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UK, IRELAND & EUROPEAN Coach Holidays DEPARTING FROM THE North West November 2012 to December 2013 Including Easter, Christmas & New Year Welcome to Alfa Travel... Welcome to our 2013 holiday programme, packed with inspiring holiday ideas, all at great value for money prices. If you are unsure where to go this year, take your time to browse through our exciting array of holiday opportunities. We have re-designed our brochure for 2013 to group 53-59 all summer holidays by area rather than duration so that you can easily compare the different itineraries available in each resort. We try very hard to give a comprehensive description of the holiday because our guests tell us that the thrill of an Alfa holiday 00-00 starts with selecting from the tantalising range of destinations and rich Numbers in mixture of different durations and excursions. Whether your Alfa holiday is the discs are page your principal holiday or one of many, rest assured that we put the same references degree of care and attention into planning and operating all our holidays. 42-45 60-63 If you have never experienced a coach holiday before, saw the acquisition of the 39-41 you’re in for a treat. There is nothing quite like a coach magnificent Queens Hotel holiday for combining interest and relaxation, meeting new in Blackpool as well as a major friends or catching up with old ones. Sit back and enjoy extension at our George IV yourself in our outstanding coaches as our experienced Hotel in Criccieth. We also drivers ensure your safety and whisk you away to some use a range of partner hotels of the best holidays you will ever experience. from value for money small 46-52 36-38 Coaches are not only the safest form of transport but they hotels through to large hotels 31-35 are also one of the greenest - only walking and cycling of international standard. We grade all the hotels so that produce lower carbon emissions. In 2011 we standardized you can choose for yourself whether to go for a top class on Mercedes Benz coaches because of their reliability, fuel hotel or a bargain hotel. efficiency, excellent seats and superb ride quality. For 2013 On behalf of the entire Alfa team I’d like to say a big thank 12-20 21-30 we will be taking delivery of 10 more of these vehicles you to our loyal guests who return to us year after year. And bringing our fleet to almost 50% Mercedes Benz, all of if you’ve never travelled with Alfa before, we look forward which have air conditioning, on board servery and toilet. to welcoming you on what we know will be a memorable The majority of our guests will visit one of our 20 holiday. Please be assured that once you have experienced Leisureplex hotels. These are situated in the prime holiday Alfa, you’ll never want to travel with any other coach holiday operator. resorts of Great Britain and provide a consistently high 64-71 standard which means you will not be disappointed. Paul Sawbridge, Managing Director We continue to invest large sums in our hotels and 2012 Alfa Travel, Euxton Lane, Chorley, PR7 6AF (08451) 305666 (03451) 305666 [email protected] 2 “ I have travelled with Alfa many times over the years both in the UK and near Continent. All trips have met my expectations and no aspects have been found wanting. I am more than satisfied that customers receive a good deal for their money.” RT, Flint Exceeding your expectations with quality, value for money coach holidays! Your Holiday Choice South West England Pages 12-20 Central England (continued) Pages 36-38 Ireland Pages 60-63 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Duration (Days) 7 5 Page Weston-Super-Mare • • 12 Heart of England • 38 Kerry & Dingle • 60 Bideford • 13 England’s Heritage • 38 Mayo & Sligo • 60 Ilfracombe • • 14 Robin Hood Country • 38 County Clare & The Burren • 61 St. Ives • • 15 Derry & Giant’s Causeway • 61 Newquay • • 16 North East England Pages 39-41 Bantry Bay & Cork • 62 Falmouth • 17 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Taste of Ireland • 62 Torquay • • 18 Catherine Cookson Country • 39 Tale of Two Cities • 63 Exmouth • • 20 Northumbria & Beamish • 39 Heart of Ireland • 63 Taste of Yorkshire • 39 South & South East England Pages 21-30 Scarborough ••• 40 Europe Pages 64-71 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Duration (Days) 10-12 8-9 5 Page Weymouth • • 21 North West England Pages 42-45 Italian Riviera • 64 Sherborne • 21 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Lake Garda & Venice • 65 Isle of Wight - Sandown • • 22 Grange over Sands • 42 Treasures of Tuscany • 65 Isle of Wight - Shanklin •• 23 Lake District • 42 Costa Brava & Barcelona • 66 Bournemouth • • 24 Lakes & Dales • 42 Austrian Tyrol • 66 Brighton • 25 Patterdale • 43 Lake Annecy & French Alps • 67 Great English Gardens • 25 Lytham St. Annes • 43 Dordogne • 67 London • 25 Southport • 43 Black Forest & Alsace • 68 Bognor Regis •• 26 Blackpool •• 44 Romantic Rhine & Moselle • 68 Eastbourne • • 28 Isle of Man •• 45 Harz Mountains & Berlin • 69 Folkestone •• 30 Baltic Coast & Hamburg • 69 Wales Pages 46-52 31-35 Great War in Flanders • 70 East Coast England Pages 31- 35 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Holland, Arnhem & The Rhine • 70 Llandudno • • 46 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Ostend, Bruges & Brussels • 71 Criccieth •• 48 Southend on Sea • 31 Dutch Bulbfields • 71 Llandrindod Wells • 49 Colchester • 31 Porthcawl • • 50 Clacton on Sea • 32 Tenby • 51 Scenic Suffolk - Felixstowe • 32 Saundersfoot •• 52 Great Yarmouth • • 33 Cromer • • 34 Scotland Pages 53-59 Skegness •• 35 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Arrochar & Loch Lomond • 53 Central England Pages 36-38 Oban • 53 Duration (Days) 8 6-7 5 Page Dunoon ••• 54 Spring & Autumn Pages 72-77 Derbyshire Dales • 36 Fort William ••• 56 Duration (Days) 7 5 4 Page Wye Valley • 36 Ullapool • 57 Breakaways & Weekaways •• 72 Bath & Salisbury • 36 Royal Deeside • • 57 Easter Weekenders • 75 ‘Downton Abbey’ & Windsor • 37 The Highlander • 58 Christmas, New Year & Festive •• 75 Oxford & Cambridge • 37 Trossachs & Stirling • 59 Duration (Days) 8 5 4 Page Harry Potter Magic • 37 Scotland’s Heritage • 59 Hotel Breaks ••• 77 3 Booking is easy with Alfa Travel Three easy ways to book your Alfa holiday When you are ready to book your holiday, you can do it in any one of three ways: on the telephone to our reservations centre, through your local travel agent or via the internet. It is up to you how you make the booking and many people vary their method of booking from time to time. Even if you choose to book through your travel agent or on our Alfa website, please do not hesitate to phone our friendly reservations staff if you have any queries about your proposed holiday. Many of our staff have stayed at several of our hotels and we can usually find someone with first hand knowledge to answer any queries. Call our Approved Reservations Centre Travel Agents If you are calling from a land line simply telephone 08451 Many of our the travel agents who book our holidays have 305666 (calls to this number from land lines are charged at sent large numbers of their clients with Alfa and can give local rate no matter where you are in the UK; if calling from you the benefit of comments they have received. a mobile phone it is a little cheaper to call 03451 305666). To book through an agent, please go to the agent who One of our friendly, fully trained reservations staff will give supplied your brochure or telephone us to find the location you details of all available holidays. of your nearest appointed travel agent. Safe & Secure Our offices are open: Financial Security Monday-Friday 9.00am-5.30pm Book Online at We are fully bonded tour operator members of the Saturday 9.00am-5.00pm Association of British Travel Agents, so you can be Sundays & Bank Holidays 10.00am-4.00pm www.alfatravel.co.uk sure that all payments made to us in advance of your If you wish to confirm the booking, we accept payment over If you have access to the Internet, the easiest way to book holiday are fully protected. the telephone by credit or debit card and we don’t charge our holidays is via our web site. Holiday Insurance any extra to use your card. Alternatively you can complete All of the information in this brochure - and a great deal the booking form and forward it to us with a cheque. It is vital that you are covered by adequate personal more besides - is available there. You can also find late insurance when you travel. The insurance policy we breaking offers, some of which are only available if you offer is very competitive and has no age restrictions. book on the internet. Why not take a look? For full details see page 79. Even if you intend to book on the telephone or via an agent, Always at if you have internet access, it is worth taking a look at the wealth of information we publish there. Your Service Our web site is totally secure and fully bookable using ALFA TRAVEL, your credit or debit card with instant print outs available showing your full holiday details and email confirmation “ It’s so easy to book Euxton Lane, Chorley, available on request. Lancashire PR7 6AF You can also use it to order a brochure or send us an by phone, staff are Landline: 08451 305666 e-mail.