas customs and traditions.

During your stay, there are also opportunities to join some wonderful optional excursions, taken

in the company of our friendly, knowledgeable Tour Manager. These include the chance to discover and explore incomparable Venice, one of the world’s most beguiling and romantic cities, another to Romeo and Juliet’s exquisite Verona, with its majestic Roman amphitheatre, and to the Christmas Markets at delightful Trento, in the heart of the craggy Dolomite mountains.

Join us for an unforgettable festive-tide holiday on the picturesque shores of Italy’s largest and most spectacular lake. The emphasis is firmly on rest and relaxation, combined with a little exploration of a place that has drawn visitors to its beautiful shores and surrounding region for the last hundred years.

CHRISTMAS In lAKE GARdAAvailable: dec 2013

The price includes:• A gift from Santa Claus and entertainment

on Christmas Day• Scenic drive and boat trip on

Christmas Day• Christmas Day Dinner • Five nights’ half-board accommodation at

your chosen hotel• Return flights to Italy• One suitcase allowance per person• Return airport to hotel transfers• The services of a Tour Manager

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ bristol ✈ Edinburgh ✈ london Gatwick ✈ luton ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Trento Christmas Markets (full day) – day Two £36.00 per person

Verona (Half-day) – day Three £36.00 per person

Venice (full day) – day five £65.00 per person

Sirmione Castle, Lake Garda

Christmas in Lake GardaSparkling Italian Jewel

Limone

“The hotel was outstanding both in terms of friendliness

and helpfulness of the staff.”Mr and Mrs O’Leary, Llanymddyfri


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Our great value break begins in New York, the fabled ‘Big Apple’. ‘The city that never sleeps’ is amongst the world’s most exciting, most colourful and most welcoming destinations, a take-your-breath-away pulsating metropolis that oozes excitement and festive fun at every step. There’s so much to see and do in this incredible place – you too will hardly have time to sleep! Whether it’s the stores of Fifth Avenue, some of the world’s greatest museums, or simply soaking up the atmosphere watching the skaters on Rockefeller Plaza’s famous skating rink, your stay will be unforgettable from beginning to end. Join our optional guided tour for the perfect introduction, or see the famous skyline from the air on the optional helicopter trip.

A journey north into scenic New England brings you to Boston. America’s most European city is an equally wonderful place pre-Christmas, as against the background of ‘Beantown’s’ elegant, colonial heritage, New World modernity never quite overcomes genuine old-world charm – especially on historic Beacon Hill or along fashionable Newbury Street, both dressed in their splendid festive finery. An optional guided tour introduces the city and brings to life some of the characters that contributed to its fascinating history.

With an included visit to New Hampshire’s vast Merrimack Premium Outlets shopping mall to complete your festive bargain-hunting, this is a perfect pre-Christmas treat with a difference.

This wonderful break brings opportunities to discover and explore two of the eastern seaboard’s most colourful cities, both alive with the buzz, excitement and magic of the ‘holiday season’. Pick up unusual gifts in the countless shops and speciality stores and outlet malls bursting with festive glitter, and soak up the atmosphere of places where Christmastime is always ‘the most wonderful time of the year!’

We have selected well appointed hotels which are very centrally located in both new York and boston, very convenient for shopping, eating and the sights!

Macy’s, New York

nEW YORK & bOSTOn CHRISTMAS SHOPPInGAvailable: nov 2013

The price includes:• Free time in Manhattan for shopping and

sightseeing on Days One, Two and Three• A full day to explore Boston on Day Four• Visit to the Merrimack Premium Outlets

shopping mall on Day Five• Hotel accommodation for four night

staying in New York (2 nights) and Boston (2 nights) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to New York returning from Boston

• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in the USA

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ london Heathrow

Please note that connecting regional flights are available. Please see the accompanying booklet or visit our website for details.




Manhattan City Tour & Top of the Rock (half day) – day Two – £35 per person

new York Helicopter Ride – day Two – £99 per person

boston City Tour (half day) day four – £25 per person

4★ Hilton boston back bay – bostonIn the Back Bay, so close to the shops of the Prudential Center and Newbury Street. This fine hotel has an indoor pool, restaurant and bar – and there are also many restaurant choices right outside the door! In fact, most of downtown Boston is within walking distance. Rooms come with TV, safe, coffee-maker, iron and ironing board.

3★ Travel Inn – new York CityOn 42nd Street, three blocks from Times Square and Broadway with a host of restaurants very close by and a deli right next door. There’s a gym and all rooms have fridge and microwave, TV, iron and ironing board.

Boston Skyline

“A fantastic combination of two of

America’s greatest cities!

”Richard Harrington, Product Manager


New York & Boston Christmas Shopping

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Charleston, South Carolina

Blue Ridge Mountains

3★ doubletree Hotel – Richmond Amenities include an outdoor pool and whirlpool, fitness centre, restaurant and lounge. Rooms offer a telephone, TV, coffee-maker and hairdryer. 3★ Holiday Inn Riverview – Charleston Located just outside the downtown area with special views over the water from the restaurant and bar, the hotel also has a seasonal outdoor pool and a small gym. Rooms are equipped with a TV, coffee-maker and hairdryer. 3★ Courtyard downtown/Historic district – Savannah Hotel amenities include an outdoor pool, gym and restaurant. Rooms are equipped with hairdryer, coffee-maker and TV. 3★ The Hawthorne Inn – Winston Salem This hotel offers contemporary charm and modern amenities, with a restaurant, fitness centre and outdoor pool. Each room has WiFi and a tea/coffee-maker.

We have selected good quality hotels equivalent to a European three or four-star standard in excellent locations to complement your touring itinerary.

The tour includes a host of wonderful highlights, mixing colonial grandeur with American history and more than a splash of stunning scenery to make a holiday cocktail as pleasant as any mint julep sipped on the porch of an antebellum mansion.

Head south after a night in Richmond for three days in the ‘southern-belle’ surroundings of the riverside gem of Charleston, with its Caribbean feel and Civil War associations, and Savannah, Georgia, as pleasant a US city as you could hope to find. A night in the historic North Carolina town of Winston-Salem is followed by a drive through the gloriously scenic Blue Ridge Mountains to pretty Charlottesville and a further stay in Richmond, from which elegant base you’ll be able, on an

optional excursion, to visit Williamsburg, where America’s beginnings are faithfully recreated, before the tour is completed with a visit to the ‘little town’ of Washington DC!

Resonating with all the colourful sights, the sounds and unique atmosphere of the South, this marvellous tour takes in two of America’s most likeable cities, with their mansions and magnolias, and also includes Virginia’s breathtaking blue Ridge Mountains, historic Richmond and Washington’s seat of power, with the chance to step back into America’s earliest days in colonial Williamsburg.

CHARlESTOn, SAVAnnAH & blUE RIdGE MOUnTAInSAvailable: May, Sep – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Time in Charleston on Days Two & Three• A full day in Savannah on Day Four • A full day tour into the Blue Ridge

Mountains, Shenandoah National Park and Charlottesville on Day Six

• A visit to Washington DC on Day Eight• Hotel accommodation for seven nights

staying in Richmond (1 night), Charleston (1 night), Savannah (2 nights), Winston Salem (1 night) and Richmond (2 nights) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to Washington• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout • Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in the USA

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ london Heathrow ✈ Manchester





Charleston Guided Tour (half day) – day Three £21 per person

Savannah Guided Tour (half day) – day four £15 per person

Colonial Williamsburg (full day) – day Seven £29 per person

Washington City Tour (half day) – day Eight £25 per person

Charleston, Savannah & Blue Ridge Mountains

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WASHInGTOn, nEW YORK & nIAGARA fAllSAvailable: Mar, May, Jun, Sep & Oct 2014

The price includes:• Time in Niagara Falls on Days One

& Seven• A full day in Washington DC on Day Three• A guided tour of Philadelphia on Day Four• A full day visit to Manhattan on Day Five• Hotel accommodation for six nights

staying in Niagara Falls (2 nights), Harrisburg (2 nights) and Hasbrouck Heights (2 nights) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to Toronto• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager

upon arrival

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Glasgow ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Washington City Tour (half day) – day Three £25 per person

Manhattan City Tour & Top of the Rock (half day) – day five £35 per person

new York Helicopter Ride – day five £99 per person

Helicopter over niagara falls – day Seven £77 per person

niagara falls lunch – day Seven £18 per person

Please note: There is a $6 US charge to cross the border from Canada to the USA. This is payable in cash at the border crossing and is not included in the tour price.We have selected good quality hotels equivalent to a European three or four-star

standard, in excellent locations to complement your touring itinerary.

White House, Washington DC

Flying to Toronto, on the shore of vast Lake Ontario, you’ll catch a brief glimpse of the famous Niagara Falls before heading south into the USA and the ‘keystone state’ of Pennsylvania, where the Constitution was framed. You’ll discover and explore the original capital Philadelphia, ‘City of Brotherly Love’ and home to the Liberty Bell, and enjoy a guided tour of the modern seat of US – and western – power, Washington DC.

Driving north, enjoy a full day in glittering, breathless, incomparable Manhattan, New York, before returning once more to Niagara’s plunging waters, and the final pulsating highlight of the tour. Accompanied by a friendly, knowledgeable Tour Manger who will bring to life the sights and history of this very special corner of North America, and with

comfortable coach travel and excellent hotel accommodation throughout, this is a holiday to savour and enjoy every step of the way.

This wonderful – and wonderful value – escorted tour features one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, the heart of historic America – where you’ll visit US capitals present and past – and experience all the mesmerising magic of new York, the ‘City that never Sleeps’, and one of the world’s most truly amazing cities.

3★ Crowne Plaza – niagara falls Built in the 1920s, this is the ‘Grand Dame’ of Niagara and just a short walk from the Falls! Next to the casino and close to lots of bars and restaurants this hotel has the Fallsview Rainbow Room Restaurant, a coffee-shop and several gift shops. All rooms have a TV, hairdryer, and an iron and board. 3★ Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel – Harrisburg A modern hotel with a restaurant and a bar as well as a gift shop, gym and indoor pool. All rooms offer TV, tea/coffee-maker, hairdryer and safe. 3★ Holiday Inn – Hasbrouck Heights Located across the Hudson River from New York’s Manhattan, the hotel has a bar and restaurant as well as a fitness centre. All rooms have a telephone, TV and a coffee-maker. From time to time, alternative hotels in the greater New York area may be used.

Niagara Falls

Empire State Building, New York

“I have been many times to America and Canada, but this tour I have just been on to Washington, New York & Niagara was excellent, and I

have no hesitation in booking with Newmarket again.

”Mrs Morris, by email


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3★ Hotel Whitcomb – San francisco Centrally located landmark hotel with a bar and restaurant. All rooms have TV, hairdryer, iron and ironing board.

3★ Knotts farm Hotel – buena Park Well located for sightseeing in the L.A. area and close to the theme park of the same name. The hotel has a restaurant, bar and outdoor pool. Rooms are well equipped and also have a coffee-maker.

4★ Golden nugget Hotel & Casino – las VegasA downtown Vegas landmark where you will find a casino, a host of restaurants and bars, showroom, spa, outdoor pool complex with shark tank and three-storey waterslide. Just outside is the Fremont Street light show experience!

We have selected hotels of a European three-star standard to complement your touring itinerary. Each hotel has a bar and restaurant. Some hotels also have a pool or whirlpool. All rooms offer private facilities and are equipped with a telephone and TV. Some examples of those you will stay in are:

AMERICA’S GOldEn WESTAvailable: Mar – May, Aug – Oct 2014

The price includes:• Free time on Days Two and Three to

explore San Francisco• Drive the West Coast and 17-Mile Drive

on Day Four visiting Monterey and Carmel• Visit to Hollywood on Day Five• Time in Anaheim on Days Six and Seven• Drive through the desert to Las Vegas on

Day Eight• Free time to explore Las Vegas on Days

Nine, Ten and Eleven• Travel to the casino town of Laughlin, by

the Colorado River, on Day Eleven• Experience the Grand Canyon on

Day Twelve• Twelve nights’ hotel accommodation

staying in San Francisco (3 nights), Pismo Beach (1 night), Anaheim (3 nights), Las Vegas (3 nights) and Laughlin (2 nights)

• Return flights to San Francisco, returning from Los Angeles

• Coach travel throughout• One suitcase allowance per person• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in the USA

This holiday is also available from the following airports:✈ london Heathrow




Optional Excursions:San francisco, Sausalito & the Golden Gate bridge (half day) – day Two £25 per person

San diego (full day) – day Seven £25 per person

Helicopter flight over the Grand Canyon (35 mins) – day nine £125 per person

las Vegas by night (evening) – day Ten £19 per person

Hoover dam & lake Mead (half day) – day Eleven £56 per person

Vegas nights Helicopter flight – day Twelve £69 per person

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Grand Canyon

Begin with a three-night stay in the ‘City by the Bay’ San Francisco. Take one of the classic cable-cars or visit China Town. Walk the Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf or perhaps take a cruise to the infamous penitentiary, Alcatraz. Our optional city tour will introduce the city and also includes a drive over the Golden Gate Bridge!

Turning south for the start of our classic road trip down the West Coast itself, you’ll explore places like Steinbeck’s Monterey and exquisite Carmel-by-the-Sea, an artists’ paradise, as well as driving the famous 17-Mile Drive. We’ll also spend the night, en route, in the classic Californian beach town Pismo Beach.

Next we head for star-spangled L.A., taking in a visit to ‘Tinseltown’ Hollywood itself. From our base here it’s also possible to visit the lovely city of San Diego before heading across the desert to Las Vegas, where spectacular themed casino hotels all vie for your attention. Each tries to outdo its neighbour with spectacular floor shows, glittering casinos, impressive shopping malls and even dancing fountains.

You’ll then journey onwards to one of the world’s most impressive, startling natural wonders, The Grand Canyon, an abyss carved through time by the Colorado River. Perhaps take the opportunity to take a helicopter ride over the Canyon for some spectacular views – and great memories!

discover the glamour of las Vegas, the awesome beauty of the Grand Canyon – carved over millennia – and the sun-kissed California coast linking sparkling l.A. with beautiful San francisco. This holiday is crammed full of highlights. Take the chance, too, to visit San diego or fly over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter!

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Join us for an unforgettable journey through America’s musical heartland, from new Orleans, the cradle of the blues and dixieland jazz, via Memphis, the birthplace of the ‘King’ and the Tennessee city in which he made his home, and where rock ‘n’ roll was born some 60 years ago, to nashville, undisputed capital of Country Music!

ElVIS PRESlEY’S MEMPHIS, nEW ORlEAnS & nASHVIllEAvailable: feb – May, Oct & nov 2014

The price includes:• Visit New Orleans on Days Two & Three• Visit to Tupelo, birth place of Elvis on

Day Four• Leisure time in Memphis on Day Five• Free time in Nashville on Day Six• Hotel accommodation for seven nights

staying in Montgomery (1 night), New Orleans (2 nights), Memphis (2 nights), Nashville (1 night) and Chattanooga (1 night) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to Atlanta• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in the USA





Optional Excursions:Steamboat dinner Jazz Cruise – day Two £43 per person

new Orleans City Tour (half day) – day Three £19 per person

bayou & Alligators Tour (half day) – day Three £23 per person

new Orleans by night with jazz – day Three £34 per person

Memphis: Graceland & Sounds of the South (full day) – day five £42 per person

Studio b & the Country Music Hall of fame (half day) – day Six £23 per person

Beginning in Georgia, and then sweeping through Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee you’ll discover the world of WC Handy, Robert Johnson, ‘Fats’ Domino, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and, of course, Elvis Presley.

You’ll visit New Orleans, the laid-back ‘Big Easy’ with its fabled French Quarter centred on Jackson Square and its own extraordinary brand of jazz. Take in Memphis, home to legendary Sun Studio, Stax Records and Beale Street, and Tupelo, the ‘King’s’ birthplace, before heading to Nashville, home to the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Discover all of this against a background of the flat Mississippi Delta, the cotton fields and

wooded hills of Tennessee, and the sun-kissed Gulf of Mexico. Infused with the magic and mystique, the sights and especially the sounds of the South, this is a truly wonderful holiday that you’ll remember for a long time to come.

Graceland

3★ Country Inn & Suites – Montgomery This hotel has an outdoor pool. There are restaurants nearby. Rooms have telephone and TV.3★ Crowne Plaza – Memphis In downtown Memphis, this hotel has a bar and restaurant as well as a gym and outdoor pool. All rooms have coffee-maker and an iron and board.3★ Holiday Inn Express – nashville Located in the heart of Nashville, the hotel has a breakfast room and an outdoor pool. All rooms have a telephone, coffee-maker, hairdryer and TV.3★ Choo Choo Hotel – Chattanooga This was the station the train actually ran from and is now a themed hotel with bars and restaurants, a small shopping arcade and various pools. Room buildings are set in gardens. All rooms have private facilities, TV, radio, coffee-maker, iron and board, and a hairdryer.

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Special Departure:Carnival in New OrleansAvailable: 25 feb 2014Come and see the city pre-Mardi Gras, when floats run through the streets. See the decorated floats, as they’re readied for the Shrove Tuesday celebration and the atmosphere in the city turns electric.


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4★ Sheraton Centre – Toronto This hotel is centrally located close to the famous Eaton Centre mall. There’s an indoor/outdoor pool, restaurants and bars. All rooms are very comfortable.3★ banff International Hotel – banff Stay in a cosy property in the heart of Banff, surrounded by mountain scenery. The hotel has its own gift shop, restaurant and bar.3★ Sun Peaks lodge – Sun Peaks Stay in a cosy mountain retreat in the heart of the resort, close to many bars and restaurants.3★ Sandman Hotel City Centre – Vancouver Centrally located, this hotel has a restaurant and bar as well as an indoor pool.

Toronto Harbour

Yoho Nationa Park

THE bEST Of CAnAdAAvailable: May, Jun, Sep & Oct 2014

The price includes:• Time in Toronto on Days One to Three• Full day visit to Niagara Falls on

Day Three • Drive to Montréal, visiting Ottawa en

route, on Day Four • Full day visit to Quebec City on Day Five • Free time in Banff on Day Seven • Scenic drive to Jasper via the Icefields

Parkway on Day Eight with an en route visit to Lake Louise

• Travel to Sun Peaks on Day Nine • Leisurely drive to Vancouver on Day Ten• Free time in Vancouver on Day Eleven • Eleven nights’ hotel accommodation

staying in Toronto (nights one to three), Montréal (nights four & five), Banff (nights six & seven), Jasper (night eight), Sun Peaks (night nine) and Vancouver (nights ten & eleven) sharing a twin/double room on a room only basis

• Outbound flights to Toronto, returning from Vancouver

• Internal flight from Toronto to Calgary • One suitcase allowance per person • Coach travel and transfers throughout • Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in Canada

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Toronto Guided City Tour (half day) – day Two £27 per person

Helicopter flight over niagara falls – day Three £77 per person

niagara falls lunch – day Three £18 per person

Quebec City Walking Tour – day five £15 per person

banff Sightseeing Tour & Sulphur Mountain Cable-Car (half day) – day Seven £49 per person

Rockies Helicopter Ride – day Seven £115 per person

Vancouver Island, Victoria & the butchart Gardens (full day) – day Eleven £95 per person

Toronto, on Lake Ontario, is your base for the first three days of the tour. Enjoy the cosmopolitan, compact city, excellent for shopping and crowned by the impressive CN Tower, one of the world’s tallest buildings. A full day visit to Niagara Falls is included – watch in awe as the thunderous waters spill over the Horseshoe Falls or enjoy a great view, from our optional helicopter ride!

Then journey onwards via Canada’s capital, Ottawa, to stunning Montréal for two nights. From here enjoy a full day tour to charming, historic UNESCO-listed Quebec City with its ancient ramparts, cobbled streets and stunning views over the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Heading west, fly to the awesome mountain scenery of the Rocky Mountains and to Banff, our first base in this natural wilderness. Enjoy

time to explore or join our optional introductory tour which includes a cable car to the summit of Sulphur Mountain.

As you journey through the mountains look out for wildlife: moose, elk and even bears as you enjoy spectacular sights such as world-famous Lake Louise, as well as the renowned scenery of the Icefields Parkway. Spend the night in beautiful Jasper National Park before continuing your journey through the Rockies with views of Mount Robson, the highest peak.

After a night in the small township of Sun Peaks, continue the scenic journey to the Pacific Rim city of Vancouver, often voted, ‘best place in the world to live’.You’ll have the opportunity to visit its renovated Gastown, the dazzling waterfront and famous Stanley Park, as well as the chance to head across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island, and to the very British provincial capital, Victoria.

from lakefront Toronto to the stunning city of Vancouver and the Pacific Coast we embark on a trans-Canadian adventure taking in majestic niagara falls and the beautifully scenic Rocky Mountains, with highlights including banff and lake louise.

The Best of CanadaFrom Niagara to the Rockies

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We have selected two good quality hotels equivalent to a European three or four-star standard in excellent locations to complement your touring itinerary.

4★ Sheraton Centre Hotel – Toronto Centrally located a few minutes’ walk from the massive Eaton Centre shopping mall, opposite attractive gardens and very close to theatres, many restaurants and bars, the hotel is linked to an underground station for easy access to other parts of the city. The hotel has its own indoor pool, restaurant and bar and lifts serve all floors. In the comfortable rooms you’ll find a TV, telephone, tea/coffee-maker and a hairdryer.4★ le Méridien Versailles – Montréal This centrally located contemporary hotel located close to shopping and restaurants has its own bar, restaurant with seasonal terrace and a gym. All rooms are well appointed with private facilities, TV, telephone and a tea/coffee-maker. Please note: Very occasionally, due to demand for this tour, alternative three and four-star hotels may need to be used.

Your journey will begin in Ontario’s warm and welcoming waterfront city of Toronto, with its labyrinth of interconnected shopping malls, elegant historic buildings and, most famously, the sky-piercing needle of the CN Tower. From here the spectacle of Niagara is a short drive around the lake, before you take to the Maple Leaf Trail proper, heading north to Canada’s historic capital Ottawa, then further east into French Canada, journeying to glorious Montréal, stylish Olympic city, and finally to picturesque Québec, capital of French Canada, and where the New World still resembles the Old.

With comfortable accommodation throughout and travel by comfortable touring coach in the company of our friendly Tour Manager, who

will bring to life this extraordinary part of the world, your journey along the Maple Leaf Trail is one that you’ll never forget.

This wonderful scenic journey, one of our most popular escorted tours, takes in the very best of Eastern Canada, with visits to a quartet of stunning cities, journeys through some breathtaking scenery, through wide-open spaces under ‘big skies’, and has as its most memorable highlight a visit to one of the world’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders, the plunging falls at niagara.

CAnAdA’S MAPlE lEAf TRAIlAvailable: Apr – Jun, Sep & Oct 2014

The price includes:• Free time in Toronto on Days One

to Three• Full-day excursion to Niagara Falls on

Day Three• Visit to Ottawa on Day Four• Explore Québec on Day Six• Hotel accommodation for six nights

staying in Toronto (3 nights) and Montréal (3 nights) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to Toronto• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager • upon arrival in Canada

This holiday is available from the following airports:✈ birmingham ✈ Glasgow ✈ london Gatwick ✈ Manchester



Optional Excursions:Toronto Guided City Tour (half day) – day Two £27 per person

Helicopter flight over niagara falls – day Three £77 per person

niagara falls lunch – day Three £18 per person

Montreal City Tour (half day) – day five £21 per person

Maple delights & dinner in Old Montréal – day five £29 per person

Québec City Walking Tour (half day) – day Six £15 per person

Please note: Departures from September 2014 will spend two nights in Niagara Falls (in the three-star Crowne Plaza, Niagara Falls or similar), one in Toronto and three in Montreal. The available excursions and included elements will largely remain the same.

Toronto

“Everything was just perfect. It all went too quickly and I didn’t want to go home!

”Mrs Brookes, by email

Niagara Falls

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You will be staying in a series of well-located hotels, all of which are the equivalent of a European three or four-star standard. Examples include:

3★ Crystal lodge – Whistler A stylish property located in the heart of Whistler, this hotel has a restaurant, bar and heated pool and hot tub.3★ Sun Peaks lodge – Kamloops Hotel amenities include an outdoor pool, gym and restaurant. Rooms are equipped with hairdryer, coffee-maker, TV, and an iron and board.3★ Whistlers Inn – Jasper On the main street of this very small township in the mountains, this hotel has two restaurants, a pub, gift shop and outdoor hot tub.3★ banff International Hotel – banff Stay in a cosy, property in the heart of Banff, surrounded by mountain scenery. The hotel has its own gift shop, restaurant and bar.

The first three nights are spent in the exquisite Pacific Rim city of Vancouver, often voted ‘best place in the world to live’. Enjoy the delights of this truly wonderful city, including the waterfront English Bay area, renovated Gastown and some stunning mountain views. Take the opportunity to visit stunning Vancouver Island, where British Columbia’s provincial capital is Victoria by name and Victorian in nature.

A night is spent in Whistler, perhaps the most well-known of Canada’s mountain resorts before travelling on to the alpine hideaway of Sun Peaks, in the midst of another of Canada’s natural wonderlands. Then entering Jasper National Park spend two nights in Jasper, where there’s the chance to take the

cable-car to scenic heights before taking the renowned Icefields Parkway, via stunning Lake Louise to Banff, where the holiday is completed with two nights amongst truly spectacular surroundings.

This wonderful escorted tour of Western Canada includes a three-night stay in sparkling Vancouver with the chance to visit more-british-than-britain Victoria, on Vancouver Island, followed by stays in the mountain resorts of Whistler and Sun Peaks. Travel through breathtaking scenery to Jasper, then via lake louise for two nights in banff, the Rockies’ majestic capital.

Jasper National Park

THE CAnAdIAn ROCKIESAvailable: Apr – Jul, Sep & Oct 2014

The price includes:• Enjoy some stunning, scenic Rocky

Mountains drives every day from Whistler to Banff

• Scenic drive to Whistler on Day Four• Leisure time in Vancouver on Days One

to Three• Hotel accommodation for nine nights

staying in Vancouver (3 nights), Whistler (1 night), Sun Peaks (1 night), Jasper (2 nights) and Banff (2 nights) in a twin/double room on a room-only basis

• Return scheduled flights to Vancouver returning from Calgary

• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon

arrival in Canada




Optional Excursions:Vancouver City Tour & north Shore (full day) – day Two £89 per person

Vancouver Island, Victoria & the butchart Gardens (full day) – day Three £95 per person

Jasper Tramway & Sightseeing (full day) – day Seven £39 per person

banff & Sulphur Mountain Cable-Car (half day) – day nine £49 per person

Rockies Helicopter Ride – day nine £115 per person

The Canadian RockiesA magical, memorable escorted holiday

Special Departures:Calgary StampedeAvailable: 5 Jul 2014 (14 days) In addition to the full itinerary of the regular tour, this tour option spends three nights in Kannanaskis with two included day vis-its to the stampede grounds in Calgary.

Grizzly BearsAvailable: All dates in Jun & Sep 2014Journey into ‘Grizzly Bear Valley’ for an hour long guided cruise. The Calgary Stampede tour also includes this cruise.

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In addition to your five-star cruise, you will be staying in a series of well-located hotels, all of which will be the equivalent of a European three or four-star standard.

5★ AlASKA CRUISE & THE CAnAdIAn ROCKIESAvailable: Apr – Sep 2014

The price includes:• Free time in Banff on Day Two• Visit Lake Louise and drive the Icefields

Parkway on Day Three• Drive through the Rockies from Jasper to

Vancouver on Days Four and Five• A seven-night cruise with Holland

America Line, sharing an inside twin stateroom (Cat K) on a full board basis or upgrade to a spectacular outside cabin or suite

• Free time in Vancouver on Days Twelve to Fourteen

• Hotel accommodation for seven nights staying in Banff (2 nights), Jasper (1 night), Sun Peaks (1 night) and Vancouver (3 nights) in a twin/double room on a room only basis

• Return scheduled flights• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel and transfers throughout • Fully escorted by a Tour Manager in

Canada (the ship’s staff will take care of you on board the cruise)



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Optional Excursions:banff Sightseeing Tour & Sulphur Mountain Cable-Car (half day) – day Two £49 per person

Rockies Helicopter Ride – day Two £115 per person

Vancouver City Tour & north Shore (full day) – day Thirteen £89 per person

Vancouver Island, Victoria & The butchart Gardens (full day) – day fourteen £95 per person

Please note: Shore excursions from the cruise are bookable on board the ship.

You’ll fly west to Calgary, spending two nights in the spectacular surrounds of Banff. You’ll then journey through the outstandingly beautiful Rockies, visiting breathtaking Lake Louise and picturesque Jasper, before you begin your cruise. The undoubted highlight is of course, Glacier Bay, while distant Juneau and remote Skagway, last trading post before the Yukon, as well as colourful Ketchikan, are simply marvellous ports of call. Optional shore excursions include expeditions into the Alaskan backcountry, or more comfortable, but equally stunning sightseeing tours.

Return for a stay in beautiful Vancouver, in its spectacular setting at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Vancouver is often voted ‘best place

in the world to live’, and optional tours of the city will show you just why as we end this truly marvellous ‘holiday-of-a-lifetime’.

The undoubted highlight of this extraordinary holiday will be a seven-night cruise on board a superbly appointed, five-star cruise ship of Holland America Line. Join your cruise after a journey through the Rocky Mountains, sailing through the fabled ‘Inside Passage’ to wild, remote Alaska, and through Glacier bay, a UNESCO-World Heritage site at the edge of one of north America’s last great wildernesses. The holiday is then completed with a three-night stay in glorious Vancouver.

3★ banff International Hotel – banff Stay in a cosy, property in the heart of Banff, surrounded by mountain scenery. The hotel has its own gift shop, restaurant and bar.3★ Whistlers Inn – Jasper On the main street high up in the mountains, this hotel has two restaurants, a pub, gift shop and outdoor hot tub. 3★ Sun Peaks lodge– Kamloops In the heart of Sun Peaks resort, close to Kamloops, a lovely mountain inn, with lots of restaurants and bars close to the hotel. All en-suite rooms have TV with movie channels, safe, phone, coffee-maker, iron and board, and a hairdryer.Your Cruise Ship 5★ MS Volendam Holland America Line’s well appointed, luxurious ship offers many facilities including restaurants, bars and lounges, with panoramic views from the deck, outside cabins and public rooms and full-board service for the duration of your cruise.

MS Volendam, Glacier Bay

Ketchikan

Vancouver Skyline


5★ Alaska Cruise & the Canadian Rockies

Begin in Delhi, where ancient and modern worlds collide in a teeming, colourful, enthralling metropolis littered with reminders of the six great cities that predated the present Indian capital. Journey on to the fabled ‘Pink City’ of Jaipur, with its ‘Palace of the Winds’ and legendary Amber Fort, before two nights are spent in Ranthambhore – inspiration for some of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’ stories.

The ‘City of Love’ with its peerless, world-renowned Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and onion-domed Jama Masjid complete the first part of the tour, before you fly south to ‘old Cochin’, on the Indian Ocean shore.

Kochi, with its European feel and iconic Chinese fishing nets, a night on a traditional thatched kettuvallam houseboat, the misty mountains of

Periyar, home to elephants and rarely glimpsed tigers and leopards. The sacred temple city of Madurai and the idyllic hill station of Munnar complete the memorable journey.

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Kerala House boat

Taj Mahal

Throughout your stay in India, we have carefully selected and reserved accommodation at four-and five-star standard hotels from brands such as Radisson and Sheraton four Points to some smaller, more typical independent hotels. All hotels have a restaurant and bar, most have a pool. All bedrooms offer private facilities and air conditioning and are very well appointed with TV, tea- and coffee-making facilities.

Two highlights on our tour are, firstly, Geejgarh Village Retreat, where all accommodation is comfortably set in individual cottages around a lawn, the main building housing the restaurant and where our cookery demonstration takes place. Rooms here are cooled by ceiling fan only and do not have TV. Secondly, enjoy your leisurely night on a houseboat as we cruise Kerala’s backwaters and enjoy meals and drinks on deck as life goes by.

from the ancient cities of delhi, Jaipur and Agra, the fabled Taj Mahal and the home of the legendary ‘Tigers of Ranthambhore’, to an idyllic, tropical land of labyrinthine backwaters plied by traditional ‘houseboats’, and forested uplands dotted with colonial tea plantations, and finally dusty plains and Madurai’s breath-taking temples, this simply wonderful holiday has it all.

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala

Grand Tour of IndiaDelhi, Taj, Tigers & the Beautiful South

GRAnd TOUR Of IndIAAvailable: Jan, Mar, May, Jun, Oct, nov 2014, Jan – May 2015

The price includes:• Discover the sights of New Delhi and a

rickshaw ride through Old Delhi on Days Two & Three

• See Jaipur’s ‘Palace of the Winds’ and visit the Amber Fort on Day Four

• Go in search of Ranthambhore’s tigers on Day Six

• See Chand Baori, Abhaneri’s stepwell and enjoy a cookery demonstration on Day Seven

• Marvel at the incomparable Taj Mahal on Day Eight

• Fly south from Delhi to Kochi on Day Nine• Explore Kochi with its famous Chinese

fishing nets on Day Ten• Spend a night on a traditional kettuvallam

houseboat on Day Eleven• Visit Periyar’s Wildlife Sanctuary, with a

lake cruise, on Day Thirteen• Take a cycle-rickshaw ride in the temple-

town Madurai and enjoy the sacred Aarti ceremony on Day Fifteen

• Tour Munnar hill-station’s tea plantations on Day Sixteen

• Accommodation for fifteen nights, staying in Delhi (1 nt), Jaipur (2 nts), Ranthambhore (2 nts), Geejgarh (1 night), Agra (1 nt), Kochi (2 nts), Periyar (2 nts), Madurai (2 nts) and Munnar (1 nt) in hotels and on a houseboat (1 nt) sharing a twin/double room on a half board basis

• Eight lunches• Return scheduled flights to Delhi returning

from Kochi via Mumbai with one suitcase allowance per person

• Coach travel and transfers throughout, escorted by a Tour Manager in India





Optional Excursions:Ranthambhore fort – day five £12 per person

Taj Mahal at Sunrise – day nine £19 per person

Periyar Guided Trek – day Thirteen £11 per person

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We have reserved accommodation at four-star standard hotels throughout your stay in India. All hotels have a restaurant and a bar. All bedrooms offer private facilities and are equipped with tea- and coffee-making facilities and, except in Geejgarh, air conditioning.

5★ Radisson blu dwarka – delhi This hotel has several restaurants, a bar and tea lounge as well as a pool and fitness centre. All rooms have TV, safe and phone.4★ Radisson Hotel – Agra In a central location, close to the Taj Mahal with pool, gym and several restaurants. All rooms have TV and safe. 4★ Geejgarh Village Camp – Geejgarh Luxury lodge accommodation provides a spacious, carpeted sleeping area with proper beds and a modern, private bathroom.4★ The Pugmark Resort – Ranthambhore Set in acres of grounds close to the National Park with a pool, restaurant and bar. Nicely appointed rooms are cottage style.

IndIA – TIGERS & THE TAJ MAHAlAvailable: Jan – Mar, May, Sep – nov 2014, Jan – May, Sep 2015

The price includes:• A city tour of Old Delhi on Day Two• A tour of New Delhi on Day Three• An elephant or jeep ride to the Amber

Fort on Day Four• A guided city tour of Jaipur on Day Four• Journey to Ranthambhore National Park

on Day Five• Two safaris at Ranthambhore National

Park on Day Six• Visit to Abhaneri on Day Seven• Lodge accommodation on Night Seven

in Geejgarh with an included cookery demonstration

• A city tour of Agra on Day Eight• A visit to Taj Mahal on Day Eight• Eight nights’ accommodation staying in

Delhi (nights 2 & 9), Jaipur (nights 3 & 4), Ranthambhore (nights 5 & 6), Geejgarh (night 7) and Agra (night 8)

• All accommodation is based on sharing a twin/double room on a half-board basis plus four included lunches

• Return scheduled flights to Delhi• One suitcase allowance per person• Air-conditioned coach travel throughout• The services of a Tour Manager upon

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Optional Excursions:Ranthambhore fort (half day) – day five £12 per person

Taj Mahal at Sunrise – day nine £19 per person

In Delhi, enjoy a guided tour, first of the vibrant streets of the Old City, including the Red Fort, Jama Masjid mosque and Raj Ghat, Gandhi’s cremation site, before taking in New Delhi, India Gate war memorial, the vast boulevard of the Rajpath and the ruins of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque.

You’ll travel on to Jaipur, the fabled ‘Pink City’, with its ‘Palace of the Winds’, colourful bazaars and famous Amber Fort. For a truly authentic experience you can ride to the Fort atop an elephant’s back, or alternatively take a jeep!

Ranthambhore National Park exemplifies India’s Project Tiger conservation programme,

offering the chance to view these magnificent animals and other wildlife from the safety of an open-air vehicle, in the company of a guide. Step back in time with an overnight stay in a village lodge – complete with full facilities – and visit the extraordinary ‘step-wells’ of Abhaneri, before travelling on to Agra, the fabled ‘City of Love’, with the exquisite Taj Mahal. See the ‘Taj’ in all its glory at sunset and – on an optional excursion – at sunrise, and visit the UNESCO-listed Agra Fort and the tomb of Akbar the Great at Sikandra.

This once-in-a-lifetime tour reveals the very best of Northern India, and will leave you with everlasting memories of this extraordinary country.

This fully escorted, classic tour of northern India features the great cities of delhi, Jaipur and Agra, as well as historic monuments – including the breathtaking Taj Mahal. With excellent accommodation throughout – including a night in a lodge, and a safari in Ranthambhore Park, former royal hunting ground and home to the famed Tigers of Ranthambhore – this wonderful holiday is full of unforgettable highlights.

Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds, Jaipur

“The hotels were fabulous as were the trips, food, people and general culture of India. I would

certainly recommend Newmarket travel to my family and friends.

”Mrs Breton, by email


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4★ Century Park Hotel, bangkok Enjoying a central location, close to shopping with a variety of bars, restaurants and a coffee shop.4★ Prince d’Angkor Hotel & Spa, Siem Reap This hotel has a lovely outdoor pool area with terraces and landscaped tropical gardens - an oasis in which to relax!4★ Victoria Hotel, Cantho On the banks of the Hau River, built in colonial style amidst exotic gardens. All rooms here have balcony and the hotel has a spa.

Your Touring Hotels

Throughout your stay in Indo-China we have carefully selected and reserved accommodation at four-star standard hotels in some fine locations. All hotels have a restaurant, bar and outdoor pool. All bedrooms offer private facilities and air conditioning and are very well appointed with TV, tea- and coffee-making facilities and air conditioning. Some examples of where you will stay are:

Royal Grand Palace, Bangkok

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

This marvellous escorted tour begins in the Thai capital, a cacophonous, kaleidoscopic, heady mix of vibrant life, where a guided tour includes stunning temples with their great golden Buddhas, and there’s the opportunity to head into the jungle to the fabled River Kwai.

Travel into Cambodia, to discover stupendous Angkor Wat, the world’s greatest shrine, and to explore Phnom Penh, all dusty, faded glory, except the glistening, glorious Royal Palace.

The Mekong Delta is all you’d imagine – rice paddies, fruit trees, bougainvillea, farmers in conical hats, floating markets, and flat-bottomed boats laden with produce – a scene unchanged in centuries. This picture-postcard idyll of an experience leads on to ‘Saigon’, now Ho Chi Minh City or ‘HCMC’, a final sensory delight, with its reminders of French

colonial grandeur and the “crazy, Asian war”, depicted in the War Remnants Museum and the fascinating Cu Chi Tunnels underground city, both highlights of your visit here.

With the colour and excitement of bangkok, Cambodia’s extraordinary citadel of Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh, with its Palace and museums, and a scenic journey through the exquisite Mekong delta to Ho Chi Minh City – still more usually called Saigon – this is less a holiday, and more an unforgettable journey of the senses.

Follow the Mekong – Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam

fOllOW THE MEKOnGAvailable: Jan, Mar, May, Sep – nov 2014, Jan, Mar – May 2015

The price includes:• Bangkok city tour including the Grand

Palace and Golden Buddha on Day Two• Scenic journey to the Cambodian border &

French colonial Battambang on Day Five• Cruise across Tonle Sap lake to Siem

Reap on Day Five• Two full days’ sightseeing at Siem Reap

including Angkor Wat and Ankhor Tom on Days Seven and Eight

• Phnom Penh city tour on Day Nine• Visit the Tuoi Sleng Museum and National

Museum in Phnom Penh on Day Ten• Travel through the scenic Mekong

Delta, including a boat trip to Cai Rang’s Floating Market on Days Eleven & Twelve

• Full day Ho Chi Minh city tour with visit to the Cu Chi Tunnels on Day Thirteen

• Twelve nights’ accommodation staying in Bangkok (3 nights), Battambang (1 night), Siem Reap (3 nights), Phnom Penh (1 night), Chau Doc (1 night), Can Tho (1 night) and Ho Chi Minh City (2 nights) sharing a twin/double room on bed & breakfast

• Dinner on eight nights and six lunches• Return scheduled flights, via Dubai, to

Bangkok returning from Ho Chi Minh City• One suitcase allowance per person• Travel by boat and air-conditioned coach

throughout • The services of a Tour Manager upon





Optional Excursions:Thai dinner dance – day Two £24 per person

River Kwai & death Railway – day Three £49 per person

floating Market & Thai Rose Garden – day four £52 per person

Klong Tour – day four £27 per person

Please note: Should the water in Tonle Sap lake be too low, the journey by boat on day six will be replaced with coach transportation.

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3★ Yafan longman Hotel – Shanghai The hotel has two restaurants, a coffee shop and sauna. All rooms have a TV, hairdryer and mini-bar.3★ Super House Hotel – beijing This hotel has two restaurants, a tea-house and bar. Rooms are equipped with air conditioning, tea- and coffee-making facilities, safe, hairdryer and mini-bar3★ xian Tang Cheng Hotel – xian You’ll find a Chinese restaurant and noodle bar in this hotel as well as a bar, games room and sauna. Rooms have a TV, hairdryer and mini-bar.3★ new Century Hotel – Yangshuo This hotel boasts an outdoor pool, two restaurants and a bar. All rooms are air-conditioned and have a TV, mini-bar and tea-making facilities.

Throughout your stay we have reserved good quality three-star accommodation. Examples include:

Beginning in Shanghai, where the colonial grandeur of the Bund is dwarfed by the soaring skyscrapers on the opposite bank of the Huangpu River, our tour includes the historic Old City and the classical Yuyuan Garden.

The breathtaking Chinese capital, home to Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City and the Great Hall of the People, is one of the most enthralling places on Earth. Enjoy an optional visit to the famous Peking Opera, and travel out to the Great Wall at Badaling, returning to the city via the majestic Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo, whose most celebrated residents are the Giant Pandas. Enjoy an optional rickshaw tour of the labyrinthine hutongs – narrow alleyways that epitomise ‘Old Peking’ – and celebrate with our included ‘Peking Duck’ dinner.

Then fly to Xi’an to visit the legendary Terracotta Army of the first emperor – 8,000 life-size foot-soldiers, horsemen and charioteers, and a truly extraordinary sight.

Tour the ancient city, with its Great Mosque and Tang dynasty monuments, before flying on to Beijing.

This marvellous tour is completed with a flight south to Guangxi province, for an unforgettable cruise on the fabled Li River and a tour of historic, medieval Guilin.

from the Great Wall to the Terracotta Warriors, and from tours in Shanghai, beijing and xi’an to a cruise on the fabled li River in the Guangxi province, this holiday really does allow you to experience the best of China! With comfortable accommodation and the help of a Tour Manager, this is a perfect introduction to a truly fascinating country.

Tianamen Square, Beijing

THE bEST Of CHInAAvailable: Jan, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Sep – nov 2014, Jan – Jun 2015

The price includes:• Shanghai city tour and a visit to the Pearl

Tower on Day Two• A visit to Shanghai’s Old City and Yuyuan

Chinese Gardens on Day Three• A visit to Tiananmen Square, the

Forbidden City and the Summer Palace on Day Four

• An excursion to the Great Wall and Beijing Zoo on Day Five

• ‘Peking Duck’ Dinner on Night Five• A visit to the Temple of Heaven on Day Six• Terracotta Army and Xi’an city tour on

Day Seven• Trip to Yangshuo with a River Li cruise on

Day Nine • A visit to Guilin on Day Ten• Hotel accommodation for nine nights

staying in Shanghai (2 nights), Beijing (3 nights), Xi’an (2 nights), Guilin (1 night) and Yangshuo (1 night) in a twin/double room on a full-board basis

• Return flights to Shanghai and all internal flights in China

• One suitcase allowance per person• Coach travel throughout• Fully escorted by a Tour Manager upon






Optional Excursions:Peking Opera (evening) – day four £15 per person

beijing by Rickshaw (half day) – day Six £22 per person

Yangshuo light Show (evening) – day nine £29 per person

Shanghai Evening River Cruise – day Ten £19 per person

Please note: Due to the nature of travel in China the order of the itineraries may be changed on some occasions. Any alterations made will always still include all planned visits described.

Terracotta Army

Special Departure:Chinese New YearAvailable: 28 Jan 2014 & 16 feb 2015 Travel with us at this special time of year when the country is decorated for the holidays and in very festive spirit. Enjoy impromptu celebrations, regional customs and traditions – and lots of fireworks!


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