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christmas breaks knowledge
Coach tour operators lay on a full festive mas lunch onboard the Ulysses from Holyhead.
Butlins
programme for oldies, taking in festive ■
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sights around the UK.
The boutique Dylan Hotel in Dublin offers two
Sample price: Grand UK offers a combined nights, including 10-course tasting menu, on
Christmas/New Year programme (Festive Fizz) New Year’s Eve from ¤799 for a couple.
with entertainment and meals at eight hotels, ■
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costing from £195 for four nights including
excursions. It offers Christmas-themed Turkey CAMPING IT UP.
& Tinsel at 16 hotels.
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grandukholidays.com Holiday villages – the word “camps” is
banned! – throw open their doors over the
festive period for non-stop parties for all the
DREAMING OF. family. All the normal village facilities are
A GREEN CHRISTMAS. open including pools, and you can expect
carol singing, pantomimes and visits from
Ireland is a popular festive destination the man in red with real reindeer.
with Dublin having four Christmas markets
including a Bavarian atmosphere complete Sample price: Butlins Christmas Breaks are
with mulled wine and carols in the Dock- available at Minehead, Bognor Regis and Skeg-
lands district. The main shopping area ness, from £120 for four nights’ self-catering.
around O’Connell Street glows with ■
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lights and there is an open-air ice rink at
Smithfield. Pontin’s offers self-catering or half-board
festive breaks at seven locations, with half-
Sample price: Irish Ferries is offering two- board costing £150 adults (£75 children) for
night Festive Shopping breaks for groups of at four nights in Blackpool.
least 10 from £119 with breakfast, with a Christ- ■
http://agents.pontins.com
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