Deals of the week Nile sunset at Luxor

LONG HAUL

Dubai for £694pp: Seven-nights’ B&B at the five-star JA Ocean View Hotel. Flights with Emirates from Gatwick on

September 1. thomascook.com

Maldives from £1879pp: Stay in a Sunset Beach Villa at Coco Palm

Dhuni Kolhu for seven nights on an all-inclusive basis (free upgrade from half board). Includes flights from Heathrow on May 30. tropicalsky.co.uk

SHORT HAUL

Turkey from £299pp: Go all-inclusive for a week at the five-star Green Nature Resort and Spa in Marmaris. Depart from Luton on October 1. teletextholidays.co.uk, 0203 0011 273

Fuerteventura from £419pp: Save £190 per person on seven nights’ B&B in a deluxe room at the four-star Labranda Bahia de Lobos, Corralejo, with flights from Birmingham on December 9. olympicholidays.com, 0208 492 6868

UK HOLIDAY PARK

Lincolnshire for £410: Save 43% on a seven-night, self-catering stay at Thorpe Park holiday park, Cleethorpes. Price based on a family of six sharing standard accommodation, arriving July 23. haven.com, 0333 202 5250

STAYCATION

New Forest from £530.25: The Shrubbery is a new addition to Shorefield Country Park’s treehouse range with outdoor hot tub and feature fireplace. Available from this spring for three and four-night breaks. Sleeps two. shorefield.co.uk

UK HOTEL STAY

Cornwall from £89.50pp: Stay at The Lugger Hotel, Portloe, Cornwall’s only AA-rated five-star inn. Price includes B&B, late check-out, £50 food and drink voucher per room, per night for stays between Oct 2021 and Jan 31, 2022. Book by August 31. 5% of price goes to a charity of your choice. charitable.travel

STAR BUY

Tenerife from £324pp: Seven nights’ self-catering at the three-star Aparthotel Marino Tenerife, Costa del Silencio. Includes return flights from Bristol departing August 3. Price based on two adults and two children sharing. travelsupermarket.com

*Prices correct at time of publication

Chilled drinks gather beads of condensation on the hotel terrace table while the languid Nile flows in front of you, while across the water, beneath the fiery hues of the setting sun, lies the Valley of the Kings, the glorious resting place of the pharaohs.

It’s a balmy place for contemplative silence with your loved one, drinking in that view and idly wondering if the mighty kings and queens of Ancient Egypt watched these sunsets 3,000 years ago.

To view this, try the Nile Bar and Lounge at the five-star good value Steigenberger Nile Palace hotel.

steigenberger.com