DEALS:Walk the Atlantic beaches of Portugal with this unbeatable value for a week in January and February in the 18th-century Rio Arade Manor House near Portimao from €99pps B&B, 00-351-252-423202, rioarade.com. Flights to Faro with Aer Lingus and Ryanair.
Gold City, a fantastical all-inclusive Turkish resort near Alanya, is now in Thomas Cook's programme, with prices in July from €1,078pps, thomascookholidays.ie.
Go racingin Dundalk on Fridays and you can see both horse and greyhound races. B&B at the Crowne Plaza Hotel with transport to the stadium from €60pps, (042) 9394922.
Discoverthe fascinating Santa Semana processions in Malaga from April 1 – 8. Three-night stays with flights from €300pps with www.ebookers.ie.
Bringthe dog for a pamper break in Tankardstown, Co Meath and all of you will be groomed. Dinner, bed and breakfast, €350, 042-9824621, tankardstown.ie.
Explorethe underwater world in the Maldives on a two-centre holiday at Vilu Reef Resort and Olhuveli Resort from €1,900pps in April, 068-56800, tropicalsky.ie.
Cruiseto the Canaries from Barcelona on February 13th, calling to Madeira, Tenerife, Lanzarote and back, from €869pps on Norwegian Jade, 0818-200101, thomascookcruise.ie/holidays/