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LATES & BREAKS COSTA DORADA: (save £101) for seven GRAB A SPA DEAL ❑ Seven nights’ nights. Arrive on Friday. all-inclusive at the See sykescottages.co.uk CELEBRATE National Spa Week with these four-star Four Elements or phone 01244 617 683. ❑ special offers through spabreaks.com: Suites in Salou is £440. Property Reference Leave from Luton on 951345. The Spa at InterContinental London – The O2 Tuesday. Hit alpharooms. UAE: Enjoy fi ve-star This chic oasis offers eight treatment rooms and com or call 0114 407 0241. ❑ half-board for a week GO FOR IT city views from the hotel’s Sky Bar. EASTBOURNE at the Rotana Resort and Edited by VICKY LISSAMAN Offer: Get 30% off the Inner Calm Package, which ❑ TASTER: Pay £99 for Spa in Fujairah for £657. is down to £109pp. The day includes a 55-minute a three-day taster coach Depart Edinburgh on ESPA back, face and scalp treatment, coffee and break with two nights’ September 19. Search pastries on arrival and an ESPA Explore gift bag. DOME FROM HOME: The 02 half-board at the three-star southalltravel.co.uk Burlington Hotel in or dial 0208 705 0086. The Belfry – Simply THE Spa, the Midlands Eastbourne and an ADRIATIC CRUISE: Enjoy a journey through the Fire and Ice thermal excursion to Brighton. ❑ A seven-night Adriatic suite that rejuvenates the senses or chill out at Depart on September 29 Affair cruise on board the manicure and pedicure centres. from south east and West Marella Celebration is Offer: The Ritual Radiance Spa Day featuring Midlands pick up points. from £790. Depart from an 80-minute back massage, lower legs and See shearings.com or Dubrovnik and visit Hvar, feet exfoliation and massage, facial and scalp call on 0344 874 8220. Ancona, Koper, Venice, massage, afternoon tea and 90-minute Fire and COSTA DEL SOL: Rijeka and Split. Flights Ice Experience is reduced by 30% to £109. ❑ Get seven nights’ leave from Birmingham, all-inclusive at the Doncaster Sheffi eld, Hoar Cross Hall, Staffordshire FIRE AND ICE: The Belfry four-star Marconfort Gatwick and Manchester Indulge in a Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Crete escape!WARM WATERS: Griego Hotel in on October 18. Book at tui. inspired afternoon tea on September 30 or enjoy an The Abaton Torremolinos. Pay £442 co.uk/cruise or dial 0871 ■ Autumn Glow spa experience day, which includes overlooks the Aegean from Stansted and £395 230 2800. a three-course lunch and a choice of 55-minute and is the perfect base from Leeds Bradford. Fly VALENCIA: Enjoy spa treatments for £149.50. See hoarcross.co.uk for exploring by boat on September 25. See ❑ World Paella Day travelrepublic.co.uk or (September 20) with three The Vale Resort, near Cardiff call 020 8974 7200. nights including breakfast Set in 650 acres of Welsh countryside, The Vale MADEIRA at the three-star Ad Hoc offers 19 treatment rooms, a 20-metre swimming ❑ MYSTERY: Seven Monumental Hotel in the pool, sauna, steam room and spa bath. nights with continental city that invented paella Offer: Enjoy 20% off overnight breaks from breakfast at a secret for £588. Flight from £127.50pp based on two sharing. Includes four-star hotel in Funchal Gatwick with private a 55-minute treatment and a bottle of wine. RURAL RETREAT: The Vale is £589. Fly from car transfers. See Humberside on October 12 kirkerholidays.com Inglewood House and Spa, near Stirling (fl ights also available from or call 020 7593 2283. One of Scotland’s newest and most exclusive Bournemouth, Norwich THAILAND: Seven retreats, it has a thermal suite, outdoor hot tub, and Exeter). Hit ❑ nights with breakfast state-of-the-art gym and relaxation room. superbreak.com or at the four-star The Sands Offer: Treat-for-two spa day which includes dial 0800 042 0288. Khao Lak by Katathani an Elemis treatment and a cream tea from £69. YORKSHIRE: Cha Hotel on Nang Thong ❑ Cha’s Cottage is a Beach from £789. Depart Galgorm Resort and Spa, Northern Ireland modern holiday home on Gatwick or Stansted from FACT FILE Known as a “thermal village” this award-winning the outskirts of Whitby. It May 1 to June 13, 2019. GETTING there: Flights are available with easyJet spa is 30-minutes from Belfast and has indoor has a children’s play area See emiratesholidays.com (easyJet.com), Jet2 (jet2.com) and Ryanair (Ryanair. and outdoor facilities including a pool, snow and indoor swimming or call on 0208 972 8949. com) from a range of UK airports. cabin and hot tubs. pool. Sleeps six. Pay £518 Book by Wednesday. Where to stay: Rooms at the Abaton Island Resort Offer: Get 20% off the Thermal Spa Special, THERMAL VILLAGE: & Spa, Crete, cost from £148.87 per person per which is down to £60pp including lunch. Galgorm Resort and Spa night in October. Book at abaton.gr

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I booking ski bargains walking tours featuring 2 NTS Friday 2 NTS Tuesday Sep 21, 28 £65 Sep 24 £109.95 the wild Atlantic or ❑ Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Sep 21, 28 £99.95 Sep 25 £99.95 £59.95 £109.95 yacht, I’m handed delivering cold beers, ming and sunbathing I other rooms – the hotel’s think about catching a with Balkan Holidays. movie and TV destinations. Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 the freezing English Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 £99.95 Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 £85 £59.95 Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 £109.95 ice-cold cups of white bottles of crisp Cretan dine at one of the hotel’s design makes me feel as cab to the Bronze Age Buy-one-get-one-free lift The #BehindTheScreens Dec 7, 14 Nov 2, 30 £85 Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 £85 £59.95 Dec 3, 10, 17 £109.95 Channel. Jumping in wine home-made by wine and nibbles. restaurants – Wow Sushi though I am the only one Knossos Palace, or ven- pass offers are available at campaign offers 2019 Dec 7, 14 £85 Dec 4, 11 £85 2019 here feels like a our skipper. The rhythmic beat of and Steak – which over- for miles around. turing to Heraklion to selected hotels in Bansko, interactive maps of Feb 15, 22 55 2019 2019 £ Apr 1, 8, 15 £109.95 warm hug. And once the sails are waves breaking on the looks the beach and pool. The feeling of tranquil- gaze at Koules, its impos- Bulgaria, with bookings Manchester, Edinburgh Feb 15 85 Feb 12, 19, 26 £79.95 £ 3 NTS Friday 4 NTS Monday The crew on our sailing hoisted and the wind is sand is interrupted only A slab of steak arrives lity continues in the spa, ing Venetian castle. made up to September 30. and Liverpool highlighting Mar 1, 15, 22 £89.95 Mar5, 12, 19, 26 £89.95 Sep 21, 28 £89.95 Includes free coach trip to Isle of Arran boat, booked through pushing us into open by the occasional snore. and I fi nish the lot watch- which is lit by candles But I fi nd myself sink- Get half price ski and locations featured in The Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 89.95 4 NTS Monday £ Sep 24 £134.95 Fantasia Yachting, has water, a huge platter of Before dinner I relax ing the sun set as lights guiding the pathway to ing into a sun bed and snowboard packs in Hotel Avengers, Captain Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 £89.95 Sep 24 £189.95 Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 £134.95 taken a group of us out fresh fruit is placed in with cocktails on the sun fl icker in the capital. The the treatment rooms. drifting off to the crash- Rila in Borovets and ski and America, Peaky Blinders Dec 7, 14, 21 £89.95 Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 £169.95 2019 2019 into a quiet cove where front of us. terrace to the sound of hotel also offers seafood The spa offers a range ing waves. STAYING COOL: Ruth board equipment carriage and Fast & Furious 6. Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 £169.95 Apr 1, 8, 15 £134.95 Feb 15, 22 £79.95 the waters are deep and Later, back on dry land, piano music drifting for £20 per person on all See tpexpress.co.uk Dec 3, 10, 17 £169.95 Apr 22, 29 £144.95 still – ideal for a lazy I relax on the private down from the bar. swim to cool down after beach of my hotel, the “Look up at the third Book Now or request FREE brochure with 140+ UK hotels! an hour or two sunbath- fi ve-star Abaton Island fl oor,” Elina Kaloutsaki, Subject to availability. Calls cost 7p per minute plus your network access charge. 0844 682 2300 ing on deck. Resort & Spa, which the owner of the hotel, I pause to stare up at opened in April. tells me. “It’s a very the mountains fringing Couples lounge by the special evening.” the coast and the blind- edge of the sea on double Glancing up we see a Tribute Weekends Britannia Hotel ingly white walls of day beds, sheltered from couple enjoying dinner Blackpool Newcastle villas perched on shel- the sun by large, black on their private terrace, Savoy • Lift • Car Park tered cliffs. umbrellas. Ice buckets when suddenly the Hotel from £79.95 DINNER, BED & BREAKFAST INCLUDED In the distance, larger fi lled with bottles of cold man gets down 2 NTS Dinner, bed & breakfast 2 NTS 4 NTS party boats drop anchor bubbles are propped up on one knee. 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