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England, Scotland and Wales, this guide to weekend breaks
celebrates the diversity of Britain, focusing on places and
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Course
and Distance Ltd
based: Lincolnshire, UK
website: cdhorseracingtours.com
Specialist horse racing tour company providing holidays to the most prestigious horse racing days in Europe. Last year their guests enjoyed guided racecourse tours and exclusive receptions with personalities such as Steve Smith-Eccles and Dean Gallagher. Travel with them to Punchestown, Galway, Pardubice, l'Arc de Triomphe and more ...
| horse racing | betting / gambling
| weekends / short breaks | Western Europe | Eastern Europe |
Crerar
Hotels
based: Lothian, Scotland, UK
website: www.crerarhotels.com
Select collection of hotels in Scotland offering a variety of short breaks that
include golf breaks; Christmas, New Year and 'Twixmas' breaks and romantic weekends
away in locations from highlands to islands, including Inveraray,
Mull, Oban and Glencoe. Crerar Hotels bring you the best of Scottish scenery,
history and activities in beautiful, relaxing settings.
| golf breaks | weekends / short
breaks | Christmas and New Year | romantic | weddings / honeymoons | Scotland |
Dringo
Adventure
based: Gywynedd, Wales, UK
website: www.dringoadventure.com
Hill walking, rock climbing, scrambling, navigation and mountain-based
activity courses, breaks and holidays in Snowdonia, North Wales.
For individuals, couples and groups, from absolute beginners to
experienced walkers and climbers. Highly qualified, experienced
and friendly local instructors. A range of accommodation to suit
your budget.
| walking / trekking /
hiking | climbing / scrambling | winter skills | ice climbing |
mountaineering | multi-activity | navigation / orienteering | weekends
/ short breaks | groups | Scotland | Wales |
Dryburgh
Abbey Hotel
based: Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
website: www.dryburgh.co.uk
A 4 star Scottish country house hotel set in its own
estate overlooking the famous River Tweed an ideal setting for wedding
photographs! Dryburgh Abbey offers romantic, golf, fishing, rugby (Melrose 7's),
Christmas and New Year breaks at certain times of the year. Please check our
website for further details.
| golf breaks | freshwater fishing
/ angling | shooting | rugby | Christmas and New Year | weekends / short breaks
| weddings / honeymoons | romantic | Scotland |
Dunstane
House Hotel
based: Lothian, Scotland, UK
website: www.dunstane-hotel-edinburgh.co.uk
A small family owned budget priced hotel in Edinburgh, situated
close to the city centre and Edinburgh Castle in the prestigious
west end. This four star hotel offers lovely public rooms, a cosy
bar, restaurant and in the summer, an extensive beer garden. Ideal
for Rugby weekends, family breaks, or a weekend break in Edinburgh.
| city breaks | whisky
tours | Christmas and New Year | family / child friendly | weddings / honeymoons | weekends / short breaks | Scotland
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Edinburgh
Residence (The)
based: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK
website: www.theedinburghresidence.com
Edinburgh's newest 5 star hotel from the award winning Town House Company. The
Edinburgh residence features 29 elegant suites with an incomparable level of
space and luxury. Website contains city breaks and festive breaks in Edinburgh.
Ideal location for business travellers and private meetings.
| weekends / short breaks | theatre
/ shows | whisky tours | relaxation | massage | reiki | reflexology
| stag / hen | shopping | Christmas / New Year | Scotland | UK |
Elegant Resorts
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.elegantresorts.co.uk
Luxury tailor-made holidays worldwide; discover relaxing spa retreats, golf, skiing, diving, adventure and family holidays, as well as the romantic honeymoon and wedding destinations Elegant Resorts have to offer in their exclusive portfolio of luxury worldwide hotels, resorts and villas.
| tailor made | weekends / short breaks | weddings / honeymoons | skiing (piste) | family / child friendly | Worldwide |Western Europe | Africa | Australasia | Asia | North America |
English Country
Cottages Partner Site
based: Lancashire, UK
website: English Country Cottages
Cottage holiday weekends, choose from more than 2,500 holiday cottages, houses, flats and apartments in
England, Wales and Scotland from romantic
cottages for two to houses sleeping up to 25. Short Breaks – if you can't get away
for a full week you'll find many properties accept 3 or 4 night night breaks, particularly in low season and these may be booked online and in advance.
| weekends / short
breaks |
England | Wales | Scotland |
Equestrian Escapes
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.equestrian-escapes.com
Equestrian Escapes offers a carefully chosen selection of equestrian themed breaks in Spain, England and Ireland. Choose from riding holidays with or without your own horse, enjoy trail riding, training, cross country or dressage. Equestrian Escapes cater for all experiences and age groups, and also offer language / riding courses for teenagers in Ireland.
| horse trail riding | riding | show jumping | horse/pony trekking | multi-language | children's courses/holidays | weekends/short breaks | Spain | England | Ireland |
Equiberia
based: Avila, Spain
website: www.equiberia.com
Top-quality week-long riding holidays in the Gredos Mountains, in the heart of Castile. Staying in luxurious Paradores and charming country hotels. Excellent Andalusian and Hispano-Arab horses willing to take you through the wild open landscapes and remote villages of the hidden Spain. Exquisite picnic lunches with wine. Also long weekend rides.
| horse trail riding | riding | horse / pony trekking | weekends / short breaks | tailor made | Spain |
Eurocamp
based: Cheshire, UK
website: Eurocamp
Family holiday parcs across Europe, with internet
only discounts of up to £50 if booked on-line! Choose from
luxury tents to well equipped holiday homes; short breaks to multi-week
holidays. Their excellent website has
a huge amount of information about facilities and local attractions.
Dedicated children's clubs for all ages make these ideal family
holidays.
| family / child
friendly | single parent families | weekends / short breaks |
youth / teen | children's courses / holidays
| walking / trekking / hiking | freshwater fishing / angling | Europe
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Events
Together Limited
based: Surrey, UK
website: www.eventstogether.co.uk
Events Together Active Encounters, a UK company focusing
on activity events for singles with an emphasis on even numbers
of both sexes. If you enjoy active sports and the outdoors and would
love to meet like-minded, opposite sex singles, visit their website
today!
| singles holidays | weekends
/ short breaks | skiing (piste) | ski weekends | sailing (small
boat / yacht) | walking / trekking / hiking | climbing / scrambling
| canyoning / gorge walking | caving / pot-holing | mountain biking
| canoeing / kayaking | UK | Europe |
Expedia.co.uk
Partner Site
based: Leicester, UK
website: Expedia
Weekend
breaks in cities such as New York, Hong Kong, Miami, Barcelona,
Lisbon, Dublin, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Copenhagen
check out their Euro City Breaks. Complete the weekend with add-on
trips like sightseeing tours, theatre trips, whiskey tours, dinner
and show tickets etc. Also check out their regional departures,
shopping breaks and their luxury weekend breaks.
| weekends / short breaks
| city breaks | sightseeing | whisky tours | Worldwide |
Fitness Training Specialists Limited
based: East Sussex, UK
website: www.fitnesstrainingspecialists.co.uk
Fitness training breaks in the beautiful Sussex countryside; whether you are starting or returning to fitness, need to lose weight or just want to run in the outdoors, this short break will be lots of fun and aims to really get you motivated. The package includes two nights full board, expert training and a personal training programme.
| keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | power walking | running/athletics | weight Loss | walking/trekking/hiking | weekends/short breaks | team building/management courses | England |
Fountain
Court Serviced Apartments
based: Edinburgh, Midlothian,
Scotland, UK
website: www.fountaincourtapartments.com
Fountain Court offers 4 and 5 star Edinburgh city centre apartments
including 40 brand new modern designer suites for up to 6 people.
Website features city breaks (shopping, cruises, theatre, seasonal,
cultural) and online booking. Ideal location for business or leisure
travellers.
| city breaks | shopping
| sightseeing | Christmas and New Year | cruises (river / lake)
| family / child friendly | valentines / romantic | weekends / short
breaks | Scotland |
Four
Seasons Hotel (The)
based: Perthshire, Scotland,
UK
website: www.thefourseasonshotel.co.uk
Family run Perthshire hotel is located on the shores of Loch Earn
with wonderful views across the Loch. The hotel, being centrally
located is an ideal base for touring Scotland. Water sports and
romantic weekends and weddings are a speciality. For details of
special offers visit the web site.
| weekends / short breaks
| Christmas and New Year | golf | weddings / honeymoons | groups
| Scotland | UK |
Fully Equipped
based: Tarn, France
website: www.fullyequipped.biz
A unique self development experience designed to help you make dramatic changes to yourself and your life immediately. Create the future you deserve using cutting edge personal breakthrough tools and techniques. Small groups supported and guided by an internationally renowned coach, therapist and trainer in the beautiful South of France.
| self development | retreats | NLP | relaxation | meditation | team building / management courses | weekends / short breaks | France | UK |
Golfbreaks.com
based: London, UK
website: Golfbreaks
Weekend and short break Golf holidays. Our
aim is to make organising golf simple by providing golfers
with a unique, one-stop service at fantastic prices. All you have
to do is to decide where you want to play, leave the organising
to us, and relax and enjoy your golf! It couldn't be easier... We
are continually adding new venues and special offers and every month
we offer the chance for four lucky people to win a three day golf
break at one of our Hotel and Country Clubs.
| golf | weekends
/ short breaks | groups | seniors / silver surfers | freshwater
fishing / angling | spa / health farm | beer / pub tours| holiday
gift vouchers | Christmas and New Year | UK | Ireland |
Grange by the Sea (The)
based: Isle of Wight, UK
website: www.thegrangebythesea.com
The Grange by the Sea, Isle of Wight, is an offshoot of Skyros Holistic Holidays. Specialising in short breaks with a wide range of courses including writing, life coaching, yoga and more. The Grange is listed in the AA's Best British B&B Guide and offers 4-star guest accommodation.
| self development | yoga | writing | painting / drawing | weekends / short breaks | singles holidays | Christmas and New Year | UK |
Great Escape Classic Car Hire
based: Worcestershire, UK
website: www.greatescapecars.co.uk
Take a break in a classic sports car in the English Cotswolds; including the classic Alfa Romeo Spider, Jensen Interceptor, Jaguar E-Type V12 roadster, Jaguar XJS V12 convertible, or a classic 1957 Morris Minor Traveller. Offering 24 hour and weekend hire periods, unlimited mileage and carbon offsetting.
| luxury/classic cars | self drive | valentines/romantic | weekends/short breaks | England |
Great
Getaways
based: UK
website: Great
Getaways
Great Getaways at great prices with
over 10 years experience in delivering quality breaks throughout
Europe and beyond. Offering fly options
(including flights from local airports), self-drive and Eurostar;
holidays and breaks from weekends away to full weeks in the sun.
Excellent for city breaks, romantic weekends away, shopping trips
to Europe or winter sunshine trips further afield to escape the
winter blues.
| weekends / short
breaks | city breaks | self drive | shopping
| Christmas shopping / Christmas markets | groups
| valentines | romantic | winter sun | Europe |
Haunting
Breaks
based: Powys, Wales
website: www.hauntingbreaks.co.uk
Combine excitement of the unknown with
relaxation in haunted places. Haunting Breaks offer paranormal investigations
in some of the most haunted hotels, castles and houses in the UK
and Europe. They provide accommodation and the essentials for the
ultimate haunted break, you turn up and tune in ... to your inner
self!
| weekends / short breaks
| ghost | groups | team building / management courses | England
| Italy | Scotland | UK |
Howard
(The)
based: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK
website: www.thehoward.com
Perhaps the ultimate in luxury from this 5 star traditional Edinburgh Hotel.
Centrally located for sightseeing, shopping or enjoying the theatre, the Howard
offers a wide range of special weekend breaks including an art-lovers package,
romantic escapes, a Da Vinci Code package, whisky tours, a Ferrari hire package
and a luxury girls weekend away.
| weekends / short breaks | shopping
| weddings / honeymoons | valentines / romantic | theatre / shows | literary
tours | relaxation | stag / hen | whisky tours | Christmas / New
Year | Scotland |
Il Collaccio
based: Umbria, Italy
website: www.ilcollaccio.com
Enjoying stunning views, this enchanting holiday retreat with a choice of attractive accommodation, panoramic swimming pools, and an acclaimed restaurant is incomparably set in the beautiful Sibillini Mountains National Park. Themed holidays are based around food and wine, cycling, walking, photography, yoga and extreme sports (paragliding, white-water rafting, canyoning).
| photographic | gastronomic | walking/trekking/hiking | cycle touring | white water rafting | canyoning/gorge walking | hang gliding/paragliding | weddings/honeymoons | yoga | weekends/short breaks | Italy |
Inspired
Mosaics
based: Brighton & Hove,
UK
website: www.inspiredmosaics.co.uk
Provides weekend mosaic courses throughout the year as well as a
week-long Summer School. Also a yoga and mosaic weekend at a farm
near Tunbridge Wells and a week-long yoga and mosaics holiday at
a health retreat near Malaga, Spain. All courses tutored by friendly,
nationally-recognised mosaic artist ... Lizzie de Ath.
| mosaic | yoga | weekends/short
breaks | team building/management courses | England | Spain |
Isicia Ltd
based: Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
website: www.sailaway.eu.com
Explore the Mediterranean on a luxury and eco-friendly sailing yacht, suitable for all experience levels, sailing from Nice, Pisa, Rome, Naples and Sicily. The yacht is fully crewed and you can book a single berth or charter the whole yacht. Scuba diving is available on most trips.
| sailing (small boat / yacht) | diving / snorkelling | ethical / ecotourism | tailor made | weekends / short breaks | Italy | France |
Jury's Doyle Hotel Group
based: Dublin, Ireland
website: Jurys
Doyle
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group operate, 3, 4 and
5 star hotels throughout the UK, Ireland and in Washington DC, USA.
They offer a range of special breaks that include special gourmet
and luxury weekends, great for a romantic escape or for a bit of
pampering, go for their Champagne Weekends
if you've really got something to celebrate. What about a city break
in Dublin, Washington, London, Edinburgh ...
| weekends / short
breaks | city
breaks | valentines / romantic | gastronomic | Christmas / New Year
| England | Wales | Scotland | Ireland | USA |
Killing
Game (The)
based: Surrey, UK
website: www.KillingGame.co.uk
Murder mystery weekends and dinners held regularly throughout England,
see our diary on the web site then book on-line or on 0845 166 7510.
Or if you want to make an event special, why not hold your own private
murder mystery party?
| murder mystery | stag
/ hen | tailor made | weekends / short breaks | UK | England |
Knockomie
Hotel
based: Grantown on Spey, Scotland,
UK
website: www.knockomie.co.uk
Knockomie is a new generation of Scottish Highland Hotel, providing
friendly, honest and unstuffy service. Situated 4 miles from the
Moray coast and the world famous village of Findhorn near Inverness.
Activities include walking, fly fishing, horse riding, golf holidays,
boat trips to visit dolphins, gardens and castles, mountain biking,
bird watching and shooting.
| unguided walking | freshwater
fishing / angling | gastronomic | weekends / short breaks | Christmas
and New Year | romantic | weddings / honeymoons | Scotland
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Lastminute
based: UK
website: LastMinute
City breaks, weekend breaks and short holidays
to so many places and at such great prices!
Where do you fancy? Paris, Rome, Florence, Dublin, Barcelona, Venice
or Prague to name but a few? Or are you inspired by a long
weekend break further afield say New York or Shanghai? Or
even a special romantic weekend in Lapland or a short Nile Cruise?
Go to Lastminute for a wealth of weekend break ideas.
| city breaks |
weekends / short breaks | France | Italy | Sweden | UK
| USA | Ireland | Spain | Czech Republic | Egypt | Poland |
Max & Me – Tuscany Cooking Holiday
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.tuscany-cooking.com
Gourmet weekends in Florence: practical cookery courses in the heart of the Florence hills, just a few minutes from Brunelleschi's dome and Giotto's tower, for people who are passionate about culinary art, who want to rediscover age-old flavours and the typical products of Tuscany and Liguria.
| cookery | gastronomic | weekends / short breaks | Italy |
Meerhay Manor
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.meerhay.co.uk
Country house creative writing workshops and short writing courses including a children's writing weekend with tutors Lynne Reid Banks ('L Shaped Room' and 'Indian in the Cupboard') and Laura Mathews. All accommodation, food and tuition included. Located in an old thatched manor house , set in a 4 acre garden in Beaminster, Dorset.
| writing | weekends / short breaks | UK |
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