Leisure Time News – Your No.1 Recreational Resource!

October is the time to find incredible worth in cruising, particularly on this one from Cruiseholidays.ie, sailing on Royal Caribbean’s Elegance of the Seas from Venice to Malaga. The ship will visit Dubrovnik, Malta, Cartagena and Gibraltar on the way. The price tag, from 599pps, includes an overnight in Venice and flights too. Tel : 01-8173555 or 021-2429555.

Away

DISCOVER Bordeaux in the autumn with a special package from the local traveller office. The two-night deal includes hotel, led town tour, wine tour, complimentary bottle of wine in your room, and free entry to major sites of interest. Costs in two-star hostels are from 105pps and in three-star hostels from 144pps. See bordeaux-tourisme.com.

A Good way to enjoy Croatia is on a two-centre vacation. Stay for 4 nights in the Hotel Croatia, Cavtat (near Dubrovnik) and 3 nights on the islands of Mijet in the Hotel Odisej. Departs September 24th with a week from 739. See croatia.ie, tel 01-8780800.

SEE BUDAPEST this autumn with three-night packages from Topflight. Enjoy a night at the state Opera, a steered town tour, airfield transfers and hotel accommodation from 249pps. Flights with Aer Lingus cost from 150. Tel : 01-2401700 or topflight.ie.

AUTUMN is a great time to go to Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen with flights from Dublin with SAS. Take a weekend visit and 2 nights BB in a central hotel from 299pps. Tel : 0818-332500 or cassidytravel.ie.

ON SEPTEMBER 16th Irish Ferries will host a wine fair on its Oscar Wilde sailing from Rosslare to Roscoff. French wine producers will be offering tastings, give advice and preview some wines that can be bought at a discount of 12.5 %. Passengers can make a short journey of it with two-night hotel accommodation and return ferry travel from 199pps, based mostly on 4 passengers, returning from Cherbourg on the 19th. Tel : 0818-300400, irishferries.com.

Home

THE SHANNON estuary has a resident pod of bottlenose dolphins and if you stay in Doonbeg Lodge, Company Clare it can organise a ship trip to see the dolphins and do some fishing. Two-night packages in the luxurious lodge with dinner one night and ship charter are from 580pps. Tel : 065-9055600 or doonbeglodge.com.

KILLARNEY is comedy central for Sep 16th and 17th when eighteen top Irish and international comedians descend for a weekend of jests at the INEC. Day tickets are from 27.65 and two-day tickets are from forty five. Book accommodation on destinationkillarney.com : the Gleneagle is from eighty per night ; and the Brehon from 99 per night.

AFTERNOON tea is in vogue with 2 hostels in Dublin offering this lovely treat. Tea at the Conrad includes cupcakes and macaroons with specialism teas for twenty-one. Tel : 01-6028900 or conraddublin.com. In the Shelbourne Hotel, berries are the theme and you can make a night of it with bubbly afternoon tea and an overnight stay for 232 per room. Tel : 01-6634500, theshelbourne.ie.

A SKELLIGS Rock special from the Servant Arms Hotel in Waterville includes a boat trip to the rock with a packed lunch (subject to climate conditions). A two-night stay with dinner one evening is from 220pps, valid until September fifteenth but book by Sep 8th. Tel : 01-2958900 or manorhousehotels.com.

The Following full moon walk with Hilltop Treks is on Sep 10th in Enniskerry, Corp Wicklow. Make a night of it with a stay in the Summerhill House Hotel for 95 including a bar meal. No single supplement. Tel : 01-2867928 or see summerhillhousehotel.com or hilltoptreks.ie.

FROM RUSSIA with Love is the theme at the Westbury Hotel in Dublin in the Dublin Theatre Holiday from Sep 29th to October 16th. Stay a night in the hotel and you can have a Russian provoked meal and tickets for Donka : A letter to Chekhov with breakfast for 299 for two. Tel : 01-6791122 or see doylecollection.com. as reported tagza.com.

Related Articles

• It Can Be One Of The Best Preserved Sights Of Roman Architecture On The Planet.
• In The Result Of The Meeting, Serbian Papers Are Reporting That Two Nations Which Had As Yet Been Accepted To Have Recognised Kosovo, Now Say That They Did not.
• Most Of Us Still Remember The Conflicts Which Blighted The Regions Around Croatia, However We Forget This Country Offers Some Of The Most Shocking Coastlines And Historic Cities In Europe.
• In The Heart Of The Town, Just Inside The Marina, The Sponza Palace Pays Tribute To The Dozens Of Local Boys Who Paid The Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Their City.
• The Dramatic Situation Of Dubrovnik Between The Mountains And The Adriatic Is Trumped By The Wonderful Old Town Itself, Wrapped Up In 2km Of Magnificent Medieval Walls.