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Riviera unveils new solos and walking itineraries
Samantha Mayling
samantha.mayling@
travelweekly.co.uk
Riviera Travel has introduced a new range of escorted walking tours and eight itineraries for solo travellers for 2019.
Walk & Discover tours are
available in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, France and New Zealand, and feature walks that vary from two to six miles. Easy and moderate options are
available, and walks will be led by ualified guides. Will Sarson, head of specialist
product, said: “We have introduced these tours to accommodate guests who want a more active holiday but don’t want to compromise on the cultural insight for which Riviera’s escorted tours are known. “Our walking itineraries allow
guests to experience a different side to a destination on the featured walking excursions.” An eight-day Austrian akes Mountains holiday starts at £1,099,
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CV Villas adds five properties in Corfu, Portugal, Italy and Turkey
C illas has added five properties across Europe this year, from Turkey to Portugal. Manor House in Corfu has views of Albania and sleeps up to 10. A week’s stay starts from £1,626. The new Pythaia villa, also in Corfu, is 400 metres
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with return flights, transfers, four- star half-board accommodation, escorted excursions and a walking programme. Other Walk & Discover tours include Florence and Tuscany in Italy; the Italian lakes and Switzerland; Provence in France; and a -day trip to New ealand. The company’s solo travel
programme has doubled since 2018, with 34 itineraries now available. It plans to launch a dedicated solos brochure this year. Sarson added: “Travellers are
increasingly choosing the oys of solo travel.”
STEPPING OUT: Walk & Discover tours feature walks of two to six miles
The operator has always offered sole occupancy cabins and rooms, but introduced its first olo Travel programme of eight escorted tours in 2017. New cruises include an
eight-day pectacular Nile for olo Travellers sailing, starting from , including return flights a -day Norwegian ords cruise from Copenhagen to Tilbury, from , including flights from atwick and a hine, trasbourg Heidelberg cruise, from , including return flights or return
travel on Eurostar.
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from the beach, 300 metres from St Stephano harbour and sleeps six. A week’s stay starts at £1,229. n Portugal’s Algarve, five-bedroom Casa Blanca has
a driveway flanked by cypress trees. A week is priced from ,, including a maid service. Three-bedroom uvilla in Puglia, taly, is set among
olive trees. A week costs from £992. And in Turkey, Villa Deniz in Kalkan has a mountainous backdrop and views of Kalamar Bay. t has an infinity pool and sleeps up to
. A week starts from ,. All prices exclude flights.
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Royal Brunei’s Brisbane link creates UK route to Oz
Royal Brunei Airlines is to launch non-stop flights between Brunei and Brisbane from June 2019, creating a ‘boomerang’ route for the UK market. The airline has a daily flight from Heathrow to Brunei.
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Wizz Air adds Doncaster link to Romania’s Timisoara
Wizz Air is to start flying from Doncaster Sheffield to Transylvania on September 2. The twice-weekly service to Timisoara in the Romanian region will be the low-cost carrier’s fourth from the airport.
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APT promotes Yuen to BDM role for central England
APT has added to its UK trade support team by promoting reservations manager Chris So Woon Yuen to business development manager. Yuen will support agents in the central region of the UK, from Bedfordshire to Derbyshire.
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