Deal of the week:Put July 5th and 6th in your diary for the Ebookers sale for holidays this month. Three nights in Vienna will cost from €361pps, Barcelona from €364pps and Rome from €378pps. Five nights in Majorca from €588 in a five-star hotel, all packages include flights. Book on ebookers.ie.
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EXPLORE TWOareas of Italy on a trip with Joe Walsh Tours. Beginning with five days in Stresa and time to explore the Lake Maggiore region. The next six nights are in Loano on the Italian Riviera near Genoa, with tours of the region, and the last night in Nice. The price, from €1,374, includes flights, accommodation, tour leader and dinner on 11 nights, 01-2410800, joewalshtours.ie
CELEBRATE BASTILLE Dayin a luxurious stone-cut villa with private pool near Perpignan and the village of Durban Corbieres. Villa La Cascade has two weeks available on July 9th and 16th, sleeps six in three en suite bedrooms and has wi-fi, TV and a home entertainment system from €2,700 per week. Details from rentvillalanguedoc.com.
AIDA, LA TRAVIATA and La Clemenza di Titowill be on at the open-air theatres at Aix en Provence and Arles. Forget conventional lodgings and discover not only opera but also wine tasting, the white horses of the Camargue and the town of Martigues on a floating holiday. The MS Van Goghsails from Avignon to Orange from July 10th-17th and some places are reduced to £799pps (about €888) from £1,299pps (about €1,445), including flights from London. See Travelzest's VFB Holidays on 0044-8001712160 and travelzest.com.
WOODOVIS PARKon the border of Devon and Cornwall is the ideal place from which to explore Dartmoor, the Eden Project and the West Country's lovely beaches. Save over £200 on a week in a self-catering holiday home in July if you travel before July 9th, with prices from £379 (about €420) for six. Or travel after July 15th for discounts of up to £100 and prices are from £489 (about €543) for up to six. Details from woodovis.com
ENJOY THEshopping in Kuala Lumpur on your way to Bali with this great offer from Discover Travel. Stay two nights in the Shangri La Hotel in KL and a week in the Hyatt Bali from €,1,490pps, 1850-200544, discovertravel.ie.
TOURAMERICA IScelebrating July 4th on Monday with a sale on US holidays. A week in Orlando in August from €649pps and two weeks in September from €799pps, 01-8173500 and touramerica.ie
THE USITseat sale is on until July 15th with deals to places such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, Doha from around €700 for travel between November and March 2012, 01-6021600 and usit.ie
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IT IS FESTIVALmonth in Galway and one of the most awaited plays during the Arts Festival is Enda Walsh's Misterman, starring Cillian Murphy. Stay in the Meyrick Hotel for two nights with dinner one evening and tickets for the play from €187.50pps between July 13th and 24th. Packages also available for Love, Love, Love, July 12th-16th for €182pps, 091-564041 and hotelmeyrick.ie
FOR RACE WEEKthe G Hotel is celebrating with live entertainment every night and special cocktails. Two nights' B&B with dinner one evening from €245pps, 091-865200, theghotel.ie
FITZGERALD'S WOODLANDSHouse Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick loves families and has some great offers for the summer. Stay from Sunday to Friday for €199pps for adults with dinner one evening and children at €10 per day, 01-2958900, irishcountryhotels.com
TANTALISE YOURtaste buds on a visit to the city with dinner in Thorntons and a stay in the five-star Fitzwilliam Hotel. Until the end of August one overnight with a three-course tasting menu and breakfast, parking and wi-fi costs from €159pps, 01-4787000, fitzwilliamhoteldublin.com
IT IS ROSE WEEKin Belfast from July 13th-18th in the grounds of Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, one of the country's best rose gardens. Enjoy workshops, demos and the spectacle of thousands of roses. Two nights' B&B in the Ramada Hotel with one dinner will cost from £95pps (about €106), 1850-230230
DUNDRUM HOUSEHotel opened the Lady Clementina restaurant last month, from which you can enjoy the views of the countryside. Family stays during the summer are from €129 per night and self-catering on the grounds with the use of the hotel's leisure facilities from €61 per night, 060-71116 and dundrumhousehotel.com
