ESCORTED TOURS SOLO TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
It’s official – solo travel is booming. And if it was once the reserve of twentysomething backpackers crisscrossing the globe to find themselves, it’s now very much the province of the mainstream, with clients of every age and agenda getting in on the game. Tour operators are upping their
solo product left, right and centre in response. We’ve rounded up some of the best examples from across the world to help inspire you and your clients, be they young, free and single or 50-plus and ready to mingle.
1
PERU IN VIEW Condors soaring over vast canyons, llamas wandering around ancient Inca ruins
and flamingos hobbling along empty desert plains – Peru is as vast as it is spectacular, and with so much to see, it’s little surprise it’s coming out trumps among operators. For clients wanting to glimpse the
best of its landscapes and cities in a short space of time, suggest Solos Holidays’ 10-day Peruvian Highlights tour, which is one of the operator’s two most popular trips. Guests will explore the Sacred Valley – visiting everything from alpaca farms to towns that once belonged to the Inca empire – before hopping on a train to Machu Picchu and learning more about the beautiful ‘lost city’ the Spanish never found. Other highlights include Lima, Cusco and Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake and home to the Uros islands, a cluster of man-made floating isles still inhabited today.
Solo travel is now very much the province of the mainstream, with clients of every age and agenda getting in on the game
Book it: From £3,465 including some meals, transport, internal flights, KLM flights from Heathrow to Lima with transfers, and a twin or double room for single use.
solosholidays.co.uk
2
WOMEN-ONLY IN IRAN It might not have quite the profile of Peru, but Iran’s millennia-old cities, turquoise-
ABOVE: Cooking class, Iran
LEFT: Floating island, Lake Titicaca, Peru
tiled architecture, extraordinary desertscapes and welcoming people are starting to get this place some attention. Operators have been expanding their product here over the past few years, fuelled by the introduction of a direct BA flight from London to Tehran in 2016. One of the most unusual offerings comes from Intrepid Travel, which offers a 12-day female-only trip round the country as part of its new collection of Women’s Expeditions. Designed to put travellers in touch with local people, it provides access to areas not open to mixed-gender groups – from visiting a beauty salon to wandering through a women’s-only park, taking part in a yoga class to sitting in the female-only section of the metro – adding in other memorable experiences such as staying with a nomadic family. Other key points on the tour include Shiraz, once the centre of the Persian Empire; Esfahan, known for its colourful, Islamic-tiled architecture; Tehran, the historic and liberal capital city; and Yazd, which is home to some of the oldest streets on the planet. Book it: From £2,005 including accommodation, some meals,
14 June 2018
travelweekly.co.uk 59
PICTURE: ISTOCK
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84
