DESTINATIONS SPECIAL INTEREST | ESCORTED TOURS
starts at £1,395, including flights, accommodation and some meals.
brightwaterholidays.com
ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological tours delve deeper than a standard cultural trip, with itineraries that would usually be considered too full-on and history-focused for the lay traveller. They also tend to be led by an expert rather than a tour leader – typically an academic that lectures on the destination in question. Peter Sommer Travels specialises in archaeology
tours, with trips to Greece, Turkey, Italy, Croatia, Ireland and the UK. The operator’s Easter In Athens tour suits both first-timers and frequent visitors to the cradle of civilisation, offering the chance to observe the rituals and celebrations of Greek Orthodox Easter as well as the
city’s wealth of historic sites. Book it: Peter Sommer Travels’ eight-day Easter in Athens itinerary, departing April 13, 2020, starts at £2,895, including full-board accommodation and expert guiding.
petersommer.com
GRAND PRIX A sporting event can be the sole reason for travel, or a catalyst that moves a client to book a tour in a country they’ve long had on their bucket list. With their well-heeled fans, rugby and cricket tend to bring Brits to cheer on their team in exotic destinations. But don’t forget to add motorsports into this mix, with Shearings offering a tour to see the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The tour includes tickets to practice and qualifying rounds as well as the Formula One race at the Yas Marina Circuit. Clients will get entry to the pit lane walk, after-race concerts and Ferrari World, plus an Etihad
Race Pack filled with memorabilia. Book it: Shearings’ six-day Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tour, departing November 27, starts at £1,969, including flights, accommodation and tickets.
shearingsagent.com
travelweekly.co.uk
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Solar eclipse; Acropolis, Athens; Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi PICTURES: Shutterstock; Marlen Taffarello; Jorge Ferrari
ECLIPSES While spotting the northern lights has become ubiquitous, those who want sky-high bragging rights have turned to another natural phenomenon – a solar eclipse, where the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, obscuring part or all of the sun and plunging some areas of the planet into minutes of darkness during the day. Explore has a range of tour departures in Sri Lanka, India, Oman and Sumatra to coincide with an annular eclipse (where the sun maintains a ‘ring of fire’ outside the moon’s shadow) on Boxing Day this year, and itineraries in Patagonia, with the chance to watch the total eclipse on
December 14, 2020, with an astronomer. Book it: Explore’s 10-day North Sri Lanka – Eclipse trip, departing December 20, starts at £2,970, including flights, accommodation, some meals and sightseeing with a tour leader.
explore.co.uk
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