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UK & CONTINENTAL Coach Holidays NOVEMBER 2011 – DECEMBER 2012 Including Easter, Christmas & New Year
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Welcome to Alfa Travel Exceeding your expectations with quality, value for money coach holidays!
YOUR HOLIDAY CHOICE Summer 7 & 8 Day Holidays in UK & Ireland Pg Resort Pg Resort 9 Weston Super Mare 22 Cromer 10 Ilfracombe 23 Skegness 11 Newquay 23 Scarborough 12 St. Ives 24 Llandudno 13 Falmouth 25 Porthcawl 14 Torquay 26 Isle of Man 15 Exmouth 26 Loch Lomond 16 Weymouth & Trossachs 16 Bournemouth 27 Dunoon & Argyll Welcome to our 2012 holiday programme, 17 Isle of Wight - Sandown 27 Fort William 18 Isle of Wight - Shanklin & Skye packed with inspiring holiday ideas. 18 Bognor Regis 28 Ullapool & Northern Scotland If you have never experienced a coach holiday before, of transport but they are also one of the greenest - only 19 Eastbourne 20 Cliftonville 28 Royal Deeside you’re in for a treat. There is nothing quite like a coach walking and cycling produce lower carbon emissions. 20 Clacton on Sea & Aberdeen holiday for combining interest and relaxation, meeting new The majority of our guests will visit one of our 21 Scenic Suffolk 29 Mayo & Galway friends or catching up with old ones. Sit back and enjoy 19 Leisureplex hotels. These are situated in the 21 Great Yarmouth 29 Derry & Donegal yourself in our outstanding coaches as our experienced prime holiday resorts of Great Britain and provide a Summer 5 Day Breaks in UK & Ireland drivers ensure your safety and whisk you away to some consistently high standard which means you will not be of the best holidays you will ever experience. Pg Resort Pg Resort disappointed. We also use a range of other hotels from 30 Weston Super Mare 37 Herriot’s Yorkshire If you are unsure where to go this year, take your time to value for money small hotels through to large hotels of 30 Ilfracombe & Clovelly 38 Catherine Cookson browse through our exciting array of holiday opportunities. international standard. We grade all the hotels so that you 30 Bideford & Clovelly Country We try very hard to give a comprehensive description of can choose for yourself whether to go for a a top class 31 Cornish Gardens 38 Heartbeat Country the holiday because our guests tell us that the thrill of an hotel or a bargain hotel. 31 Torquay & Exeter 38 Northumbria & Beamish 39 North Lakes Alfa holiday starts with selecting from the tantalising On behalf of the entire Alfa team I’d like to say a big thank 31 Devon Explorer 32 Exmouth 39 Lake District range of destinations and rich mixture of different you to our loyal guests who return to us year after year. 32 Delightful Dorset 39 Lakes & Dales durations and excursions. Whether your Alfa holiday is And if you’ve never travelled with Alfa before, we look 32 Bournemouth 40 Blackpool your principal holiday or one of many, rest assured that forward to welcoming you on what we know will be a 33 Bournemouth 40 Lytham St.Annes we put the same degree of care and attention into memorable holiday. Please be assured that once you have & New Forest 40 Southport planning and operating all our holidays. experienced Alfa, you’ll never want to travel with any 33 Isle of Wight - Sandown 41 Bath & Salisbury other coach holiday operator. 33 Isle of Wight - Shanklin 41 “Downton Abbey” And you don’t have to worry about harming the 34 Bognor Regis & Windsor environment. Not only are coaches the safest form Paul Sawbridge, Managing Director 34 Portsmouth 41 Llandudno & Snowdonia & West Sussex 42 Criccieth & Snowdonia 34 Great English Gardens 42 Heart of Wales 3 Internet Booking 35 Eastbourne & Brighton 42 Porthcawl BOOKING IS EASY! If you have access to the 35 Folkestone & Kent 43 Dunoon & Rothesay 1 Call our Reservations Centre Internet, the easiest way 35 Southend on Sea 43 Scottish Gardens If you are calling from a land line simply telephone our to book our holidays is 36 Constable Country 43 Oban & Cambridge 44 Fort William & Skye local call rate number 08451 305666 (or if calling from via our web site. All of 36 Great Yarmouth 44 Royal Deeside the information in this a mobile phone call 03451 305666) and one of our & the Broads 44 Glenshee friendly, fully trained reservations staff will give you brochure - and a great 36 Cromer & Royal Norfolk 45 The Highlander details of all available holidays. deal more besides - is also 37 Scarborough & Whitby 45 Scotland’s Heritage Our offices are open: available there. You can also 37 Jewels of Yorkshire 45 Taste of Ireland Monday-Friday ...... 9.00am-5.30pm find late breaking offers, some Summer Holidays in Continental Europe of which are only available if you book Saturday...... 9.00am-5.00pm Pg Resort Pg Resort Sundays & Bank Holidays...... 10.00am-4.00pm on the internet. Why not take a look? Our web site is totally secure and fully bookable using your credit or 46 Annecy & the 47 Romantic Rhine French Alps & Moselle If you wish to confirm the booking, complete the debit card with instant print outs available showing booking form and forward it to us with your cheque your full holiday details. You can also use it to order 46 Dordogne 48 Bavaria & the Romantic Road for the deposit within three days. a brochure or send us an e-mail. The address is 47 Harz Mountains & Berlin 48 Three Countries 2 Approved Travel Agents www.alfatravel.co.uk Spring & Autumn & Themed Breaks Many clients benefit from the assistance given by their For all booking methods we issue a postal confirmation Pg Resort Pg Resort local travel agent and our holidays can be booked at showing your seats, rooms, picking up point and time 49 Breakaways 51 Easter Weekenders most of the better travel agents. To book through an within seven days of receipt of your booking form. agent, go to the agent who supplied your brochure. 50 Weekaways 52 Christmas & New Year 51 Festive Specials 53 Self Drive
Alfa Travel, Euxton Lane, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 6AF Information Landline: 08451 305666 • Mobile: 03451 305666 Pg Resort Pg Resort Fax: 08451 303777 • Email: [email protected] 54 Booking Conditions 56 Booking Form 55 Insurance
2 TO BOOK: 08451 305666 03451 305666 www.alfatravel.co.uk visit your local travel agent 02_07_MID_INTROS_2012 22/09/2011 14:53 Page 2 Bath EXCELLENT GREAT HOTELS IN SUPERB SERVICE GREAT LOCATIONS VALUE Personal, Friendly Service Leisureplex Hotels More For Your Money If you have travelled with us before, you will already know Most of our holidays are to our own group of 19 Leisureplex how good our service really is - we try that little bit harder and Hotels. All are character buildings with their own unique Because of our low advertising, pride ourselves on the high standards provided by both our appeal but you will know immediately you are in one of our administrative and sales costs, our administrative staff and by the coach drivers who are so hotels by the consistently high standards of bedrooms and holidays are generally significantly better important to your holiday enjoyment. From the moment you bathrooms, the excellent menus and above al the warmth of value than those of our competitors. make your first enquiry to the day you return we will offer you welcome from our friendly professional staff. They also usually include a more the very best service. Plenty of Entertainment extensive range of excursions as part Great Drivers of the holiday price. Most 5 and 7 day All of our Leisureplex Hotels offer entertainment at least four holidays in the autumn and spring also We are proud of our coach drivers, most of whom have worked evenings each week (usually five evenings) at no extra charge include lunches on free days in your with us for many years. They are all carefully vetted both for to our guests. Most other UK hotels offer entertainment on resort – just think what a saving this their driving ability and their attention to our customers’ needs. several evenings (see hotel descriptions for details). Hotels can represent! In addition they undergo regular in-service training to keep on the Continent do not normally provide entertainment. them at the very top of their profession. Partner Hotels Child Reductions Reliable Coaches We supplement our own Leisureplex Hotels with a selection Why not take your children or Most of our holidays are operated by our own fleet of of carefully chosen properties in other major resorts. Whereas grandchildren with you? predominantly Mercedes and Volvo luxury coaches, over 60% our Leisureplex Hotels are all of a very consistent mid-market The following reductions apply on UK of which have on board washroom and all of which are air standard, Partner Hotels vary considerably from value for holidays to children sharing a room with conditioned. We supplement these with vehicles provided by a money basic hotels to luxury hotels of international standard. at least one adult: select group of our most reliable industry partners, the majority Please read the hotel description and the Hotel Grades note of which are also air conditioned. We are members of the carefully when choosing a Partner Hotel. No. of Days: 34578 Confederation of Passenger Transport, the Coach Tourism Child aged 0-2 £30 £45 £60 £90 £105 Council and Coach Marque - bodies established to encourage Child aged 3-11 £20 £30 £40 £60 £70 standards of excellence in our industry. (Child reductions also apply to Self Drive SAFE & holidays but not Continental Tours.) TRAVEL SECURE Prices You Can Rely On OPTIONS Our policy is one of Financial Security “everyday low prices”. Local Pick Up Points We are fully bonded tour operator members of We guarantee: the Association of British Travel Agents, so you The majority of our holidays use our Our pricing is simple and can be sure that all payments made to us in famous “feeder” system which provides a straightforward with no hidden extras huge range of pick up points from towns throughout the advance of your holiday are fully protected. Midlands - see page 5 for further details. We will not levy any fuel or Holiday Insurance currency surcharges after you Self Drive It is vital that you are covered by adequate have booked your holiday personal insurance when you travel. The Though there is nothing quite as relaxing as travelling by We will not charge you for using coach, sometimes the dates do not fit your schedule or you insurance policy we offer is very competitive see your debit or credit card just fancy taking the car for a change. Our Self Drive and has no age restrictions. For full details programme provides packages of 3, 4 or 7 night holidays at page 55. The best deals are always our Leisureplex Hotels. Full details can be found on page 53. available online
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Make the right choice Alfa Holiday From Hotel Grades to Room Types, Alfa Travel want you to select the holiday that is perfect for you
Special Requests THE RIGHT HOLIDAY FOR YOU We make an important distinction between a Special PLEASE READ THESE NOTES CAREFULLY – they will help you select the most suitable Alfa holiday for you. Request and a Special Need. A Special Request is a standard request which we agree to pass on to the hotel Hotel Grades – Important Quieter Rooms but we can never guarantee that it will be met. A Special Need requires detailed intervention from our Hotel grading is a subjective process and the low level of If you are someone who lives in a very quiet location or Customer Care staff. For example: if you have difficulty participation in the official grading schemes mean it can be is sensitive to environmental noise it is important that climbing stairs, you would probably want to request a difficult to compare one hotel with another. We have tried you choose your resort with this in mind. Where a hotel to overcome the problem by ensuring that our own hotels or resort is described as “lively”, it is probable that low floor room. However, that is not enough to guarantee are independently inspected by the AA and all of our some rooms will be affected by noise from local you a low floor room, since it is very likely there will be Leisureplex Hotels have been awarded two stars by the entertainment venues or from the street. However, even many others also making a similar request. In addition, AA. We also show our own opinion of all the hotels in the liveliest locations (such as Great Yarmouth and Special Requests are only notified to the hotel 10 days featured in our brochure using our symbol. The Torquay), there are usually some quiet rooms (albeit prior to arrival, whereas our Special Needs procedure is grade is designed to be more focussed on our customers’ usually on the upper floors and at the rear). If you live in activated at the time of booking. If you have a disability needs. In awarding an grade, we bear in mind the a quiet location but wish to visit a lively resort, please or medical need which must be satisfied to enable you frequency of entertainment (which is not part of the AA consider requesting a quiet room. to take the holiday, you should ask for a Special Needs scheme) and disregard such matters as the form (which you can also download from our web site). availability of room service (which is not No Smoking Policy This asks detailed information regarding your generally required by our clients). We Smoking is now prohibited by law requirements which we discuss with the hotelier and also consider the comments we on all coaches and in the public then relay the hotelier's response to you to enable you have received from clients during areas of all hotels throughout to make an informed decision whether to proceed with the past year. We recommend Great Britain. Many hotels, the holiday. For Data Protection reasons and to ensure that you consider the hotel including all of our own we have the latest and most accurate assessment of grade carefully before Leisureplex Hotels, also your needs, this information is only stored by us with booking. If you are someone prohibit smoking in all their the individual booking and so you must follow this who is used to staying in 2 or hotel bedrooms, although procedure each time you book. Because of the time 3 star hotels, you are unlikely others have a limited needed to carry out the Special Needs procedure we to be comfortable in a hotel number of bedrooms regret that we cannot accept Special Needs requests with a grade but you allocated to smokers. less than 21 days prior to the start of the holiday. should find a hotel with Although we cannot transport motorised wheelchairs or a grade perfectly Continental scooters, we can advise on hire facilities in resort. If you congenial. Holidays need a special diet, please ensure that you mark this fact Room Types All Continental holidays normally on the Booking Form and also forward a diet sheet to the travel on the ferry route from Dover to hotel at least one week prior to your arrival. We ask hotels All of the hotel rooms included in our Calais which has a crossing time of 80-90 to ensure that special requests are granted so far as programme have private bath or shower and WC. minutes. Most tours do not include dinner on the A limited number of single rooms is available at each hotel possible in accordance with the date of booking, with first day - please check individual tour descriptions. those booking early being given priority. but there is always huge demand for these and we advise Please note that the exact location of overnight stops early booking. In recognition of the fact that the number of is subject to alteration at short notice. Most Continental For help with Special Needs, please write or e-mail our single households is continuing to increase very rapidly, hotels offer a set meal with limited alternative choices. Customer Care Department [email protected] for we have some periods when there is no charge for single Vegetarianism is also much less common on the assistance in ensuring your needs can be met. For the rooms - see the Special Offer panels on pages 49-51. Continent than in the UK and vegetarians should not latest information regarding special needs, please see A special feature for 2012 is that we are offering no single assume that a vegetarian option will be available unless the “Frequently Asked Questions” section of our web site. supplements on any of our holidays to Dunoon or specifically requested. Continental hotels also generally Fort William . do not provide entertainment in the hotel. Sea View Rooms All passengers on Continental holidays must be in Photo Acknowledgements possession of a full passport valid for at least 6 months Many of the hotels featured in this brochure now offer the Alfa Travel would like to thank the following suppliers for after the date of travel. Non-EEC citizens may also require opportunity to book a guaranteed sea view at a small the use of photographs in this brochure: VisitBritain, Failte a Visa or Visas and should check with their travel agent Ireland, Wales Tourist Board, VisitScotland/ ScottishViewpoint, additional charge - see price panels for details. before making a booking. Local Tourist Boards, Roy Westlake Travel Photography
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LOCAL PICK-UP POINTS Joining your Joining Points from Tamworth Services Cheshire Staffordshire (cont) Congleton Cannock Crewe Hanley Nantwich Kidsgrove Macclesfield Leek Alfa Holiday Sandbach Lichfield Clwyd Longton with our comprehensive local Newcastle-under-Lyme Wrexham Meir Derbyshire Stafford pick-up points & feeder services Derby Stoke-on-Trent Ilkeston Stone Long Eaton Tamworth Swadlincote Trentham Leicestershire Tunstall Ashby de la Zouch Warwickshire Discount for Joining Coalville Atherstone South West Tours En Route Hinckley Nuneaton We offer a special discount of £20 per person joining Leicester Rugby tours to Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and South Wales Loughborough West Midlands en route at Frankley Services (M5 Southbound). Nottinghamshire Aldridge To claim this discount, please ensure you quote code Beeston Birmingham FRA when making your booking (clients booking on the Eastwood Coventry internet should make their booking in the usual way Kirkby in Ashfield Cradley and then email us at [email protected] quoting t heir Hucknall Dudley booking reference so the discount can be applied). Mansfield Great Barr Nottingham Kidderminster Sutton in Ashfield Kingstanding Joining Points Shropshire Sedgeley Sheldon Macclesfield from Tamworth Shrewsbury Congleton Telford Stourbridge Services Crewe Whitchurch Sutton Coldfield Wrexham Leek Walsall Nantwich Staffordshire Wednesbury Burslem West Bromwich Ilkeston Burton upon Trent Wolverhampton Uttoxeter Joining Points from Burtonwood Services Cheshire Staffordshire Congleton Burslem Whitchurch Burton-on-Trent Crewe Cannock Nantwich Hanley Macclesfield Kidsgrove Sandbach Longton Clwyd Leek Meir Wrexham Newcastle-under-Lyme East Midlands Stafford Burton-upon-Trent Stoke-on-Trent Coalville Stone Leicester Tunstall Swadlincote Uttoxeter Shropshire West Midlands Whitchurch Birmingham Walsall Wolverhampton Joining Points Burtonwood from Interchange Burtonwood CONTINENTAL HOLIDAYS FEEDER SERVICES Services Free Car Parking Potteries Join Direct at Dover Our holidays operate using feeder services which Uttoxeter Stone If it is more convenient to drive to Dover to join your convey you between your joining point and an Burton Stafford Coalville holiday, you can park your car Interchange where you change to/from the tour coach. Cannock FREE OF CHARGEin Dover for the duration of your holiday. We operate using two Interchange locations as detailed Wolverhampton Walsall Leicester To reserve your free, secure car parking, select “Dover below. Birmingham Relyon” as your joining point. That is all you need to do. Destinations in England and Wales with Tour We make the parking reservation for you and supply Numbers Carrying an “M” Suffix plus all Continental Choosing Your Joining Point Holidays. The Interchange is at Tamworth Services Please consider the relative locations of your joining point, you with detailed instructions oninding f the car park which is situated at Poulton Close, approximately two and approximate timings are as follows: the interchange and your eventual destination. It is possible miles from the Ferry Terminal. A free shuttle service Outward: Arrive 11.45am Depart 12.30pm to get from most joining points to all destinations but some operates between the car park and the ferry terminal Return: Arrive 2.45pm Depart 3.30pm combinations are not advisable. For example, we do not recommend anyone living north east of Tamworth using the and there is a waiting lounge available in the terminal. Most Destinations in Scotland and Northern feeder system to travel to Scarborough because the feeder Car parking is fully insured and security patrolled and England - Tour Numbers without “M” Suffix. The journey takes you south west to Tamworth before returning there is even a valeting service available (at extra Interchange is at Burtonwood Services on the M62 north east again. We also recommend that all clients living in charge) if you would like your car to look as good as near Warrington where we have a purpose built the Potteries, Cheshire and the Wrexham area should look at new on coach interchange. Approximate timings are as your return. This service is available for all the both our North West and Midlands brochures before follows: Continental tours listed in this brochure. finalising their holiday plans. Not only does this provide a Outward: Arrive 10.00am Depart 10.45am wider choice but some combinations of joining point and Return: Arrive 3.45pm Depart 4.30pm resort are more convenient in one brochure than the other.
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Great seaside hotels BREAKFAST MENU Good Morning Tea or Coffee Leisureplex White or Wholemeal Toast with Preserves ϢϢϢ It’s no accident that Leisureplex Hotels and Starters Chilled Orange or Apple Juice Alfa Travel are the perfect combination - Grapefruit segments Weetabix, Prunes, Cornflakes, Rice Krispies we designed it that way! or Fruit & Fibre Scotch Porridge Oats Please note that we use semi skimmed milk. ϢϢϢ Main Courses Traditional British Breakfast with your Choice of Fried, Scrambled or Poached Eggs & Grilled Bacon, Pork Sausage, Baked Beans & Tomato Cold Ham and Cheeses or Cold Ham and two Fried Eggs Lightly Smoked Poached Haddock with a Poached Egg Scotch Kipper Fillet ϢϢϢ Choice from the Fresh Fruit Basket DINNER MENU Starters Chilled Orange Juice or Apple Juice Prawn Cocktail Creamy Mushrooms on a garlic crouton LEISUREPLEX HOTELS Vegetable Soup ϢϢϢ We have been operating seaside hotels for a generation and have carefully chosen our hotels with our clients’ needs in mind. We now use many other high quality hotels but our Leisureplex Hotels set the standard by Main Courses which our clients judge the rest. See why so many clients return again and again to our Leisureplex Hotels: Traditional Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish Gravy Location Entertainment Oven Baked Fillet of Lemon Sole All hotels are located in the best possible positions within All our hotels offer entertainment on at least four evenings with a light dill sauce their resorts, convenient for all the attractions. Most are each week. At busier times this rises to five evenings. Freshly Prepared Seasonal Salad with situated right next to the sea. For many clients this is an important part of their holiday. Others prefer to relax quietly in the evenings. All hotels Potatoes of the Day with or without Dressing Accommodation are big enough for you to choose the sort of evening and a Choice of Roast Ham, Cheese or Tuna Many of our hotels are listed which most suits you. Chef’s Special of theDay buildings of great character. Vegetarian Option That means that rooms Friendly, Professional Served with: vary considerably. Many Service have fabulous sea Many clients write to us to express their Roast Potatoes views. Some are very pleasure at the service provided by our Buttered Seasonal cabbage spacious whilst others hotel staff. We aim to provide both a Diced Swede are quite cosy. professional service and a warm However, all have welcome. We start by getting the ϢϢϢ private bath or shower basics right: clean rooms, good food, Puddings and WC, central heating, good quality decor and bright modern Seasonal Fruit Crumble with Custard, hair dryers, tea/coffee bathrooms. We top that with a service making and television. which never forgets that everyone is an Ice Cream or Fresh Cream Most also have radios or individual and that all service is that little bit Lemon Meringue Pie radio channels on the television. better if topped off with courtesy and a smile! British & Continental Cheeses Public Rooms Dining in Leisureplex Hotels with Accompaniments Ice Cream selection The public spaces in our hotels vary enormously from the Good food is one of the most important considerations in huge corridors and high ceilings of the Queens Hotel in a hotel and a great deal of thought goes into the design of Fruit Salad Eastbourne to the more intimate atmosphere of the our menus. We provide a full British Breakfast. Light two ϢϢϢ George IV in Criccieth. However, all hotels offer at least course lunches are included on some spring and autumn Tea or Coffee one bar, along with a large restaurant and comfortable holidays and sandwiches and packed lunches can also be lounges. Most have a ballroom or large area for dancing provided at a modest additional cost. In the evening, relax and entertainment. Some have additional features such as with our substantial menus which offer plenty of choice If you have a special dietary request then we can cater for a games room or swimming pool. and a selection of wines. most needs.
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Group bookings with Alfa Travel take a break with your friends & family
GREAT TIMES… GREAT VALUE! At Alfa, we have a dedicated Groups Team which specialises in planning and providing great value group holidays. Every year hundreds of groups entrust their holiday to us because we understand that organising a group getaway can be time consuming unless you can count on the support of your very own experienced and knowledgeable Group Booking Advisor.
“Off the Peg” Group Holidays “Made to Measure” Group Holidays Most group organisers opt to choose from one of the Over the years our Groups Team has organised a huge range of tailor great value breaks advertised in our holiday brochures. made holidays for groups. We are always delighted to discuss the With traditional seaside and loch side locations possibilities with you and share ideas with those of you looking for throughout the UK and a range of appealing destinations something a little bit different. in Western Europe, your group really will be spoilt for We have particular expertise in organising special interest tours Christmas “Festive choice. All of the holidays in this brochure are available for including Gardens & Stately Homes, Heritage Railways and other British Sparkle” Weekends for booking by groups of any size and your group will always Heritage Breaks. We can also offer packages to include dancing and get the best value by booking one of our advertised various sports - with bowling being a particular favourite since most of Groups… tours because we bulk-buy the space and pass the our own hotels are in close proximity to established bowling greens. Special weekends with a Festive Flavour savings on to you. We can tailor most itineraries to your are available to Group Organisers and requirements, for example by adding extra excursions or These Boots Were Made for Walking… travel agents throughout November and omitting entrance fees. Our generous discounts provide Most of our own hotels are ideally placed as a base for walking December. Our “Festive Sparkle” the 21st, 31st, 41st and 51st passenger travelling holidays. Whether your party would like to walk the coastal paths of weekends depart on a Friday and return on absolutely free of charge on all advertised holidays. Devon and Cornwall, enjoy the delights of the Lake District, the Dales Monday and include 3 nights’ dinner, room We also offer special joining arrangements for groups of or North York Moors or undertake something a little more strenuous and full British breakfast with festive 20 or more people and, providing there is a minimum of in Snowdonia, the Cairngorms or West of Scotland, our Groups Christmas menus, Sunday lunch, 40 persons in the party, groups are automatically given Department will be delighted to assist. entertainment on two evenings plus a full sole use of the coach which means that your party will Here are just a few hotel suggestions for you to consider: day shopping excursion on Saturday. All travel direct to your chosen destination without having Snowdonia from Llandudno or Criccieth, Glamorgan from Porthcawl, this for just £129 (2011) or £134 (2012)! to travel via an interchange point. For most organisers this Dales and North York Moors from Scarborough, Exmoor and Devon Festive Sparkle weekends operate is one of the key benefits of booking a group departure. If Coastal Path from Ilfracombe, Cornish Coastal Path: North from at a selection of our hotels including: your group is not large enough to take a whole coach, we Newquay, South West from St. Ives or South from Falmouth, Isle of Weston-Super-Mare, Torquay, Exmouth, can assist with special pick up arrangements and booking Wight Coast Path from Sandown, South Downs Way from Bognor Bournemouth, Bognor Regis, Eastbourne, Regis, Argyll from Dunoon and Nevis Range from Fort William. seats together on one of our scheduled departures. Our Cromer, Llandudno, Criccieth, Porthcawl Direct Join holidays are especially suitable for part groups As a Group Organiser you have the benefit of having your own coach and Dunoon. and the joining points can normally be adjusted to your and driver on hand for most of your stay which means you have the requirements. maximum flexibility in planning your walking itinerary. Celebrate in Style on an Alfa Party Night … Special Weekaways for Groups 7 days from Our Alfa Party Nights are ideal for groups of any size. They operate at Llandudno, Many groups like to arrange a slightly longer holiday than the 5 Day Breakaways we offer throughout most £211 per person Bournemouth, Bognor Regis, Eastbourne of the spring and autumn period and these 7 day holidays are the ideal solution for groups looking for such a and Scarborough and are perfect for a break. They include 6 nights dinner, room and breakfast plus coach travel from your chosen local joining point, get-together in the run up to Christmas. three excursions and entertainment on at least four evenings. Because we feature only our own Leisureplex We include coach travel, a welcome drink Hotels, you can be sure of the warm welcome, quality and reliability for which our hotels are famous. before dinner, traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, dancing and Group Weekaways in £s per person Spring 2012 Autumn 2012 entertainment, overnight accommodation Departs Sundays Mar 11 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 8 Apr 22 Apr 29 Sep 23 Sep 30 Oct 7 Oct 21 for one night and late breakfast brunch Resort Mar 18 Apr 15 Oct 14 before returning home. Falmouth • Exmouth • Bognor Regis • Eastbourne 219 223 229 239 249 268 279 264 254 259 Scarborough • Llandudno • Criccieth • Porthcawl At just £50 (2011) or £52 (2012), our Weston • Ilfracombe • Newquay • St.Ives • Torquay • IOW 211 215 221 231 241 260 269 254 244 249 Party Nights are incredible value and are Bournemouth • Gt Y’mth • Cromer • Dunoon • Ft. William hugely popular with group organisers, so Supplements (per person): Sea/Castle View £28 • Single Room £34. (Castle View at Criccieth only). it’s advisable to book early.
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NEW from Alfa Travel Super Saver Holidays
SUPER SAVERS offers you a guaranteed saving of at least 10% off our brochure price and in Looking for a value for money budget break but some instances the saving is don’t want to compromise on quality? over 30% At Alfa Travel we’re always looking for ways to make your holiday budget go further, and never more amounting to a whopping so than this year when most of us have had to tighten our belts! This new range of Super Savers is perfect for our regular clients who know they can trust in the consistent high quality provided by our Leisureplex Hotels to deliver a memorable holiday. We cut the cost but we don’t cut corners and in £90 order to ensure our rigorous standards are met, all of our Super Saver holiday will be at one of our per person! Leisureplex Hotels.
HOW DOES 5 Day/4 Night Holidays Code: SS5M Departs Wednesday - Returns Sunday IT WORK? Mar 31 ...... £139 July 7, 21, 28...... £199 Apr 14, 21...... £149 Aug 4 ...... £199 1 Choose the date Apr 28...... £154 Aug 11, 18, 25...... £189 you wish to travel and May 5...... £179 Sept 1 ...... £189 the length of holiday May 12, 26 ...... £184 Sept 22 ...... £154 you want June 2, 9, 23...... £189 Sept 29 ...... £149 June 30...... £199 Oct 6, 13, 20, 27...... £144 You can book online, over the phone 2 Departs Monday - Returns Friday or through your travel agent Feb 13...... £129 Apr 9...... £144 3 When you book, we send you a Confirmation Feb 20, 27...... £124 Sept 24 ...... £154 showing the date, duration and cost of your Mar 5 ...... £129 Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.....£144 holiday and a provisional seat allocation but Mar 12 ...... £134 Nov 5, 12, 19, 26...... £154 the destination remains a mystery! Mar 19, 26 ...... £139 Dec 3, 10 ...... £154 Notes: Supplements per person Single Room...... £25 • It is not possible to reserve specific seats on Super Saver 4 14 days prior to departure, we choose the holidays and the seat number shown on your initial Super Saver destination for your holiday and send you a Confirmation is a notional one only. The actual seat allocated new Confirmation showing the holiday we 7 Day/6 Night Holidays Code: SS7M will be shown on the Final Confirmation which you will receive have chosen for you including the seat you approximately 7 days prior to departure. Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday have been allocated • Because of the limited time between final allocation of your Apr 29...... £214 July 8, 15...... £279 holiday and departure, we regret that if is not possible to 5 Part of the fun is not knowing where you will May 6, 13 ...... £214 July 22, 29...... £279 operate our Special Needs procedure on Super Saver holidays. be going until a week before you depart but we May 20 ...... £249 Aug 12, 19 ...... £269 • Super Saver prices exclude insurance and any single room guarantee that you will be accommodated in a May 27 ...... £269 Sept 16 ...... £249 supplements. June 10, 17, 24...... £279 Sept 23 ...... £229 Leisureplex Hotel so you can be sure you will be • Where clients book 8 day holidays, we reserve the right to Supplements per person Single Room...... £32 in safe hands in a quality hotel in one of Britain’s amend your departure date by one day (from a Saturday - outstanding seaside resorts. Saturday holiday to a Sunday - Sunday holiday or vice versa). Super Savers are likely to be amongst our most In all other cases, the date of departure of your Super Saver 8 Day/7 Night Holidays Code: SS8M will be the date of your actual departure. popular holidays and are subject to availability. Reservations will be taken on a first come first served Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday • All Super Saver rooms are sold as standard rooms and it is not or Departs Sunday - Returns Sunday possible to book sea view rooms. On rare occasions clients basis and therefore early booking is advised. Check out booking a Super Saver may be allocated a sea view room. If so, the full range of our 19 Leisureplex Holiday Hotels by May 5, 6 ...... £269 July 14, 15, 21...... £299 May 12, 13 ...... £279 July 22, 28, 29...... £299 this will be at our expense – making your saving even greater! checking out our website at www.alfatravel.co.uk May 19, 20, 26, 27 .....£299 Aug 4, 5, 11, 12...... £299 Your selected Super Saver destination is made at the discretion Alternatively request a brochure from your preferred June 2, 3, 9, 10...... £299 Aug 18, 19, 25, 26...... £299 of Alfa Travel and in booking a Super Saver holiday you undertake travel agent or call one of our friendly travel advisors June 16, 17, 23, 24 ....£299 Sept 1, 2 ...... £299 to accept whichever Leisureplex Hotel is allocated to you. The on 08451 305666 (or if you are calling from a mobile June 30...... £299 Sept 8, 9 ...... £299 only exception to this is that if you have been to the allocated phone it is cheaper to use 03451 305666) for more July 1, 7, 8...... £299 Sept 15, 16 ...... £299 hotel with us within the previous 6 months, you may request an information and a brochure. Supplements per person Single Room...... £36 alternative which we will attempt to provide, but if no alternative is possible you undertake to travel to the resort we have selected.
8 TO BOOK: 08451 305666 03451 305666 www.alfatravel.co.uk visit your local travel agent 08_09_MID_SAVERS_WESTON_2012 22/09/201114:15Page2 offers many attractions attractions many offers Weston resort. the of end southern the at beaches sandy tothe Head Weston-Super-Mare dancing at the famous Winter Gardens. Winter famous atthe dancing and Playhouse cabaretatthe topclass including attractions numerous bowling, pin ten include facilities sports are there Atnight bowls. and golf dry Excellent boattrips. several of achoice is there and sports water for ideal is bay sheltered The museum. ahelicopter and railway miniature radio channels. Attractive TVlounge facilities, hair dryer and TVwith making WC. All rooms have tea/coffee and heating and private bath/shower bedrooms with central the hotel. 52 promenade walk begins right next to slipway and asmall beach; the close tothe boating two piers and Splendidly situated between Weston’s Weston-Super-Mare Anchor Head Hotel TO BOOK: from the delightful rocky point and woods atAnchor woods and point rocky delightful the from walks fascinating providing gardens and parks colourful with interspersed terraces Edwardian and Victorian Wales. toSouth Channel charming aremany There Bristol the across views with Hills Mendip the of foot Weston-Super-Mare atthe bay a sheltered in situated is nldn h e iecnr,adelightful a centre, SeaLife the including 08451 305666 A Leisureplex Hotel Hotel A Leisureplex Tel: 01934620880 from lift torestaurant). Small lift serves allfloors (fewstairs restaurants and many ofthe bedrooms. ofthe bay fromthe TVlounge, views evenings. There aremag most where entertainment is provided and delightful bar with dance floor 03451 305666 nificent
Weston-Super-Mare of fashion during the ei Roman times, Bath became the height in to see its glorious cathedral. country, toEngland’s smallest city, Wells, the which has the highest inland cliffs in Through spectacular Cheddar Gorge, Full Already toBath. Day aspa resort historic features fromthat era. important port and retaining many popular holiday centre but once an a castle. Continuing toMinehead, now Dunster overshadowed by its historic picturesque village of Channel tothe Travelling along the shores ofthe Bristol Full Wells. Gorgeand toCheddar Day abbey. medieval museum. There is also afine world’s largest costume including the and there areseveral museums, Full Dunster. and toMinehead Day Excursions Included h upRo swellworth avisit The Pump Room is buildings. Georgian fine many has and www.alfatravel.co.uk ghteenth century visit yourvisit local travel agent Wells Holiday Choice Holiday Weston-Super-Mare More Holidays in efDieBek ...... 53 Self Drive Breaks Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Summer Breaks...... 30 Breaks Autumn & Spring e iw...... £32 Sea View perperson Supplements 30 June Saturday -Returns Saturday Departs Holiday 100M-8Days ...... £28 Sea View perperson Supplements £314 Aug 19...... 10 June ...... £244 Apr 29 Saturday -Returns Sunday Departs Holiday 102M -7Days • • • What Alfa Includes & breakfast & breakfast 3 full day excursions 8 days - 7nights dinner, room 7 days - 6nights dinner, room £239/£349 ...... £349 ...... £314 7/8 days from per person igeRo .....£36 Single Room .....£32 Single Room £239 Oct 21...... £279 Sept 16...... 49-50 Page
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7/8 days from Ilfracombe £239/£334 per person You must try a Devon Cream Tea! You Ilfracombe Harbour Ilfracombe Mars Hill, Lynmouth
Ilfracombe enjoys a setting of rare beauty set amongst Excursions Included More Holidays in the breathtaking scenery of North Devon and nestling Full Day to Bideford and Great around a harbour as old and beautiful as any in Britain. Torrington. A visit to the ancient port of Ilfracombe For the energetic there are splendid walks along the Bideford and then on to the market town Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 Coastal Path, the famous Torrs walks or swimming of Great Torrington, famous for its Summer Breaks...... 30 from the Tunnel beaches and coves. For those who like Dartington Glass. (A factory visit is included in the tour cost) Festive Breaks...... 51-52 to take things a bit easier, one can simply potter through the delightful Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 gardens or while away an hour or two watching the ever-changing Full Day to Dunster and Minehead. We travel along the north coast of Devon harbour scene. A boat trip is a “must” during your stay to see the to picturesque Dunster, a fascinating spectacular cliffs of North Devon or visit the legendary Isle of Lundy. historic village with a Norman castle There is also plenty to do in the evenings with theatre, concerts, steeped in history. Returning via and cinema, as well as the entertainment provided at our hotel. Minehead, a well known holiday resort with a wealth of attractions. Full Day to Barnstaple, Lynton and Lynmouth. Barnstaple is an ancient market town lying on the River Taw. It has many shops and a number of interesting buildings including the parish church, St. Anne’s Chapel Museum and the Three Tuns Tavern. We then travel to the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth,
spectacularly situated on the northern North Devon edge of the Exmoor national park. A trip on the water operated cliff railway is not to be missed. What Alfa Includes • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • Entrance to Dartington Crystal
Holiday 113M - 7 Days Imperial Hotel Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday Apr 29 ...... £239 May 27...... £299 Ilfracombe May 13...... £264 Sept 16...... £299 Situated in one of the best positions in making facilities, internal phone, hair Supplements per person Sea View ...... £28 Single Room .....£32 Ilfracombe, overlooking Wildersmouth dryer and TV. There is a large restaurant, beach, and the splendid Landmark bar, comfortable lounge and dance floor Theatre and Conference Centre, close to where entertainment is provided most Holiday 110M - 8 Days the High Street and only a short almost evenings. Lift to all floors (stairs to some Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday level walk from the harbour. 104 rooms rooms on split level floors). June 23 ...... £334 Aug 4, 18...... £334 July 7, 21 ...... £334 Sept 1...... £334 with central heating and bath or shower Tel: 01271 862536 Supplements per person and WC. All rooms have tea/coffee A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 Wildersmouth Beach Wildersmouth
10 TO BOOK: 08451 305666 03451 305666 www.alfatravel.co.uk visit your local travel agent 10_11_MID_ILFRACOMBE_NEWQUAY_2012 22/09/201114:16Page4 and horse riding. There are also theatmospheric smug swimming pools, golf, putting, squash,tennis, bowls, boating, shark fishing variety of activities one associates withsuch a major resort, including from which ittakes itsname dates from the early fifteenth century!The heart of the town wonderful cliff and beach walks, a picturesque harbour to explore and the a living reminder of the more colourful side of Cornwall’s history! stand behind the eleven magnificent beaches. sandy Newquay offers Newquay Newquay Eliot Hotel Western and Tolcarne beaches, only Very wellsituated close toGreat lounges in which torelax,plus a channels. There arethree lovely airy facilities, hair dryer, and TVwith radio WC. All rooms have tea/coffee making central heating and bath orshower and bedrooms with shops and harbour. 76 easy walking distance ofthe within fewyards fromthe sea front and a TO BOOK: isthe old harbour butitspreads along the cliff tops which ovisit. Thetown isan ancient one - the “new quay” to countryside has an endless wealth of fascinating places are manyother activities and the surrounding Although well known as Britain’s surfing capital, there some of thefinest coastline and beaches inEurope. Newquay isCornwall’s premier holiday resort boasting 08451 305666 A Leisureplex Hotel Hotel A Leisureplex Tel: 01637878177. park. intermediate stairs. Large car floor) aresplit levelwith some rooms although allfloors (inc.ground The lift serves most May-September). and outdoor swimming pool (heated evenings. There is also agames room en and dance floorwhere cocktail bar tertainment is provided most glers’ pubs which are 03451 305666
Newquay Beaches John Betjeman. laureate, well known by the latepoet areaofCornwall made Estuary, in the charming fishing village on the Camel toPadstow. Day Half Pads tourcost). the in never tobe forgotten around the world, it is an experience and amazing collection ofplants from Project. With its fantastic architecture modern world - the magnificent Eden one ofthe wonders ofthe Cornwall and excursion takes us tothe south coast of Full Project. Eden tothe Day Today’s town. park into the centre ofthis delightful Today Ives. wetravelsouth along St. Full toPoldark Day and Country Excursions Included runs the short distance fro regular and inexpensive shuttle service the town, but a us into the heart of unable totake streets mean the coach is picturesque towns. The narrow winding Gwithian toSt. Ives, one ofBritain’s most Country toSt. Agnes, Portreath and Cornwall’s northern coast through Poldark www.alfatravel.co.uk (entrance included m the coach tow is a visit your localtravel agent The Island, Newquay Holiday Choice Holiday Newquay More Holidays in efDieBek ...... 53 Self Drive Breaks Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Summer Breaks...... 31 Breaks Autumn & Spring igeRo ...... £36 Single Room perperson Supplements 30 June Saturday -Returns Saturday Departs Holiday 131M -8Days ...... £32 Single Room perperson Supplements 29 July .....£309 July 15, 22 17 June £284 May 20...... £259 May 6...... Saturday -Returns Sunday Departs Holiday 132M -7Days • • • • • What Alfa Includes & breakfast & breakfast Entrance toEden Project 1 half day excursion 2 full day excursions 8 days - 7nights dinner, room 7 days - 6nights dinner, room £244/£349 ...... £309 ...... £349 ...... £309 7/8 days from per person £349 Aug 11...... £244 Oct 7...... £274 Sept 16...... £299 Sept 9...... £309 Aug 12...... 49-50 Page
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8 days from St. Ives £279 per person © Trevor Burrows Visit Cornwall Carbis Bay Bay Carbis © Paul Watts, Visit Cornwall St. Ives, Porthminister Beach St. Ives, Porthminister Helston, home to the famous Floral Dance
St. Ives is one of Britain’s most enigmatic resorts: Excursions Included More Holidays in at once a haven for artists who come to enjoy its Full Day to Penzance and Land’s End. magnificent light and seek inspiration in its distance A fascinating excursion takes us south St. Ives from the hustle and bustle of modern life and at the across Cornwall to Marazion for views of Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 same time a magnet for large numbers of summer St. Michael’s Mount before continuing to Festive Breaks...... 51-52 visitors. Despite its popularity, it somehow manages to Penzance, with its busy port, and on to Land’s End before returning to Carbis Bay. Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 retain its old-world charm with an enchanting maze of narrow streets and lanes hemmed in by picturesque granite buildings. There are innumerable Full Day to the Lizard. We journey south once again - this time to England’s most small craft and antique shops, art galleries, pubs and cafés. Porthmeor southerly point at the Lizard, passing Beach provides surf and excitement whilst the quieter beaches at through the ancient town of Helston, Porthminster and Carbis Bay provide more sheltered bathing. In between home to the famous Cornish Floral Dance. are rocky headlands and the delightful harbour, said to have been the Full Day to Poldark Country and Truro. place where St. Ia (after whom the resort is named) arrived from Ireland in Today’s journey takes us along the north a coracle. Our hotel is situated in Carbis Bay, with its lovely wooded coves coast, through the heart of the tin and and sandy beach, about two miles from the heart of St. Ives, which is copper mining country which was the easily accessible by train. source of Cornwall’s wealth and the setting for the famous Poldark novels. We then turn south to Truro with its spectacular cathedral. Land’s End Land’s Housel Bay
What Alfa Includes Cottage Hotel • 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast St. Ives • 3 full day excursions Delightfully situated in extensive grounds table and TV lounge. 80 rooms with overlooking Carbis Bay, 300 yards from central heating, bath or shower and WC. Holiday 136M - 8 Days the beach and two minutes' walk from All rooms have tea/coffee making Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday the railway station linking Carbis Bay facilities, hair dryer, intercom and TV. The Apr 28 ...... £279 July 7, 21 ...... £379 to St. Ives (5 minute journey). The outdoor swimming pool is heated May- May 12...... £309 Aug 4, 18...... £379 May 26...... £344 Sept 1, 8...... £369 restaurant and sun lounge have lovely Sept. Two lifts serve most bedrooms June 9 ...... £369 Sept 15...... £339 views of the bay and there is a large (although entertainment room is only June 23 ...... £379 ballroom with entertainment most accessible via stairs). Tel: 01736 795252 Supplements per person evenings. There are two bars, snooker A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 St. Ives
12 TO BOOK: 08451 305666 03451 305666 www.alfatravel.co.uk visit your local travel agent 12_13_MID_STIVES_FALMOUTH_2012 22/09/201114:17Page2 Falmouth through the picturesque alleyways. picturesque the through colourf the of glimpses catch will you along walk you as and stores, famous beside standing oldshops arequaint there street high main the Along sands. golden gorgeous has which Gyllyngvase is largest the bathing, for areexcellent which beaches sandy areseveral There displays. interactive unique offering attraction class aworld Maritime Museum, forts. VIII’s overlooked ships, going large ocean Pendennis by Henry of one Castle, Falmouth Madeira Hotel V ai n tea/coffee making TV, radio and WC (afewalso have bath), hair dryer, heated and have private shower and Bay. All 50bedrooms areindividually Pendennis Castle and across Falmouth commands splendid views to attractive gardens, the Madeira with Beautifully situated on the seafront TO BOOK: amuhshsoi ati ommrtdi t National Falmouth’s its commemoratedin is past historic marvellous harbour for a range of boats from yachts to yachts from boats of arange for harbour marvellous a Falmouth plants. sub-tropical of aprofusion have has gardens the hence Britain, in records average sunshine year. the throughout highest the of one Itboasts extends that visitors its with apopularity won has Falmouth, Riviera, Cornish South the of resort main the 08451 305666 with largepicture windows facin cocktail bar and pleasant sun lounges amenities. There is an oak panelled itt l floors. Tel: 01326313531 Lift toall floor and entertainment most evenings. afternoon. Restaurant with largedance sea - delightful places towhile away an A Leisureplex Hotel Hotel A Leisureplex 03451 305666 ul harbour ul g the
Gyllyngvase Beach overlooks St. Michael’s Mountoverlooks and is Gweek, Mullion and Penzance, which Full Penzance and toLizard Day town. thisdelightful of centre the into short distance from the coach park coach distancethe from short inexpensive servicerunsthe shuttle and regular buta town, ofthe heart Tour 142Mincludes the into istake coach unableto the us the neo-Gothic cathedral. the neo-Gothic shops orperhaps tohave alook around town ofthe area.A chance tovisit the toTruro, Day Half seafood cuisine. dinghy centre and the capital ofCornish beautiful Camel Estuary noted as asailing the Padstow, an attractive village in to Full toPadstow. Day base forthe ferry tothe Scilly Isles. the Full Day to St. Ives,artist’s famousasan Excursions Included Tour 140Mincludes all four excursions. Truro excursions butnot Lizard excursion. paradise with its picturesque harbour and itspicturesqueparadise with harbour beach. The narrow windingmean streets beach. Thenarrow www.alfatravel.co.uk the administrative St. Ives, Padstow & We travelnorth visiting visit your localtravel agent National Maritime Museum Pendennis Castle Holiday Choice Holiday Falmouth More Holidays in efDieBek ...... 53 Self Drive Breaks Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Breaks Autumn & Spring • e iw...... £32 Sea View perperson Supplements 16 June 2 June £349 May 19...... £319 May 5...... Saturday -Returns Saturday Departs Holiday 140M-8Days ...... £28 Sea View perperson Supplements Oct 21 Saturday -Returns Sunday Departs Holiday 142M -7Days • • • What AlfaIncludes 2 full day excursions (Tour 142M) & breakfast & breakfast 1 half day excursion 3 full day excursions (Tour 140M)or 8 days - 7nights dinner, room 7 days - 6nights dinner, room £244/£319 ...... £244 ...... £379 ...... £389 7/8 days from per person igeRo .....£36 Single Room £379 Sept 8...... 28 July 30 June .....£32 Single Room £394 Aug 25...... 49-50 ...... £399 ...... £399 Page
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7/8 days from Torquay £309/£314 per person Cockington Buckfast Abbey Buckfast
More Holidays in Torquay Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 Summer Breaks...... 31 Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Torquay Torquay
Torquay is one of Britain’s most famous resorts, Excursions Included situated at the heart of 22 miles of unspoilt coastline, Full Day to Exeter. We travel through history - visit the famous Cathedral or the often referred to as the “English Riviera”. It has a mild the attractive seaside towns of nearby Ship Inn which Sir Francis Drake climate, sparkling blue waters and in its beautiful public Teignmouth and Dawlish, then along used to frequent. gardens you will see subtropical plants and palm trees. the estuary of the River Exe to Exeter. Half Day Excursion to Brixham. Torquay has something to offer everyone: by day you Exeter is full of history - visit the famous A short trip around Torbay brings us to Cathedral or the nearby Ship Inn which can relax on one of the clean sandy beaches, explore the bustling harbour the quaint fishing village of Brixham with Sir Francis Drake used to frequent. its attractive harbour and famous replica and marina and the excellent shops or if you are feeling more active there Full Day to Exmouth and Sidmouth. of Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hind. are lovely walks, or activities such as sailing, bowls, golf or fishing. By Today we visit east Devon and Tour 152M includes excursions to Exeter, night you'll be spoilt for choice: there are theatres, night clubs, cabarets the elegant resorts of Exmouth and Exmouth and Brixham. Tour 150M and discothèques and of course you'll see the lights illuminating the Sidmouth, travelling through Teignmouth includes excursions to Exeter, Exmouth promenade reflected across the beautiful bay. The many local attractions and Dawlish and along the western side & Buckfast Abbey. of the River Exe estuary, past Exeter and include Paignton Zoo, Babbacombe Model Village, Kent’s Cavern, Torbay then down the eastern side of the river. Steam Railway and Cockington thatched village. Torquay’s harbour-side Half Day to Buckfast Abbey. Beautifully has recently been redeveloped and features Living Coasts a fascinating situated on the southern edge of What Alfa Includes wildlife attraction adjacent to the Regina Hotel. Dartmoor on the banks of the River Dart, • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room the Abbey is famous for its tonic wine, & breakfast but it is also a living monastic community. • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast Full Day to Exeter. We travel through the • 2 full day & 1 half day excursion attractive seaside towns of Teignmouth and Dawlish, then along the estuary of the River Exe to Exeter. Exeter is full of Holiday 150M - 8 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday CAVENDISH HOTEL Cavendish Hotel Torquay May 19...... £319 July 14, 21 .....£364 Situated in the heart of “Belgravia”, June 2, 16 ...... £349 Aug 25...... £354 Torquay’s main hotel area, 450 June 30 ...... £354 Supplements per person metres from the seafront and about Single Room ...... £36 20 minutes’ walk from the shopping centre and marina. The Torbay Land Train service runs regularly from near Holiday 152M - 7 Days Regina Hotel the hotel. The hotel is comprised of Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday three connected buildings and there REGINA HOTEL Torquay are two lounges, a ballroom, two July 29 ...... £309 Wonderfully situated on the harbour- hair dryer and TV with radio channels. bars and three separate lifts. The Supplements per person Sea View ...... £28 Single Room .....£32 side, with the principal shops and There is a lounge bar overlooking the extensive downstairs restaurant theatre a gentle stroll away. The ground harbour, air conditioned restaurant and provides waiter-served choice floor was extensively refurbished in bar with dance floor and entertainment menus. There are indoor and outdoor Holiday 151M - 8 Days 2008. Part of the Regina is particularly most evenings. Lift serves most rooms swimming pools and two sun Departs Sunday - Returns Sunday interesting as the home for three years (except Barrett Browning’s former terraces. Bedrooms have bath or REGINA HOTEL of the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. house). Limited car parking with public shower and WC, TV and tea/coffee May 13...... £314 July 8...... £364 68 bedrooms with central heating and car park across the road. making facilities with some ground June 10 ...... £354 Sept 2...... £364 June 24 ...... £364 Sept 16...... £329 private bath or shower and WC. All Tel: 01803 292904 floor rooms available. Supplements per person rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, A Leisureplex Hotel Tel: 01803 293682 Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36
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Exmouth ©Tony Howell Devon’s largest resort, Torquay. Herewe Buckfastleigh, before turning south to southern edge ofDartmoor to heading west, weskirt the Again to Exmouth. or visit the many shops before returning time toexp have plenty of Full Torquay. toDartmoorand Day resort. its functions as both port and holiday coming ofthe railways and still retains became apopular resort with the with amyriad ofnarrow streets. It Teignmouth, afascinating ancient port black swans. and famous forits attractive gardens relaxing resort River ExetoDawlish, a We travelaround the estuary ofthe Full toTeignmouth Day Dawlish. and tramway. charming resort with adelightful is a the town’s Regency architecture. Seaton Queen. Huge cliffs rise on either side of Princess Victoria before she became Sidmouth was regularly visited by Full Seaton. and toSidmouth Day Excursions Included www.alfatravel.co.uk We continue to lore the harbour visit your localtravel agent Exmouth Holiday Choice Holiday Exmouth More Holidays in efDieBek ...... 53 Self Drive Breaks Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Summer Breaks...... 32 Breaks Autumn & Spring e iw...... £32 Sea View perperson Supplements 30 June 2 June £354 May 19...... £309 May 5...... Saturday -Returns Saturday Departs Holiday 155M-8Days ...... £28 Sea View perperson Supplements 17 June Saturday -Returns Sunday Departs Holiday 158M-7Days • • • What Alfa Includes & breakfast & breakfast 3 full day excursions 8 days - 7nights dinner, room 7 days - 6nights dinner, room £324/£309 ...... £379 ...... £389 ...... £334 7/8 days from per person igeRo .....£36 Single Room £389 Aug 11...... £389 July 14,28 .....£32 Single Room £324 Sept 9...... £384 Aug 25...... 49-50 Page
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7/8 days from Beach Weymouth 7 days from Bournemouth Pier from Westcliff £334/£354 £249 Weymouth per person Bournemouth per person
Weymouth is one of Britain’s oldest seaside resorts, Bournemouth is not just a seaside resort but a “city by made popular by George III whose statue stands on the the sea” with a huge range of shops, entertainments promenade. It has just about everything one could ask for and amenities. It has a real international flavour and its in a seaside town: a lovely curving bay with soft sands, combination of miles of golden sands and some of the a fascinating harbour with interesting old pubs and cottages, the remains finest parks and gardens in the country make it a superb resort whatever of a Tudor castle, some engaging architecture, a wide variety of shops your tastes. The Lower Gardens in particular provide a lush green and plenty to entertain both day and night. Add to this a bird reserve contrast to the nearby beach. There are many outstanding attractions which is almost in the centre of town, a museum, an indoor swimming including museums, an art gallery, two piers and a wealth of evening pool and lots of boat trips and you are sure to have an absorbing holiday. entertainment ranging from classical music to top name summer shows.
Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Poole and Bournemouth. Full Day to Weymouth and Portland. beautiful unspoilt countryside, much of Travelling eastwards to the Georgian port We travel first to Weymouth to spend it woodland, with its famous wild ponies. of Poole, now a leading yacht harbour. time in this delightful resort, with its Beaulieu is a fantastic day out for Then on to Dorset’s largest resort, splendid beaches, busy harbour and everyone, with Palace House, Abbey, Bournemouth. many narrow shopping streets. We also National Motor Museum and Gardens have a short stop at Portland for the which stretch down to the river’s edge Full Day to Bridport, Abbotsbury and
Weymouth Gardens Weymouth spectacular view of Chesil Beach. (admission included in the tour cost). Dorchester. We first travel to Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, then to the Full Day to Stonehenge and Salisbury. ancient town of Bridport and the village You will have the opportunity to see the More Holidays in ancient historic site at Stonehenge with its of Abbotsbury on The Fleet, the lagoon Weymouth behind the amazing Chesil Beach. double circle of blue-stones erected more More Holidays in Holiday Choice Page than 1500 years BC (entrance included Bournemouth Full Day to Corfe Castle and Swanage. Spring & Autumn Breaks...... 49 in the tour cost). We then travel across Holiday Choice Page We travel east to the Purbeck Hills and Festive Breaks...... 51 Salisbury Plain to visit Salisbury, a city the quaint resort of Swanage. Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 steeped in history with its famous Summer Breaks...... 32-33 Cathedral and tranquil Cathedral Close. Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Full Day to Lyndhurst and Beaulieu. Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 A day in the New Forest, an area of Corfe Village & Castle & Village Corfe
What Alfa Includes • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast Devon Towers Hotel • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room Bournemouth Hall Dining House Palace Beaulieu Norfolk Hotel & breakfast Ideally situated on the West Cliff, Weymouth • 3 full day excursions a short walk from the sea front, What Alfa Includes The Norfolk is a small, friendly International Centre, shops and pier. • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast hotel situated in the centre of the Holiday 167M - 7 Days All 60 bedrooms are either centrally • 3 full day excursions Esplanade with splendid views of Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday heated or provided with electric • Entrance to Stonehenge the bay, convenient for shops and Aug 19...... £334 heaters and all have private bath or • Entrance to Beaulieu all amenities. All 30 bedrooms are Supplements per person shower and WC, hair dryer, TV and Sea View ...... £18 Single Room .....£32 centrally heated and have bath or tea/coffee making facilities. There is an shower and WC (mostly shower), attractive entrance lounge, delightful Holiday 173M - 7 Days TV, radio and tea/coffee making Holiday 165M - 8 Days bar lounge with TV, restaurant and Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday facilities. There is a small lounge and Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday spacious entertainment room with Apr 29 ...... £249 Aug 12...... £329 a residents’ bar with small dance May 26...... £354 July 21 ...... £379 dance floor where entertainment is May 20...... £309 Sept 9...... £319 floor where regular entertainment is June 16 ...... £369 Aug 4...... £379 June 17 ...... £329 Oct 7...... £249 provided most evenings. Lift to all July 15 ...... £329 provided. Lift serves most floors. July 7...... £379 Sept 1...... £379 Supplements per person floors. Tel: 01202 553863 Supplements per person Tel: 01305 786734 Sea View ...... £21 Single Room .....£36 A Leisureplex Hotel Single Room ...... £32
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7/8 days from Isle of Wight – Sandown £289/£314 per person © English Heritage English © Osborne House Sandown Beach and Pier Godshill
The Isle of Wight has a great deal to offer with many Excursions Included More Holidays in superb sandy beaches, mile upon mile of stunning Half Day to Rosemary Vineyard and countryside and coastal walks and all the usual modern Ryde. We travel along the eastern coast Sandown holiday facilities in the resorts. Sandown is the island’s and have a fascinating vineyard visit Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 principal resort, and offers a wealth of entertainments. (included in the tour cost) before Summer Breaks...... 33 Sandown Bay is the largest on the island and offers continuing to Ryde which offers many shops and a magnificent pier with Festive Breaks...... 51-52 a long, safe, sandy beach framed at either end by stunning white cliffs outstanding views across the busy Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 contrasting with the rich blue sea. There are good shops and an open air Solent. market on Mondays. Dinosaur Isle offers life-like dinosaur models and Full Day to Owl & Monkey Haven and skeletons. There is also a pier, directly in front of our hotel. In addition, Godshill. We travel inland to Newport Sandown boasts Brown’s Pleasure Park, swimming and squash at the where we visit the Island’s newest Heights Leisure Centre and a fascinating Geological Museum. There are attraction, Owl & Monkey Haven plenty of evening entertainments to suit all tastes. Nearby Brading has (entrance included in the tour cost). a Doll Museum and a Roman Villa complete with mosaic floors. We return via Godshill, a picturesque village well known for its church, thatched cottages and local produce. Full Day to Alum Bay and Cowes. We journey across the island to Alum
Bay, famous for its coloured sands. Cowes Nearby are the magnificent chalk Needles, the remains of a ridge which once joined the island to the mainland. What Alfa Includes Returning via Britain’s yachting capital, • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room Cowes. & breakfast • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 1 half day excursion • Entrance to Owl & Monkey Haven • Entrance to Rosemary Vineyard
Holiday 198M - 7 Days Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday May 13...... £289 June 10 ...... £339 May 27...... £329 Aug 12...... £354 Bayshore Hotel Supplements per person Sandown Sea View ...... £28 Single Room .....£32 Situated in a magnificent position on the overlooking the sea, as well as a seafront, opposite the beach and pier games room, TV lounge and attractive Holiday 195M - 8 Days and close to the shopping centre. The restaurant. 80 bedrooms with central Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday hotel has a light and spacious cocktail heating, private bath/shower and WC. May 5...... £314 July 21 ...... £394 bar and lounge area, with a large dance Lift serves all floors (a few stairs on split June 16 ...... £389 Aug 4...... £394 July 7...... £394 Sept 1...... £394 floor where entertainment is provided level floors). Tel: 01983 403154. Supplements per person most evenings. There is a sun lounge A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 Alum Bay Alum
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7 days from Shanklin Old Vi 7 days from Regis Bognor £309 £329 Isle of Wight per person Bognor Regis per person – Shanklin Bognor Regis has been a seaside fishing settlement since Anglo Saxon times. It became a fashionable resort in the Shanklin boasts a long, safe sandy beach which lies at the reign of George III and has been frequented by royalty on foot of the spectacular cliffs on which most of the town numerous occasions. The resort is flat and has an is situated. The two are connected by a cliff lift. The excellent promenade walk. There is a pier and a delightful park, Hotham traditional seaside part of town blends into the picturesque Park, which boasts a narrow gauge railway, putting green, crazy golf, thatched cottages of Shanklin Old Town at the head of the impressive tennis court and boating lake. The beach is predominantly pebbly but the Shanklin Chine. The delightful nature trail through the Chine is not to water is clean and the quality of the light often remarkable. Inland the be missed and includes a surprising relic of the Second World War - scenery is quintessentially English with the splendour of the South a section of PLUTO, the Pipeline Under The Ocean, which was used to Downs, England’s newest National Park, very close at hand. pump fuel under the sea to France for the Normandy landings. Although Excursions Included a quieter and more intimate resort than Sandown it nevertheless has its More Holidays in own theatre, lively pubs and entertainments. Full Day to Southsea and Chichester. Bognor Regis Today we visit Portsmouth’s seaside Holiday Choice Page Excursions Included neighbour, Southsea, with its pier and promenade and the historic city of Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 known for its church, thatched cottages Full Day to Isle of Wight Steam Chichester with its fine cathedral, Summer Breaks...... 34 and local produce. Railway and Godshill. We travel Georgian houses and ancient city walls. Festive Breaks...... 51-52 towards Ryde where we take a journey Full Day to Alum Bay and Cowes. Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Full Day to the South Downs and back in time on board a train pulled by We journey across the island to Alum Arundel. A picturesque round trip a restored locomotive at the Isle of Bay, famous for its coloured sands. takes us through the gentle beauty of Full Day to Brighton and Lewes. Wight Steam Railway (rail fare Nearby are the magnificent chalk Needles, the South Downs, stopping at Arundel and Famous for its graceful Regency included in the tour cost). We return the remains of a ridge which once joined the Amberley Working Museum where buildings, the exotic iron-domed Pavilion via Godshill a picturesque village well the island to the mainland. Returning via working craftspeople and artisans, such as built by the Prince Regent, its two piers Britain’s yachting capital, Cowes. clay pipe makers, wheelwrights, potters, and the enticing series of byways, known Half Day to Rosemary Vineyard and etc. demonstrate their traditional crafts as The Lanes, with their many small Ryde. We travel along the eastern coast (entrance included in the tour cost). shops. We return via Lewes. and have a fascinating vineyard visit (included in the tour cost) before continuing to Ryde which offers many shops and a magnificent pier with outstanding views across the busy Solent.
Gracellie Hotel Shanklin More Holidays in Situated in an elevated position above Shanklin the beach this recently refurbished Holiday Choice Page Royal Norfolk Bognor Regis hotel has an outdoor swimming pool Spring & Autumn Breaks...... 49 at the rear (heated in season) and an Summer Breaks...... 33 Situated in a delightfully sunny spot on intercom, TV, hair dryer and tea/coffee attractive front garden. The ‘Gracellie’ Festive Breaks...... 51 the sea front with extensive lawns and making facilities. There is an attractive has an outdoor heated swimming pool superb Channel views, this exceptional cocktail bar, a split level restaurant, at the rear which is a sun-trap in Georgian building dates from the 1830s a relaxing quiet lounge looking out onto summer and has a beautiful front and has been visited by the Emperor the garden and a ballroom with small garden. The ground floor lounge bar What Alfa Includes Napoleon III of France and various dance floor. Lift serves most rooms provides entertainment on most • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast descendants of Queen Victoria. It is a (some rooms accessed via several nights and there is another quiet • 2 full day excursions short walk from the pier and shops. stairs). Entertainment is provided most lounge on the first floor. The restaurant • 1 half day excursion All 60 bedrooms are centrally heated evenings. Tel: 01243 826222 and reception lead to an exterior patio, • Entrance to Steam Railway with private bath or shower and WC, A Leisureplex Hotel which offers a bar service throughout • Entrance to Rosemary Vineyard the day. Meals are waiter-served with a choice of menu. Bedrooms are on Holiday 202M - 7 Days three floors with some ground floor What Alfa Includes Holiday 207M - 7 Days rooms available. All have bath or Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday June 3 ...... £309 Aug 5...... £309 • 3 full day excursions June 3...... £329 Aug 12...... £349 shower and WC, telephone and July 8...... £309 • Entrance to Amberley Working July 15...... £349 Sept 9...... £334 tea/coffee making facilities. No lift. Supplements per person Supplements per person Tel: 01983 863243 Single Room ...... £32 Museum Sea View...... £28 Single Room .....£32
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8 days from Eastbourne £334 per person © Eastbourne Tourism Dept. © Eastbourne Tourism Dept. Eastbourne Seafront Carpet Gardens Gardens Carpet
Eastbourne is one of Britain’s more elegant resorts, Excursions Included More Holidays in enjoying a glorious location on the South Coast. Full Day to Battle and Rye. Battle was Because it is sheltered by Beachy Head and the South the site of William the Conqueror’s Eastbourne Downs it has an excellent sunshine record, always victory over Harold. It is a lovely village Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 coming around the top of the sunshine league. It has with a famous abbey. Rye is one of the Summer Breaks...... 35 a spacious promenade to stroll along and the world- Cinque Ports and the home for many years of the novelist Henry James. Festive Breaks...... 51-52 famous Carpet Gardens line the seafront. Eastbourne has clean inviting Included in today’s excursion is a Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 beaches predominantly of shingle leading to sand at low tide and offering vineyard visit and wine tasting. excellent bathing. There’s plenty to see and do with first class shops, Full Day to Brighton. We travel via cinemas, museums, shows, concerts and dancing in the Winter Gardens. the dramatic Devil’s Dyke to the resort There is also a large variety of sporting facilities, whether you want to famous for its graceful Regency play or spectate, such as boating, bowls, golf, putting, and walking on buildings, the exotic iron-domed the South Downs. Our tour includes a fascinating vineyard visit and wine Pavilion built by the Prince Regent, its tasting in the holiday cost. two piers and the enticing series of byways, known as The Lanes, with their many small shops. Full Day to Tunbridge Wells. We travel over the Downs and on to the elegant spa town of Tunbridge Wells with its interesting common and excellent shops. © Eastbourne Tourism Dept.] Beachy Head Head Beachy
What Alfa Includes Queens Hotel • 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast Queens Hotel • 3 full day excursions Eastbourne • Vineyard visit & wine tasting This magnificent Victorian hotel is Several function rooms including the situated in an outstanding position Princes Suite with its own bar where Holiday 215M - 8 Days overlooking the pier.125 bedrooms with entertainment is provided most Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday central heating and bath or shower and evenings. Two lifts serve all floors May 5...... £334 Aug 11...... £399 WC. All rooms have tea/coffee making (although the ground and lower ground May 19...... £359 Aug 25...... £389 facilities, intercom, hair dryer and TV floors are split level and some stairs are June 2, 16 ...... £399 Sept 1...... £389 with radio channels. Spacious public unavoidable) Extensive car parking. June 30 ...... £399 Sept 8...... £379 July 14, 28 .....£399 Sept 15...... £369 rooms include a cocktail bar, snooker Tel: 01323 722822 Supplements per person room, sun lounge and two restaurants. A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 Brighton Pier
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7 days from Cliftonville Bay, Palm 7 days from Pier Clacton £254 £299 Cliftonville per person Clacton-on-Sea per person
Cliftonville is set on a low cliff-top plateau on the north Kent Clacton is the leading resort on the Essex “Sunshine Coast” coast and provides a more relaxing environment than its and offers every amenity for an enjoyable holiday. Its golden larger sister resort of Margate. At its centre is The Oval, a sands are backed by a traffic free promenade with lovely large garden with a bandstand. Nearby lies the main beach, gardens - the perfect place to relax and enjoy its excellent known as Walpole Bay, at the foot of the shallow chalk cliffs. Just a sunshine record. The broad pier is arguably the liveliest in the country and 10 minute walk from the hotel is Quex House, an impressive Victorian includes a fairground and numerous other attractions. The town offers Mansion. The surrounding 250 acres of parks, gardens and woodland two theatres plus bowling, golf, tennis, horse riding, water sports and provide an attractive and tranquil backdrop to the house. The adjacent pleasure flights - in short something to suit all tastes whether your idea resort of Margate has been attracting holiday makers for more than two of a holiday is to wind down and relax or to step up a gear and have a go centuries. It has a famous funfair, excellent sandy beach and a small at everything! harbour. Cliftonville is an excellent base from which to explore east Kent, the “Garden of England”. Excursions Included Half Day to Colchester. Britain’s oldest Excursions Included town grew from a Roman fortress Full Day to Canterbury. We travel and still has long stretches of Roman
westwards along the coast to the resorts © Britainonview fortifications as well as a splendid of Herne Bay and Whitstable, before Norman keep (the largest in Europe) turning inland to historic Canterbury with and interesting sites from the Civil War. its excellent shops and famous Cathedral, Full Day to Cambridge. The dreaming the home of English Christianity. spires of Cambridge are a wonder to Full Day to Broadstairs and Ramsgate. behold, but the river, the Botanic Gardens A short excursion takes us first to and the excellent shops are also worthy
Broadstairs, rich in memorabilia of Broadstairs Festival, Dickens of a visit. (Guided tour of Cambridge Charles Dickens, who wrote “David included in the tour cost.) Copperfield” here. Then on to Ramsgate, Full Day to Constable Country and an elegant town with a busy harbour. Ipswich. Visiting some of the sights Full Day Excursion to Chatham Historic of Constable’s most famous paintings Dockyard. A fascinating day out takes including East Bergholt and Lavenham
us to this award winning venue which on our way to historic Ipswich. Gardens Clacton is a treasury of naval history including three historic warships and lively interpretations of our maritime past (entrance included in tour cost). Cliftonville
Glenwood Hotel Cliftonville The Glenwood is centrally situated within easy walking distance of shops, Esplanade Hotel sea front and entertainments. All Clacton bedrooms are centrally heated with Cambridge This attractive small hotel has television and tea making facilities and a sunny southerly aspect and is all those in our allocation have private situated on the Marine Parade bath or shower and WC. There are Entertainment is provided four What Alfa Includes overlooking the sea, a short walk three comfortable lounges plus evenings per week. Lift to all floors. • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast from the pier and shops. There is a a pleasant bar and ballroom. Tel: 01843 292137 • 2 full day excursions restaurant, bar and lounge. Bedrooms • 1 half day excursion have private bath or shower and WC, • Guided tour of Cambridge TV, telephone, broadband, hair dryer and tea/coffee making facilities. What Alfa Includes Holiday 242M - 7 Days Many rooms also have sea views and Holiday 252M - 7 Days • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday mini bar. Entertainment is provided Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday • 3 full day excursions May 13 ...... £254 Sept 2...... £299 three evenings per week. No lift but May 20...... £309 Sept 9...... £299 • Entrance to Chatham Historic June 24...... £299 July 15 ...... £324 Supplements per person a few ground floor rooms available. Dockyard Supplements per person Single Room...... £32 Tel: 01255 220450 Sea View ...... £36 Single Room .....£66
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7 days from Cambridge College, Kings 7/8 days from Broads Norfolk £299 £234/£334 Scenic Suffolk per person Great Yarmouth per person
Suffolk is a county of peaceful countryside, ancient market Great Yarmouth is East Anglia’s top seaside venue. It offers a towns and unspoilt coastline and estuaries - all this is as huge range of entertainments, sports, recreational amenities true now as in John Constable’s time, when England’s and shopping. Alongside the long, sandy beach are the favourite landscape artist was creating those familiar Marine Parade and the promenade, whose many attractions pictures of his home county. Our base is Felixstowe, which is both a including the Model Village, Pleasure Beach, and a magnificent “Sea Life sunny south-facing seaside resort and a modern port, a few miles from Centre”. The Marina Centre Leisure Complex offers sporting and leisure Suffolk’s county town of Ipswich. Its five-mile coastline features one of activities. There are also the famous horse-drawn landaus in which you the country’s most important coastal nature reserves, tranquil sandy can enjoy a relaxing ride and soak up the atmosphere. Great Yarmouth has beaches, a fishing village and a bustling seafront with all the attractions a reputation for a great night out and is recognised as one of the leading expected of a seaside holiday. The charming seafront gardens regularly resorts in Britain for live entertainment. There is a wide variety of shows win Britain in Bloom awards. It is one of the sunniest places in Britain and concerts, and also night clubs, discos and pubs. and also boasts a modern leisure centre, water sports facilities, funfair and a theatre. Excursions Included Full Day to Norwich. Norwich is one beautiful scenery (boat fare included in Excursions Included of Britain’s most attractive cities, a fine the tour cost). Full Day to Suffolk Coastal Villages Full Day to Constable Country and town with an irregular medieval street Full Day to Lowestoft and Suffolk visiting Southwold, Walberswick and Colchester. Visiting some of the sights plan and many notable buildings of all Villages. We travel first to Lowestoft, Aldeburgh, once the home of Benjamin of Constable’s most famous paintings periods including a Norman Castle and famous as a fishing port, but also offering Britten and famous for the music festival including East Bergholt and Lavenham on imposing cathedral. a harbour used by cruising yachts, two which he began. our way to historic Colchester. Britain’s Full Day to Cromer and The Broads via piers, and a sandy beach backed by a Half Day to Ipswich. Ipswich is one of oldest town grew from a Roman fortress Caister and North Walsham. We return traffic free promenade. We return via the England’s oldest towns since the Anglo- and still has long stretches of Roman through Aylsham to Wroxham where we quaint Suffolk village of Southwold and Saxons landed here around 600AD. The fortifications as well as a splendid take a short trip on the Norfolk Broads to the town of Beccles. town centre and waterfront boast many Norman keep (the largest in Europe) relax and enjoy the tranquillity and heritage buildings and the pedestrian and interesting sites from the Civil War. walkways have shops galore! Full Day to Cambridge. The dreaming More Holidays in spires of Cambridge are a wonder to More Holidays in Great Yarmouth behold, but the river, the Botanic Gardens Suffolk Holiday Choice Page and the excellent shops are also worthy Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 of a visit (Guided tour of Cambridge Summer Breaks...... 36 Summer Breaks...... 36 included in the tour cost). Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Marlborough Hotel Felixstowe New Beach Hotel Great Yarmouth Consistently highly praised by our What Alfa Includes clients, the Marlborough is situated Situated in Great Yarmouth’s most • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room on the sea front, 250 yards south of central and lively location, on the sea & breakfast the pier. All 47 bedrooms have private front opposite Britannia Pier and • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room bath or shower and WC, TV with adjacent to the shops and resort & breakfast satellite channels, radio, telephone amenities. (Note that it can be quite • 3 full day excursions and tea/coffee making facilities. The lively in the street outside the sea • Broads Cruise lounge bar is the ideal place to relax facing rooms) 75 rooms with central heating and private bath or shower before enjoying dinner in the Rattan public bar serving food at lunchtime. Holiday 263M - 7 Days and WC. All rooms have tea/coffee restaurant. Entertainment is provided A lift serves the first and second floors. Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday making facilities, intercom, hair dryer on one evening and there is also a Tel: 01394 285621 May 6...... £234 Aug 26...... £299 and TV with radio channels. Spacious July 1...... £299 Sept 9...... £289 cocktail bar/lounge and magnificent Aug 12...... £299 Oct 7, 21...... £239 Supplements per person restaurant with large dance floor. Sea View ...... £28 Single Room .....£32 What Alfa Includes Holiday 257M - 7 Days Entertainment most evenings. Small lift serves most rooms. On street car Holiday 261M - 8 Days • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday parking can be arranged at no extra May 13 ...... £299 Aug 5...... £329 • 3 full day excursions charge if booked in advance. Departs Sunday - Returns Sunday • 1 half day excursion July 1...... £329 Aug 26...... £329 June 10 ...... £334 July 22 ...... £339 Supplements per person Tel: 01493 332300. • Guided tour of Cambridge Supplements per person Single Room...... £32 A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36
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8 days from Cromer £299 per person www.britainonview.com Cromer Seafront & Pier Cromer
Cromer was once a small fishing village which has now Excursions Included More Holidays in grown into a bustling family holiday resort, with superb Full Day to Bure Valley Railway and sunshine records. This attractive, small resort is full of the Broads. We make the short journey Cromer character with its narrow twisting streets in the town to Aylsham for a trip to Wroxham on Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 centre and lively seafront promenade behind the sandy Norfolk’s longest narrow gauge railway. Summer Breaks...... 36 beach. Colourful gardens offer quiet relaxation but if After a break for lunch (not included) and time to inspect the local crafts we take Festive Breaks...... 51-52 you’re feeling energetic there are leisure facilities available including a gentle cruise on the relaxing “Broads” Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 bowling greens, tennis courts, squash and golf. During the summer season (train and boat fares included in the there’s a varied entertainments programme available at the famous Pier tour cost). Pavilion. Cromer is set amidst the pleasant countryside of North Norfolk Full Day to North Norfolk Coast and with its leafy country lanes, villages with their flint cottages and of course Sandringham. We travel west to Wells- the Norfolk Broads, miles and miles of waterways weaving their next-the-Sea, a quaint, thriving port way through this unique landscape. On this holiday you will have the with a unique atmosphere. We continue opportunity to take a trip on the Broads and visit some of Norfolk’s along the coast and then inland to Royal Sandringham to visit the Royal Estate principal sights on our excursions. (entrance to museum and gardens included; entrance not possible on Sandringham House Sandringham 21st-25th July 2012 when Royal Family is in residence). Full Day to Norwich. Norfolk’s county town is still based on a medieval street plan and has many delightful buildings and alleyways. Its splendid cathedral is well worth a visit but it also boasts a castle and excellent shops. Hotel De Paris De Hotel
What Alfa Includes • 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • Trip on Bure Valley Railway Hotel De Paris • Broads Cruise Cromer • Entrance to Sandringham Museum A delightful and unique hotel, central heating and private bath/shower & Gardens occupying the finest position in Cromer, and WC, most with excellent views over close to the shops and historic parish the sea or across the town to Cromer Holiday 266M - 8 Days church and directly overlooking the pier Woods. All rooms have tea/coffee Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday and beach. Superb reception lounge, making facilities, hair dryer and TV May 5...... £299 Aug 4...... £369 cocktail bar, games room and TV with radio channels. Lift (few stairs May 26...... £344 Aug 25...... £359 lounge. Delightful restaurant with small to some rooms). Limited car parking. June 23 ...... £369 Sept 15...... £339 dance floor and entertainment most Tel: 01263 513141 Guests 513191. July 14 ...... £369 Supplements per person evenings. 61 spacious bedrooms with A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 Norwich Cathedral
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7 days from Lake Boating Skegness 7 days from Scarborough £324 £249 Skegness per person Scarborough per person
Skegness is the largest resort on the Lincolnshire coast Scarborough is arguably the oldest seaside resort in Britain and has been a favourite holiday destination for decades. - sea bathing was being promoted here in 1660, more than Wide, clean, award-winning beaches are amongst the fine a century before it became fashionable elsewhere. But attributes of this lively town. Between the North and South Scarborough has an even older history with an impressive Parades and the beach you will find a boating lake, bowling greens, medieval castle and even the remains of a Roman signal station. The busy indoor and outdoor swimming pools, mini golf and the lovely Compass harbour is haven to a welter of fishing vessels and there are the usual Gardens and Tower Gardens. In the evening the town comes to life in seaside pursuits a-plenty on the adjacent South Bay promenade which a different way with the Pleasure Beach lit up and theatre audiences leads to the Spa. The steep hill sides are beautifully landscaped and there throng to see popular stars entertain. Skegness has everything to make are many attractive parks and gardens. The resort is noted for its theatres your holiday complete. and there is an art gallery and several small museums.
Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Boston and Spalding. of four remaining original copies of Full Day to North York Moors and a lively seaside resort and fishing port. Both of these towns have rich histories Magna Carta. Whitby. We travel inland along the Further south lies Beverley, a delightful dating from Norman times. Boston was Full Day to Mablethorpe, Louth and southern edge of the North York Moors town with many Georgian buildings and a hugely important port until the river Wainfleet. We have a short break at to Pickering with its magnificent 12th the famous 13th century Minster. silted up in the late 1600s. The religious Mablethorpe, a small resort once century castle. Then over the moors Full Day to York one of the world’s persecution of the seventeenth century frequented by the poet Tennyson and to Whitby, incomparably situated on great tourism cities with its wealth of was nowhere more bitterly fought than in notable for its splendid sands. We the banks of the River Esk and with places to visit including the Roman walls, Lincolnshire and led to the founding of the continue on to Louth, an ancient market a skyline dominated by the remains the famous Minster, the fascinating Yorvik great American city of the same name by town on the Wolds with a mixture of of the ancient abbey. centre, the National Railway Museum – people from Boston. Elizabethan and Georgian buildings and Full Day to Bridlington and Beverley. as well as some splendid shops! Full Day to Lincoln. Lincoln’s splendid a splendid church. In the afternoon we A short journey brings us to Bridlington, cathedral is one of the finest in the visit Wainfleet for a fascinating tour of country and is surrounded by many Bateman’s Brewery (entrance included other fascinating buildings of all periods in the tour cost). More Holidays in including its castle which houses one Scarborough Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 More Holidays in Summer Breaks...... 37 Skegness Festive Breaks...... 51-52 Holiday Choice Page Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Spring & Autumn Breaks...... 49 Festive Breaks...... 51 Cumberland Hotel Scarborough Very well situated on the South Cliff
a few minutes’ walk from the Spa Britainonview © Royal Hotel complex, beach and town centre with Skegness excellent views of the town from the Situated in its own grounds at the north facing rooms. This excellent
southern end of the promenade, Skegness Beach hotel has recently been extensively Micklegate, York York Micklegate, looking towards the sea and an refurbished. 86 bedrooms with easy stroll from Skegness’s principal central heating, private bath or attractions. All 70 bedrooms are What Alfa Includes shower and WC. All rooms have What Alfa Includes centrally heated with bath or shower • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast and WC, tea/coffee making facilities • 3 full day excursions and TV. Entertainment is provided • 3 full day excursions and TV. There is a lounge bar, • Entrance to Bateman’s Brewery most evenings in the ballroom. There games room and a ballroom with is an attractive restaurant and quiet Holiday 277M - 7 Days entertainment three evenings per Holiday 272M - 7 Days lounge. Lift serves all floors (few week. A lift serves the first and stairs to some rooms). On street Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday second floor although there are some Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday car parking using complimentary May 27...... £299 Aug 19...... £324 stairs to ground floor rooms and the June 3 ...... £324 Sept 2...... £324 June 24 ...... £324 Sept 16...... £309 Aug 5...... £329 permit available at reception. July 22 ...... £324 Oct 7...... £249 hotel is not suitable for wheelchair Supplements per person Tel: 01723 361826 Guests: 362863 Supplements per person users. Tel: 01754 762301 Single Room ...... £32 A Leisureplex Hotel Single Room ...... £32
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7/8 days from Porthcawl £299/£299 per person Main Promenade, Seabank Hotel Seabank Promenade, Main Porthcawl Beach Porthcawl
Located between Swansea and Cardiff, Porthcawl Excursions Included More Holidays in was originally a port for the iron and steel industries Full Day to Tenby. Tenby’s two superb and still has some interesting features from that period, beaches and photogenic harbour are Porthcawl including the oldest maritime warehouse in Wales, an overlooked by its pastel coloured Georgian Holiday Choice Page Spring & Autumn Breaks ...... 49-50 attractive harbour and the last coal and gas powered and Regency buildings. Its narrow streets Summer Breaks...... 42 lighthouse in the country. It developed as a seaside and fortified walls combine to create a unique seaside atmosphere. Festive Breaks...... 51-52 resort after the Great War and the splendid Grand Pavilion dates from Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 1932. Nearby is Kenfig Nature Reserve, a site of national importance. This Full Day to Cardiff & St. Fagans National History Museum. We travel attractive seaside resort offers numerous facilities, including the world the short distance to Cardiff and start famous Porthcawl golf course, the finest course in Wales and one of the day with a guided sightseeing tour several in the area, an expansive sandy beach and Coney Beach, a of the city (included in the tour cost) fairground with a variety of rides and amusements which was named followed by a visit to St. Fagans National after the famous New York venue. To the east of the town is the River History Museum (free entrance), one of Ogmore and the beautiful Glamorgan Heritage Coast. Europe’s premier open air museums and the most popular heritage attraction in Wales, featuring reconstructed buildings bought from all parts of Wales. Full Day to Swansea & Mumbles. Mumbles is a traditional Victorian seaside resort at the entrance to the Gower, a beautiful peninsula and Britain’s first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Swansea is a bustling city full of Pavillion Grand Porthcawl interest including the National Waterfront Museum and the Dylan Thomas Centre. What Alfa Includes • 7 days - 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 8 days - 7 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • Guided tour of Cardiff
Seabank Hotel Holiday 387M - 7 Days Porthcawl Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday Porthcawl’s most prominent building intercom and tea/coffee making Harbour Tenby May 27...... £299 Aug 19...... £309 is situated on a headland, a short walk facilities. Extensive public areas include June 24 ...... £309 Supplements per person from the Grand Pavilion and John Street the cosy Smuggler’s Bar and Garden Sea View ...... £28 Single Room .....£32 shops. There are spectacular views of Restaurant with stunning views across the Bristol Channel and South Wales the Channel to Somerset and Devon. coast from the bar, restaurant and The lift serves all floors. The extensive Holiday 385M - 8 Days most bedrooms. All 89 bedrooms are car park can accommodate over Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday May 5...... £299 June 30 ...... £359 centrally heated and have bath or 120 cars. Tel: 01656 782261 Supplements per person shower and WC, hair dryer, TV, A Leisureplex Hotel Sea View ...... £32 Single Room .....£36 Seabank Hotel Seabank
TO BOOK: 08451 305666 03451 305666 www.alfatravel.co.uk visit your local travel agent 25 26_27_MID_IOM_LOCHL_DUN_FTWILL_2012 22/09/2011 14:23 Page 1 Cruise Loch Lomond Cruise Loch 7 days from Castle Peel 7 days from £379 £304 Isle of Man per person Loch Lomond per person The Isle of Man is a unique cocktail of ingredients, which & The Trossachs blend to make a never to be forgotten holiday experience. Its scenery combines a beautiful coastline of sandy This tour is a great introduction to the rich variety of beaches and rocky points with a mountainous interior Scotland which has bewitched tourists for centuries. which is never more than a few minutes’ away. The architecture in Arrochar nestles at the head of Loch Long amongst the Douglas is predominantly Victorian but in the villages and towns “Arrochar Alps”, the most spectacular peak of which is elsewhere on the island there is a rich cultural heritage of harbours and Ben Arthur, also known as The Cobbler. This is Scotland at its most castles, with many traces of ancient Viking and Celtic history. Trips on serene and most inspiring, with the craggy mountains looking down upon the Victorian transport systems, consisting of horse drawn trams, the the sheltered sea loch. It is hard to believe we are only a short drive from electric railway and steam train are all strongly recommended. Douglas the centre of Glasgow. We exploit this situation to the full with a superb has many shops and entertainments including two modern shopping excursion programme which includes not only the scenic delights of malls, a theatre, nightclubs, discos, cinemas, ten pin bowling and a Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, but also a visit to Scotland’s largest city casino. But it is above all the relaxed pace of life, the warm friendly which has re-invented itself in recent years to become one of the most welcome and the reminders of a less hectic age which most visitors interesting and dynamic cities in Europe. recall as they look back on their stay on this wonderful island. Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to the Trossachs. Travelling (included in the tour cost) and returning Full Day Northern Island Tour. Including first via Crianlarich, Lochearnhead, Loch to Arrochar. visits to the other large town, Ramsey, Lubnaig and the Falls of Leny to Callander. Full Day to Glasgow. With its and the ancient harbour town of Peel with Then on past Loch Venachar to the magnificent buildings and delightful parks its fortified cathedral enclave. Trossachs. Returning via Aberfoyle. beside the Clyde, Glasgow has become Full Day Southern Island Tour. Visiting Full Day to Helensburgh and Loch one of Europe’s most dynamic and Port Erin, Cregneash village at the tip of Lomond. We travel alongside Loch Long cultured cities. We have a guided tour of the island with views of Calf Sound and and Gare Loch to Helensburgh, on the the city (included in the holiday cost). Calf of Man and stopping at Castletown. Bonnie Clyde. In the afternoon we The Interchange for this tour is Half Day Tour to Laxey. A short trip to journey along the western side of Loch Burtonwood Services on the M62 the attractive former mining village of Lomond before taking a trip on the loch - see notes on page 5.
Laxey with its spectacular water wheel. Marina Douglas The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Ferry Crossings Outward Heysham - Douglas Depart...... 14.15 Arrive ...... 17.45 Return Douglas - Heysham Depart...... 08.45 Arrive ...... 12.15 Loch Long Hotel Arrochar
Hydro Hotel Douglas Glasgow Laxey Wheel Laxey Situated on the edge of the small This friendly family run hotel is village of Arrochar at the head of Loch situated in the centre of Douglas seafront overlooking the bay and a Long and surrounded by the rugged What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes peaks of the “Arrochar Alps” there few minutes’ walk from the seafront • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast are pleasant strolls as well as shops. Many bedrooms have been • 3 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions strenuous walks in the immediate recently refurbished and all rooms are • Boat trip on Loch Lomond • 1 half day excursion vicinity. There is a pleasant lounge centrally heated with private bath or • Guided tour of Glasgow shower and WC, tea/coffee making bar providing nightly entertainment facilities, TV with satellite facility Holiday 592 - 7 Days and a smart restaurant serving and telephones. Free WIFI available Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday excellent waiter-served menus. All 81 Holiday 422 - 7 Days throughout the hotel. Bar with May 20...... £379 Aug 5, 12...... £389 rooms have bath or shower and WC, Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday entertainment on two evenings. Lift June 10 ...... £389 Aug 19...... £389 TV, hair dryer and tea/coffee making May 20...... £304 Aug 26...... £309 June 10 ...... £309 to all floors (with a few stairs to the July 1, 8 ...... £389 Sept 2, 9...... £389 facilities. Lift serves most floors. Supplements per person Supplements per person bedrooms). Tel: 01624 676870 Single Room ...... £69 Tel: 01301 702434 Single Room ...... £49
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7 days from Dunoon Pier & River Clyde 7 days from William Fort £299 £309 Dunoon & Argyll per person Fort William & Skye per person
Dunoon is splendidly situated on the western shores of Fort William, the “Outdoor Capital of the UK”, is not only an the Firth of Clyde, where Loch Long and Holy Loch join the important tourist centre but also a splendid location from sea. It boasts some lovely gardens, two bays, and a flat which to explore the magnificent Western Highlands. It is promenade - perfect for that most traditional of seaside situated at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores occupations, strolling along the prom! There is a modern indoor of Loch Linnhe, beneath towering Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain. swimming pool with solarium and sauna, bowling greens, squash and For those who do not feel quite up to the ascent of Ben Nevis, nearby tennis courts and both 9 and 18 hole golf courses. There are two cinemas Aonach Mor offers Britain’s only alpine cable car, rising over 2000 feet and, in the season, entertainment at the Queens Hall. Within just a few to the Snowgoose restaurant, from where there are spectacular views of miles is some of Scotland’s most spectacular mountain scenery in the the Great Glen. The surrounding countryside has some of Britain’s most Argyll Forest Park. The journeys along Loch Eck and to Colintraive are spectacular and romantic scenery and its torrid history has produced amongst the most memorable anywhere in Scotland. over 30 battlefields in the Lochaber area alone. As a touring centre Fort William is unrivalled and our splendid excursion programme makes the Excursions Included best of this with coverage of many of the area’s most interesting places. Half Day to Lochgoilhead, a small before retracing our steps back to village at the head of fjord-like Loch Goil, Dunoon. Excursions Included approached via a steep descent from Half Day Cowal Peninsula. A delightful Full Day to Mallaig. Along the famous Full Day to the Isle of Skye. A scenic Rest and be Thankful Pass. short tour to explore the area immediately “Road to the Isles” to this delightful journey takes us along Loch Lochy, then Full Day to Rothesay. Today’s journey around Dunoon visiting Innellan and fishing port, superbly situated overlooking past the Five Sisters of Kintail to the takes us to Colintraive and then via a Toward, Kilmun Church and Strone. the Sound of Sleat and the Cuillin much photographed Eilean Donan Castle. short ferry crossing to the Isle of Bute. The Interchange for this tour is Mountains of Skye. We continue to Kyle of Lochalsh and then We continue to its capital, Rothesay, one Burtonwood Services on the M62 Full Day to Oban. Oban is the principal across to Skye with a short tour of this of the Clyde’s most famous resorts which - see notes on page 5. town on the west coast and the port enchanting Island. also boasts a fine castle. for many of the ferry services to the The Interchange for this tour is Full Day Loch Lomond & Helensburgh. Hebridean Islands. It has a lively harbour Burtonwood Services on the M62 We travel alongside Loch Eck and the and many shops and restaurants. - see notes on page 5. upper reaches of Loch Fyne, over ‘Rest More Holidays in and be Thankful’ pass then alongside Dunoon Loch Long and Gare Loch to Helensburgh, Holiday Choice Page More Holidays in on the Clyde. In the afternoon we journey Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Fort William along the western side of Loch Lomond Holiday Choice Page Self Drive Breaks ...... 53 Selborne Hotel Dunoon Superbly situated looking south across Croit Anna Hotel the Clyde with pleasant lawns reaching Fort William down to the promenade and water’s Situated in an isolated position on edge. All the public rooms and many the shores of Loche Linnhe with of the bedrooms offer uninterrupted spectacular views across the loch views of the river which is a constant shower and WC. All rooms have tea/ from all of the public rooms and most source of interest. Ground floor areas coffee making facilities, hair dryer and
of the bedrooms, the Croit Anna Isle of Skye have recently been extensively TV with radio channels. Entertainment offers a comfortable and friendly base refurbished and include a TV lounge, bar is provided most evenings in the bar in which to relax. All 92 bedrooms NO SINGLE lounge with dance floor, quiet lounge lounge. The lift serves almost all rooms. SUPPLEMENTS have central heating and/or individual What Alfa AT FT WILLIAM! and games room. 98 bedrooms with Car parking available. Tel: 01369 702761. electric heating, bath or shower central heating and private bath or A Leisureplex Hotel Includes and WC, hair dryer, radio, TV and • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast tea/coffee making facilities. There • 3 full day excursions NO SINGLE is a panoramic lounge, two bars, What Alfa Includes Holiday 412 SUPPLEMENTS terrace and entertainment most AT DUNOON! evenings. There is no lift but Holiday 432 - 7 Days • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast - 7 Days a number of ground floor rooms are Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday • 2 full day excursions Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday available upon request and subject June 10 ...... £309 Aug 5, 19...... £309 • 2 half day excursions July 8...... £309 Sept 2...... £309 May 20...... £299 Aug 12, 26 ...... £299 to availability. Extensive car parking. • Return ferry crossing of River Clyde July 1 ...... £299 Sept 9...... £299 Supplements per person Tel: 01397 702268 Sea View ...... £28 • Ferry to Rothesay Supplements per person Sea View ...... £28 Double as Single .£32 A Leisureplex Hotel Double used as Single ...... £32
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7 days from Inverness Castle 7 days from Dee Valley £349 £289 Ullapool & per person Royal Deeside per person Northern Scotland & Aberdeen
Ullapool nestles on a small river delta on the shores of the This holiday features the area of Scotland so long favoured fjord-like Loch Broom. It has a very different atmosphere by the Royal Family - Royal Deeside. To the north lie the from the resorts further south and the visitor cannot help magnificent Cairngorm Mountains and to the south the but sense the close links to the Outer Hebrides (for which it mountains of Lochnagar (setting for the children’s book is the chief mainland port) and the other countries which border the north by the Prince of Wales) and the ski area at Glenshee. To the east lies Atlantic. Here is some of the most beautiful unspoilt scenery in the world. the rich farming land of the lower Dee valley and the surprising floral Majestic mountains surround it on all sides and nearby are superb city of Aberdeen, famous for its roses and the pink granite which beaches, forests, hidden glens and waterfalls, all caressed by the gulf gives it its famous soubrquet ’The Granite City’. Our excursions cover stream which gives it sub-tropical gardens and comparatively mild not only Deeside and Aberdeen, but also parts of the Spey Valley and weather. Ullapool has a leisure centre and in the evening the town is the lovely countryside of Forfar and Angus, which is little known to surprisingly lively with many bars and restaurants. In good summer most English visitors. weather trips to the Summer Isles are possible. Excursions Included Holiday Itinerary Half Day to Aberdeen. We travel along many distilleries for which this area is Sunday Home - Interchange - Glasgow Wednesday At leisure in Ullapool. the magnificent Dee valley to Aberdeen, famous (distillery visit included in the - Dunoon. Staying overnight at Selborne Thursday Full Day to Thurso and John the “Granite City”, with its lovely pink tour cost). Hotel Tel: (01369) 702761. O’Groats. Travelling along the east coast granite buildings and delightful floral Full Day to Arbroath and Glamis. We displays. Monday Dunoon - Loch Lomond - to the northernmost tip of mainland travel by the thriving port of Montrose to Glencoe - Fort William - Drumnadrochit Scotland before turning west to Thurso Half Day to Royal Deeside. We travel picturesque Arbroath renowned for its - Ullapool. An incredible journey takes us and returning via Dounreay, Strathnaver west to Balmoral Castle, pausing at ’smokies’, delicious smoked haddock and through the finest scenery in Scotland. and Loch Shin. Crathie Church (entrance to Balmoral also for its smoked salmon. We continue Tuesday Full Day to Gairloch and Friday Ullapool - Inverness - Aviemore - is included in the tour cost when the to Glamis Castle, family seat of the Queen Inverewe Garden. Inverewe Gardens are Perthshire. Staying overnight in Callander. castle is open which is April-July only). Mother and macabre setting for remarkable - a collection of trees and Saturday Callander - Stirling - South Full Day to Grantown and the Whisky Shakespeare’s ’Macbeth’ (entrance plants from the four corners of the earth, Uplands - Interchange - Home. Trail. Today’s journey takes us through included in the tour cost). often planted in hollows hewn from the The Interchange for this tour is some spectacular scenery to Cock Bridge The Interchange for this tour is rock and all bathed by the warm waters Burtonwood Services on the M62 and Tomintoul and on to Grantown, then Burtonwood Services on the M62 of the Gulf Stream (entrance included). - see notes on page 5. along the Spey Valley, visiting one of the - see notes on page 5. Inverewe Gardens Balmoral Breamar Castle Breamar What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast Caledonian Hotel in Ullapool Huntly Arms Hotel What Alfa Includes Ullapool • 1 night dinner, room & breakfast Aboyne • 6 nights dinner, room & breakfast The Caledonian Ullapool Hotel is set in Dunoon Situated in the heart of the delightful • 2 full day excursions in the heart of this beautiful West • 1 night dinner, room & breakfast village of Aboyne, the Huntly Arms • 2 half day excursions Coast of Scotland fishing village, in Callander has been a notable meeting place • Entrance to Balmoral (when possible) with views of the harbour and Loch • 2 full day excursions for many generations. All bedrooms • Entrance to Glamis Castle Broom. Dining is either in the • Entrance to Inverewe Garden have private bath or shower and WC, • Distillery Visit Mackenzie buffet restaurant or the tea/coffee making facilities, television hotel’s public bistro adjacent to the Holiday 452 - 7 Days and telephone. There is a pleasant Holiday 502 - 7 Days bar and TV lounge. Each of the garden, delightful cocktail bar with Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday 83 bedrooms has a bath or shower splendid stained glass window and Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday June 10 ...... £349 Aug 5...... £359 and WC, TV and tea/coffee making May 20...... £289 July 8...... £339 July 8...... £349 Sept 2, 9...... £349 entertainment two evenings per Aug 19, 26...... £339 facilities. No lift. Supplements per person week. No lift. Supplements per person Tel: 01854 612306 Single Room ...... £54 Tel: 01339 886101 Single Room ...... £66
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7 days from Mayo, Nephin Mountain 7 days only Giants Causeway £429 £419 Mayo & Galway per person Derry & Donegal per person
This tour offers some of the very best of Ireland’s vigorous The vibrant city of Derry or Londonderry, sits astride the and awe-inspiring natural beauty, with Mayo’s breathtaking fast flowing River Foyle. The old city on the river’s western coastlines and spectacular mountains. The popular town bank is the only completely walled city in Ireland. Its 17th of Westport lies in the shadow of mountainous Croagh century walls are the most visible sign of a turbulent 1500 Patrick, a place of pilgrimage for centuries, offering superb views of years of history and a stroll along the walls allows a panoramic view of Clew Bay. Westport is a well developed tourist town with a wealth of the city. There are also plenty of interesting museums to visit. attractions including golf, fishing, museums, bars and cafés. Holiday Itinerary Holiday Itinerary Sunday Midlands - Holyhead - Dublin - Thursday Full Day to Giant’s Sunday Midlands - Holyhead - Dublin. 1919. We return via Cong, of The Quiet Monaghan. For our overnight stay at the Causeway. We travel along the beautiful For our overnight stay at the Ardmore Man fame. Hillgrove Hotel . Foyle estuary via the lovely coastal towns of Portstewart and Portrush on our way Hotel on the outskirts of Wednesday At leisure in Westport. Monday Northern Ireland - Belfast - Dublin. Derry. We cross the border into the north to see this geological wonder of the Thursday Full Day to Knock and and take a brief look at Belfast on our world. Returning via Bushmills, home of Monday Dublin - Strokestown Park Galway. We have a short stop at the way to Derry. the world’s oldest whiskey distillery. House - Westport We travel across the pilgrimage town of Knock before Friday Derry - Dublin. Overnight at the Emerald Isle, stopping at the stately 18th continuing travel south past the Tuesday Full Day to Donegal. Donegal Regency Hotel , on the outskirts Strokestown Park House for a look around spectacular mountains of Mayo to the lies across the border into the Republic of Dublin (entrance included in the tour cost) exuberance of Galway City. where the River Eske flows into the before continuing to Westport. Atlantic. Its recently restored castle was Saturday Dublin - Holyhead - Friday Westport - Dublin. To the capital Burtonwood - Home. Tuesday Full Day to Connemara. for our overnight stay at the Ardmore originally built in the 15th century. There The rugged Twelve Pins mountain range Hotel, Dublin . is also a craft village, the home of The Interchange for this tour is dominate the Connemara National Park. Magee’s, the famous tweed makers. Burtonwood Services on the M62 Saturday Dublin - Holyhead - We visit Kylemore Abbey (entrance not - see notes on page 5. Burtonwood - Home. Wednesday At leisure in Derry. included), often regarded as one of Ireland’s most romantic buildings, and The Interchange for this tour is Clifden where Alcock and Brown crash Burtonwood Services on the M62 landed after the first transatlantic flight in - see notes on page 5.
Tower Hotel Distillery Bushmills Westport Londonderry Mill Times Hotel The only hotel located within the old Westport What Alfa Includes city walls. Close to the shopping What Alfa Includes Situated in the town centre of • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast malls and fascinating Tower Museum. • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast beautiful Westport, the Mill Times in Westport The Lime Tree Bar serves snacks in Derry Hotel offers an ideal holiday base. • 2 nights dinner, room & breakfast during the day and is a popular venue • 1 night dinner, room & breakfast The hotel has an old world charm in Dublin in the evenings. The Walls Bar and near Monaghan combined with modern amenities, • 2 full day excursions from Restaurant offers a varied menu • 1 night dinner, room & breakfast with its Uncle Sam’s bar, and Westport waiter-served at dinner and generous in Dublin Temptations Restaurant serving • Visit to Strokestown Park House buffet breakfasts. The top floor fitness • 2 full day excursions from Derry traditional Irish fare. All bedrooms suite offers a gym and sauna free to • Visit to Giant’s Causeway are elegantly decorated with guests. Each of the 90 bedrooms Holiday 884 - 7 Days bath, shower, WC, TV, direct dial have a contemporary feel with bath, Holiday 886 - 7 Days telephone, ironing board, trouser Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday shower, WC, telephone satellite TV, press and tea/coffee making facilities. July 8...... £429 Sept 2...... £429 trouser press, hairdryer and tea/coffee Departs Sunday - Returns Saturday June 10 ...... £419 July 1...... £419 A lift serves all floors. Aug 12...... £429 Supplements per person making facilities. Supplements per person Tel. 00353 98 29200 Single Room...... £129 Tel. 02871 371000 Single Room...... £134
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per person Bath per person Harbour Ilfracombe per person Harbour Clovelly Weston-Super-Mare Ilfracombe & Clovelly Bideford & Clovelly
& Bath The unspoilt landscape of Bideford’s historic quayside Exmoor, the spectacular cliffs was once amongst the busiest After a day taking in the glorious and lovely coves and the warm in England. Today it is a relaxing Regency architecture of Bath or friendly welcome all combine to town, with many reminders of the scenic splendour of the make North Devon one of England’s most its maritime heritage. Clovelly and Tintagel Mendips, there is nothing better treasured holiday destinations. are two of the most intriguing villages in the than to relax with a drink at the Anchor Head south west. and watch the sun go down over Weston Bay! Excursions Included Full Day to Bideford and Clovelly. A visit to the ancient Excursions Included Excursions Included port of Bideford and then on to the delightfully preserved Full Day to Clovelly and Great Torrington. Today Full Day to Bath. Already a spa resort in Roman times, private village of Clovelly, with its single cobbled street we visit Great Torrington, home of the famous glass Bath became the height of fashion during the eighteenth tumbling down to the sea (entrance included in the works (factory visit included in the tour cost)before century and has many fine Georgian buildings dating tour cost). continuing to the spectacular village of Clovelly which from that era. The Pump Room is well worth a visit and Full Day to Dunster and Minehead. We travel along tumbles down to the sea (entrance included in the there are several museums, including the world’s largest the north coast of Devon to picturesque Dunster, tour cost). costume museum. There is also a fine medieval abbey. a fascinating historic village with a Norman castle Full Day to Bude and Tintagel. We journey south along Full Day to Cheddar Gorge and Wells. Through steeped in history. Returning via Minehead, a well the beautiful north Cornwall coast, first to the small spectacular Cheddar Gorge, which has the highest known holiday resort with a wealth of attractions. resort of Bude with its remarkable canal and spectacular inland cliffs in the country, to England’s smallest city, beach, then to the legendary village of Tintagel, Wells, to see its glorious cathedral. allegedly the birthplace of King Arthur.
Anchor Head Hotel Weston-Super-Mare Splendidly situated between Weston’s two piers and close to the boating slipway and a small beach; the promenade walk begins right next to the hotel. 52 bedrooms with central heating and private bath/shower and WC. All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer and TV with radio channels. Attractive TV lounge and delightful bar with dance floor where entertainment is provided most evenings. There are magnificent views of the bay from the TV lounge, restaurants and many of the Durrant House Hotel bedrooms. Small lift serves all floors (few stairs from Bideford lift to restaurant). Tel: 01934 620880 Imperial Hotel Ilfracombe A Leisureplex Hotel Situated on the outskirts of the historic port of Situated in one of the best positions in Ilfracombe, Bideford with spectacular views over the Torridge overlooking Wildersmouth beach, and the splendid estuary to the sandy beaches of Instow. This large Landmark Theatre and Conference Centre, close to hotel is the former home of Sir Richard Goodwin the High Street and only a short almost level walk Keats, famous seaman and former confidant to King from the harbour. 104 rooms with central heating William IV. It has been greatly extended and and bath or shower and WC. All rooms have developed and now provides 125 bedrooms, all of tea/coffee making facilities, internal phone, hair which have private bath or shower and WC, TV, dryer and TV. There is a large restaurant, bar, radio, telephone and tea/coffee making facilities. comfortable lounge and dance floor where There is an outdoor pool, sauna and sun shower. entertainment is provided most evenings. Lift to all A lift serves first and second floors. Ground floor floors (stairs to some rooms on split level floors). room are accessed via 5 stairs. Tel: 01271 862536 Tel: 01237 472361
Weston-Super-Mare A Leisureplex Hotel What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room and breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • Entrance to Dartington Glass • Entrance to Clovelly • Entrance to Clovelly Holiday 5100M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Holiday 5122M - 5 Days June 2...... £219 Sept 22 ...... £172 Holiday 5111M - 5 Days July 28...... £219 Oct 6 ...... £164 Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Monday - Returns Friday Aug 25 ...... £219 May 26 ...... £204 Aug 18 ...... £209 Aug 13...... £224 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Single Room ...... £66
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £214 £156 £166 Heligan Gardens Heligan Inner Harbour Torquay per person per person per person Inner Harbour Torquay Cornish Gardens Torquay & Exeter Devon Explorer
The remarkable gardens of Torquay is the liveliest resort in This holiday takes us to some Cornwall are amongst the finest the south west and immediately of the less well known and in Britain. The Lost Gardens of outside our hotel is its recently loveliest parts of South Devon Heligan is perhaps the most redeveloped harbour with its from our base in Torquay. famous garden restoration in Europe and the pavement cafes and continental atmosphere. Eden Project is simply one of the wonders of Excursions Included the world! Excursions Included Full Day to South Hams and Salcombe. From coastal Full Day to Exeter. We travel through the attractive plateaux through narrow valleys along the fringes of Excursions Included seaside towns of Teignmouth and Dawlish, then along Dartmoor to beautiful beaches, the South Hams has many lovely landscapes. Salcombe is its principal resort Full Day to Mevagissey and Heligan. Mevagissey is the estuary of the River Exe to Exeter. Exeter is full of and a famous sailing centre. still a working fishing port with a lively harbour and history - visit the famous Cathedral or the nearby Ship many interesting pubs. A short journey takes us on to Inn which Sir Francis Drake used to frequent. Full Day to Teignmouth and Dawlish. Teignmouth lies the Lost Gardens of Heligan. This is the site of the Full Day to Dartmouth. A picturesque river town at the mouth of the River Teign and has been a holiday largest garden restoration in Europe (entrance included near the estuary of the Dart, home of the Royal Naval resort since the 1840s. It is notable as the last place in in the tour cost). College. Passengers may choose to take a sail on the England to be invaded, by a French force in 1690. Dawlish is famous for its black swans which can be Full Day to the Eden Project. The Eden Project is worth river upstream towards Totnes (cost not included in tour seen in Dawlish Brook which runs through a delightful visiting for its architecture alone. But of course the price). We then return to Torquay via Paignton. park in the middle of the town. plants are the real stars and its collection of tropical and warm temperate plants will fascinate even the non- gardener - and delight and amaze those with a passion Regina Hotel Torquay for gardening. An amazing experience! (Entrance included in the tour cost.) Wonderfully situated on the harbour-side, with the main shops and theatre a gentle stroll away. All 68 bedrooms are centrally heated with private bath or shower and WC, hair dryer, tea/coffee making amenities and TV with radio channels. The ground floor was extensively refurbished in 2008 and there is a reception bar/lounge, entertainment bar/lounge with dance floor and an air conditioned restaurant. Part of the Regina is interesting as the home for three years of the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Eliot Hotel Lift serves most rooms (but not those in her former Newquay house). Limited car parking with public car park Very well situated close to Great Western and across the road. Tel: 01803 292904 Tolcarne beaches, only a few yards from the sea A Leisureplex Hotel front and within easy walking distance of the shops Nethway Hotel and harbour. 76 bedrooms with central heating and Torquay bath or shower and WC. All rooms have tea/coffee A family run hotel set in its own grounds enjoying making facilities, hair dryer, and TV with radio views across Torquay towards the sea. There is an channels. There are three lovely airy lounges in attractive bar lounge and separate entertainment which to relax, plus a cocktail bar and dance floor lounge with access to the gardens, terrace and where entertainment is provided most evenings. outdoor heated swimming pool (seasonal opening). There is also a games room and outdoor swimming The restaurant serves home cooked food with waiter pool (heated May-September). The lift serves most service. 4 ground floor bedrooms with the remainder rooms although all floors (including ground floor) are split between 1st and 2nd floors. All rooms have split level with some intermediate stairs. Large car bath or shower and WC (mostly shower), some with park. Tel: 01637 878177. balcony overlooking the gardens and bay. All have A Leisureplex Hotel TV and tea/coffee making facilities. No lift.
Exeter Cathedral Tel: 01803 297630
What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • Entrance to Lost Gardens of Heligan • 2 full day excursions • Entrance to Eden Project Holiday 5150M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Holiday 5154M - 5 Days Holiday 5131M - 5 Days Mar 31 ...... £156 July 21...... £224 Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Apr 28...... £179 Aug 18 ...... £224 Apr 2...... £166 Aug 27 ...... £219 May 12 ...... £214 July 7...... £244 May 26 ...... £214 Oct 6, 20 ...... £164 June 25...... £199 Dec 10...... £169 June 9...... £234 June 23...... £224 July 23...... £204 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Sea View...... £25 Single Room...... £25
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per person Exmouth per person Regis Lyme per person Bournemouth Pier from Westcliff Exmouth Delightful Dorset Bournemouth
Exmouth offers immaculate The town of Sherborne dates Bournemouth is not just a sands, lovely gardens, a busy from early Saxon times - it is seaside resort but a “city by the marina and a wide range of said that King Alfred was sea” with a huge range of shops, sports facilities that combine schooled in the Abbey. Sir Walter entertainments and amenities. to make it an excellent resort for all ages and Raleigh once owned the castle and built his It has a real international flavour and some of interests. splendid house in its grounds. John Constable, the finest parks and gardens in the country. the painter, described the parish church as Excursions Included “finer than Salisbury cathedral”. Excursions Included Full Day to Seaton and Sidmouth. Sidmouth is a Full Day to Weymouth and Portland. We travel to famously select resort which was regularly visited by Excursions Included Weymouth to spend the day in this delightful Dorset Princess Victoria before she became Queen. Huge cliffs Full Day to Lyme Regis and Bridport. Lyme Regis resort. Weymouth boasts splendid beaches, a busy rise on either side of the town’s Regency architecture. clings spectacularly to the hillside and boasts a harbour and many narrow shopping streets as well as Seaton is a charming resort with a delightful tramway. remarkable Cobb or jetty protecting its harbour. Bridport a Tudor fort and a nature reserve. The view of Chesil Full Day to Teignmouth and Dawlish. We travel is a fascinating ancient market town. Beach from Portland is quite remarkable. around the estuary of the River Exe to Dawlish, Full Day to Blandford Forum and Poole. Blandford Full Day to Stonehenge and Salisbury. You will have a relaxing resort famous for its attractive gardens and Forum was rebuilt in the 18th century following two the opportunity to see the ancient historic site at black swans. We continue to Teignmouth, a fascinating devastating fires and is now one of the best preserved Stonehenge with its double circle of blue-stones erected ancient port with a myriad of narrow streets. It became Georgian towns in England. Poole’s huge natural harbour more than 1500 years BC (entrance included in the a popular resort with the coming of the railways and still is also a major bird sanctuary. tour cost). We then travel across Salisbury Plain to visit retains its functions as both port and holiday resort. Salisbury, a city steeped in history with its famous Cathedral and tranquil Cathedral Close. Sherborne Hotel Sherborne This modern hotel stands in 4 acres of grounds on the edge of Sherborne. There is a croquet lawn, TV lounge and the bar is the perfect place to relax before enjoying dinner in the Castles Restaurant. All 59 bedrooms have bath or shower and WC, TV, telephone, hair dryer and tea/coffee making facilities. No lift but bedrooms are Teignmouth situated on the ground and first floors only. There are steps to the front door and bedrooms. Cavendish Hotel Tel: 01935 813191 Exmouth Devon Towers Hotel This delightful hotel is wonderfully situated on the Bournemouth level seafront overlooking Exmouth’s fine golden Ideally situated on the West Cliff, a short walk from sands, a few minutes' walk from the shops. 76 the sea front, International Centre, shops and pier. rooms with central heating, private bath or shower All 64 bedrooms are either centrally heated or and WC. All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, provided with electric heaters and all have private hair dryer and TV with radio channels. There is a TV bath or shower and WC, hair dryer, TV and lounge, quiet lounge with sea views and games tea/coffee making facilities. There is an attractive room with snooker and darts. The bar lounge has a entrance lounge, delightful bar lounge with TV, dance floor and hosts entertainment most evenings. restaurant and spacious entertainment room with Lift serves most rooms except 4th floor (a few stairs dance floor where entertainment is provided most to some rooms on split level floors). Extensive car evenings. Lift to all floors. Tel: 01202 553863 parking. Tel: 01395 272528. A Leisureplex Hotel A Leisureplex Hotel Sherborne Abbey What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • Entrance to Stonehenge • 2 full day excursions Holiday 5155M - 5 Days Holiday 5171M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Holiday 5163M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday May 5...... £209 Sept 29 ...... £174 Departs Monday - Returns Friday July 7...... £224 Sept 1 ...... £224 Sept 22 ...... £184 Oct 20 ...... £174 June 25...... £229 Sept 10 ...... £229 Aug 4 ...... £224 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Single Room ...... £44 Single Room ...... £25
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per person National Park New Forest per person Sandown per person Village Old Shanklin Bournemouth & Isle of Wight - Sandown Isle of Wight - Shanklin
The New Forest See why Osborne House was Picturesque Shanklin is an Queen Victoria’s favourite retreat excellent base to explore the Bournemouth offers miles and enjoy the beautiful scenery island and this short break is of golden sands, beautifully on this delightful break. certain to prove popular! manicured parks and gardens and superb shops and Excursions Included Excursions Included entertainment. This fascinating holiday offers Full Day Excursion Alum Bay and Godshill.We Full Day to Ryde and Cowes. Visits to the two a rich blend of excursions incorporating rolling travel along the whole south coast of the island to its principal towns in the north east of the island. Ryde countryside, historic towns and the delightful westernmost point at spectacular Alum Bay, home of has the oldest pleasure pier in Britain, built during the New Forest. the magnificent chalk Needles, the remains of a ridge Napoleonic wars. Cowes is famous throughout the which once joined the Isle of Wight to the mainland. world as a yachting centre. Excursions Included We return via the picturesque village of Godshill. Full Day to Alum Bay and Godshill. We travel round Full Day to Lyndhurst and Beaulieu. A day in the New Full Day to Osborne House and Cowes. We journey the southern tip of the island at Blackgang on our way Forest, an area of beautiful unspoilt countryside, much to the north of the island to see Queen Victoria’s to Alum Bay, famous for its coloured sands. Returning of it woodland, with its famous wild ponies. Beaulieu is spectacular hideaway, Osborne House, where she died via Newport and the picturesque village of Godshill. a fantastic day out for everyone, with Palace House, in 1901 (entrance included in the tour cost). We also Abbey, National Motor Museum and Gardens which visit Britain’s yachting capital, Cowes. stretch down to the river’s edge (admission included in the tour cost). Full Day to Salisbury and Shaftesbury. Salisbury’s history dates back to the nearby Iron Age fort, but it is chiefly famous for having the tallest cathedral spire in England along with a superbly well preserved medieval town plan with many wooden buildings. Shaftesbury is a famously picturesque village.
Marlborough Hotel Shanklin This cosy hotel is located in the heart of Shanklin with the shops, lift to the beach and the famous Shanklin Chine only ten minutes’ walk away. Bayshore Hotel The bar and restaurant serve home made meals Sandown and snacks throughout the day and regular live entertainment is held in the evenings. Bedrooms Situated in a magnificent position on the seafront, have bath or shower and WC, hair dryer, alarm Trouville Hotel opposite the beach and pier and close to the Bournemouth clock/radio, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. shopping centre. The hotel has a light and spacious Nolift but some ground floor rooms are available. This attractive hotel is ideally situated just a few cocktail bar and lounge area, with a large dance Tel: 01983 862588 minutes’ stroll from the beaches, town centre and floor where entertainment is provided most pier and very close to the International Centre. All evenings. There is a sun lounge overlooking the 77 bedrooms have bath or shower & WC, TV, direct sea, as well as a games room, TV lounge and dial telephone, hair dryer and tea/coffee making attractive restaurant. 80 bedrooms with central facilities. There is an indoor leisure centre with heating, private bath/shower and WC. Lift serves heated pool, jacuzzi, gym and sauna, a Café Bar, all floors (a few stairs on split level floors). sun terrace and the elegant Deauville Restaurant. Tel: 01983 403154. Lift to all floors. Tel: 01202 552262 A Leisureplex Hotel Godshill What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • Entrance to Beaulieu • Entrance to Osborne House • 2 full day excursions
Holiday 5172M - 5 Days Holiday 5197M - 5 Days Holiday 5204M - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Monday - Friday May 28 ...... £234 Sept 24 ...... £234 June 2...... £239 Aug 25 ...... £239 June 11...... £199 Aug 27 ...... £199 July 23...... £244 June 30...... £244 Aug 6 ...... £204 Sept 24 ...... £189 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Single Room ...... £25
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £172 £219 £204 Eastbourne Pier per person Regis Bognor per person Victory HMS per person Bognor Regis Portsmouth Eastbourne & Brighton
Historic Chichester and Arundel & West Sussex Eastbourne’s spacious and the bustle of Brighton, promenade and world famous Britain’s greatest naval port, a Sussex’s city by the sea, Carpet Gardens are amongst the delightful train ride through the are combined with the delights most enduring and popular Sussex countryside and a visit to of the South Downs in this exploration of images of seaside Britain. With first class one of England’s great gardens West Sussex. shops, museums and innumerable activities, make this a holiday to remember. there is never a dull moment! Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Chichester and Arundel. We visit nearby Excursions Included Full Day to Portsmouth. A trip westwards along the Chichester, an ancient town famous for its arts festival. Full Day to Battle and Rye. Battle was the site of coast to the historic naval town with its fascinating We then travel to historic Arundel. Its castle and William the Conqueror’s victory over Harold. It is a harbour which plays host to the remains of Henry VIII’s cathedral dominate the countryside and the charming lovely village with a famous abbey. Rye is one of the Mary Rose and Nelson's flagship, Victory. (Entrance to town is delightful. Cinque Ports and the home for many years of the HMS Victory included in the tour cost) Full Day to Brighton and Lewes. Famous for its novelist Henry James. Included in today’s excursion graceful Regency buildings, the exotic iron-domed Full Day to the Bluebell Railway and Sheffield Park is a vineyard visit and wine tasting. Gardens. We revisit the Halcyon days of steam to travel Pavilion built by the Prince Regent, its two piers and the Full Day to Brighton and Lewes. Famous for its the Bluebell Railway through the gentle Sussex Weald enticing series of byways, known as The Lanes, with graceful Regency buildings, the exotic iron-domed before exploring the extensive splendour of Sheffield their many small shops. We return via Lewes. Pavilion built by the Prince Regent, its two piers and the Park Gardens, a magnificent landscape garden enticing series of byways, known as The Lanes, with surrounding four lakes, laid out in the 18th century their many small shops. We return via Lewes. by ‘Capability’ Brown. (Rail fare and admission to gardens included in the tour cost).
Royal Norfolk Hotel Bognor Regis See Bognor Regis tour (adjacent) for description of Royal Norfolk Hotel.
Royal Norfolk Hotel Bognor Regis Queens Hotel Situated in a delightfully sunny spot on the sea Eastbourne front with extensive lawns and superb Channel This magnificent Victorian hotel is situated in an views, this exceptional Georgian building dates outstanding position overlooking the pier, with from the 1830s and has been visited by the sea views from many of its 125 centrally heated Emperor Napoleon III of France and various bedrooms all of which have bath and/or shower and descendants of Queen Victoria. It is a short walk WC, hair dryer, TV, radio, intercom and tea/coffee from the pier and shops. All 60 bedrooms are making facilities. Spacious public rooms include a centrally heated with private bath or shower cocktail bar, snooker room, impressive restaurant and WC, intercom, TV, hair dryer and tea/coffee and several function rooms including the Princes making facilities. There is an attractive cocktail Suite with its own bar where entertainment is bar, a split level restaurant, a relaxing quiet lounge provided most evenings. Two lifts serve all floors looking out onto the garden and a ballroom with (although the ground and lower ground floors are small dance floor. Lift serves most rooms (some split level and some stairs are unavoidable). rooms accessed via several stairs). Entertainment Extensive car parking. Tel: 01323 722822 is provided most evenings. Tel: 01243 826222. A Leisureplex Hotel A Leisureplex Hotel Sheffield Park Gardens Sheffield Park What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • Vineyard visit & wine tasting • 2 full day excursions • Entrance to Sheffield Park Gardens Holiday 5205M - 5 Days • Entrance to HMS Victory Holiday 5216M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday • Trip on Bluebell Railway Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Apr 14...... £172 Aug 18 ...... £224 May 5...... £204 July 7, 28...... £244 Apr 28...... £199 Sept 22 ...... £182 May 12 ...... £209 Aug 4, 18 ...... £244 May 26 ...... £214 Oct 13, 27 ...... £174 Holiday 5209M - 5 Days June 9...... £234 Sept 1 ...... £244 June 30...... £224 May 12 ...... £219 Sept 1 ...... £234 June 30...... £244 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Sea View ...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Sea View ...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £166 £224 £229 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Leeds Castle Leeds per person per person House, Kew Palm per person Folkestone & Kent Great English Gardens Southend on Sea
Folkestone is an excellent base to A real treat for the garden lover: Southend is the largest resort in explore Kent and we include a visit three of England’s greatest Essex and Londoners’ favourite to breathtaking Leeds Castle in gardens from a hotel on seaside resort. It has a famous an itinerary packed with interest. the North Downs - in one pier, the longest in the world, affordable package! with a railway service along to the pier head Excursions Included over a mile out to sea. A large lift offers Full Day to Dover, Deal and Sandwich. Including Excursions Included access to the seafront from the town’s a visit to Dover Museum which offers a fascinating Full Day to Wisley. RHS Wisley is a truly world class shopping centre and theatres. exhibition showing the history of this famous port garden with something to see whatever the season (entrance included in the tour cost). including model gardens, extensive fruit fields, summer Excursions Included mixed borders, alpine meadows and much more. There Full Day to Leeds Castle. Probably the most Full Day to Greenwich and the National Maritime is also a restaurant and shop (entrance included in). romantically situated castle in England in a splendid Museum. We travel via the Blackwall Tunnel to setting on two islands. It has a maze, aviary, delightful Full Day to Wakehurst Place. Set around a striking Greenwich and the famous National Maritime Museum cottage garden and many artistic treasures (entrance Elizabethan mansion built in 1590, this RHS managed (free entrance). There is a Nelson display, and the included in the tour cost). property has woodlands of native and exotic trees, history of Atlantic trading. A short walk away uphill is Please note: Optional day excursions to France can sometimes be extensive water gardens and cottage style planting the Royal Observatory with its amazing collection of arranged whilst in Folkestone but these are operated by local (entrance included in the tour cost). Harrison’s ship clocks and story of ’finding longtitude’. coach companies and are not available on all dates. If you wish to make the journey, please check with the loc al Tourist Information Full Day to Kew. Probably the world’s best known Full Day to Essex Villages. Out tour today takes in Office or book one of our Folkestone holidays which includes the botanical garden, first laid out by Princess Augusta, some of the rural villages and historic towns of the trip. Please ensure you have your passport available if you wish to the mother of George III and offering more than county. We pass by Chelmsford and Coggleshall, make the journey. 100,000 species with many interesting buildings and famous for its lace making, Layer Marney with its Tudor pleasant walks (entrance included in the tour cost). tower and Tiptree, famous for its scones with Tiptree jams and cream tea. We return via Maldon’s Hithe Quay at the Blackwater estuary.
Southcliff Hotel Place Wakehurst Folkestone Europa Hotel Perfectly situated on the Leas promenade, the Gatwick Victorian built Southcliff Hotel is close to the shopping centre and to the lift which runs regularly to the beach Situated in the heart of the Sussex countryside off Park Inn Palace during the summer months. There is a spacious the main arterial road near Crawley, the Europa Southend reception area with comfortable sunlit lounge and Hotel has a Spanish style decor and provides a The restored Palace Hotel is in an ideal position, a residents’ bar hosting regular entertainment, as well first floor restaurant serving buffet-style meals, short stroll away from Southend’s excellent shopping as the public ‘Office Bar’ downstairs (with exterior comfortable lounge bar and health and leisure centre with the seafront accessible via a free access). A good wholesome menu choice is served facilities (an extra charge applies for leisure promenade lift. Below the hotel on Marine Parade in the downstairs restaurant. 75 bedrooms over facilities). All 245 rooms are well appointed with is the long pier with its own railway and Adventure three floors, all with bath or shower & WC, TV and private bath, shower and WC, telephone, trouser Island Theme Park. The hotel’s reception is on the tea/coffee making facilities. Two lifts serve all floors. press, hair dryer, TV, radio and tea/coffee making ground floor whilst restaurant, lounge and bar are Tel: 01303 850075 facilities. One of the two wings is served by a lift. Tel: 01293 886666 on the first floor with lift access. Bedrooms are on 5 floors served by 3 lifts and all 137 have shower and WC, satellite TV, telephone and tea/coffee What Alfa Includes making facilities. Tel: 01702 455100 What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • Entrance to Leeds Castle What Alfa Includes • Entrance to Dover Museum • Entrance to Wakehurst Place, Kew Gardens and RHS Wisley • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions Holiday 5234M - 5 Days Holiday 5249M - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Apr 23...... £166 July 23...... £204 Departs Monday - Returns Friday Holiday 5250M - 5 Days May 28 ...... £204 Aug 13, 27 ...... £204 June 25...... £229 Aug 27 ...... £224 Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 25...... £204 Sept 10 ...... £184 July 23...... £229 July 9...... £229 Sept 10 ...... £229 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Single Room ...... £66 Sea View...... £88 Single Room ...... £66
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per person Country Constable per person Broads Cruise per person Hall Blickling Constable Country Great Yarmouth Cromer
& Cambridge & The Broads Cromer is full of character with narrow, twisting streets and Our excellent hotel provides Our hotel is situated in the a splendidly preserved pier. a superb base to explore the liveliest location in East Anglia’s Norfolk has some outstanding gentle countryside which most exciting resort. Our historic houses and this tour takes us to two was the inspiration for John excursions combine the serenity of the very best. Constable, England’s best known landscape of the Broads and the excellent shops and artist, and also for Thomas Gainsborough. sightseeing in the magnificent city of Norwich. Excursions Included Full Day to Sheringham and Norwich. Along the coast Excursions Included Excursions Included from Cromer lies the seaside town of Sheringham with Full Day to Constable Country and Colchester. Visiting Full Day to Norwich. Norwich is one of Britain’s most its rural craft centre. Norwich is one of Britain's most some of the sights of Constable’s most famous paintings attractive cities, a fine town with an irregular medieval attractive cities, a fine town with an irregular medieval including East Bergholt and Lavenham on our way to street plan and many notable buildings of all periods street plan and many notable buildings of all periods historic Colchester. Britain’s oldest town grew from a including a Norman Castle and imposing cathedral. including a Norman Castle and imposing cathedral Roman fortress and still has long stretches of Roman Full Day to Cromer via Caister and North Walsham. Full Day to Great Yarmouth & Wroxham. Norfolk’s fortifications as well as a splendid Norman keep (the We return through Aylsham to Wroxham where we take principal seaside resort is Great Yarmouth, packed with largest in Europe) and interesting sites from the Civil War. a short trip on the Norfolk Broads to relax and enjoy the entertainments and amusements for all ages. We also Full Day to Cambridge. Cambridge, with its delightful tranquillity and beautiful scenery (boat fare included in visit Wroxham in the heart of the Norfolk Broads from narrow passages, rich artistic treasures and numerous the tour cost). where we take a trip on the Broads (boat fare included architectural masterpieces, including the splendid Kings in tour cost). College Chapel, is one of Britain’s most memorable cities (guided tour included in the tour cost). Hotel De Paris Marlborough Cromer Hotel A delightful and unique Felixstowe hotel, occupying Consistently highly the finest position praised by our clients, in Cromer, close to the Marlborough is the shops and historic situated on the sea parish church and directly overlooking the pier and front, 250 yards south beach. Superb reception lounge, cocktail bar, games of the pier. All 47 bedrooms have private bath or room and TV lounge. Delightful restaurant with small shower and WC, TV with satellite channels, radio, New Beach Hotel Great Yarmouth dance floor and entertainment most evenings. 61 telephone and tea/coffee making facilities. The spacious bedrooms with central heating and private lounge bar is the ideal place to relax before enjoying Situated in Great Yarmouth’s most central and lively bath/shower and WC, most with excellent views. dinner in the Rattan restaurant. Entertainment is location, on the sea front opposite Britannia Pier All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, hair provided on one evening and there is also a public and adjacent to the shops and resort amenities. dryer and TV with radio channels. Lift (few stairs bar serving food at lunchtimes. A lift serves the first (Note that it can be quite lively in the street outside to some rooms). Limited car parking. and second floors. Tel: 01394 285621 the sea facing rooms) 75 rooms with central Tel: 01263 513141 Guests 513191. heating and private bath or shower and WC. All A Leisureplex Hotel rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, intercom, hair dryer and TV with radio channels. Spacious cocktail bar/lounge and magnificent restaurant with large dance floor. Entertainment most evenings. Small lift serves most rooms. On street car parking can be arranged at no extra charge if booked in advance. Tel: 01493 332300 A Leisureplex Hotel Cromer Cambridge What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • Broads Cruise • Broads Cruise • Guided tour of Cambridge Holiday 5261M - 5 Days Holiday 5266M - 5 Days Holiday 5257M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Monday - Returns Friday May 26 ...... £214 Aug 18 ...... £214 May 12 ...... £209 July 28...... £229 June 11...... £219 Sept 24 ...... £219 June 23...... £214 June 30...... £229 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £164 £249 £229 Aysgarth Falls per person Harbour Scarborough per person Newsam House Temple per person Scarborough & Whitby Jewels Of Yorkshire Herriot’s Yorkshire
Scarborough is at once a seaside This tour is packed full of Based near Darlington, we are resort, fishingport, notable interest with visits to two great well placed to visit Richmond and venue for the arts and home country houses, relaxing the scenic North Yorkshire Dales. to Roman, Viking and medieval Harrogate, the cosmopolitan city We will also see the contrasting remains - a rich mixture which means there of Leeds and the medieval city of York. scenery of the North Yorkshire Moors. is never a dull moment! Excursions Included Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Harrogate Full Day to Herriot Country. We travel over the Full Day to North York Moors and Whitby. We travel and Harewood House. Pennines to Sedbergh, then down Wensleydale to inland along the southern edge of the North York Moors Today we take the short Hawes, where we visit the Wensleydale Cheese to Pickering with its magnificent 12th century castle. journey to Harrogate Experience (entrance included in tour cost). Then over the moors to Whitby, incomparably situated where we are greeted Continuing on to Aysgarth Falls and Leyburn. on the banks of the River Esk and with a skyline immediately by pleasant Full Day to Masham and Thirsk. A visit to the famous dominated by the remains of the ancient abbey. parks in bloom and “Black Sheep” Brewery at Masham with a chance to Full Day to Bridlington and Beverley. A short journey elegant shop lined streets. sample the product (entrance and drink included in brings us to Bridlington, a lively seaside resort and We travel toward Leeds tour cost) before visiting Thirsk, the “Darrowby” of the fishing port. Further south lies Beverley, a delightful and visit Harewood House Herriot books and home of the “World of James Herriot town with many Georgian buildings and the famous (entrance included) Harrogate Exhibition” (entrance to museum not included). 13th century Minster. home of HM the Queen’s Yorkshire relatives. Half Day to Ripon. Today we take the short journey to Full Day to Temple Newsam House and the Royal Ripon, a market town with its magnificent Cathedral, the Armouries, in Leeds. Temple Newsam is one of the oldest in England, dating back to 2nd century BC. great country houses of England, birthplace of Lord The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Darnley, the infamous husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. Sumptuous textiles, silver and porcelain adorn the thirty interiors. The Royal Armouries collection contains a splendid array of the history, development and use of arms throughout the ages. (Entrance to both Temple Newsam House only and Royal Armouries included). Full Day to York. One of the world’s great tourism cities with its wealth of places to visit including the Roman walls, the famous Minster, the fascinating Yorvik centre, the National Railway Museum - as well as some Cumberland Hotel splendid shops! Scarborough Very well situated on the South Cliff a few minutes’ walk from the Spa complex, beach and town centre Ramada Jarvis Hotel with excellent views of the town from the north Wetherby Aston Hotel facing rooms. This excellent hotel has recently been Situated close to the riverside and ten minutes’ Darlington extensively refurbished. 86 bedrooms with central walk from the centre of Wetherby. There is a light Situated just off the A1 in County Durham, five miles heating, private bath or shower and WC. All rooms and airy lounge bar and a restaurant providing a from Darlington’s shopping centre and 3 miles from have tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer and TV. mixture of buffet and waiter served meals with an the nearby village of Newton Aycliffe, both served by Entertainment is provided most evenings in the occasional carvery. The 103 bedrooms are on two a local bus service. The hotel, opened in 2002, has ballroom. There is an attractive restaurant and quiet levels and each has en suite shower and WC (bath a pleasant lounge and bar and a modern brasserie lounge. Lift serves all floors (few stairs to some and WC in a few ground floor rooms), flat screen restaurant. Each of the 80 bedrooms with shower, rooms) On street car parking using complimentary TV, internet access, hair dryer, trouser press and WC, iron, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. permit available at reception. tea/coffee making facilities. No lift. No porterage. Tel: 01325 329600 Tel: 01723 361826 Guests: 362863 Tel: 0844 815 9067 A Leisureplex Hotel What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • 1 half day excursion • 2 full day excursions • Free Entrance to Royal Armouries • Entrance to Brewery • Entrance to Temple Newsam House • Entrance to Wensleydale Cheese Experience Holiday 5276M - 5 Days • Entrance to Harewood House Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Holiday 5288 - 5 Days Apr 21...... £166 Aug 11 ...... £224 May 26 ...... £214 Aug 18 ...... £219 Holiday 5287M - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 23...... £224 Sept 29 ...... £169 Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday June 18...... £229 Aug 27 ...... £229 July 21...... £224 Oct 13, 27 ...... £164 June 2...... £249 Aug 11 ...... £249 July 23...... £229 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Single Room ...... £25 Single Room ...... £69
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per person Cathedral Durham per person Country Heartbeat per person Beamish Catherine Cookson Heartbeat Country Northumbria
Country Based in Middlesbrough’s centre & Beamish with its shopping centre only Born Katie McMullen in 1908, Gorgeous coastline with rocky a short stroll away, this tour Catherine Cookson was raised headlands and delightful coves, combines the rugged North among the cobbled terraces of fishing villages and medieval Yorkshire Moors with Cleveland and Teesside. the River Tyne at South Shields castles, rolling countryside and The Marina at Hartlepool with its historic in what is now known as South Tyneside. fascinating historic sights - they are all here! museum and Georgian Maritime Experience From our base near Darlington we visit the is a delightful addition. area as well as the historic City of Durham. Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Warkworth and the Northumbrian Coast. Excursions Included Warkworth Castle is a magnificent sight enclosed within Full Day to Heartbeat Country. Along the south side the meandering River Coquet. More castles follow at Full Day to Beamish. The North of England Open Air of the North York Moors to Pickering, then north to Museum vividly recreates life in the North East at the Dunstanburgh and romantically situated Bamburgh, Goathland, the Aidensfield of the television series. We signs of the turbulent past of this border region. start of the Industrial Revolution (entrance included in return along the north side of the moors via Cleveland’s the tour cost). Redcar, famous for its races and seaside holidays. Full Day to Beamish. The North of England Open Air Museum vividly recreates life in the North East at the Full Day to Durham. The history of Durham revolves Full Day to historic Hartlepool. We cross the River start of the Industrial Revolution (entrance included in around its ecclesiastical buildings and above all its Tees and soon reach Hartlepool which has a wealth the tour cost). splendid cathedral. of history, being once a large seaport. We visit the Full Day to Catherine Cookson Country. Our guided marina and Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience, an Full Day to Durham. A short journey brings us to tour along the ‘Catherine Cookson Trail’ takes us insight into life around and aboard the navy ships Durham with its superb Norman cathedral. The through South Tyneside including picturesque Westoe at the time of Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars adjacent castle is a reminder that church and state Village, a little oasis in the heart of South Shields. (entrance included). The adjacent Museum of were never closer than in the time of the warlike Hartlepool offers artefacts from the town’s history Prince Bishops who were based here. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood as far back as 3000 BC (free entrance). Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Caledonian Hotel Newcastle upon Tyne Located in the heart of Jesmond a cosmopolitan area of Newcastle with many restaurants, bars and Thistle Middlesbrough Hotel boutiques, about one mile from Newcastle’s city Middlesbrough centre, the Caledonian is a comfortable hotel with a friendly feel. There is a small lounge area near the
Durham Situated close to the centre of Middlesbrough, this reception, whilst the Billabong Bar and Bistro offers modern hotel has a ground floor reception and first a pleasant atmosphere throughout the day. The floor lounge bar and restaurant offering a bistro style public areas have stylish contemporary decor with Thistle Middlesbrough Hotel menu of British and Continental dishes, The hotel wooden flooring whilst all 90 bedrooms are modern Middlesbrough also has its own leisure club, free to guests, with and have bath or shower & WC, satellite TV, direct See “Heartbeat Country” tour (adjacent) for indoor pool, sauna and steam room. Each of the 132 dial telephone, hair dryer and tea/coffee making description of Thistle Middlesbrough Hotel. bedrooms offers bath, shower and WC, TV, hair facilities. Tel: 0191 281 7881 dryer and tea/coffee making facilities. A lift serves all levels. Tel: 0871 376 9028 What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 3 full day excursions • 3 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • Entrance to Beamish • Entrance to Beamish • Guided tour of Catherine Cookson Country • 2 full day excursions • Entrance to Hartlepool Maritime Experience Holiday 5291 - 5 Days Holiday 5289 - 5 Days Holiday 5290 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Monday - Returns Friday Apr 23...... £229 Aug 6, 27 ...... £244 May 28 ...... £249 Aug 13 ...... £249 Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 4...... £244 Sept 10 ...... £244 July 2, 16...... £249 Aug 27 ...... £249 July 23...... £244 Sept 3 ...... £244 July 16, 23...... £244 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Double used as Single...... £69 Double used as Single...... £69 Single Room ...... £69
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per person Windermere Lake per person Grasmere per person Windermere Lake North Lakes Lake District Lakes & Dales
Ullswater is perhaps the most England’s largest National Park After a day taking in some of the spectacular of the lakes and contains many of the most best scenery in Britain, relax and as we head from its gentler picturesque lakes in England enjoy a stroll along the promenade northern end to its spectacular making the landscape which or a drink in the bar admiring origin at the foot of Helvellyn the scenery inspired such famous poets as Wordsworth those spectacular Morecambe Bay sunsets! becomes ever more majestic. Thirlmere lies and Coleridge. on the other side of that great mountain Excursions Included surrounded by equally steep slopes but the Excursions Included Full Day to the Lake District. We travel first to other lakes on our itinerary are in gentler Full Day to Ullswater and Keswick. We travel to Keswick on Derwent Water, then work our way slowly settings, including beautiful Grasmere where Pooley Bridge to join the Ullswater ’Steamer’ boat trip back south, passing Thirlmere, Wordsworth’s beloved Grasmere and Rydal Water before coming to England’s the poet Wordsworth lived and worked. to Glenridding (boat fare included in holiday cost), at the foot of the mighty Helvellyn. We then continue to largest lake, Windermere. Here we take a boat trip from Keswick, the busiest town in the North Lakes, situated Ambleside to Bowness (included in the tour cost) Excursions Included beside Derwent Water. where we rejoin the coach to return to Morecambe. Full Day to Ambleside and Bowness. Today starts Full Day to Windermere, Ambleside and Grasmere. Full Day to the Dales. We travel up the Lune Valley to with a spectacular journey over the Kirkstone Pass to Today we take a boat trip on England’s largest lake, Kirkby Lonsdale and on to Skipton with its famous Windermere and on to Ambleside with time to explore Windermere (included in tour cost). We then continue Castle and museum. Then over the fells to Grassington the town before taking a cruise on Lake Windermere to to Ambleside at the head of Lake Windermere, a major in Upper Wharfedale to Aysgarth and into Wensleydale, Bowness (boat fare included in the tour cost). tourist resort with shops, hotels and restaurants, returning via Sedbergh. Rejoining the coach we travel via Kendal and Shap and before continuing to Grasmere for a look around the shores of Ullswater to Patterdale. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Wordsworth’s village. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. Full Day to Cockermouth, Bassenthwaite, Keswick The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood and Grasmere. Around the northern side of the fells Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. to Cockermouth, then along the edge of Bassenthwaite Lothersdale Hotel to Keswick. After lunch we travel past Thirlmere to Morecambe Grasmere for a look around Wordsworth’s village before This family run hotel is situated on Central returning to Keswick and back to Patterdale via Troutbeck. Promenade, a short walk from the main shopping The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood area with spectacular views of Morecambe Bay. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. All 45 tastefully decorated bedrooms have bath or shower and WC, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. Home-cooked food is served in the pleasant restaurant. The ground floor lounge and bar area have splendid views of the Bay to the Lakeland Mountains, whilst entertainment is available most evenings. Wifi is available throughout the hotel. Broadway Hotel A lift serves all floors. Tel: 01524 416404 Patterdale Hotel Morecambe Patterdale, Ullswater The Broadway is situated on Morecambe’s quieter Located in Patterdale village at the head of Ullswater East Promenade. The resident’s dining room offers the hotel makes an ideal base for exploring the traditional food and Finnegan’s Restaurant and Bar northern Lakes. Close by is the neighbouring village provides lunchtime snacks with a lively atmosphere. of Glenridding where the Ullswater Steamer boat There is a quiet first floor lounge and a ballroom offers daily sailings around the lake. The Patterdale is for entertainment, provided most evenings. Most a popular stop for walkers and the accommodation bedrooms have shower & WC, some with bath, TV, has everything you need for a relaxing holiday. & tea/coffee making facilities. Lift serves all 4 floors Entertainment is provided on one evening. All 60 and a few ground floor rooms are available. Tel: 01524 410777 bedrooms offer bath or shower and WC, direct dial Dales Yorkshire telephone, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. Tel: 01768 482231 What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions • Boat trip on Windermere • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • Boat trip on Windermere • Boat trip on Ullswater • 2 full day excursions • Boat trip on Windermere Holiday 5302 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Holiday 5295 - 5 Days Holiday 5298 - 5 Days Apr 23...... £189 July 16...... £239 Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Monday - Returns Friday May 14 ...... £219 Sept 3 ...... £239 May 14, 28 ...... £259 Oct 22 ...... £249 May 28 ...... £229 Sept 3 ...... £239 June 4...... £239 Oct 22 ...... £219 Sept 10, 24 ...... £259 July 2...... £239 Sept 24 ...... £234 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Sea View...... £24 Single Room...... £18 Single Room ...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Double used as Single...... £69
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per person Prom Blackpool per person Windmill Lytham per person Southport Marine Lake, Blackpool Lytham St. Annes Southport
Few resorts can rival the The twin resorts of Lytham Southport is one of Britain’s most popularity of Blackpool - Britain’s and St. Annes provide a contrast elegant resorts: superb shops, capital of fun! The famous to nearby Blackpool with their beautiful parks, a fabulous Tower, three piers, miles of parks and gardens and half Marine Lake and some of golden sands, the spectacular Pleasure Beach, timbered houses. There are excellent shops, Britain’s best golf courses. atmospheric trams, lively bars and terrific an attractive promenade and some of summer shows - Blackpool has them all. England’s best golf courses. Excursions Included Full Day to Liverpool. Liverpool was “European Capital Excursions Included Excursions Included of Culture” in 2008 and is well known for its lively Full Day to Southport. Despite their common Victorian Full Day to Ribble Valley and Skipton. A delightful atmosphere. Its magnificent buildings, fascinating heritage, the studied elegance of Southport’s Lord Street scenic drive through some of the loveliest country in waterfront and superb museums make for an absorbing could not be more different from Blackpool’s Golden the north, visiting Settle in the heart of the limestone day out. Mile! It has several lovely parks and its shops are country with time to explore historic Skipton. We return Full Day to Chester. Chester is famous for its outstanding. via Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley. atmospheric “Rows”, double decked Tudor style shops, Full Day to Ribble Valley and Skipton. A delightful Full Day to Southport. Lying directly across the Ribble whose origins date from the thirteenth century. But scenic drive through some of the loveliest country in estuary from Lytham St. Annes is Southport –alarger shopping is only a small part of the Chester story: the the north, visiting Settle in the heart of the limestone neighbour with the same sort of studied elegance, walks along the superbly preserved Roman walls and country with time to explore historic Skipton. We return splendid shops and lovely parks and gardens as Lytham. alongside the river are simply delightful. via Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Monterey Beach Lytham St. Annes Situated on St. Annes seafront and close to the pier, cafes and shopping centre of this traditional resort. The restaurant serves a generous choice of traditional meals and the lounge bar overlooks the front terrace and seafront promenade. Regular entertainment takes place in the Oceans 11 Ballroom with live music, bingo, quizzes and dancing. There are 32 bedrooms over three floors, most with en suite shower & WC (a few have bath & WC), all with TV and tea/coffee making facilities. The lift serves all floors (with some steps between levels) and 4 bedrooms have 1 flight of stairs. Tel: 01253 721317 Royal Clifton Hotel & Spa Cliffs Hotel Clifton Park Lytham St. Annes Southport This privately owned hotel is situated one block from Blackpool One of Southport’s premier hotel’s, directly on the the promenade and caters exclusively for adults. The This impressive art deco building is located on promenade with Lord Street’s shops just around the 50 bedrooms have TV, telephone, central heating, Blackpool’s North Shore, with easy access to the corner. There is an elegant Chatsworth Lounge, ideal resort centre by tram. The Garden Restaurant offers bath or shower and WC and tea/coffee making for afternoon tea or cocktails with piano music in the an extensive menu with waiter service, and Dolly’s facilities. The lift serves most rooms with ground floor evening, whilst the Conservatory Bar & Bistro offers Bar provides a traditional pub atmosphere. Nightly rooms also available. The Ballroom Restaurant has a snacks throughout the day. Dinners will be in either entertainment takes place in the Lancaster Suite reputation for good food and bar snacks are available the Windsor Suite or Royal Pavilion Restaurant. The with live cabaret acts. The hotel boasts an indoor in the Orchard Bar. There is a south facing garden hotel’s Health & Leisure Club is free to hotel guests swimming pool, sauna and gym. All 160 bedrooms with terrace, an indoor heated swimming pool, and includes a large indoor pool and Jacuzzi. have bath/shower & WC, TV, hairdryer and tea/coffee jacuzzi and gymnasium. Tel: 01253 725801 Bedrooms are all served by a lift and include bath or making facilities. Lift serves all floors. shower, WC, TV, telephone and tea/coffee making Tel: 0845 458 4222 facilities. Tel: 01704 533771 What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions Holiday 5309 - 5 Days • 2 full day excursions Departs Monday - Returns Friday Apr 9...... £184 Aug 27 ...... £224 Holiday 5307M - 5 Days May 14 ...... £199 Sept 10 ...... £244 Holiday 5312 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday July 9*, 23*...... £239 Oct 22 ...... £244 Departs Monday - Returns Friday Apr 2...... £166 July 9...... £204 Aug 6* ...... £239 July 2...... £259 July 23...... £259 June 11...... £199 Aug 6 ...... £209 Supplements per person July 9...... £259 Aug 27 ...... £259 Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Supplements per person Sea View...... £24 Single Room...... £24 *Departures stay at Clifton Park. Other dates Monterey Beach Single Room ...... £25
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £259 £229 £172 Caernarvon Castle Highclere Castle Highclere per person per person Bath Baths, Roman per person ’Downton Abbey’ Bath & Salisbury Llandudno
& Windsor From our base in a delightful & Snowdonia village setting on the outskirts Explore the beautiful Thames Llandudno is probably Britain’s of Bath, we explore two of Valley from our base right next most complete resort with two England’s most fascinating cities. to the river – with visits to beaches, elegant streets and Along the way we see the lovely countryside magnificent Highclere (TV’s superb scenery close at hand. of the Mendips and southern Cotswolds. Downton Abbey) and Royal Windsor. On your free day, wonderful Oxford is also only a Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Anglesey and Beaumaris. We travel to 30 minute local bus ride away! Full Day to Bath. We travel a short distance from our Anglesey with time to explore the charming town of hotel to Bath, standing majestically on the banks of the Beaumaris before paying a visit to LlanfairPG, famous Excursions Included River Avon and steeped in history. From the Roman not only for its inordinately long name, but also for Full Day to Highclere Castle & Goring. Highclere is the Baths to the elegant Georgian terraces so well known Pringle’s Woollen Mills, where we have a short stop. one of the most magnificent Victorian stately homes in to Jane Austen, it is an architectural wonderland. Britain and has lately become famous as the location for We have a guided sightseeing tour included in Full Day to Caernarvon and Snowdonia. A magnificent filming ITV’s Downton Abbey. It was the home of Lord the tour cost. journey today takes us along the shores of Conwy Bay to Caernarvon, with its splendid castle beside the Carnarvon, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, Full Day to Salisbury and Shaftesbury. Salisbury’s harbour. We then turn inland through to Porthmadog. and there is an exhibition of Egyptian objects (entrance history dates back to the nearby Iron Age fort, but it is We see more of Snowdonia on the return journey via to Castle only included Egyptian collection is an chiefly famous for having the tallest cathedral spire in Llanberis, at the foot of Snowdon. additional charge). On our return, we stop at Goring, England along with a superbly well preserved medieval a lovely village on the Thames. town plan with many wooden buildings. Shaftesbury is Full Day to Royal Windsor. Windsor Castle is the a famously picturesque village. largest inhabited castle in the world and has been the home of British monarchs for over 900 years. It is worth a full day visit itself. But on a warm summer’s day you Limpley Stoke Hotel just might be tempted to take a boat trip or while away near Bath the time down by the river instead. This ivy-clad Georgian country house hotel is set in its own grounds. All 62 spacious en suite bedrooms have bath or shower and WC, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. A lift serves 2 of the 3 floors and one ground floor room is available. The Valley Hydro Hotel Restaurant serves fresh local produce and the Llandudno lounge enjoys views over the tranquil valley. The Ideally placed on the sea front close to the Sportsman’s Bar offers light snacks throughout Aberconwy Centre and a short walk from the day. Tel: 01225 723333 Llandudno’s wonderful shops, pier and Happy Valley gardens. Large entertainment suite with dance floor and entertainment most evenings. Superb “Looking Shillingford Bridge Hotel Glass” bar with views over the bay, sun lounge and nr Wallingford games room with snooker. 120 bedrooms with Situated on the banks of the Thames, there is a central heating and private bath or shower and WC. patio with outdoor swimming pool and paddling pool All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, hair overlooking the river. The Riverview Restaurant and dryer and TV with radio channels. Many rooms River Bar have a contemporary feel and also offer have views over the bay or over the town to the views of the passing boats on this busy section of Snowdonian mountains in the distance. Lift serves the river. The 40 bedrooms all have bath or shower most floors (split level floors mean some stairs to and WC, TV, radio, direct dial telephone, hair dryer most rooms). Some ground floor rooms available. and tea/coffee making facilities. No lift but rooms Car parking. Tel: 01492 870101. are on the ground and first floors only (some of them A Leisureplex Hotel in buildings in the attractive grounds).
Tel: 01865 858 567 Shaftesbury What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • Guided tour of Bath Holiday 5351M - 5 Days • Entrance to Highclere Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Holiday 5342M - 5 Days Apr 21...... £172 Aug 18 ...... £224 Holiday 5324M - 5 Days May 5...... £199 Aug 25 ...... £219 Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 9...... £214 Sept 22 ...... £189 Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 11...... £229 Aug 6 ...... £229 June 23...... £224 Oct 6, 20 ...... £174 July 23...... £259 Aug 13 ...... £259 July 9...... £229 Sept 24 ...... £229 July 28...... £224 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £66 Single Room ...... £56 Sea View ...... £20 Single Room...... £25
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per person Railway Mountain Snowdon per person Aberystwyth Promenade per person Porthcawl Criccieth & Snowdonia Heart of Wales Porthcawl
Based in Criccieth with its The pretty spa town of The two great cities of Wales splendid castle and lovely Llandrindod Wells lies in the combined with some of her beaches, this holiday offers secret heart of Wales and is loveliest coastal scenery – and remarkable contrasts: the surrounded by beautiful hillsides. a dash of fascinating Welsh awesome mountains of Snowdonia, and The town has various craft shops, museums heritage – make this a great introduction to the romantic village of Portmeirion. and theatres and a pleasant park. A splendid this wonderful area. base for exploring this unspoilt region. Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Portmeirion Village. This unique village is Excursions Included Full Day to Cardiff and St. Fagan’s National History set on its own peninsula on the southern shores of Full Day to Lampeter and Carmarthen. We travel west Museum. We travel the short distance to Cardiff and Snowdonia. Its dreamlike Italianate quality made it the to Lampeter, a pleasant market town on the River Teifi start the day with a guided sightseeing tour of the city setting for the famous TV series The Prisoner. (entrance and home to the oldest university in Wales. Then (included in the tour cost) followed by a visit to included in tour cost). southwards to Carmarthen, a thriving market town with St. Fagan’s National History Museum (free entrance), Full Day to Snowdon. The unique Snowdon Mountain a superb castle and numerous historic buildings. one of Europe’s premier open air museums and the Railway rises to within 66’ of the summit of Wales’s most popular heritage attraction in Wales, featuring Full Day to Aberystwyth and Devil’s Bridge.Today’s highest mountain and provides unforgettable views of reconstructed buildings brought from all parts of Wales. journey takes us north to the principal resort in west some of the finest mountain scenery in the British Isles Wales, Aberystwyth, situated in a striking setting on a Full Day to Swansea & Mumbles. Mumbles is a (fare included in tour cost - service stops part way small promontory dividing two beaches and with steep traditional Victorian seaside resort at the entrance to the in severe weather). hills behind. Included in the tour cost is a trip on the Gower, a beautiful peninsula and Britain’s first designated spectacular Devil’s Bridge narrow gauge railway. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Swansea is a bustling city full of interest including the National Half Day to Brecon. With its lovely cathedral and Waterfront Museum and the Dylan Thomas Centre. numerous small antique and craft shops, Brecon makes a delightful excursion.
Seabank Hotel Porthcawl Porthcawl’s most prominent building is situated on George IV Hotel a headland, a short walk from the Grand Pavilion Criccieth and John Street shops. There are spectacular views Situated on the High Street in the centre of Criccieth of the Bristol Channel and South Wales coast from with magnificent views towards the sea and castle the bar, restaurant and most bedrooms. All 89 from many bedrooms. All 47 bedrooms are centrally Glen Usk Hotel bedrooms are centrally heated and have bath Llandrindod Wells heated and have bath or shower and WC (mostly or shower and WC, hair dryer, TV, intercom bath and WC), hair dryer, TV, intercom and Situated in the very heart of the pretty spa town of and tea/coffee making facilities. Extensive public tea/coffee making facilities. Extensive public areas Llandrindod Wells, expect a warm welcome at the areas include the cosy Smuggler’s Bar and Garden include a delightful cocktail bar, a large restaurant, Glen Usk Hotel. There is a comfortable residents’ Restaurant with stunning views across the Channel entertainment room with additional bar and a cosy lounge with bar, newly renovated sun veranda, to Somerset and Devon. The lift serves all floors. The lounge. A small lift serves first & second floors but spacious restaurant overlooking the Temple Gardens, extensive car park can accommodate over 120 cars. not the third floor. Ample car parking. and an entertainment room with dance floor. All 79 Tel: 01656 782261 Tel: 01766 522168. bedrooms have bath or shower and WC, TV and A Leisureplex Hotel A Leisureplex Hotel tea/coffee making facilities. Lift serves all floors. Tel: 01597 822085 What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast What Alfa Includes • 2 full day excursions • 2 full day excursions • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • St. Fagans National History Museum (free entry) • Entrance to Portmeirion • 2 full day and 1 half day excursion • Guided Sightseeing Tour of Cardiff • Snowdon Mountain Railway Trip • Devil’s Bridge Railway Trip Holiday 5386M - 5 Days Holiday 5366M - 5 Days Holiday 5372M - 5 Days Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Saturday - Returns Wednesday Departs Monday - Returns Friday Apr 21...... £172 Sept 24 ...... £214 May 12 ...... £224 July 28...... £244 Apr 9...... £178 June 25...... £209 June 2, 16...... £214 Oct 6, 20 ...... £174 June 30...... £244 Sept 1 ...... £244 May 28 ...... £204 Aug 13 ...... £214 Aug 11 ...... £214 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Castle View...... £20 Single Room...... £25 Single Room ...... £25 Sea View...... £20 Single ...... £25
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per person Dunoon Pier & River Clyde per person Crarae Gardens per person Fyne Loch Dunoon & Rothesay Scottish Gardens Oban
Dunoon is splendidly situated on The warm waters of the Gulf Oban is the most popular the western shores of the Firth of Stream have made it possible resort and touring centre in the Clyde, where Loch Long and Holy for the West of Scotland to have Western Highlands. Its busy Loch join the sea. It has two bays, some of the most exotic and harbour provides the link with lovely gardens, a swimming pool, small castle, remarkable gardens in the whole of Britain and the islands of the Inner Hebrides and it also bowling greens and golf courses and nearby is this splendid tour includes three of the most has plenty of shops. some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery. interesting. Excursions Included Excursions Included Excursions Included Full Day to Fort William. Travelling north along the Full Day to Oban, the principal town on the west coast Full Day to Mount Stuart Gardens. Today’s journey shores of Loch Linnhe to Fort William at the foot of and port for many of the ferry services to the Hebridean takes us to Colintraive and then via a short ferry crossing Ben Nevis. We return via the magnificent scenery Islands. En route we pass Inveraray, seat of the Dukes of to the Isle of Bute and the splendour of Mount Stuart of Glen Coe and Rannoch Moor. Argyll, Loch Awe and the remarkable Falls of Lora. Gardens (entrance included in the holiday cost). Full Day to Lochgilphead and Inveraray. Travelling Full Day to Rothesay. Today’s journey takes us to Originally developed by the 2nd Earl of Bute (whose son south to Lochgilphead and then along the shores of Colintraive and then via a short ferry crossing to the was one of the founders of Kew Gardens), these are Loch Fyne to Inveraray, ancestral seat of the Campbells, Isle of Bute. We continue to its capital, Rothesay, one gardens on an olympian scale with several distinct Dukes of Argyll. gardens on a 300 acre site. of the Clyde’s most famous resorts which also boasts The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood a fine castle. Full Day to Crarae and Benmore Gardens. Crarae, Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood situated near Inveraray, is a woodland garden with a Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. superb collection of flowering shrubs. Benmore, situated on the Cowal Peninsula close to Dunoon, is a specialist garden of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. It is also a woodland garden including some spectacular giant redwoods. (Entrance to both gardens is included in the holiday cost.) The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Selborne Hotel Selborne Hotel Dunoon Dunoon Superbly situated looking south across the Clyde See Dunoon & Rothesay holiday (this page) for with pleasant lawns reaching down to the description of Selborne Hotel. promenade and water’s edge. All the public rooms and many of the bedrooms offer uninterrupted views of the river which is a constant source of interest. Ground floor areas have recently been Regent Hotel Oban extensively refurbished and include a TV lounge, bar lounge with dance floor, quiet lounge and Overlooking the promenade and Oban Bay with games room. 98 bedrooms with central heating and views towards the hills of Mull, the predominantly private bath or shower and WC. All rooms have art deco Regent Hotel is a landmark on the tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer and TV with Esplanade and is centrally situated for Oban’s shops radio channels. Entertainment is provided most and bars. Bedrooms have bath or shower and WC, evenings in the bar lounge. The lift serves almost all TV, hair dryer, telephone and tea/coffee making rooms. Car parking available. Tel: 01369 702761. facilities. The hotel’s restaurant serves freshly prepared food and there is a small bar, two lounges
A Leisureplex Hotel Benmore Gardens and a small terrace. Two lifts serve all floors, although there are many unavoidable steps at the What Alfa Includes hotel entrance. Tel: 01631 562341 What Alfa Includes NO SINGLE NO SINGLE • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast SUPPLEMENTS • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast SUPPLEMENTS • 2 full day excursions AT DUNOON! • 2 full day excursions AT DUNOON! • Entrance to Mount Stuart Garden What Alfa Includes • Return ferry crossing of River Clyde • Entrance to Crarae Garden • Ferry crossing to Rothesay • Entrance to Benmore Garden • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions Holiday 5411 - 5 Days Holiday 5412 - 5 Days Holiday 5427 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Monday - Returns Friday May 14 ...... £204 Aug 6, 27 ...... £204 May 28 ...... £214 Aug 13 ...... £214 Departs Monday - Returns Friday July 9...... £204 Sept 3, 10 ...... £204 July 23...... £214 May 14 ...... £224 Sept 10 ...... £254 Supplements per person Supplements per person July 9...... £254 Sea View...... £20 Double used as Single* £25 Sea View...... £20 Double used as Single* £25 Supplements per person *Subject to availability *Subject to availability Single Room ...... £44
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5 days from 5 days from 5 days from £169 £219 £214 Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness Castle Urquhart, Loch per person Isle of Skye Harbour, Kyleakin per person Castle Breamar per person Fort William & Skye Royal Deeside The Highlander
Fort William, the “Outdoor Long a favoured retreat of the Carrbridge nestles in the very Capital of the UK” is a splendid Royal Family, the beautiful Dee heart of the Highlands in the location from which to explore Valley is home to Balmoral beautiful Spey Valley. There are the magnificent Western Castle. From our delightful base numerous attractions in the Highlands. With two full day excursions at the Highland Games town of Braemar, we village including the Landmark Forestry included, you will see some of the most are ideally placed for the splendours of the Heritage and Adventure Park with its wild water breathtaking scenery in Britain. Scottish scenery. coaster, steam powered saw mill and tree top trail, a pony trekking centre, challenging nine Excursions Included Excursions Included hole golf course and bowling green. Full Day to the Isle of Skye. A scenic journey takes Full Day to Royal Deeside & Balmoral. We travel us along Loch Lochy, then past the Five Sisters of east to Balmoral Castle, pausing at Crathie Church Excursions Included Kintail to the much photographed Eilean Donan Castle. (entrance to Balmoral is included in the tour cost Full Day to Inverness and Loch Ness. Known as We continue to Kyle of Lochalsh and then across to when the castle is open which is April-July only). the “Capital of the Highlands”, Inverness with its Skye with a short tour of this enchanting Island. Full Day to Blairgowrie and Glamis. Today we pass magnificent castle, stands astride the River Ness. We Full Day to Oban. Oban is the principal town on the over Glenshee to the Perthshire holiday town of also journey further south to the mysterious waters of west coast and the port for many of the ferry services Blairgowrie. We continue to Glamis Castle, family seat of Loch Ness and the Visitor Centre at Drumnadrochit to the Hebridean Islands. It has a lively harbour and the Queen Mother and macabre setting for Shakespeare’s (entrance not included). many shops and restaurants. ‘Macbeth’ (entrance included in the tour cost). Full Day to the Spey Valley. A day to delight the The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood tastebuds as we journey down the lovely Spey Valley, Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. stopping at the renowned Glenlivet Distillery. We continue to the mouth of the Spey to visit the famous Baxters foods, where we have a short demonstration. (Entrance to distillery and Baxters included in the tour cost). The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Croit Anna Hotel Fort William Fife Arms Hotel Situated on the shores of Loche Linnhe, three miles Braemar from the centre of Fort William, with spectacular views across the loch from all of the public rooms Set in lovely Braemar village, famous for the annual Highland Gathering, the Fife Arms, originally the Carrbridge Hotel and most of the bedrooms, the Croit Anna offers Carrbridge a comfortable and friendly base in which to relax. Duke of Fife’s hunting lodge, is on the banks of All 92 bedrooms have central heating and/or Clunic Water which runs into the River Dee. This This traditional family owned hotel is situated on individual electric heating, bath or shower and WC, impressive hotel has a large open lounge with a the banks of the River Dulnain in the heart of the hair dryer, radio, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. coffee shop, a residents’ bar and separate public highlands. Recently refurbished, it has a Highland There is a panoramic lounge, two bars, terrace and bar. The restaurant has lovely views and offers Suite Dining Room, Lairds bar and Old Bridge entertainment most evenings. There is no lift but an excellent menu. Entertainment is nightly. The a la carte restaurant. The lift serves most of the a number of ground floor rooms are available upon 78 bedrooms have mostly rural views with bath, 67 bedrooms, all of which have bath/shower and request and subject to availability. Extensive car shower and WC, TV and tea/coffee making WC, TV, telephone and tea/coffee making facilities. parking. Tel: 01397 702268 facilities. Tel: 01339 741644 A varied entertainment programme includes the A Leisureplex Hotel popular Highland Ceilidh Dance - an evening not to be missed. Tel: 01479 841202 What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast NO SINGLE What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions SUPPLEMENTS • 4 nights dinner, room & breakfast • 2 full day excursions AT FT WILLIAM! • Entrance to Balmoral (when possible) • Entrance to Glamis Castle • 2 full day excursions • Distillery visit & Baxters Foods visit Holiday 5430 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Holiday 5502 - 5 Days Apr 9, 23...... £172 July 2...... £224 Departs Monday - Returns Friday Holiday 5527 - 5 Days May 14 ...... £204 Aug 6 ...... £224 May 28 ...... £219 Aug 13 ...... £244 Departs Monday - Returns Friday May 28 ...... £209 Sept 24 ...... £179 June 4, 18...... £224 Sept 10 ...... £234 May 14 ...... £214 Aug 13 ...... £234 June 18...... £224 Oct 22 ...... £169 July 16...... £244 July 16...... £234 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Sea View...... £20 Double as Single ...... £25 Single Room ...... £48 Single Room ...... £36
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per person Scenic Glenshee per person Edinburgh per person Gardens Powerscourt Glenshee Scotland’s Heritage Taste of Ireland
At the foot of Britain’s highest Scotland’s heritage is a rich County Wicklow offers pass amongst glorious Highland and complex one, but nowhere uncrowded towns and serenely scenery, Glenshee provides a symbolises its defiant rolling vales. We are based in the tranquil base to relax after some independence more than Stirling, well established seaside resort spectacular sightseeing. scene of many battles and place where Mary of Bray, which offers easy access to the centre Queen of Scots was crowned in 1543. of Dublin on the DART rapid transit system. Excursions Included Full Day to Braemar and Ballater. Over the dramatic Excursions Included Holiday Itinerary Cairnwell Pass and down into the Dee valley - the area Full Day to Edinburgh. A relatively short journey takes Monday Midlands - Holyhead - Dublin - Bray. around Balmoral Castle so beloved of the Royal Family. us to Scotland's most historic city where we have a Tuesday Full Day to Dublin. We have a morning guided Full Day to Blairgowrie and Perth. Today we see the guided city tour (included in the tour cost) and plenty sightseeing tour of Dublin (included in the tour cost) wonderful lush and rolling countryside of Strathmore - of time to explore the many sights or visit the superb followed by an afternoon free to explore the delights of very different from the more austere scenery to the north. shops and cafés. this bustling Georgian capital, now a truly European city. Half Day to Pitlochry. Pitlochry is set amid the rolling Full Day to Glasgow. With its magnificent buildings Discover Trinity College, Dublin Castle, its two majestic Perthshire hills and is one of Scotland’s most famous and delightful parks beside the Clyde, Glasgow has cathedrals, many museums and follow in the literary and liveliest inland resorts, having been popular since become one of Europe’s most dynamic and cultured footsteps of Joyce, Yeats and Shaw. Queen Victoria visited. cities. We have a guided tour of the city (included in Wednesday Full Day to the Irish National Stud and the holiday cost). The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Avoca. The Irish National Stud is not just of interest to Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood fans of horse racing. Its Japanese Gardens are world Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5. famous (entrance included in the tour cost). We also travel through the southern Wicklow Hills to Avoca, the village made famous by BBC’s Ballykissangel. Thursday Extended Half Day to Powerscourt House & Gardens. This majestic 18th century house has some exquisite interiors, particularly the ballroom, and an immense 45 acres of formal and informal gardens (entrance included in the tour cost). Friday Bray - Dublin - Holyhead - Home via Burtonwood. The Interchange for this tour is Burtonwood Services on the M62 - see notes on page 5.
Golden Lion Hotel Royal Hotel Stirling Bray Spittal of Glenshee Hotel Situated right in the middle of Stirling, adjacent to This splendid hotel is situated in the heart of Bray, Glenshee the shops and only a short walk from the castle, the a short walk from the sea front. All bedrooms A warm welcome awaits you at this popular hotel. family-owned Golden Lion was built in 1786 and is have bath or shower and WC, telephone, TV and The restaurant has superb views of the glens and a focal point for the city. The hotel’s public areas tea/coffee making facilities. It has a superb leisure serves a buffet carvery dinner with national and and many of its 67 bedrooms have recently been centre with swimming pool, children’s fun pool, international cuisine. All 53 bedrooms have bath refurbished to a high standard and all rooms sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and gymnasium. The or
Holiday 5547 - 5 Days Holiday 5550 - 5 Days Holiday 885 - 5 Days Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Monday - Returns Friday Departs Monday - Returns Friday June 18...... £219 Sept 24 ...... £219 May 28 ...... £234 July 2, 23...... £249 May 28 ...... £314 Aug 13, 27 ...... £314 July 2...... £219 June 4, 18...... £249 July 16...... £314 Sept 10 ...... £314 Supplements per person Supplements per person Supplements per person Single Room ...... £25 Single Room ...... £96 Single Room...... £104
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and Chalon before turning into the Geneva Lake mountains of Savoy and on to our resort. Tuesday Full Day to Rocamadour. Monday Half Day to Aix-les-Bains. One Tuesday Full Day to Chamonix. We A spectacular medieval town hugging the of the most fashionable spa resorts in travel along the shores of Lake Annecy cliff side, for centuries a place of Europe during the 19th century, near to and through spectacular Alpine scenery pilgimage to the Virgin Mary.
the beautiful Lac du Bourget. to Chamonix. Wednesday At Leisure in Loubressac. Rocamadour Wednesday-Thursday At leisure in Thursday Full Day to Cahors. Leaving Annecy. the Dordogne late morning we travel visiting Luzech for a spectacular view Friday Full Day to Geneva. Situated south to Puy-L’Evêque and along the before reaching the fascinating medieval on the shores of Lake Geneva where the equally spectacular valley of the River Lot town of Cahors, capital of the mighty Rhone leaves the lake. département. Saturday Annecy - Reims - St. Omer. Friday Dordogne - Paris - Lille. We retrace our steps to northern France We retrace the journey of the second day for our overnight stay at St. Omer. to our overnight stop near Lille. Sunday Calais - Dover - Home. Via Saturday Lille - Calais - Dover - Home. Tamworth Interchange where we rejoin Via Tamworth Interchange where we the feeder coaches. rejoin the feeder coaches. Chamonix
What Alfa Includes What Alfa Includes Hotel Mercure • 6 nights dinner, room & continental Relais de Castelnau Seynod, nr. Annecy Loubressac • 5 nights dinner, room & continental breakfast in Annecy breakfast in Loubressac This excellent hotel is located on • 1 night room & continental Situated near the attractive small • 1 night room & continental the edge of town with panoramic breakfast in Laon village of Loubressac with breakfast in Compiègne views of the surrounding mountains. • 1 night dinner, room & continental spectacular views of the Dordogne • 1 night dinner, room & continental A regular bus service to the centre breakfast in St. Omer valley and Castelnau Castle from breakfast near Lille operates daily. Facilities include an • 2 full day excursions the restaurant and many of the • 3 full day excursions outdoor swimming pool and poolside • 1 half day excursion bedrooms. Its 40 bedrooms are restaurant for the summer season, simply decorated and spacious with Holiday 859 - 8 Days the “La Boiserie” restaurant and a Holiday 852 - 9 Days bath or shower and WC, hair dryer, cosy bar and lounge. All rooms have TV and mini bar. There is an outdoor Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday telephone, satellite TV, private bath Departs Saturday - Returns Sunday swimming pool, bar and pleasant June 2, 23 ...... £489 Aug 25...... £489 June 30 ...... £544 Sept 8...... £544 July 21 ...... £489 Sept 15...... £489 and shower, WC and air conditioning. Supplements per person terrace. No lift or porter service. Supplements per person Tel: 0033 450 520966 Single Room...... £184 Tel: 0033 565 108090 Single Room...... £169
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8 days from Wernigerode 8 days from Heidelberg £479 £434 Harz Mountains per person Romantic Rhine per person & Berlin & Moselle
This fascinating tour is based in the beautiful Harz Mountains, an area Assmanshausen, and its neighbour Rüdesheim, are the most popular and of gently rolling hills clad in pine forests and full of fairy tale myths. liveliest resorts in the Rhine Valley. The atmospheric timbered buildings Scattered amongst the hills are numerous romantic medieval villages and picturesque alleys are home to numerous shops, bars and cafés. including Unesco World Heritage sites such as Quedlinburg and Goslar. Our base is Goslar with its medieval buildings in the old town centre, Holiday Itinerary where there are cobbled and crooked streets in which shopping is a true Saturday Midlands - Dover - Calais - delight. In addition to visiting the villages of the Harz, we include a visit to Lille. Arriving at our overnight hotel one of Europe’s greatest cities, Berlin with its famous Brandenburg Gate - (Dinner is not included on day 1) so often the pivot of Europe’s destiny in the past three centuries. Sunday Charleroi - Liege - Rhine - Assmanshausen. We continue through southern Belgium to the Rhineland, Holiday Itinerary arriving mid afternoon in Assmanshausen. Saturday Midlands - Dover - Calais - Heritage town with its innumerable Monday Full Day to the Moselle Valley. Rüdesheim Brussels. Late arrival near Brussels medieval buildings and burial site of We cross the Rhine by ferry, then through the wooded Hunsrück Hills to cross the (Dinner is not provided on day 1). Heinrich I, the first German king. St. Goar and Bacharach with ample time Moselle River at Löf and Moselkern, Sunday Brussels - Maastricht - Rhine - Friday Goslar - Dortmund - Duisburg - in each town to explore before returning where we board our short cruise on the Möhne Dam - Goslar. Heading steadily Gent - St. Omer. upstream back to Assmanshausen (boat Moselle to Cochem (boat fare included east we cross the Rhine near Cologne fare included in the tour cost). Saturday St. Omer - Calais - Dover - in the tour coast). We then follow the and then have a short stop at the Möhne Home. Via Tamworth Interchange where vineyard clad slopes along the Moselle Wednesday At leisure in Dam, scene of the famous Dambusters we rejoin the feeder coaches. past Traben-Trarbach before returning to Assmanshausen. raid before continuing across Germany Assmanshausen. Dinner this evening will Thursday Full Day to Heidelberg. This to Goslar. be a barbecue on the Rhine terrace of the splendid historic town nestles below its Monday Full Day Tour of the Harz Hotel Lamm. castle on the River Neckar. It is home to Mountains. We take a scenic tour Tuesday Full Day Rhine Cruise. We take the oldest university in Germany and through the hills including visits to the a leisurely cruise on the Rhine today from familiar as the setting for The Student beautiful towns of Bad Harzburg and Assmanshausen downstream, passing Prince. Dinner this evening, with live Wernigerode. the famous Loreley rock and calling at entertainment will be in the Hotel Alte Bauernschänke. Tuesday Full Day Tour to Berlin. Including a short guided sightseeing Friday Rhineland - Charleroi - St. Omer. tour of the city. We return to our hotel We retrace our steps of day 2 to our Rheinhotel Lamm overnight hotel. for a late dinner. Assmannshausen Saturday St. Omer - Calais - Dover - Wednesday At leisure in Goslar. A charming family run hotel with Home. Via Tamworth interchange where Thursday Half Day Tour to Quedlinburg. views of the vine covered hillsides we re-join our feeder coaches. A short excursion to this Unesco World and the River Rhine. No entertainment but guests are welcome to walk round
Ramada Hotel Bären Hotel Ramada the corner to the Hotel Alte Bauernschanke. Evening meals are What Alfa Includes Ramada Hotel Bären waiter served. Bedrooms have bath, • 5 nights dinner, room & continental Goslar What Alfa Includes shower & WC, TV, hair dryer and breakfast in Assmanshausen Located outside the historic town of • 5 nights dinner, room & continental telephone. Lift serves all floors. • 1 night room & continental Goslar in a quiet residential area and breakfast in Goslar Tel: 0049 6722 90450 breakfast near Lille peaceful setting, the Ramada Hotel • 1 night room & continental • 1 night dinner, room & continental Bären offers a warm welcome and breakfast near Brussels Hotel Alte breakfast in St. Omer friendly service. The hotel has an • 1 night dinner, room & continental Bauernschänke • 3 full day excursions indoor heated swimming pool, breakfast in St. Omer Assmannshausen • Boat trips on Rhine & Moselle Rivers sauna and steam room, a spacious • 2 full day excursions This picturesque hotel has been restaurant with bar and outdoor • 1 half day excursion offering hospitality since the 19th Holiday 865 - 8 Days terraced area, lawned gardens with century, when it was a wine tavern. Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday sun beds and a separate basement Holiday 864 - 8 Days Nightly entertainment takes place in May 5...... £434 July 14 ...... £449 bar where evening entertainment is the lounge bar. Bedrooms are on May 19...... £449 Aug 4*...... £449 held occasionally. All 165 rooms have Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday three floors served by a lift, or in the June 16*, 30*£449 Sept 1...... £459 May 5...... £479 July 28 ...... £479 Supplements per person bath or shower and WC and TV. A lift June 9 ...... £479 Sept 1...... £479 extended house next door, with bath Single Room...... £104 serves all 3 floors. Supplements per person or shower & WC, TV and telephone. *Marked dates stay at Hotel Lamm. Tel: 0049 5321 7820 Single Room...... £119 Tel: 0049 6722 49990 Others stay at Hotel Bauernschänke
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8 days from Rothenburg 8 days from Valkenburg £509 £454 Bavaria & The per person Three Countries per person Romantic Road Valkenburg is a pretty market town with street cafés and bars offering a warm welcome. It lies in the province of Limburg, in the south of Holland Our base on this tour is the fairytale town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, between Belgium and Germany. It is an excellent base to explore all three on the Romantic Road, which became famous as a trade route from the countries and we see historic Antwerp as well as Cologne, on the Rhine, Bavarian Alps to the old Kingdom of Franconia. The cobbled alleys and with its breath taking Gothic cathedral. squares offer a magical impression of medieval Germany as you enter the walled town. There are many museums, including one dedicated to Holiday Itinerary Christmas, and you’ll find a warm welcome in the many cafés and bars. Saturday Midlands - Dover - Calais - 600 years to complete, is one of the We visit the historic city of Bamberg as well as Dinkelsbühl on the Lille. Arriving at our overnight hotel near icons of the Rhineland and is said to Romantic Road. Lille. (Dinner is not included on day 1). contain the remains of the Magi. Sunday Flanders - Brussels - Holland. Friday Valkenburg - Brussels - St. Omer. We continue east into Belgium and on to We travel through northern Belgium to Holiday Itinerary its capital city, Brussels, for a look at the Brussels where we have a brief view of Saturday Midlands - Dover - Calais - Sunday market held in the spectacular the city before continuing to St. Omer for Brussels. Late arrival in the Brussels area Grand Place. Continuing at a leisurely our overnight stay. (Dinner is not provided on day 1). pace we enter Holland and so to our hotel Saturday Calais - Dover - Home. Via Sunday Brussels - Rhine - Rothenburg in Valkenburg. Tamworth Interchange where we rejoin
ob der Tauber. Today we follow the Würzburg Monday Full Day to Antwerp. Belgium’s our feeder coaches. Rhine south passing Mannheim and second largest city, once the home of Heidelberg to arrive in Bavaria and the will get an unforgettable impression of Rubens and the ‘Diamond Capital of the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. over one thousand years of history. World’ is a city rich in history with many Monday Half Day Tour to Dinkelsbühl. Wednesday At leisure in Rothenburg buildings from its golden Age in the late 16th and early 17th centuries (guided The former free Imperial town of ob der Tauber. tour included in holiday cost). Dinkelsbühl lies in the idyllic valley of the Thursday Full Day to Würzburg. Tuesday At leisure in Valkenburg River Wornitz on the Romantic Road. This Beautifully situated on the River Main, small but beautiful town has a ring of this historic city was more devastated Wednesday At leisure in Valkenburg fortified walls, towers and gates that than Dresden during WWII but now has Thursday Full Day to Cologne. Cologne protect the glory of its medieval many fully restored buildings including is one of the oldest cities in Germany. Its architecture. the 18th century bishops’ palace and a magnificent cathedral, which took over Tuesday Full Day Tour to Bamberg splendid fortress. Endowed with one of Europe's largest Friday Rothenburg - Frankfurt - Cologne undamaged medieval town centres, - Gent - St. Omer. We travel through Bamberg is a UNESCO World Heritage Germany, and Belgium to overnight site and an outstanding cultural and in St. Omer. architectural delight. When walking Saturday St. Omer - Dover - Home. Via through the small and winding alleys you Tamworth Interchange where we rejoin the feeder coaches. Hotel-Gasthof
Zum Rappen What Alfa Includes Antwerp Rothenburg ob der Tauber Hotel Walram • 5 nights dinner, room & continental Valkenburg Owned and run by the Schmidt breakfast in Rothenburg ob der family, in the heart of Rothenburg and Tauber In the heart of Valkenburg, handy for What Alfa Includes next to the old town walls, the Zum • 1 night room & continental all the shops, bars and street cafes, • 5 nights dinner, room & continental Rappen dates back 400 years when breakfast near Brussels the Hotel Walram offers a relaxing breakfast in Valkenburg it was built as a tavern. There are two • 1 night dinner, room & continental atmosphere. Rooms have bath or • 1 night room & continental adjacent buildings; the hotel, and the breakfast in St. Omer shower and WC, TV, hair dryer. The breakfast near Lille Gasthof where our accommodation • 2 full day excursions restaurant has table served dinners • 1 night dinner, room & continental is reserved. There is a pleasant beer • 1 half day excursion and buffet breakfasts. The indoor pool breakfast in St. Omer garden with plenty of shade and the is free for guests use while extra • 2 full day excursions hotel restaurant is well known for its charges apply for use of the sauna. Holiday 870 - 8 Days Franconian specialities. A lift serves The cosy lounge bar offers a warm Holiday 905 - 8 Days the first and second floor bedrooms Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday welcome and there is a separate TV Departs Saturday - Returns Saturday which have shower, WC, telephone, May 12...... £509 Aug 18...... £509 lounge and a terrace for use in the June 30 ...... £509 July 21 ...... £454 Aug 25...... £454 TV and radio. Supplements per person summer. Lift serves all floors. Supplements per person Tel. 0049 9861 95710 Single Room...... £104 Tel: 0031 436013047 Single Room ...... £89
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5 days from Breakaways £140 per person
What Alfa Includes • 4 nights dinner, room and breakfast • Rooms with private facilities • Entertainment at least two evenings • Lunch on one free day in resort at Leisureplex Hotels (October, March & April) • Coach travel from local pick up points (see page 5) • 2 full day excursions Bognor Regis Bognor Castle Conwy
Special Offers Tour Choice ᗂFree Drinks on Resort Hotel Code Full Day Excursions Included Pre-Easter Holidays Weston-S-Mare Anchor Head 5100M 1. Cheddar Gorge & Wells 2. Bath Enjoy a complimentary glass Ilfracombe Imperial 5110M 1. Barnstaple & Bideford 2. Dunster & Lynton of wine or beer or a soft drink Newquay Eliot 5132M 1. Eden Project(entrance included) 2. Poldark Country & St.Ives St Ives Cottage 5135M 1. Poldark Country & Truro 2. Penzance and Land's End with dinner every evening on Falmouth Madeira 5140M 1. Padstow 2. St.Ives tours returning prior to Easter at all Torquay Regina 5150M 1. Teignmouth & Exeter 2. Dartmouth of our Leisureplex Hotels. Devon & Cornwall Cavendish* 5152M 1. Looe & Polperro 2. Sidmouth & Exmouth ᗂPre-Easter Single Savers Exmouth Cavendish 5155M 1. Teignmouth & Exeter 2. Seaton & Sidmouth No single supplements on holidays returning prior to Weymouth Russell* 5165M 1. Poole & Bournemouth 2. Dorchester, Bridport & Abbotsbury Easter at any of our Leisureplex Hotels, regardless Bournemouth Devon Towers 5170M 1. Salisbury & Lyndhurst 2. Weymouth & Portland of when you book your holiday. Double rooms used IOW - Sandown Bayshore 5195M 1. Newport 2. Cowes IOW - Shanklin Medehamstede* 5202M 1. C’brooke Castle(entrance incl.) & Godshill 2. Rosemary Vineyard, Ryde & Cowes as singles are charged only a standard single IOW - Shanklin Marlborough* 5204M 1. Alum Bay & Godshill 2. Ryde & Cowes supplement on these departures. Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk 5205M 1. Chichester & Arundel 2. Brighton & Lewes ᗂEarly Booking Single Saver Eastbourne Queens 5215M 1. Brighton & Lewes 2. Battle and Rye No single supplement at our Leisureplex Hotels on Folkestone & Kent Southcliff* 5234M 1. Leeds Castle(entrance included) 2. Sandwich, Deal & Dover Museum(ent. incl.) Breakaway holidays provided you book your Spring Felixstowe Marlborough* 5257M 1. Constable Country & Colchester 2. Cambridge(Incl guided tour) reservation before 31 January or your Autumn Great Yarmouth New Beach 5260M 1. Lowestoft & Norwich 2. Cromer & Sheringham Cromer De Paris 5266M 1. Great Yarmouth & Wroxham 2. Norwich & Sheringham reservation before 31 July. Skegness Royal* 5272M 1. Lincoln 2. Boston & Spalding ᗂFree Afternoon Teas at Ilfracombe & Dunoon Scarborough Cumberland 5276M 1. North York Moors & Whitby 2. Bridlington & Beverley Free afternoon tea with cake or biscuits on days Blackpool Cliffs* 5307M 1. Southport 2. Ribble Valley & Skipton in resort (not on excursion days) at Imperial and Bath & Salisbury Limpley Stoke* 5342M 1. Salisbury & Shaftesbury 2. Bath(Incl guided tour) Selborne hotels during October, March and April. Llandudno Hydro 5351M 1. Anglesey & Beaumaris 2. Caernarvon and Snowdonia Criccieth & Snowdonia George IV 5365M 1. Caernarvon and Snowdonia 2. Ffestiniog & Porthmadog ᗂScottish Single Saver Llandrindod Wells Glen Usk* 5372M 1. Lampeter & Carmarthen 2. Aberystwyth & Devil's Bridge 3. Brecon(half day) No Single Supplements at Dunoon or Fort William Tenby Giltar* 5380M 1. Fishguard & St. Davids 2. Laugharne & Carmarthen regardless of when you book your holiday (double Porthcawl Seabank 5386M 1. Cardiff & St. Fagans 2. Swansea & Mumbles rooms used as singles charged only the standard Dunoon Selborne 5410 1. Oban 2. Callander & Loch Lomond single supplement). Fort William Croit Anna 5430 1. Isle of Skye 2. Oban *Denotes a non-Leisureplex hotel. These do not include lunches in resort. Supplement prices also vary. Please ask for further details.
in £s per Tour Prices person Spring 2012 Autumn 2012 Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Apr EASTER Apr Apr Apr Apr Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Resort Hotel Code 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 31 2 Apr 9 14 21 23 28 22 24 29 6 13 20 27 Depart Mon Mon Mon Mon Mon Mon Mon Sat Mon Mon Sat Sat Mon Sat Sat Mon Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Departure Days Return Fri Fri Fri Fri Fri Fri Fri Wed Fri Fri Wed Wed Fri Wed Wed Fri Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Weston-S-Mare Anchor Head 5100M ---146 --156 --172 ----172 --164 --- Ilfracombe Imperial 5110M ----150 --156 --166 -----164 --164 - Newquay Eliot 5132M ----156 ----178 ------169 - 169 - 169 St Ives Cottage 5135M ------156 ---166 ------164 - 164 - Falmouth Madeira 5140M - 146 ---162 ----172 -----174 - 174 - 174 Torquay Regina 5150M 146 --146 - 156 - 156 -----179 ---164 - 164 - Devon & Cornwall Cavendish* 5152M ------184 --184 - 184 - Torquay Nethway* 5154M ------166 ------Exmouth Cavendish 5155M 152 - 146 - 156 - 162 --178 ----184 - 174 --174 - Weymouth Russell* 5165M ---159 --169 --182 ------Bournemouth Devon Towers 5170M ----150 --156 --166 ----234 ----- IOW - Sandown Bayshore 5195M ----156 - 162 --178 - 172 ------IOW - Shankli Medehamstede* 5202M ---140 ------IOW - Shanklin Marlborough* 5204M ------189 ----- Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk 5205M - 146 - 152 --162 ---172 --199 182 ---174 - 174 Eastbourne Queens 5215M - 146 - 152 - 162 - 162 - 178 172 -----179 - 174 - 174 Folkestone Southcliff* 5234M ------166 ------Felixstowe Marlborough* 5257M ------219 ----- Gt Yarmouth New Beach 5260M ------156 -----174 --164 - 159 - 159 Cromer De Paris 5265M -----156 ---172 ------169 ---164 Skegness Royal* 5272M ------174 ------Scarborough Cumberland 5276M - 140 ---156 -----166 ----169 - 164 - 164 Blackpool Cliffs* 5307M ------166 ------Bath & Salisbury Limpley Stoke* 5342M ------229 ----- Llandudno Hydro 5351M 152 - 146 ------178 - 172 -----174 - 174 - Criccieth George IV 5365M ------156 ------169 - Llandrindod Wells Glen Usk* 5372M ------178 ------Tenby Giltar* 5380M 152 ------169 ---209 ------Porthcawl Seabank 5386M 152 - 146 - 156 - 162 --178 - 172 -----174 - 174 - Dunoon Selborne 5410 ------172 --172 ------Fort William Croit Anna 5430 ------172 --172 ------Supplements per person: Sea/Loch View £20 • Single Room £25 • Double/Twin as Single £50 *Denotes a non-Leisureplex hotel. These do not include lunches in resort. Supplement prices also vary. Please ask for further details.
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Bath Constable Country Eden Project *Denotes anon-Leisureplex hotel. These do not include lunches in resort. Supplement prices also vary. Please ask forfurther details. perperson: Supplements *Denotes anon-Leisureplex hotel. These do not include lunches in resort. Supplement prices also vary. Please ask forfurther details. Llandudno Cumberland Scarborough Cromer & The Broads (F), 263M Norwich (F), Lowestoft & Suffolk Villages (F) Great Yarmouth New Beach Marlborough* Felixstowe Cambridge (F), Constable 252M Country & Ipswich (F), Colchester (H) Esplanade* Clacton Canterbury (F), Ramsgate 242M & Broadstairs (F), Chatham Historic Dockyard Glenwood* Cliftonville Bayshore IOW - Sandown Weymouth 173M & Portland Devon Towers (F), Lyndhurst & BeaulieuBournemouth (F), Stonehenge & Salisbury (F) Madeira Falmouth Newquay Minehead & Dunster 113M (F), Bideford & Great Torrington Imperial Ilfracombe (F), Barnstaple, Lynton & Lynmouth (F) Weston-Super-Mare Included Excursions Code Hotel Resort Depart Sunday Return Saturday Saturday Return Depart Sunday Llandudno - 249 299 - - - - 277M Cumberland Scarborough 239 239 - - - 234 - 263M Great Yarmouth New Beach Marlborough* Felixstowe Esplanade Clacton - - - - 254 - - 242M Glenwood* Cliftonville Bayshore IOW - Sandown - 249 - 309 - - 249 Devon TowersBournemouth 173M Madeira Falmouth - 244 - 284 - 259 - 132M Eliot Newquay & Eden Project - - 299 - 264 - 239 113M Imperial Ilfracombe Weston-Super-Mare 21 7 27 20 13 6 29 Code Hotel Resort Tour Prices Tour Choice 03451 305666 Eliot 132M Poldark 132M Country & St. Ives (F), Eden Project Eliot Hydro Hydro 7 days from £239 per person Anchor Head 102M 244 - - - - - 239 - - - - - 244 102M Anchor Head person per £s in Anchor Head 102M Minehead & Dunster 102M (F), Bath (F), Cheddar Gorge & Wells (F) Anchor Head Sea/Loch View £28• Single Room** £32• Double/Twin as Single £64 353M Anglesey & Beaumaris 353M (F), Llangollen & Swallow Falls (F), Caernarvon & Snowdonia (F) 142M Padstow 142M (F), St. Ives (F), Truro (H) Apr May May May May Oct Oct Oct May May May May Apr 198M Alum Bay & Cowes 198M (F), Owl& Monkey Haven & Godshill (F), Rosemary Vineyard & Ryde (H) 5M 4 - 7 - 0 - - - 304 - 274 - 249 353M 142M ------244 ------142M 277M 18 29 39 - - 329 - 289 - - 198M 257M Constable Country 257M & Colchester (F), Cambridge (F), Suffolk Villages (F), Ipswich (H) 22 39 - - - 309 - - - 252M www.alfatravel.co.uk 27 29 - - - - 299 - - 257M North Yorkshire Moors & Whitby (F), York (F), Bridlington & Beverley (F) (H denotes half day and F denotes full day) full Fdenotes and day half denotes (H Spring 2012 visit your localtravel agent (Entrance Included) (F), Padstow (H) Autumn 2012 (entrance included) (F)
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Easter Weekenders
4 days from £154 per person
4/5 days from £149/£164 Festive Specials per person
The idea of these Festive Specials is that you get into the feeling of Christmas, relaxing and What Alfa Includes
enjoying good food and entertainment. All Festive Specials © Paul Watts, Visit Cornwall • Rooms with private facilities The bonus is that because it is not quite • 2 resort lunches at Leisureplex Hotels Christmas, our labour and entertainment costs • Festive Entertainment Programme are much lower and we are able to pass this on
• Festive menus Harbour Padstow in the form of significantly lower prices. • Coach travel from local pick up points listed on page 5 Beware of imitations - we have not reduced the Christmas Festive Specials What Alfa Includes content of our Christmas and New Year • 4 nights dinner, room and breakfast • 3 nights dinner, room and breakfast packages in any way. • 1 half day excursion and 1 full day shopping • Rooms with private bath or shower & WC We provide the same high quality menus and excursion • Coach travel from local pick up points listed on entertainment package as described for the New Year Festive Specials page 5 • 2 half day excursions Christmas and New Year breaks on page 52. • 3 nights dinner, room and breakfast • 2 half day excursions • Depart Good Friday, Return Easter Monday
in £s per Festive Specials - 5 Days person Christmas 2011 Christmas 2012 Special Offer Depart Mondays - Return Fridays Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec ᗂEarly Booking Resort Hotel Code 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 5 12 19 26 3 10 Single Saver Weston-S-Mare Anchor 5100XM - - - 170 - 170 - - - 179 - 179 - No single supplement at Ilfracombe Imperial 5110XM - - - - - 175 - 175 - 179 - 179 - our Leisureplex Hotels on Newquay Eliot 5130XM - - 175 - - - - - 175 - - - - Easter Weekender holidays St Ives Cottage 5135XM 167 - 170 - - - - - 175 - - - - provided you book your holiday Falmouth Madeira 5140XM - - 175 - 175 - - - 179 - 179 - - before 31 January. Torquay Regina 5150XM 172 - 175 - - - 175 - 179 - - - 179 Torquay Nethway* 5154M ------169 Exmouth Cavendish 5155XM 172 - 175 - 175 - 175 - 179 - 179 - 179 Weymouth Russell* 5165M - 184 - - - 184 - 189 - - - 189 - Bournemouth Devon Towers 5170XM - 172 - - 175 - - 175 - - 179 - - IOW - Sandown Bayshore 5195XM - 172 175 175 175 - - 175 179 179 179 - - IOW - Shanklin Medehamstede* 5202M ------164 - - 164 - Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk 5205XM - 172 - 175 - - - 177 - 179 - 179 - Eastbourne Queens 5215XM 172 172 - 175 - 175 - 177 - 179 - 179 - © Tony Howell Folkestone Southcliff* 5234M ------169 - 169 169 - - Seaton Seaton Great Yarmouth New Beach 5260XM 167 - - 170 - - - - - 175 - - - Cromer De Paris 5265XM ------177 - 179 - 179 - in £s per Skegness Royal* 5272M - - - - 179 - - - - - 179 - - Easter Weekenders - 4 Days person Scarborough Cumberland 5275XM ------175 - - - - - 179 Depart Good Fri 6th Apr. Return Easter Mon 9th Apr 2012 Porthcawl Seabank 5385XM - 172 - 175 - 175 - 177 - 179 - 179 - Excursions Supplements per person: 2011:Sea/Loch View £18 • Single Room £24 • Double/Twin used as Single £48 Resort Hotel Code Included Price 2012:Sea/Loch View £20 • Single Room £25 • Double/Twin used as Single £50 Ilfracombe Imperial 4110M 1. Lynton 154 *Denotes a non-Leisureplex hotel. These do not include lunches in resort. Supplement prices also vary. Please ask for further details. 2. Barnstaple Newquay Eliot 4130M 1. Truro 154 2. Padstow in £s per Special Offers New Year Festive Specials - 4 Days person St. Ives Cottage 4135M 1. Penzance 154 2. Lands End ᗂFree Afternoon Teas 2011: Depart Tuesday 27 Dec. Return Friday 30 Dec. 2012: Depart Thursday 27 Dec. Return Sunday 30 Dec. Falmouth Madeira 4140M 1. Padstow 159 at Ilfracombe 2. St. Ives Free afternoon tea with cake Resort Hotel Code 2011 2012 Torquay Regina TNYSM 149 149 Torquay Regina 4150M 1. Buckfast Abbey 154 or biscuits on days in resort 2. Brixham Skegness Royal SKNYSM 149 149 (not on excursion days) at Imperial Exmouth Cavendish 4155M 1. Exeter 159 Criccieth George IV CRNYSM 149 149 Hotel during November. 2. Seaton Porthcawl Seabank PNYSM 149 149 ᗂSingle Super Saver – Save up to £48!!! Sandown Bayshore 4195M 1. Newport 159 Both Singles and Doubles used as Singles are free Supplements (per person): 2. Cowes of supplement charges on Festive Specials at Sea/Loch View £14 £16 Single Room £20 £20 Supplements (per person): Sea View £16 Ilfracombe, Dunoon or Fort William. Double/Twin as Single £40 £40 Single Room £20 • Double/Twin as single £40
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4/5 days from £249/£344 per person Christmas & New Year Breaks
What Alfa Includes Christmas New Year • Christmas – 4 nights’ dinner, room and breakfast Programme Programme with 3 resort lunches 23rd DECEMBER 30th DECEMBER • New Year – 3 nights’ dinner, room and breakfast Sherry reception on arrival Glass of sherry on arrival with 2 resort lunches followed by dinner and dancing. followed by dinner and an • Rooms with private facilities evening of entertainment. • Full programme of festive entertainment CHRISTMAS EVE • Festive menus throughout your stay Morning excursion. Competitions after lunch. Gala NEW YEAR’S EVE • Coach travel from local pick up points listed dinner followed by dancing and entertainment. Morning excursion followed by lunch and an on page 5 CHRISTMAS DAY afternoon to relax or stroll around the resort. Dinner • 2 half day excursions Morning competition to guess the weight of the and an evening of entertainment until the early Christmas Cake. Traditional Christmas lunch with hours with spot prizes, games and a glass of bubbly “Santa” and presents. Afternoon tea and games. to welcome in the New Year. Dinner followed by dancing and entertainment. NEW YEAR’S DAY BOXING DAY A relaxing morning with a Grand New Year’s Day Morning excursion. Pre-lunch glass of punch Brunch from 10.00am until 1.00pm replacing our followed by Grand Boxing Day Lunch. Evening normal breakfast service. Afternoon excursion dinner and fancy dress farewell dance (please bring followed by dinner, farewell dance and fancy dress a costume). with prizes (please bring a costume). 27th DECEMBER 2nd JANUARY After breakfast, we reluctantly leave our hotel and After breakfast, we reluctantly leave our hotel and journey home. journey home. Individual hotel programmes may differ slightly Individual hotel programmes may differ slightly from this programme. from this programme.
in £s per in £s per Christmas – 5 Days person New Year – 4 Days person 2011: Departs Friday 23 Dec Return Tuesday 27 Dec 2011 2011: Departs Friday 30 Dec Return Monday 2 Jan 2012 2012: Departs Sunday 23 Dec Return Thursday 27 Dec 2012 2012: Departs Sunday 30 Dec Return Wednesday 2 Jan 2013 Resort Hotel Code 2011 2012 Resort Hotel Code 2011 2012
Ilfracombe Imperial IXM 346 359 Ilfracombe Imperial INYM 257 266
Newquay Eliot NXM 344 356 Newquay Eliot NNYM 249 256
St Ives Cottage SXM 350 359 Falmouth Madeira FNYM 264 272
Falmouth Madeira FXM 361 372 IOW - Sandown Bayshore IWNYM 257 264
Exmouth Cavendish EXXM 371 382 Eastbourne Queens ENYM 288 299
Isle of Wight Bayshore IWXM 349 359 Great Yarmouth New Beach GNYM 265 272
Great Yarmouth New Beach GXM 344 356 Scarborough Cumberland SCNYM - 296 SINGLE SUPER SAVER Porthcawl Seabank PXM 361 374 Porthcawl Seabank PNYM 268 276 – Save up to £48!!! Supplements (per person): Supplements (per person): Both Singles and Doubles used as Singles are free of Sea/Loch View £18 £20 Sea/Loch View £14 £16 Single Room £24 £25 Single Room £20 £20 supplements during Christmas & New Year at Ilfracombe. Double/Twin as Single £48 £50 Double/Twin as Single £40 £40
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There is no doubt about it, for a really relaxing holiday, there is no substitute for travelling by coach. Self Drive But sometimes the packaged dates just do not fit in with your schedule; you need to go for a shorter period or on a day the coach does not travel or you live in an area not served by our feeder system. Breaks For those occasions, we have designed our Self Drive programme. 3/4/7 days from
£94/£129/£224 in £s per per person 3 Night Breaks person Self Drive Breaks – 2012 Friday to Monday Easter Apr 13 May 4June 1 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Dec 27 Dec 30* Resort Hotel Code Apr 6 -Apr 27 -May 25- Sept 7 -Oct 26 Weston-S-Mare Anchor Head 4100SD 119 94 99 122 118 113 107 138 254 Ilfracombe Imperial 4110SD 119 94 99 112 110 107 99 - 254 Newquay Eliot 4130SD 110 94 99 112 110 107 99 - 234 St Ives Cottage 4135SD 119 94 99 126 123 116 109 - 244 Falmouth Madeira 4140SD 129 104 109 134 131 124 113 138 264 Torquay Regina 4150SD 119 94 99 122 118 113 107 138 264 Exmouth Cavendish 4155SD 129 104 109 134 131 124 113 138 269 Bournemouth Devon Towers 4170SD 119 94 99 122 118 113 107 138 254 Isle of Wight* Bayshore 4195SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 - 254 Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk 4205SD 129 104 109 134 131 124 113 138 279 Eastbourne Queens 4215SD 129 104 109 134 131 124 113 138 279 Great Yarmouth New Beach 4260SD 119 94 99 112 110 107 99 138 234 Cromer De Paris 4265SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 138 259 What Alfa Includes Scarborough Cumberland 4275SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 138 284 • Choice of 19 hotels Llandudno Hydro 4350SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 138 284 • Choice of 3, 4 or 7 night stay Criccieth George IV 4365SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 138 274 • Dinner, room and full British breakfast Porthcawl Seabank 4385SD 129 104 109 126 123 116 109 138 274 • Entertainment most evenings Dunoon Selborne 4410SD 119 104 109 112 110 107 99 138 269 • AA Two Star hotels Fort William Croit Anna 4430SD 119 104 109 122 118 113 107 138 269 • Dunoon & Isle of Wight holidays include ferry Supplements per person: Single Room Supplement £20 (except Dunoon - no single supplements at Dunoon) tickets in the holiday cost (see note) Sea View (not Newquay, Bournemouth, Scarborough or Criccieth)£16 • Castle View (Criccieth only) £16 *December 30 departure is Sunday-Tuesday and includes the full programme (except for excursions) as described on the New Year page.
in £s per Leisureplex Hotels 4 Night Breaks person Self Drive Breaks – 2012 Our self drive breaks feature Monday to Friday Feb 20 Mar 5 Easter Apr 16 May 7 June 4 Sept 10 Sept 17 Sept 24 Dec 23* only our own Leisureplex Resort Hotel Code Feb 13 Feb 27 -Mar 26 Apr 2 Apr 9 -Apr 30 -May 28 - Sept 3 - Dec 10 Hotels, so you can be sure of Weston-S-M Anchor Hd 5100SD 139 129 134 139 144 139 149 184 179 169 154 354 the quality, reliable holiday for Ilfracombe Imperial 5110SD - - 134 139 144 139 149 169 164 159 149 344 Newquay Eliot 5130SD - - 134 139 144 139 149 169 164 159 149 329 which they are so well known - St Ives Cottage 5135SD - - 134 139 144 139 149 192 186 174 159 339 backed by membership of the AA, Falmouth Madeira 5140SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 202 197 184 159 364 Britain’s best known hotel grading scheme. Torquay Regina 5150SD 139 129 134 139 144 139 149 184 179 169 159 354 Exmouth Cavendish 5155SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 202 197 184 159 369 Bournemouth Devon Twrs 5170SD 139 129 134 139 144 139 149 184 179 169 159 354 Isle of Wight* Bayshore 5195SD - - 139 144 154 144 159 192 186 174 164 354 Bognor Regis Roy. Norfolk 5205SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 202 197 184 159 369 Eastbourne Queens 5215SD 144 134 139 144 153 144 159 202 197 184 159 369 Gt Yarmouth New Beach 5260SD - - 134 139 154 139 149 169 164 159 149 354 Cromer De Paris 5265SD - - 139 144 154 144 159 184 179 169 159 359 Scarborough Cumberland 5275SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 189 179 169 159 379 Llandudno Hydro 5350SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 189 179 169 159 379 Criccieth George IV 5365SD - - 139 144 154 144 159 189 179 169 159 369 Porthcawl Seabank 5385SD 144 134 139 144 154 144 159 189 179 169 159 369 Dunoon Selborne 5410SD - - 139 144 149 144 159 169 164 159 149 344 Fort William Croit Anna 5430SD - - 139 144 149 144 159 184 179 169 159 344 Supplements per person: Single Room Supplement £25(except Dunoon - no single supplements at Dunoon) Sea View (not Newquay, Bournemouth, Scarborough or Criccieth)£20 • Castle View (Criccieth only) £20 *November 7 - December 10 departures are holidays with a Christmas theme and are inclusive of two lunches during your stay. *December 23 departure is Sunday-Wednesday and includes the full programme (except for excursions) as described on the Christmas page.
Further Information in £s per 7 Night Breaks person Self Drive Breaks – 2012 Parking Facilities Sat to Sat or Sun to Sun Arrival Apr 7 Apr 14 Apr 28 May May5 19 May 26 June 2 Sept 8 Sept 15 Sept 22 There is plentiful free parking at our hotels in Newquay, Resort Hotel Code Day Apr 8 - Apr 22 Apr 29 - May 13 May May20 27 - Sept 2 Sept 9 Sept 16 - Oct 28 St. Ives, Falmouth, Exmouth, Bognor Regis, Eastbourne, Weston-S-M Anchor Hd 100SD Sat 234 224 249 254 274 284 284 275 263 251 Llandudno, Criccieth, Porthcawl, Dunoon and Fort William. Ilfracombe Imperial 110SD Sun 234 224 249 249 260 260 260 256 249 233 Parking spaces are more restricted at Ilfracombe, Torquay, Newquay Eliot 130SD Sat 234 224 249 254 260 260 260 256 249 233 Bournemouth and Cromer. There are no on-site parking St Ives Cottage 135SD Sat 234 224 249 254 274 284 296 286 270 256 facilities at Weston-Super-Mare, Sandown, Great Falmouth Madeira 140SD Sat 249 239 264 269 294 309 311 304 289 256 Yarmouth or Scarborough although on street parking is Torquay Regina 150SD Sat 234 224 249 254 274 284 284 275 263 251 normally readily available from October to Easter. On Exmouth Cavendish 155SD Sat 249 239 264 269 294 309 311 304 289 256 street parking can be arranged at no charge during the Bournemouth Devon Towers 170SD Sun 234 224 249 254 274 284 284 275 263 251 summer at Great Yarmouth and Scarborough. At Great Isle of Wight* Bayshore 195SD Sat 244 234 259 264 284 296 296 286 270 256 Bognor Regis Roy Norfolk 205SD Sat 249 239 264 269 294 304 311 304 289 256 Yarmouth this must be booked in advance by contacting Eastbourne Queens 215SD Sat 249 239 264 269 294 304 311 304 289 256 the hotel. Further details are provided with your Gt Yarmouth New Beach 260SD Sun 234 224 249 249 260 260 260 256 249 233 confirmation. Cromer De Paris 265SD Sat 244 234 259 264 279 284 284 275 263 251 Ferries Scarborough Cumberland 275SD Sat 244 234 259 264 284 284 296 286 270 256 Isle of Wight holidays include off peak ferry tickets in the Llandudno Hydro 350SD Sat 244 234 259 264 284 284 284 275 263 251 holiday cost. However a £23 supplement in each direction Criccieth George IV 365SD Sat 244 234 259 264 284 284 284 275 263 251 applies to all holiday durations for travel on peak dates – Porthcawl Seabank 385SD Sat 244 234 259 264 284 284 284 275 263 251 Easter, Bank Holidays and all Saturdays in July & August Dunoon Selborne 410SD Sun 239 229 254 259 279 269 269 264 254 238 for sailings between 10:01hrs – 16:31hrs inclusive. Fort William Croit Anna 430SD Sun 239 229 254 259 279 284 284 275 263 251 Supplements per person: Single Room Supplement £36 (except Dunoon - no single supplements at Dunoon) Coach Excursions & Lunches Sea View (not Newquay, Bournemouth, Scarborough or Criccieth)£32 • Castle View (Criccieth only) £32 Are not included on self drive holidays. 7 night stays commence on Saturday or Sunday as shown above. On some occasions hotels may offer a choice of both Saturday and Sunday arrivals - please call for details.
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Booking Conditions All bookings are accepted on the following conditions:
1. Your Holiday Contract satisfied by the provision of either a double or twin 10. Baggage (b) The Company will permit assignment of the bedded room. Bookings for a twin room shall be holiday to another client or clients subject to the Your holiday contract is with Alfa Travel Ltd (“the Which term shall include all personal belongings of the considered satisfied by the provision of a room with two following charges: Company”), a member of ABTA. When you make a client, is conveyed at owner’s risk throughout and the or more beds. booking you guarantee that you have the authority to Company’s liability shall be limited to taking (i) more than 42 days prior to departure: £20 per accept and do accept on behalf of your party the terms 6. Dietary and Other Special Needs reasonable care in the handling of such items by its booking form of these booking conditions. The contract between you servants or agents. Each passenger is allowed one (ii) less than 42 days but more than 14 days prior and the Company is defined by these Booking Conditions Clients who require a special diet must mark this suitcase measuring no more than 26in x 8in x 15in to departure: £40 per booking form. requirement in the Special Requests section of the and the Confirmation Invoice, which is issued upon and weighing no more than 33lb (15kg).In the It is not possible to transfer the booking to another receipt by the Company of the deposit. A contract exists Booking Form or, if booking on the web site, indicate it in interests of the health and safety of employees and the Special Requests section on the booking screen. client 14 days or less prior to departure without as soon as we issue our Confirmation Invoice. The agents, we ask clients to strictly observe this weight incurring the cancellation charges listed at 7 above. contract is governed by English Law, and the jurisdiction Clients with special dietary needs are also strongly urged limitation on individual suitcases and clients will be of the English Courts. to make direct contact with the hotel 7-14 days prior to refused porterage facilities for suitcases which exceed B. Sea and River Cruises arrival and to forward details of their requirements in the weight limit. It is not possible to transfer a booking for a sea or river 2. Holiday Price and Financial Protection writing to the hotel. Clients who are mobility impaired cruise holiday to a coach holiday nor to transfer to must make this clear on the Booking Form (or click the The prices shown in our brochures are accurate at the 11. Late Arrival by Passenger and another sea or river cruise and clients who might wish relevant section on the web site screen) and should also date of publication. We reserve the right to alter prices to transfer must therefore either cancel or proceed write or e-mail the Alfa Customer Relations Department Passengers in Difficulties after publication. You will be advised of the current price with the holiday. (email address: [email protected]) advising the Should a passenger arrive late at any halt en route in of the holiday at the time of booking. Once your holiday precise degree of their mobility impairment so that we accordance with an itinerary notified to clients, either has been confirmed, the price of the holiday as set out 19. Data Protection can ascertain if the hotel is able to satisfy their needs. The verbally or in writing, the Company will not accept on the Confirmation Invoice is fully guaranteed and will Company does not have any vehicles fitted with wheelchair responsibility to delay departure and a passenger who When you provide your name and address, you give not be subject to any surcharges. lifts, so it is essential that all clients are able to manage misses a vehicle shall have no claim against the us permission to store it on our computer and use it to The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package the steps necessary to board a coach either unaided or Company. However, the Company will make every provide you with new editions of our brochure and Tours Regulations 1992 require us to provide security for with the assistance of members of their own party. effort to assist passengers who get into difficulty special offers as these become available. If you do not the monies that you pay for the package holidays booked through circumstances beyond their control providing wish us to include you on our mailing list, please write from this brochure and for your repatriation in the event 7. Alteration of fares, transportation, the passenger requests such assistance from the to us or send an e-mail to [email protected] or of our insolvency. We provide this security by way of an services etc. Company by telephoning its emergency number. telephone our Customer Relations Department on ABTA bond. 08451 305777 08451 305666 and we will ensure you are not sent A. The Company is responsible for all the elements of the any further publicity material. 3. Booking the Holiday holiday package and shall make every effort to ensure 12. Unreasonable Behaviour Under the Data Protection Act, you have a right to that all services are of the quality described in the A. Bookings via Telephone or Travel Agent Should a client behave in an abusive or disruptive access the personal data we hold on you. You must brochure and tours are operated in accordance with the make any request for access in writing and we have (i) On receipt of your enquiry, we will reserve a holiday details contained therein, but reserves the right to modify manner, the company reserves the right, after due up to 40 days to respond. We may not respond if in provisionally for 3 days (or 1 day if the booking is arrangements in the light of circumstances arising consideration and warning, to terminate the contract doing so we would be forced to disclose to you made within 6 weeks of the departure date). If you provided that: between us. In such circumstances the client will have no further redress against the company in information concerning another individual. We charge wish to confirm the booking you must forward a (i) it shall make every effort to inform clients of any respect of any lost part of the holiday or additional a £10 fee for this service. Our mailing list is entirely deposit plus your insurance premium within that 3 change in hotel or itinerary. The Company shall be day period. (Deposits and Insurance premiums vary expenses incurred. confidential and we do not make it available to any deemed to have satisfied this clause if it notifies other Company. depending upon the time and duration of your holiday clients of any change before the payment of the 13. Infectious and Contagious Diseases Any personal information you provide to us regarding - see Booking Form for details.) balance becomes due or, if it becomes aware of the your state of health is stored only for the purpose of (ii) A confirmation of your booking will be forwarded to change after that time, by sending a notice by first If a client develops an infectious or contagious disease the specific booking for which you divulge the you within 7 days of us receiving your deposit. class post within 24 hours of discovering the and in the reasonable opinion of the company their information. It is made available to hoteliers and information. Please note: Changes to single presence on the coach represents a serious risk of (iii) You must then pay the balance of monies due transportation providers only in so far as is absolutely overnight stops on Continental and Scottish tours infection to other clients, the Company reserves the (without any further reminder from us) 42 days necessary to enable them to accommodate your before departure. will only be notified with travel documents. right to refuse to convey them on its vehicles. In such circumstances, the Company will make every effort to needs. This information is not stored for use in future (ii) where a change in hotel or itinerary is necessary the B. Bookings via the Internet assist with alternative means of returning the client to bookings and must be disclosed to us each time you change shall not result in a deterioration in the (i) It is not possible to make a provisional booking on their point of origin but responsibility for the costs make a booking. services provided or, if it is impossible to provide an the Internet; all Internet bookings are on a confirmed incurred in such alternative transport will be the arrangement of at least equal quality, the Company basis only. client’s. If the client has taken the insurance policy 20. Passports and Visas shall make this fact clear and make a cash recommended by the Company, the Company will (ii) Payment must be made using your credit or debit adjustment to the cost of the holiday. It is the client’s responsibility to ensure they are in card. You can choose the option to have your balance ensure all necessary arrangements are made. If the possession of the correct travel documents. Those B. If the contract we have with you is not performed or is payment taken automatically 42 days prior to client has insurance through another insurer, it is the who do not have UK passports need to check carefully improperly performed by us or our suppliers we will pay departure by debiting the same card you used to the client’s responsibility to make contact with their whether they need a Visa if travelling on one of our you appropriate compensation if this has affected the pay the deposit. If you do not select this option you insurer but the Company will make every effort to holidays outside the UK. We recommend that they enjoyment of your travel arrangements. must then pay the balance of monies due (without assist them if such assistance is requested by start by checking the UK Foreign and Commonwealth any further reminder from us) 42 days before Our liability, except in cases involving death, injury or contacting the Company’s emergency number: Office web site at www.fco.gov.uk or telephoning departure. illness, shall be limited to a maximum of three times the 08451 305777 them on 020 7008 1500. UK Citizens do not need cost of your travel arrangements. Our liability will also be (iii) You should print the final page of the Internet booking a Visa for any of our holidays, but they do need limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner process as your confirmation, although a postal 14. Animals a passport for travel to mainland Europe and we to: confirmation will also be sent to you. Animals (other than registered assistance dogs) are recommend the use of a passport when travelling (i) The contractual terms of the companies that provide to the Irish Republic. C. All Bookings not allowed on tour. Clients with registered assistance the transportation for your travel arrangements, dogs must advise the Company at the time of booking. (i) Holiday price includes coach travel, accommodation, whose terms are incorporated into this contract; and 21. Delayed Departure and Welfare excursions and meals as specified in the holiday (ii) Any relevant international convention, for example the 15. Optional Excursions Assistance description. Some hotels make a small additional Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air, the charge for tea or coffee taken after meals. Morning Excursions or other tours that you may choose to If for any reason your departure from the UK is delayed Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea, the coffee, afternoon tea, personal items and liquid book or pay for whilst you are on holiday are not part we will make alternative arrangements for you to Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail and the refreshments are not included in the price of the holiday of the package holiday provided by us. Your contract continue with your holiday as soon as possible. Where Paris Convention in respect of the provision of for excursions booked in resort is with the operator of necessary, if your departure from the UK is delayed by (ii) Travel Tickets will be forwarded approximately accommodation, which limit the amount of the excursion and not with us and we cannot accept more than 6 hours, we will make arrangements for 14 days prior to departure. Since feeder routes are compensation that you can claim for death, injury, responsibility for any monies paid for such excursions replacement meals and alternative accommodation, frequently re-timed, it is essential that you check the delay to passengers and loss, damage and delay to whether or not those monies are paid to your driver or if the delay results in the scheduled meals and time shown on your travel ticket and do not rely on luggage. We are to be regarded as having all benefit courier. We are not responsible for the provision of the accommodation being cancelled. your initial Confirmation for your joining time. of any limitation of compensation contained in these excursion or tour or for anything that happens during or any conventions. 4. Insurance the course of its provision by the operator. 22. Complaints and Disputes You can ask for copies of the transport companies’ As an ABTA member, we are obliged to maintain a It is a condition of the acceptance of the booking by Alfa contractual terms, or the international conventions, 16. Hotel Amenities high standard of service to you. But if something does Travel Ltd that you are insured through the Company's from our offices. Some facilities (e.g. lifts) are not always available due go wrong, you have to play your part in trying to scheme or some equivalent travel policy or, if you wish to to sudden breakdowns or the need to service them. resolve the problem by raising your complaint with the travel without insurance, you have signed a disclaimer 8. Cancellation by the Company Other facilities (e.g. outdoor swimming pools) are only relevant person as soon as the problem arises. The confirming that you will reimburse us for any expenditure The Company reserves the right to cancel departures available when weather permits. The nature and relevant person is the hotel manager for complaints we necessarily incur in providing you with assistance in if the number of clients wishing to travel is less than frequency of entertainment is also subject to demand about hotel services and the tour driver for complaints the event that you get into difficulties. If you wish to 25 persons. The Company shall not normally cancel and is at the discretion of the hotel. about travel arrangements. The tour driver will also insure through another company, the insurer’s name and a holiday after payment of the balance becomes due emergency contact number must be inserted on the attempt to assist in the event of any failure by the (42 days before departure). If for any reason it is found 17. Seating Plans booking form or if you book via the Internet, you must hotel manager to resolve a complaint about the hotel. necessary to do so, the Company will provide an e-mail us with those details at [email protected] Everything is done to conform to the seating plans We cannot deal with complaints which have not been equivalent tour at a discount of 10% from the published quoting your Booking Reference. shown in the brochure, but the Company reserves the raised in this way. price. If this alternative is not acceptable, the Company right to modify these as necessary and the Company In the event that it is found impossible to rectify a 5. Room Allocation and Special Requests will refund all monies paid, whereupon all liability on the cannot accept bookings contingent upon provision problem arising during the holiday, we can normally part of the Company shall cease. of specific seats. In the event that the vehicle has Every effort will be made to provide precisely the agree an amicable settlement between us after you seats numbered differently from the brochure seating have returned from holiday, providing you write to us accommodation booked and to convey special needs to 9. Cancellation by the Passenger. plan, the row number and position (offside/nearside) the hotelier(s). However, the Company accepts no within 28 days of the completion of the holiday. If it is The following scale of cancellation charges shall apply and not the seat number shall be the determining liability for any failure to provide a special request for impossible to resolve a dispute, we will provide you to cancellation by the passenger: factors in deciding where passengers shall sit. which no payment is made and no correspondence will with information on an arbitration scheme arranged by Period before departure Percentage of holiday ABTA and administered independently. The scheme be entered into concerning the hotelier’s failure to 18. Transfers satisfy such requests. Where a payment is made for in which cancellation cost payable as has a claims limit of £5,000 per person (£1,500 per additional facilities, the Company’s liability shall be is received cancellation charges A. Coach and Self Drive Holidays person for minor injury or illness) and £25,000 per limited to the brochure price of that supplement. More than 42 days Deposit is forfeited (a) The Company will permit clients to transfer the Booking Form but cannot deal with major injuries. Bookings for rooms with bath or shower shall be deemed 29 - 42 days 30% booking to other tours or other dates more than 42 There is a time limit of 18 months following the date of to be fulfilled by the provision of either facility and 15 - 28 days 45% days prior to departure without forfeiture of return from holiday. Full details can be obtained from requests for one or the other will be treated as requests 8 - 14 days 60% deposit providing the client pays an administration us or direct from the ABTA website www.abta.com only. Bookings for a double room shall be considered 0 - 7 days 90% fee of £10 per booking form. Published September 2011
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Holiday Insurance The following is a summary of the holiday insurance policy offered by Alfa for holidays departing in 2011 and 2012
A Special Coach Holiday Travel Insurance Scheme is available for all passengers travelling on our holidays which is arranged with ETI – International Travel Protection (the UK branch of Europäische Reiseverscherung AG) who are Licensed by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BAFIN – www.bafin.de) and approved by the Financial Services Authority (FSA – www.fsa.gov.uk) to undertake insurance business in the UK.
Departures in: Duration 2011 2012 British Holidays 1-4 days £10 £11 5 days £13 £14 6-8 days £19 £20 Overseas Holidays 1-5 days £21 £21 6-14 days £29 £29 Overseas holidays include Jersey and Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic) but not the Isle of Man. Should you wish to take advantage of our Insurance please note that the premium is additional to the holiday cost and should be paid at the time you pay the deposit on your holiday.
You are not obliged to take the insurance we offer, but should you decide to insure elsewhere you IMPORTANT – HEALTH CONDITIONS must supply details of your insurerincluding an emergency telephone numberon the booking APPLYING TO ALL TRAVEL DESTINATIONS form. If you book on the internet, you should send an email quoting your Booking Reference and If you are travelling in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and can answer NO to the name, policy number and emergency contact number of your insurer to [email protected]. questions 1-3 and YES to 4 immediately below, it will not be necessary for you to If you choose not to insure, we will ask you to sign a Disclaimer to confirm that you will be complete a Self Declaring Medical Form. The Standard Policy Terms, Conditions and responsible for any costs the company may incur in helping you resolve any difficulties you may Exclusions shall apply. experience which would normally have been covered by a holiday insurance policy. It is a condition that at the time of taking out this policy and between that time and your DEMANDS & NEEDS departure you must comply with each of the following: This insurance policy will suit the Demands and Needs of an individual or group (where applicable) 1. You are not aware of any reason why the trip should be cancelled or cut short who have no excluded pre-existing medical conditions, are travelling in countries included within 2. You are not travelling: the policy terms and who wish to insure themselves against unforeseen events detailed in the a. against the advice of a medical practitioner cover section below. Subject to the terms, conditions and maximum specified claim limits. b. for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment, or IMPORTANT c. if you have been given a terminal prognosis We will not provide you with advice about the suitability of this product for your individual 3. You are not receiving or awaiting treatment for an illness or injury as a hospital day case or needs but will be happy to provide you with factual information in-patient, as any claim arising from this injury or treatment will not be covered. We summarise below the details of the insurance cover provided which also includes 4. If you are on medication at the time of travel your medical condition is stable and well SPECIALTY ASSISTANCE LTD - 24 hour emergency assistance service, who can be contacted controlled. on 0207 902 7405 (fax: 0207 928 4748). In addition if you are travelling outside England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or the The following is a brief summary of the cover available. Full details of Cover, Policy Warranties Isle of Man, the following additional conditions will apply: and Exclusions will be forwarded with your confirmation of booking. In any event you may ask You must notify the issuer of this policy immediately of any of the conditions listed below for a specimen copy of the Policy Wording before booking should you wish to examine this arising between the date the policy is issued and the time of departure of the trip. We in advance. must be informed of any fact which is likely to influence us in the acceptance, assessment or continuance of this insurance. Failure to do so may invalidate this SUMMARY OF BENEFITS (PER PERSON) insurance, leaving you with no right to make a claim. 5. If you have received medical treatment as a hospital day case, in-patient or out-patient COVER SUM INSURED UP TO during the six months prior to the booking of the trip, you must obtain from a medical Cancellation £1,500 practitioner at your cost confirming that you will be fit enough to take the trip. Missed Departure/Travel Delay £600/£60 6. If you are undergoing medical treatment as a hospital out-patient at the date the final Personal Accident £15,000 balance of the trip is due to be paid, you must obtain at your cost a certificate of fitness Medical and other Expenses (including curtailment) £2,000,000 confirming your ability to travel Additional Travelling Expenses – United Kingdom £1,000 The Policy contains the following General Exclusions: Medical Inconvenience Benefit £450 (£15 per 24 hrs) You are not covered for anything caused directly or indirectly by you suffering from stress, Personal Property/Loss of Passport £1,500/£200 anxiety or depression unless it has been investigated and diagnosed as such by a consultant specialising in the relevant field, who must confirm in writing at your cost that you are fit Personal Liability £2,000,000 enough to take this trip. Delayed Baggage £100 COOLING OFF PERIOD Legal Expenses £10,000 You should read your policy immediately to ensure it meets with your requirements. If for any 14 Day Refund Insurance Premium reason it does not it must be returned to the issuer of the policy within 14 days of the date of issue or prior to travel which ever is the sooner. Your money will be refunded in full, provided no POLICY EXCESSES claims have been made or incident likely to give rise to a claim has arisen. If you cancel your policy after 14 days no refund will be given. You will be responsible for paying the first part of any claim under the following sections: 2011 Holidays: Cancellation, Curtailment, Holiday Abandonment, Medical and Other Expenses, HOW TO CLAIM Personal Property and Money. An excess of £45 per person applies to all these sections In the event of cancellation, written notice must be sent to Alfa Travel immediately. For both (reduced to £10 per person for loss of deposit only). cancellation and all other claims you must contact Towergate Chapman Stevens, Claims 2012 Holidays: Excesses apply as follows: Department, PO Box 417, West Byfleet, KT14 7YQ telephone 01932 344300 for a claims form which must be returned within 28 days of your cancellation or return from holiday. Cancellation, Curtailment, Holiday Abandonment: Please note our Coach Holiday Travel Insurance Scheme is only available to United • For holidays costing up to £149 the excess is £45 per person (reduced to £10 per person for Kingdom, European Union and Isle of Man Residents. loss of deposit) Alfa Travel Limited is an Appointed Representative of ITC Compliance Limited who are • For holidays costing £150 and more the excess is £55 per person (reduced to £10 per person authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. for loss of deposit) PLEASE NOTE: The above is an outline of the cover provided. A policy document containing Medical and Other Expenses, Additional Travelling Expenses (UK), Personal Property and full details of what is and what is not covered will be forwarded along with your Booking Money. An excess of £50 per person applies to all these sections. Confirmation. You should read it carefully and you must inform us within 14 days if the policy Please note that the excess applies to each and every incident per Insured Person/Section. is unacceptable for any reason.
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Booking Form AGENTS STAMP November 2011 – December 2012
Euxton Lane, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6AF Tel: (08451) 305666 • Mobile: (03451) 305666 Fax: (08451) 303777 email: [email protected]
HOLIDAY NUMBER RESORT HOTEL DATE DAYS BOOKING REF
Seat Mr/Mrs Surname Initials Age Room Type Sea View Single Departure Point Holiday Insurance Number Miss (if under 12) Supplement Supplement (Tick if required)
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Please place a tick alongside all the clients who (eg. diabetic, diet, please refer to booking conditions) require the insurance policy provided by Alfa
COACH SEATING PLAN FULL POSTAL ADDRESS OF FIRST PASSENGER
Seating plans are subject to change. Some coaches use a different numbering system in which case the row/seat positions shall be the deciding factor and not the seat numbers. Vehicles do not normally have a WC or servery. Please note: Smoking is not allowed on the vehicle.
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52
3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51
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53 Seater 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50
1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 Telephone Number
HOLIDAY INSURANCE ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY INSURANCE
This section must be completed by all clients. Please tick as appropriate. អ 1. I have read the details in this brochure of the insurance policy offered by Alfa and wish to Insurer:...... take that cover for the persons shown above. I understand that I have 14 days after receipt of the full policy details to change my mind and provide details of an alternative insurer...... អ 2. I have alternative insurance cover in place as shown in the Holiday Insurance details alongside...... អ 3. I will travel without insurance and undertake to repay Alfa in full for any costs they may incur in providing me with the assistance required under the Package Travel ...... Regulations 1992.
អ 4. I would like Alfa to telephone me on the number shown to discuss the possibility of taking Policy Number (if applicable):...... out Alfa insurance.
Insurance Company Contact Signed: Telephone Number
DEPOSITS CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS (Postal Booking Only)
Destination Deposit No. of Insurance Total Persons Total Please complete the following if you wish to pay by credit card Days 2011 2012
1-4 £10 £11 £ £ Tick appropriate box British £30 5 £13 £14 £ £ 6-8 £19 £20 £ £ Credit Card No. 1-5 £21 £21 £ £ Continental £30 6-14 £29 £29 £ £ Valid From/ 3 Digit Expiry Date Issue No. Security No. IMPORTANT: I have read, understand and fully accept for myself and all others named above, the Booking Conditions and Holiday Information terms published in this brochure. Signature of Card Holder
Signed: ...... Date: ...... Maestro Debit Cards (Switch Cards) require a valid from date or issue number