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Contents Introduction 4 France & Monaco 74 Turkey 154 Overview 6 Cyprus 82 Morocco 160 Cruising 8 Greece 92 Booking Conditions 168 Spain 10 Portugal & Madeira 130 Carrier Portfolio 171 Italy 34 Croatia & Montenegro 142 Madeira Canary Islands FRANCE CROATIA MONACO MONTENEGRO LANZAROTE PORTUGAL SPAIN ITALY TURKEY GREECE TENERIFE CYPRUS GRAN CANARIA MOROCCO / 3 For our latest Special Offers – please contact your preferred Travel Agent, call our reservations team on 0161 491 7650 or visit carrier.co.uk Introduction / Welcome to Carrier SPECIALISTS IN LUXURY, TAILOR-MADE HOLIDAYS WORLDWIDE The Carrier difference relationship giving us priority to the latest it is that it’s as stress free and memorable There is more choice than ever when it news as well as access to highly competitive as possible. We’re often able to secure comes to booking your holiday. With a wealth fares across their network. interconnecting rooms at selected hotels. of ideas and information at your fingertips, In addition, several resorts offer certified it is tempting to while away hours online The Carrier experience professional childcare and outstanding undertaking your own research into the Villa living: Step into your own private kids’ clubs with a myriad of facilities and perfect getaway. This is where Carrier comes enclave away from the world and its routines. educational, imaginative activities for in; we will do the leg work for you. We know Villa living spells freedom of the most little ones. the best holidays in the world, inside out; intimate and luxurious kind, where privacy saving you significant time and effort while is paramount and service discreet. This is Carrier concierge: With over 20 years’ tailor-making the perfect trip for you. where family and friends can socialise and experience in luxury travel, the Carrier relax together, no one to disturb, no one to Concierge is an enhanced service designed A dedicated person at Carrier will manage impose upon your day, children free to play to help you get the most out of your your travel arrangements from start to as they please and everyone’s tastes catered holiday; from arranging babysitting in finish. They will get to know what truly for. Resort villas offer the space and privacy resort, recommending secluded beaches matters to you and will take personal of a villa with the facilities and comforts of a on less familiar coasts to adding finishing responsibility to translate that into your luxury hotel. touches such as nannies and spa treatments. ideal holiday. You’re in safe hands; our expert consultants handpick hotels, resorts Europe cruises: Our carefully-selected Book with Carrier in confidence and lodges with enduring appeal and cruise partners offer an extensive range of When you book with Carrier you may superlative standards and take regular itineraries throughout Europe taking in rest assured that your holiday is fully trips to re-familiarise themselves with our glittering rivieras and iconic cities steeped in protected. We are ABTA bonded and properties and destinations, meaning you history; from the glamour of Monte Carlo, to all of our flight-inclusive holidays are receive genuine recommendations that the romance of Florence and the dramatic financially protected by the Civil Aviation will ensure your adventures are nothing coastline of Croatia and Montenegro, to Authority’s ATOL scheme. We also work short of unforgettable. name a few. For the ultimate indulgence, closely with our specialist travel agents charter your own private yacht; experienced to ensure that all aspects of your booking Carrier’s trusted partners crew will customise itineraries, giving you the are secure. Ours is a relationship-based business and the freedom to plan your days. effect of having the Carrier team negotiating Our team in the UK is contactable 24/7, on your behalf should not be underestimated; Privileged access: At Carrier we can 365 days a year. You will always have it can make a profound difference to your organise access to some of Europe’s greatest personal assistance, whether that is during holiday. Our featured hotels are often in cultural showcases. Savour the delights of the booking process or while you are away. high demand, especially in peak seasons. We priceless antiquities, maps and tapestries have a long standing partnership with many during a private viewing in the Vatican; gaze Our high service levels have been of them and as such, are well positioned in peaceful silence upon Michelangelo’s independently recognised with multiple to ensure our guests are particularly well frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and walk in awards. Carrier has won the coveted taken care of, and on occasion securing the footsteps of gladiators at the Colosseum ‘Favourite Tour Operator’ award as voted hotels or particular rooms that are ‘fully accessing behind-the-scenes tunnels, cells, by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller booked’. Carrier is one of a handful of travel animal pens and passages in the company magazine more times than any other companies in the UK to have achieved of outstanding art historians. Whatever you company over the past decade, and we have British Airways Preferred Partner status, envision, we can offer a wealth of suggestions. also won several national travel industry in recognition of how important Carrier accolades, including ‘Luxury Tour Operator customers are to the airline. Carrier and Family-friendly: At Carrier we know how of the Year’ from TTG Luxury and British Airways have a long established special a family holiday is and how important Advantage Travel Centres. / 4 / 5 Welcome to Carrier For our latest Special Offers – please contact your preferred Travel Agent, call our reservations team on 0161 491 7650 or visit carrier.co.uk Spain Cyprus Croatia & Montenegro An irresistible spirit runs through Spain The third largest of the Mediterranean Dubrovnik, ‘pearl of the Adriatic’, the from the luxury of its high end resorts to islands is remarkably intimate, a welcoming definitive Croatian attraction. Climb the flamboyant flamenco fiestas and the Moorish place of myth and legend, where Aphrodite medieval ramparts for stupendous views magnificence of Andalusia. Mallorca is a is said to have risen from the sea. It’s an over the Old Town with its wealth of Gothic, revelation, with its beautiful beaches and island of many facets, peppered with Renaissance and Baroque buildings. quaint towns whereas the Canary Islands monasteries and high-end beach resorts. Montenegro boasts the walled city of Kotor, boast year-round warmth. A place to soothe the soul. Venetian-built Budva and a host of lakes. Overview / Italy Greece Turkey The majestic Alps and lakes of the north, In the achingly blue Aegean and Summer lasts as long as eight months in the soft green hills of Tuscany, the magical Ionian Seas 6,000 islands lie scattered, some parts of this entrancing country, Bay of Naples, the brooding presence of many uninhabited, the rest offering an where a spectacular shoreline is laced with Etna and Vesuvius…Italy’s attractions are intoxicating mix of pastoral tranquillity and beaches, bays, coves and peninsulas. Inland Europe & legion. Delve into boisterous cities where beachfront chic. Share a little gossip in a lie majestic mountains, valleys, lakes and the buzzing of Vespas provides the backing ‘kafeneia’– life is effortless and easy paced, grottoes, and the fabulous remains of the soundtrack, or escape to a romantic spa for a and, when Athens calls, admire the view of many ancient civilisations nurtured by the little indulgent pampering. the sun sinking behind the Parthenon. soils of Anatolia. France & Monaco Portugal & Madeira Morocco North Africa From the sun-drenched beaches of the Famed for its ravishing beaches, tasty To be Morocco bound is to enjoy the INFINITE IN ITS APPEAL, EUROPE IS AN ENTICING MIX OF CELEBRATED CITIES, Riviera to the high rolling casinos of Monte cuisine and strong cultural heritage, anticipation of a thousand spellbinding Carlo, France offers a panoply of diverse Portugal is a paradise for all ages and experiences. Immerse yourself in the SUN-SOAKED MEDITERRANEAN RESORTS AND BUCOLIC COUNTRYSIDE, WHILE holiday experiences. It’s a place to sip interests. Explore enchanting fishing tumultuous life of Marrakech with its NORTH AFRICA BRINGS A HINT OF EXOTIC MYSTIQUE. Champagne by yacht-dotted harbours, feast villages such as Sagres with its iconic snake charmers and piles of aromatic spices; on classic haute cuisine or simply spread out fortress and admire the beautiful trek through tiny Berber villages or head a picnic on a pine cloaked Provençal hillside coastline and subtropical splendour to the coast where the sea winds cool the and soak up the joie de vivre. of friendly Madeira. sandy beaches. / 6 Europe & North Africa Europe & North Africa / Cruising CRUISE THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN WHERE OLD WORLD CHARM STILL EXISTS IN CITIES RICH IN CULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE Sail in style on board a Crystal, Seabourn, Silversea or Regent Seven Seas cruise liner or an exclusive SeaDream mega-yacht. Our carefully-selected cruise partners offer an extensive range of itineraries - taking in glittering rivieras and iconic cities steeped in history - from the glamour of Monte Carlo and romance of Florence to the dramatic coastline and bustling ports of Croatia and Montenegro to name a few. Alternatively, charter your own private yacht where experienced crew will customise itineraries giving you the freedom to plan your days; dropping anchor at will and swimming ashore to a pristine beach, only accessible by boat, for a picnic of fresh seafood. River cruising is becoming ever more popular; explore the Rhine, Main, Danube or Douro from the comfort of one of Scenic’s Space-Ships, whilst Belmond’s Afloat in France allows you to experience some of France’s finest landscapes and medieval villages at a different pace and in consummate style.