Take the Taj trail

DEALS: Done the Camino? Now do the Via Francigena from Lucca to Rome, rich in culture and landscapes

DEALS:Done the Camino? Now do the Via Francigena from Lucca to Rome, rich in culture and landscapes. Walk for a week, with luggage transfers, accommodation in country hotels with dinner and a pilgrim certificate from €680pps, (01) 525 2886 and caminoways.com.

Book by January24 for all-inclusive luxury holidays in the Dominican Republic in May and June, with British Airways flights via London. Five-star resorts from €1,4740pps. Hard Rock Resort, €1,974pps, with $1,500 resort credit per couple, (01) 288 6828) and sunway.ie.

Let India expert,Elizabeth Hitchock be your guide to central and southern India (March 3rd for two weeks). Temples, palaces, forts, elephants, boats, beaches, Ayurvedic treatments included, from €2,430pps. Tel: 1890-303303, travelnet.ie

Find great skideals in the Crystalski Wipeout Sale. There's plenty of choice – from breaks in Tignes, costing from €332pps, Serre Chevalier from €466pps, Borovets from €318pps and Andorra from €482pps, at the end of January. Tel: 01-4331010, crystalski.ie

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Special interest midweekthemed breaks at Kelly Hotel, Rosslare include wine tasting, gardening, archery or clay pigeon shooting. Five nights accommodation with breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner on four of the days, costs from €540pps. See kellys.iefor dates and details

Five leading hotelgroups have got together to form their own booking website. You can use it to find, price check and book rooms in Marriott, Intercontinental, Choice, Hyatt and Wyndham hotels all over the world, direct from the properties, at Roomkey.com