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out more than £275million.
Stay in a luxury lodge in the nearby
Ream Hills holiday park, k, where two nights for two wo costs £280.
See reamhills.co.uk.
Dazzle Dutch Amsterdam,
November 29-January 20
With its network of canals, cobbled streets, and cosy cafes, Amsterdam is so appealing in the winter. And this is the time chosen by the Light Festival to bring dazzling art to the city.
Every year, hundreds of submissions come from designers, architects and artists from around the world. Only 30 are chosen, and they go on to transform monuments in magical and surprising CHECK out some wild, wild film locations on a Butch Cassidyand The Sundance Kid tour of Utah. T The Oscar-winning film, st starring Robert Redford a and Paul Newman, turns 5 50 this year r so fans can c celebrate hiking iking the new ne ways. The festival publishes recommended d routes ro for boats, bikes or pedestrians to see the works w at their best.
To get to Amsterdam, take the new Eurostar service se and stay in the stylish Hotel Estherea.
A package of three nights’ accommodation plus Eu Eurostar costs from £579 with Planet Rail. See pl planetrail.co.uk to book and amsterdamlightfestival.com for the routes.
Birthday bash Durham, November 14-17
Lumiere is the UK’S largest light festival and has been transforming cities right across the country since 2009. For its Cassidy Trail, which he used to dodge the law. Explore Red Canyon in Dixie National Forest and stay in the Hideout Motel on a ten-night road trip. It costs from £1,695pp, with flights to Vegas and car hire. See bon-voyage.co.uk. special i lt tenth th year edition diti year it returns t t to its it birthplace of Durham. Each Lumiere festival invites local and international artists to create jaw-dropping works, taking over buildings and public spaces and brightening up those gloomy winter nights.
Prepare to be dazzled by towering projections, interactive creations and mind-blowing installations alongside a selection of more thoughtful bits of art.
Over the decade, the festival has seen everything everythi from sparkling gardens and light graffiti graffi scrawled across pavements to a flashmob flas of illuminated umbrellas dancing on cobbled streets.
If you want to visit, stay in the Seaton Lane La Inn in a village outside Durham a five fiv minute drive from the coast, where rooms ro cost from £79, with breakfast.
See S seatonlaneinn.com and lumiere-festival.com. lumi