Legoland laughs for less
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crowds and lower prices. There are proper beaches and the town of Annecy itself is like a French Amsterdam, its flower-lined canals and bridges like something out of a fairy tale, always with some kind of classical concert or theatrical event on.
There are loads of outdoor activities here, both up in the hills and on the lake’s surface, with all kinds of hire boats.
GO: Inghams offers a seven-night stay on a half board basis at the Hotel Les Grillons in Talloires, Lake Annecy, from £866pp. Price includes return flights and airport transfers. See inghams.co.uk.
Road trip
From Croatia to Lisbon
There are all sorts of ways of hitting the road without unpacking your socks.
Website camptoo.co.uk is the Airbnb of campervan operators, where you rent from a MAKE a huge saving on a trip to Legoland this summer, with buy one g get one free tickets.
G Guests can bag themselves a freebie if they book a f full-priced ticket for £60 o online before ore August 16.
The offer, r, valid for visits private owner who wants to put his or her vehicle’s surplus time to good use.
Combined with the campsites recommended by the Caravan Club, you can range all over Europe. See caravanclub.co.uk.
There is even the possibility of doing this, for free, with rental company Indie Campers, which is organising an Endless Summer multi-leg adventure that starts off in Split in Croatia at the beginning of September, and then ends in Lisbon in Portugal six weeks later.
Each leg will be joined at some me point by an expert on the theme e of that leg – for example an
Italian chef, a surf pro, and a professional photographer.
GO: To enter, you need to upload a 60 second video about yourself and why you would love to go on one of the
Indie Campers road trips. Full until September 3, means you could save £120 for a family of four.
Additional tickets can be bought online for £36 – saving you 40 per cent on the gate price.
See legoland.co.uk. details and how you can enter can be found at summer.indiecampers.com.
Yee-ha ha! Arizona, United States
Tombstone in Arizona, once known as “the town too tough to die” is the place to go if you really want to appreciate all things Wild West.
Daily re re-enactments of the shootout at the OK Corral ar are the norm, as are professionally hospi hospitable cattle ranches who let guests sam sample the cowboy life.
Horseback riding and gun shooting are in integral to the experience.
GO: GO Tombstone Monument Guest Ranch is fitted out like a frontier town. Seven nig nights here, full board, with all activities, but not flights, costs from £1,229pp. See ranc ranchrider.com.