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JAN 2020 – DEC 2020 AT YOUR LEISURE SPECIAL INTEREST & DISCOVERY BREAKS UK & EUROPE 2020 EARLY BOOKING OFFERS BOOK BY 31 OCTOBER 2019 SAVE UP TO £100PP* OFF SELECTED 7-NIGHT UK & EUROPE SPECIAL INTEREST HOLIDAY DEPARTURES SAVE UP TO £60PP* OFF SELECTED 3 & 4-NIGHT UK SPECIAL INTEREST BREAKS BOOK TWO CONSECUTIVE 7-NIGHT UK SPECIAL INTEREST HOLIDAYS AND SAVE AN EXTRA £75PP* SAVE UP TO 50% WHEN YOU UPGRADE YOUR TWIN/DOUBLE ROOM TO A BETTER OR BEST ROOM* PLEASE GO ONLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR SPECIAL INTEREST HOLIDAY OFFERS *Terms and Conditions apply. All offers are only available on selected Special Interest 2020 holidays. Some holidays have no offer. £75 discount for the consecutive holiday offer to be taken off the cost of the second holiday, offer excludes holidays departing Dec 2020. Room upgrade offer refers to the upgrade supplement, offer is on twin/double room upgrades only. For full terms and conditions please visit our websitehfholidays.co.uk CHOOSE A HOLIDAY TO SUIT YOU Contents FIND YOUR HIDDEN TALENTS... HIDDEN YOUR FIND TO GET YOU STARTED Welcome .............................................2-3 Discover, take part, Perfectly crafted experiences ... 4-5 develop and learn ............................6-7 EUROPEAN TOURS Discovery Tours ...............................9-11 Cooking & Walking .......................12-13 Mind & Body Breaks ...........................11 Bridge Breaks .......................................13 Garden Tours ........................................12 UK TOURING STYLES Discovery Tours .................................. 14 Garden Tours ....................................... 16 Heritage Tours .................................... 15 Festival Tours ........................................17 UK HOUSES Glen Coe ......................................... 18-19 Bourton-on-the-Water ............ 34-35 Alnmouth ....................................... 20-21 Abingworth ...................................36-37 Whitby ...................................................22 Freshwater Bay ........................... 38-39 Sedbergh ..............................................23 Lulworth Cove .............................40-41 Keswick .......................................... 24-25 Selworthy .....................................42-43 Coniston ........................................26-27 St Ives.............................................44-45 Malham .......................................... 28-29 Beddgelert ..........................................46 Dovedale ........................................ 30-31 Dolgellau.............................................. 47 Church Stretton ..........................32-33 Brecon ...........................................48-49 SPECIAL INTEREST BREAKS Photography Breaks .................50-53 Dancing Breaks........................... 68-70 Explore Nature Breaks ............. 54-57 Art Breaks ...................................... 71-75 Mind & Body Breaks .................58-60 Bridge Breaks ...............................76-78 Music Breaks .................................61-67 HF Book Club Weekends ................79 HOLIDAY INFORMATION Useful holiday information ............80 Booking is easy .................................. 83 Booking conditions ...................80-82 WELCOME To our collection of Special Interest Holidays for 2020 Take part in your favourite activity, learn a new skill or indulge an interest. Our Special Interest brochure is packed with a fantastic collection of holidays to cater for a whole host of interests – including some which are brand new for 2020! Take photos from a whole new perspective flying a drone, lend your voice to singing sea shanties on our Songs of the Sea break – based at a coastal location of course! – or learn some dance steps with one of the former professional dancers from Strictly Come Dancing. There’s the chance to try two new styles of dancing too – Sequence and Line – and to spend two evenings dressed in your finest, practicing classic ballroom dances on a Ballroom Dance Break. Artistic types can try painting watercolours ‘Bold and Free’ style, creating vibrant florals or capturing autumn colours, trying their hand at calligraphy or capturing the character of animals on paper. If you are a bit of a book worm, you’ll love our new range of Book Club Weekends while Bridge players can now combine their favourite card game with some guided sightseeing. Relax on a Mind & Body Retreat and try a selection of taster sessions or join our special Guest Leader - Strictly’s Flavia Cacace - for an energetic Dance Hiit workout. We’ve a whole host of tours which focus on the heritage and history of a local area plus a new tour visiting some of the Lake District’s finest gardens. Literary buffs shouldn’t miss our brand new ‘Words by the Water’ weekend break which visits the eponymous festival just a short distance from our country house in Keswick. If you have a special interest that your partner doesn’t share, don’t forget – they can come with you but enjoy a self-guided break instead. Whatever you are into, enjoy browsing our brochure to get some inspiration and visit our website to find out more. We look forward to welcoming you on a Special Interest Holiday very soon. The HF Team DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT... We partner with Feefo – a leading independent reviews organisation Feefo’s technology allows us to collect genuine reviews from verified customers. Every holiday review you see on our website is unedited, so you can see what our customers really thought. We’re delighted to say that in 2019 – for the fifth year running – we were awarded Feefo’s Gold Service Award – a recognition of the high number of customers who gave us a score of 4 or more out of 5. PEACE OF MIND VISIT HFHOLIDAYS.CO.UK | CALL 0203 974 8873 3 PERFECTLY CRAFTED EXPERIENCES We have the expertise, knowledge and facilities to deliver exceptional holiday experiences; travel with us and you will be in safe hands HF Holidays has been operating holidays for over 100 years. Our Special Interest Holidays allow you to try new experiences, learn new skills, see new places or build upon existing talents. Carefully planned days are led by experienced leaders who are experts in their chosen field. Whatever sparks your interest, join us, join in and enjoy. PERFECTLY CRAFTED EXPERIENCES THE HF HOLIDAYS DIFFERENCE OVER 100 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION HF Holidays was founded in 1913. We’re one of the UK’s longest All our ‘with flight’ holidays are ATOL protected and we are a established travel companies and one of the first overseas tour member of The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust operators, so we’ve got a huge amount of experience behind us! (ABTOT). In the unlikely event of our insolvency, your money is In that time, we’ve stuck to our vision of providing shared holiday fully protected. experiences which inspire friendship, fun and active enjoyment. Thousands of people choose to travel with us each year. GREAT VALUE – LOOK WHAT’S INCLUDED If you are comparing prices, consider just how much AWARD-WINNING we include: Our dedication to providing high quality holiday experiences and excellent customer service has been officially recognised by us UK winning many industry-leading awards over the years. In recent n High quality, Full Board, en-suite accommodation with excellent times we’ve been delighted to receive a range of accolades food in one of our own country houses including Silver Travel Advisor’s ‘Best Specialist or Activity Tour Operator’, Feefo’s Gold Trusted Service Award (5 years running), n Services of experienced Activity Leaders and/or and Group Leisure Awards’ ‘Best Accommodation for Groups’. HF Holidays Leaders HF Holidays is also a Which? Recommend Provider. n All transport during sightseeing excursions n The use of public rooms in our country houses, suitable for your EXPERIENCED LEADERS chosen activity n Some or all entry fees, selected festival events, some art Our team of friendly activity and walking leaders are hand-picked materials – see individual trips for details by us, chosen for their expertise, knowledge and personality. They n The company of a small, sociable group of like-minded people are friendly, patient, generous and enthusiastic. They all have a strong desire to help you improve your skills and gain knowledge. Our wonderful leaders make our holidays truly rewarding and EUROPE memorable. n ‘With flight’ holidays include return flights from the UK and hotel transfers THE UK’S ONLY HOLIDAY n Half Board en-suite accommodation in carefully selected CO-OPERATIVE partner hotels HF Holidays is a Co-operative Society. This means that all profits go n Services of experienced Activity Leaders and/or straight back into making your holidays better. You can even have HF Holidays Leaders your say on how your co-operative is run by becoming one of our n Some entry fees and all essential transport during sightseeing shareholding members – although this isn’t a requirement to join excursions our holidays; all are welcome. n The company of a small, sociable group of like-minded people GREAT FOR GROUPS MEMBERSHIP If you are organising a trip on behalf of a group of 10 or more You can become an HF Holidays member with as little as people (or 8 or more in Europe), you are eligible for a range of £100 investment. There are different levels of membership, benefits including discounted trips and priority booking for new each enjoying a range of discounts and other benefits. trips. You will get a dedicated account