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short-haul summer knowledge
accommodation. Italy Belgium and Holland
PV Holidays operates 16 holiday villages in Italy’s beaches take slightly longer to reach Belgium and Holland have lovely sandy
beach locations, and holiday residences in but the number of holidaymakers choosing shores along the English Channel. Stenaline
the south of France. Belle Dune Holiday to take the train is increasing. recommends the town of Noordwijk aan Zee
Village in Normandy is a 40-minute drive Citalia’s best-selling beach resorts by rail in south Holland, which hosts the European
from Calais ferry port. Prices start from £300 for 2010 have been Rimini on the Adriatic Sand Sculptures Festival every September.
for a four-person studio for a week. Sea, San Remo in Liguria and Viareggio or Stena has twice-daily crossings to the Hook
Quality Villas, which pays 10% commis- Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan coast. of Holland, an hour’s drive from the resort.
sion, highlights its two-bedroomed Cottage Typically Italian, which has just released Sunparks operates holiday villages in Bel-
On The Beach property in Brittany. its 2010 brochure, says train travel may gium, the Netherlands and Germany. It now
Keycamp operates at 50 beach destinations not be the cheapest way to get to Italy, but works with the UK trade and several of its
across France. “The last 12 months has seen many prefer it for the chance to see the family parks are on the beach. A week in a
a significant increase in ferry bookings as scenery. four-person villa at Sunparks De Haan aan
customers have looked to stretch budgets,” Travel consultant Renata Devoti travels zee in Belgium costs from £298, and is close
says head of brand Dave McKenna. by rail to Italy every year because she to Ostende port, served by Ramsgate.
Thanks to domestic services and the TGV, doesn’t like flying. “Trains are so clean and
there are many beach destinations accessible comfortable in Italy,” she says. “Because we
by Eurostar. La Rochelle, on France’s Atlantic don’t use trains so much in the UK, agents
USEFUL CONTACTS
coast, has superb beaches and is a top-class often don’t know as much about travelling
■sailanddrive.com ■stenaline.co.uk
surf destination. It takes just over seven by rail.”
■condorferries.com ■sunparks.co.uk
hours from London via Paris. French Travel Clients normally take an overnight sleeper
■premierholidays.co.uk ■clubmed.com
Service can package the Eurostar journey from Paris to Milan, from where Rimini is ■visitguernsey.com ■qualityvillas.com
with domestic connections and four nights’ just a 3.5 to 4-hour train ride further. A
■jersey.com ■Typlically Italian
B&B in La Rochelle, for £456 per person. standard return from London to Rimini,
■simplyscilly.co.uk Tel: 01733 313939
■prestigegrouptravel.co.uk ■Citalia.com
Club Med’s La Palmyre Atlantique, near inclusive of sleeper, is from £400 per
■Travelsmith, ■pv-holidays.com
La Rochelle, offers activities such as person, but she chooses the privacy of a
tel: 01621 784666 ■keycamp4agents.com
windsurfing and sailing, and is 30 miles two-person cabin, costing more like £500 ■brittanyferries.co.uk
from the railway station. per person.
Where can you find training
courses for all these suppliers?
In TTG Knowledge College
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