DEAL OF THE WEEKLive the dream on a tropical island and be there for the full moon party in November.Koh Phangan island in Thailand attracts thousands of people for the full moon party each month. In November, Sayit Travel has a package with flights and nine nights accommodation from €1,070, 021-4279188, sayit.ie.
AWAY
Explore the Basque region of the Spanish Pyrenees on an autumn walking holiday from September 12th. Join Georgina Howard as guests in her typical farmhouse. The price, including accommodation, food, wine, guided walks and collection from Biarritz airport is £850 (approx.€1,035), no single supplement. Book on 00-44-121-711-3428, pyreneanexperience.com.
Holiday on the Lisbon coast this autumn with ClickandGo.com. A week by the sea in Estoril will cost from €349 from Dublin or Cork. Flexible stays are available using scheduled flights, 01-637-1699, clickandgo.com.
See the Holy Land from Cork or Dublin with some availability on charter flights in September and October. Seats on flights are €474 or take a highlight tour for 10 days in October from €1,490pps. Self-drive kibbutz holidays from €995pps. Call Sadlier Travel, 01-678-8854.
Trips to this year’s Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales are available from Killester Travel. A one-day trip on Sunday, October 3rd for the final will cost from €569. A three-night trip with accommodation, official Ryder Cup transfers, tickets and dinner from €1,950pps, 01-8336935, killestertravel
Head west for a tropical dream in the Caribbean, with a week on an all-inclusive basis, staying on the island of Tobago in the Tropikist Beach Resort from €929. Price includes flights from Ireland via Gatwick and accommodation, 01-8077996, tropicalsky.ie.
Book now for a mid-term cruise in the Mediterranean on Norwegian Jade with Sunway.ie. From Barcelona the ship will visit Monte Carlo, Livorno, Rome, Naples and Palma with prices from €820pps, 01-288-6828, sunway.ie.
HOME
Celebrate Dublin’s distinction as a UNESCO City of Literature with a stay in the Fitzwilliam Hotel that includes a literary walking tour of the city and a €25 voucher to spend in Dubray Books on Grafton Street, prices from €110pps, 01-478-7000, fitzwilliamhoteldublin.com.
Play golf in the sunny southeast: two nights accommodation, dinner one evening and two rounds golf at the St Helen’s Bay Resort in Rosslare, Co Wexford, from €145pps, 053-9133234, sthelensbay.com.
Escape the city – a night in a courtyard suite in Tankardstown, Co Meath, in a luxury bed costs from €140pps, (the dog is welcome too). Eat dinner in the Brabazon Restaurant, 041-982-4621, tankardstown.ie.
Best value in east Cork is the Garryvoe Hotel in Castlemartyr, where three nights B&B with dinner on two nights cost from €195pps and children under 12 share free. Plus, there’s Leahy’s Open Farm and Perks Entertainment Centre. Call 0818-281281, irishcountryhotels.com.
Find fun in mud when you muck around in the Serail Mud Chamber in the Spa Salveo in Knockranny House Hotel in Mayo. Follow with a massage, dinner, bed and breakfast from €175pps; two nights, €235pps, 098-28600 and khh.ie.
The Imperial in Cork has had a makeover and is offering– dinner, wine, bed and breakfast from €75pps on Sunday nights in August and September , flynnhotels.com.
Bear in mind that all details are subject to availability