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BOOK IT: Save up to £1,500pp on the ten-day gems of northern Italy cruise with Uniworld, now costing from £1,974pp, based on two people sharing a twin cabin.
Price includes all meals, unlimited drinks on board, shore excursions, two nights B&B in Milan and transfers. CONTACT: uniworld.com, 0808 281 1125. LA DOLCE VITA: Escape to this unspoilt southern region, set in the heel of Italy, for a break that combines beaches, history, culture and gastronomy.
Go native and stay in one of the trulli – traditional dry white stone houses. You’ll be able to spot them by their conical roofs, originally designed to avoid taxes. BOOK IT: Seven nights B&B in a trullo in historic Alberobello with Prestige Holidays costs from £689pp, saving up to £93 per couple. Price includes IF your child is a wannabe Lewis Hamilton, PGL is running motorsports weeks where they can try quad bike bikes, motorbikes and karts. Half the day is spent with m motorsports, then for the rest,r seven to 16-year-olds c can enjoy activities such easyJet flights to Bari from Gatwick leaving on October 2 and transfers. CONTACT: prestigeholidays.co.uk, 01425 480 400. LA DOLCE VITA: Get into the festive spirit as you pick up gorgeous Christmas pressies browsing around the colourful markets at the spa town of Merano and in Bolzano, considered the Italian capital of Christmas.
Optional excursions include a half-day trip to Verona during December for its famous crib exhibition and a walking tour in Venice. BOOK IT: The five-day tour with Newmarket Holidays costs from £419pp on selected dates in November and December including flights from m as archery and zip wires. Prices start at £589 per child, but at Boreatton Park, Shrops, a week’s holiday for kids aged ten to 16 from August 27 is £365. For that deal call 0333 321 2114 and quote reference ZKS46. the UK as well as the services of a tour manager. CONTACT: newmarketholidays.co.uk, 0330 160 7700. LA DOLCE VITA: Italy has world-class skiing with the bonus of breathtaking scenery. See in the New Year in Cervinia at the three-star plus Chalet Hotel Dragon, a minute from the town centre. Soak up views of the Matterhorn from the hotel’s su sun terrace. After a day on the slopes, hit the ba bar for live music apres ski action. BOOKBOO IT: Save up to £190pp on the eig eight-night chalet catering break with In Inghams, now from £1,089pp, including fli flights on December 30 from Gatwick to Tu Turin. Flights available from Birmingham an and Manchester at a supplement. CONTACT:CO inghams.co.uk/ski-holidays, 0148 01483 791 114. WE want the kids to enjoy the great outdoors during our summer holiday. We still haven’t booked. Any suggestions? HERE’S one that’s just landed on our travel desk. Haven Holidays has expanded its free Nature Rockz programme to all 36 of its holiday parks. Kids learn survival skills including building fires and dens and purifying water. They will even perfect the art of stone skimming, which should keep them off the phone for a bit. Haven deals include four-nights selfcatering at Lakeland Park in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, from £543, saving 20 per cent, based on a family of six sharing a Prestige mobile home on August 15. Call 0333 202 5305 or see haven.com.