Deal of the Week:Summer specials in June with Crystal Holidays include trips to Slovenia where a week at Lake Bled self-catering is from €299 and half-board in Hotel Alpina Kranjska from €369pps. Holidays at Lake Garda from €399 and Austria from €299. Tel: 01-4331057, crystalsummer.ie.
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* DISCOVER WHAT jambomeans in Kenya with Travelmood. A week at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort in Mombasa, half board is from €1,145pps. Or combine a safari in the Masai Mara and a stay at the beach from €2,393pps. Tel: 01-4331040 or travelmood.ie.
* TURKEY IS cheap in May: a week in Bitez from Cork on May 21st is from €219pps. An all-in week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on June 1st from Dublin is from €467pps. Tel: 0818-200111 or sunworld.ie.
* FIND SOME royals in Portals Nous, Mallorca – one of the most famous ports in the Med. The Spanish royal family hangs out here and so can you at Ola Club Tomir. Weekly stays in May from €369pps and €389pps in June including flights, accommodation and transfers with clickandgo.com or tel 01-6371699.
* GET AWAY at the end of May with Falcon Holidays. A week in Cyprus from €339pps, Zakynthos from €299pps, Costa Dorada from €209 and Costa del Sol from €1,092 for two adults and two children. Tel: 1850-946164 or falconholidays.ie.
* TAKE A week from Dublin, Cork, Knock, Kerry or Shannon to the Algarve and find four and five-star hotels from €400 to €600. See steintravel.ie or tel 1890-408408.
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* GREAT VALUE for an overnight stay and spa treatments at Brooklodge Hotel near Aughrim, Co Wicklow. In May from Monday to Friday and some Sundays, its “perfect 10” package includes B&B for €55pps and up to three spa treatments for €10 each. Choose from massage, facial, manicure, pedicure or flotation. Book treatments when you book the room. Tel: 0402-36444 or see brooklodge.com.
* ESCAPE TO east Cork in May at Castlemartyr Resort and book three nights B&B midweek for the price of two at €199pps. Explore the 220-acre estate or play golf on the inland links course. Tel: 021-4219000 or dromolandcollection.ie
* THE OLD railway line running through Ballynahinch Castle estate has been opened as a looped walk for hotel guests with 2km of track along the old Galway to Clifden route. Explore it on a two-night stay with dinner one evening from €220pps. Tel: 095-31006 or ballynahinch-castle.com.
* HILLSBOROUGH Garden Festival at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down is on next weekend, as is the Garden and Craft Fair at Mount Stewart House. Stay overnight in the Stormont Hotel from £55pps (€62) and the price includes admission and a welcome drink on arrival. Tel: 1850-230230 or see discovernorthernireland.com.
* IF YOU can’t leave the country because a baby is due, take a “babymoon” at Wineport Lodge near Athlone. Two-night stays for mums-to-be and partners with dinner and spa treatment from €285pps. Tel: 0906-439010 or wineport.ie.
Please note that all deals are subject to availability