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Friendship Travel unveils breaks mixing luxury and adventure
Solo travel brand Friendship Travel has expanded its range to cater to demand for “high-end holidays that blend adventure with luxury”. A new eight-night Kenyan
Safari & Beach holiday costs from £2,575, including game drives and nature walks, plus flights. The inaugural Ireland &
Scotland Whiskey Tasting Tour, from £3,185, is a six-night itinerary featuring distilleries in Dublin, Belfast, Ballycastle and Islay. It includes flights, transfers and a first-class train journey from Dublin to Belfast. A new Bali Triple Centre
holiday, featuring Ubud, the Gili Islands and Berawa Beach, costs from £2,975 for 13 nights. It includes flights and transfers.
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Kirker’s new 2025 brochure
The Dune of Pilat, near Arcachon, France
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Kirker adds destinations and hotels in Short Breaks range
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Kirker Holidays’ 2025 Short Breaks brochure includes South Africa for the first time, along with new properties and experiences in Spain, France, Morocco, Ireland, Italy and Portugal. Managing director Ted Wake said: “While we
invested in a new website last year, we remain devoted to our brochures and believe that many agents still very much enjoy browsing their pages for inspiration. “For the first time we have included our favourite
hotels and tailor-made holidays in South Africa, where our dedicated specialists have been creating carefully crafted holidays for many years.” In South Africa, Kirker can tailor-make a seven-night
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self-drive tour of the battlefields of KwaZulu-Natal. Wake added: “We have also added stylish new hotels in Paris, Madrid and Seville, smaller towns such as
Regent Holidays introduces two longer tours of Greenland
Regent Holidays has created two longer itineraries in Greenland. The 15-day Great Greenland Adventure includes mountain hikes and whale watching, and costs from £8,185. The eight-day Greenland Winter Wonders: Nuuk to Ilulissat trip twins the capital Nuuk with Ilulissat – known as Town of the Icebergs – and includes a northern lights cruise and dogsledding. It costs from £3,095. Prices include flights.
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Arcachon near Bordeaux, the gastronomic city of San Sebastian, Marbella’s old town, and in the countryside of Provence and Puglia.” Additions in France include Arcachon, where a
three-night B&B stay at Hôtel Le B d’Arcachon costs from £896 including flights and transfers, plus the five-star Balzac in Paris, recently reopened after a multimillion-euro renovation. At the latter, a three- night B&B stay costs from £1,048 including travel by Eurostar or air, transfers and a two-day museum pass. New experiences in Spain include a gastronomic
tour of San Sebastián, from £115; a tapas tasting tour of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, from £95; and a tapas tour in Seville, from £80. The recently restored La Fonda in Andalucia is
new for 2025, with a three-night B&B stay from £898, including flights and car hire.
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‘Contiki Chill’ range makes its debut with Greek islands break
Youth brand Contiki has launched a ‘Contiki Chill’ concept to cater for the growing numbers “seeking to embrace” the slow travel movement. The new 11-day Contiki Chill: Greek Island-Hopping itinerary visits Mykonos, Paros, Santorini and Ios, with “relaxed” evening activities instead of late- night bar outings. It costs from £1,943, excluding flights, with the launch trip departing May 27.
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Eurostar restarts high-speed link between Amsterdam and London
Eurostar has resumed its direct high-speed link from Amsterdam to London, using a new terminal at the Dutch city’s revamped railway station. Eurostar will run three trains a day on weekdays and Sundays plus two on Saturdays until the end of March. A temporary terminal closure at Amsterdam Centraal between March 30 and April 22 will enable further renovations to increase passenger capacity.
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