Deals of the week
BY
SHORT HAUL
Gran Canaria from £440pp: A week on all-inclusive at the four-star Mogan Princess & Beach Club hotel in Playa Taurito comes with flights from Luton on November 30. onthebeach.co.uk
Turkey from £1,052pp: Save £176pp on a sevennight all-inclusive holiday at the four-star Club Med Palmiye hotel near
Kemer. Fly from
Gatwick on
October 23. clubmed.co.uk
LONG HAUL
Barbados from £1,025pp: Jet away from Heathrow with Virgin Atlantic on November 8 for a week on all-inclusive at the three-star Barbados Beach Club at Maxwell Beach. virginholidays.co.uk
Las Vegas from £699pp: Sin City awaits on a threenight, room-only stay at the five-star The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel on The Strip. Depart Heathrow with British Airways on selected dates between November 1-30. Includes 23kg luggage, book by midnight tomorrow. britishairways.com/las-vegas
WINTER SPORTS
Austria from £725pp: Save 28% on a week’s half-board at the four-star Alpenhotel in Galtür in the Tyrol. Based on a family of four sharing and flying from Birmingham on December 20. Includes transfers. Ski hire/lift passes are extra. crystalski.co.uk
STAYCATION
Suffolk from £68pp: A one-night Winter Warmer B&B break at the threestar dog-friendly White Lion hotel in Aldeburgh is available from November 1-December 23 and comes with a welcoming Cream Tea and hot drink or mulled wine. whitelion.co.uk
Lincs from £402: A four-night Spooktober midweek break at Butlin’s Skegness, featuring Peppa Pig and Thomas & Friends, is based on a family of four sharing a two-bedroom Silver Room and arriving on October 18. Daily dining packages start from £20.75 adult/£10.50 child. butlins.com.
STAR BUY Cyprus from £349pp:
Fly from Stansted on November 3 for a week’s selfcatering at the four-star Anemi Hotel & Suites in Paphos. Comes with 22kg baggage and transfers. jet2holidays.com
*Prices correct at time of publication and based on two sharing unless stated otherwise.
The Pierhouse, Port Appin, Argyll and Bute
Gordon Campbell Gray’s tranquil hotel comes with spectacular sea views to Lismore and Mull across Loch Linnhe.
If you’re happy just to drink in the vistas from the dining room and the sun terrace rather than from your bedroom, you can bag a comfortable rockery-facing room from a very reasonable £125.
From Loch Leven mussels to Loch Linnhe langoustine stew, the seafood is naturally delicious here, with chef Michael Leathley sourcing ingredients from within 50 miles – if not 50 feet – of the hotel.
After breakfast of Inverawe kippers, head to see Castle Stalker which featured in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
■■ The bill: doubles from £125, B&B,
pierhousehotel.co.uk
The Gunton Arms, Thorpe Market, Norfolk
It may have all the trappings of a posh country hotel, with a 1,000-acre estate, plenty of open fires and a snooker room, but The Gunton Arms is very much a proper pub, with reasonably priced rooms. There’s oodles of original artwork by the likes of Lucian Freud and Tracey Emin – there’s even a David Bailey photograph in the gents.
Bedrooms have an Edwardian elegance with antiques, rich fabrics and William Morris wallpapers, plus blankets instead of duvets and Roberts radios instead of televisions. At dinner, tuck into beef or venison cooked over the fire in the rustic dining room.
■■ The bill: doubles from £95, B&B, theguntonarms.co.uk
Brooks Guesthouse, Bristol
A city-centre stay with double rooms from £69? No, it’s not a Travelodge but the quirky Brooks Guesthouse, which has smart, simple rooms with tongueand-groove panelling and Cole & Son wallpaper. Better still, the rooftop garden has four shiny Airstream-style caravans parked on it.
They cost more to stay in than the rooms, but the largest caravan, at 20ft, still sleeps a family of four from £129 – and is priceless for giving the kids kudos in the playground.
The guesthouse serves a full English for breakfast, and there’s an honesty bar.
For an evening meal it’s just a few minutes walk away to the harbour bars and restaurants.
■■ The bill: doubles from £69, caravans from £119, B&B, brooksguesthousebristol.com