GRAND GETAWAYS

departure day approaches. Such is the case with the regular Highlights of Morocco break offered by Explore (01252 883505; explore.co. uk) – a nine-day affair that includes Marrakech, Fes and the Atlas Mountains.

The trip scheduled for Sept 14 has been discounted to £890 per person, with flights. If that is too imminent to be feasible, you could always wait for the Oct 5 departure, available at £999 a head.

You can still find summer weather in Europe in

October – by visiting Greece as autumn takes hold elsewhere. One deal currently being promoted by Inspiring Travel Company (01244 435252; inspiringtravel company.co.uk) will let you do just that, with a fair element of comfort, for a sub-fourdigit amount. The offer involves a 30 per cent discount on a week at the five-star Domes Miramare resort on Corfu. Prices start at £985 a head, including flights and breakfast (book by Oct 3, travel by Oct 14). The Canary Islands are generally seen as a reliably cheap option for near-at-hand winter sun. But you can also fly to Tenerife and spend a reassuringly weighty figure on luxury. A case in point is a seven-night getaway to the five-star Hotel Jardines de Nivaria, on the south-westerly Costa Adeje – yours for £994 per person (with breakfast and transfers), flying from Gatwick on Dec 6, through Sovereign (01293 839151; sovereign.com).

You can also book now to experience the Norwegian winter. Wexas (020 7454 2901; wexas.com) is offering a £100-a-head “early booking” saving on a four-day Tromso Ice Dome Break – which includes one night at this frozen hotel near the Arctic city, plus snowshoe and husky tours. All this can be had for a starting cost of

£995 a head, including flights, but you will need to book by Aug 31 to travel between

Dec 20 and March 31.