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Punta Negra Hotel looks out directly onto the sea front: a sandy white beach surrounded by high cliffs. The low level, typically Mediterranean architecture featuring spacious terraces, blends well into the beautiful natural surroundings. In the background you can admire the wondrous gulf with the view over the harbour and the historical centre of the charming, colourful Catalan town of Alghero. Service on the beach, weather conditions permitting, will be ensured from the 15th of June to the 15th of September.

The minimum 2 nights/stay includes Bed and Breakfast arrangement and the opportunity to use a New Fiat 500 (A/C + Radio CD) during all the stay with unlimited Km, SUPER CDW and SUPER TP.

THotel is one of the best hotels in Cagliari, south Sardinia. Recently a new SPA and Wellness Area have been opened: 6 hydromassage pathways in the large hydrotherapy pool, Turkish bath with starry sky, emotional showers, chromatherapy and aromatherapy and a vast choice of European and Oriental massages and face and body treatments provided using products from the COMFORT ZONE. The Fitness Centre proposes a cardiofitness programme with a treadmill, bike, elliptical, abdominal boards and I tonic, the innovative vibrating platform
THotel is promoting it with this attractive offer:

Rate is 199 euros for 2 persons and include:

One night accommodation in a Deluxe room
English breakfast
1 Acqua Journey Pathway for Him & Her
Wellness Dinner for two
Free Parking
*A special gift for V&S readers

Many other offers on the THotel site

the low-budget option is available to fly out of Kyiv to Katowice/Krakow - now one can get from Kyiv Boryspil International Airport (terminal B) to Katowice/Krakow for a 1 hour 45 min for as low as UAH 168 (around $30 one way; all taxes included). from Katowice/Krakow to Kyiv one can fly for as low as UAH 130.

this is a PROMO price offered by WIZZAIR. to get this lowest price, it's better to make a reservation (via internet) several weeks in advance.

the flight from Kyiv-Boryspil departs on 18:45 on T, Th, Sat., and arrives in Katowice/Krakow at 19:30.

the flight from Katowice/Krakow departs at 20:30 on T, Th, Sat., and arrives in Kyiv at 22:30.

finally, the low-budget option is available to fly out of Kyiv to London - to get from Kyiv Boryspil International Airport (terminal B) to London for a 1.5 hour for as low as UAH 268 (around $46 one way; all taxes included). from London to Kyiv one can fly for as low as 69 GBP.

this is a WEB price offered by WIZZAIR. to get this lowest price, it's better to make a reservation (via internet) several weeks in advance.

the flight from Kyiv-Boryspil departs on 18:30 on M, W, Fr, Su., and arrives in London (Luton) at 20:10 .

the flight from London (Luton) departs at 13:00 on M, W, Fr, Su., and arrives in Kyiv at 18:00

Once again, Sourbugger is offering a totally free walking tour to any VT member, just mention who you are !

Tours depart every Sunday at 4 Pm from the tourist information office in Galway City.

NB - CURRENTLY SUSPENDED UNTIL EASTER 2009

Salzburg, Munich, Athens, Stockholm, London, Rome & more! Accor Hotels is offering a Europe-wide sale on hotels. Hotels under Accor include Novotel, Mercure, Ibis and Suitehotel.

Sample prices are as follows:
Salzburg - from Euro 99
Vienna - from Euro 119
Antwerp - from Euro 75
Brugge - from Euro 85
Frankfurt - from Euro 49
Munich - from Euro 59
Athens - from Euro 105
Budapest - from Euro 52
Naples - from Euro 70
Rome - from Euro 125
Vilnius - from Euro 80
Luxembourg - from Euro 65
Groningen - from Euro 69
Rotterdam - from Euro 79
Cracow - from Euro 66
Olsztyn - from Euro 40
Lisbon - from Euro 60
Barcelona - from Euro 59
Madrid - from Euro 58
Malaga - from Euro 49
Valencia - from Euro 49
Goteborg - from Euro 45
Karlstad - from Euro 52
Stockholm - from Euro 59
Lausanne - from Euro 82
Zurich - from Euro 82
Banbury - from Euro 68
Glasgow - from Euro 86
London - from Euro 116
Nottingham - from Euro 73

Terms and conditions:
* Instant reservation, no cancellation, no change, subject to availability.
* Amount due will be debited to your account at completion of reservation process.
* Price shown is per room and per night.
* To book, select the hotel of your choice from the website below. "Hot deals" is displayed only if offer is available.
* The rate of exchange is given as an indication and is not binding. Only prices shown in the local currency of the country in which the hotel is located are guaranteed.
* Weekend prices are for nights of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
* Week prices are for nights of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Please visit the below website for terms and conditions.

Enjoy your stay!

Hurry & book! Las Vegas, Chicago, Portland & more! Great weekend deals for 2 nights hotel and 3-day car rental combinations from LastMinute.com!
Prices are based on double occupancy and include hotel, rental car, taxes and fees!

Sample prices include:
Las Vegas - $60 (April 30 - May 2)
Dallas, TX - $61 (May 2 - May 4)
Raleigh-Durham, NC - $63 (May 2 - May 4)
Detroit, MI - $63 (April 25 - April 27)
St. Louis, MO - $64 (May 2 - May 4)
Denver, CO - $64 (May 2 - May 4)
Houston, TX - $64 (May 2 - May 4)
Austin, TX - $65 (April 25 - April 27)
Orlando, FL - $66 (April 25 - April 27)
Chicago, IL - $68 (May 2 - May 4)
Portland, OR - $70 (May 2 - May 4)
Sand Diego, CA - $70 (April 26 - April 28)

Other cities include Washington, DC, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle and more!

Have a good trip!

Good Morning Ticket Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe
Enjoy a tranquil early-morning trip to the Jungfraujoch Top of Europe with the attractively-priced Good Morning Ticket. Valid on the first train from May to October, from November to April also valid on the second train. In the period from May to October the return journey from the Jungfraujoch must be started by the latest 12.30h. In the winter months the return journey can be made at any time on the same day.

The Good Morning Ticket includes a reduction for the Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch section. You pay the normal fares to Kleine Scheidegg. Holders of Half-fare Cards, Swiss Cards and Eurail, Swiss & Flexi Passes already enjoy a better reduction than the Good Morning Ticket and don't have to travel on the first two trains.
The price for the Good Morning Ticket from Interlaken Ost is CHF 153.80 (normal fare CHF 177.80), from Wilderswil it might be a bit less.

Explore stunning Inca ruins & the Amazon on a 9 day tour.

Visit the below website for full terms and conditions.
***Sponsored deal***

Virgin Trains have linked up with Stena Line and Irish Ferries to offer through tickets on connecting services from the UK to Dublin.

Travel from London Euston, Watford Junction or Milton Keynes to Holyhead for a connecting ferry to Dun Laoghaire (Stena) or Dublin Ferryport (Irish Ferries).

Child fares are half the adult fare.

Reservations are compulsory on the ferries and recommended on the trains.

Please note that the website includes a note that there is no foot passenger service on Stenna Line ferries until 13th February 2009.

Enjoy Bologna and one night at Europa Auditorium theatre! 4* Viale Masini Design hotel offers 2 days/1 night in Superior Room and 2 tickets for best places at your favourite show!
Offer details:

- 1 night in Superior Room including gran buffet breakfast
- 2 tickets (best places available) at Europa Auditorium theatre
- Free car parking
- Gourmet Dinner with wine, mineral water and coffee
- Bologna City Book Guide
- Limousine transfer from hotel to theatre and back

Price is 125.00 euros pp

(Events calendar at Europa theatre available on http://www.teatroeuropa.it/)

The Ellington hotel (Nürnberger Straße 50-55, 10789 Berlin) offers 2 nights/3 days in standard double rooms, breakfast buffet, champagne reception in the bar, exclusive 4-course menu and gift coupon for a speciality coffee or a glass of Prosecco to be redeemed either in the exclusive fashion department store Appelrath-Cüpper or in the Restaurant Mövenpick in the Europacenter.
Price is 185 euros per person

SkyEurope has a special short term offer making available One Million one way flights for 9 Euro inc of taxes but booking and baggage charges may apply.

Must be booked by Midnight 2nd November so hurry.

Travel in 2009 - flights from and to many European destinations

This is only available for departing from a German airport (it seems).
You can fly Lufthansa to most of the European capitals for less than 100 Euro roundtrip (plus taxes), if you are a bit flexible in your time.
Comparing this to Ryanair from Frankfurt Hahn, it is a simple calculation of saving time and money. Ryanair definitely has its offers, but still it is a 1,5 hour drive from Frankfurt Airport by bus for 15 Euro one way. Plus: Ryanair airports are often also a bit far away from desired destinations, so additional transport costs and time upon your arrival. And Ryanair charges for the luggage. Lufthansa does not.

Check the Lufthansa website as above, make sure you chose: "fare driven", "return" and then for flexibility "yes, +/- 3 days).
A pricetable pops up, which usually contains several days with prices of less than 100 Euro.
For example (from Frankfurt International):
in November: Rome for 88 Euro, Madrid for 99 Euro,
in December: Stockholm for 99 Euro,
etc.
I checked some cities; it seems that these low prices are mostly for flights to the capitals. It works however also for Toulouse in France, so check your desired destination.

For me this is definitely a good deal, and I look up this first before checking on Ryanair.

I did learn the price calculation in the meantime, and the flight itself does cost only 12 Euro = round trip.
Now compare this with a Ryanair flight, where the prices are given in oneway.
Lufthansa takes you to the capitals of Europe for 6 Euro oneway ! And you don't have to go to the Ryanair airport, which would be 1,5 hours off Frankfurt for 12 Euro bus ticket oneway).
The rest of the price is kerosene and taxes.

I have booked the following tickets with this low price:
Venice for 88 Euro return trip (for May 2007),
London for 88 Euro (summer 2008)
Bologna for 88 Euro (spring 2008)
Stockholm for 88 Euro (Christmas time 2005 and 2006).
And more to come for sure. I just love this deal!

Party weekend in Stockholm
Party all night long at Sweden's most famous nightclub, legendary Café Opera, and wake up in the peaceful and beautiful surroundings of Stallmästaregården. A perfect combination for all and everyone wishing get the most out of their Stockholm visit.
Our "Party weekend" offer includes free entrance to Café Opera, one night stay in a double room with our large breakfast buffet and Stallmästaregården's VIP package with a bottle of sparkling wine, fruits, chocolates and bath robes in your room. All this for only SEK 925 per person!

The offer is valid Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, all year upon availability.

Art & Treasures in Naples

THE OFFER INCLUDES

2 nights with upgrade in superior double room (upon availability)
Early check-in and late check-out
Welcome drink
Room service breakfast
Naples guide
"Campania Arte Card" for discounts with museums, archaeological sites and transports
Gift
A 3-course dinner in the UNA Restaurant (beverage excluded)

from 17/1/2007 to 31/12/2009
Rate from: 134.00 euros for 2 nights per person in double room
(IVA, American buffet breakfast incl.)

Additional 5%-10% discounts on all original rates on GAP Adventures, Contiki Tours, Trafalgar, Kamuka, Transat, Cosmos.... and more!

http://allseasons.org/contiki.html

Depart from Miami, Florida, stop off at Key West, Florida, then off to Cozumel, Mexico, where you spend a day, then back to Miami. 4 nights and 4 days on Carnival for as little as $149, and at certain times, you can get a suite for as little as $499, if you are interested in a fancy room!

5-day Honeymoon package at the Park Hotel
The package is inclusive of:
5 overnights
rich buffet breakfast
a bottle of sparkling wine and a fruit basket upon arrival
breakfast in your room on one day (no service charge)
complimentary upgrade to a suite (upon availability)
a candlelit dinner at the Rikli Restaurant
a romantic horse-drawn carriage ride around the lake
use of the thermal swimming pool at the Park Hotel
use of the thermal swimming pool complex at the Ziva Wellness Centre at the Golf Hotel
use of the saunas at the Golf Hotel
wellness services:
Romantic day at the Ziva Wellness Centre (Golf Hotel) ? shared rose petal bath and a glass of sparkling wine each, massage with aromatic oils for two
VAT and tourist tax

3.1. till 30.4.2009
1.11 till 26.12.2009

Bernerhof / Interlaken : Jungfrau-package autumn 2009
In this fascinating world of eternal ice and snow surrounded by majestic
mountain peaks, the Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe
at 11'333 ft. above sea level.


2 nights in a twin room

incl. breakfast-buffet

incl. rail excursion Interlaken - Jungfraujoch and return

October - December
CHF 320.-- per person

Day1:Meet and transfer to your hotel.
Day2:After breakfast,Visit pyramids and sphinx,Saqqarah,Imhotep museum,Memphis,Islamic Cairo(Khan-Khalili). Day3:After breakfast,Visit the Egyptian museum,Coptic Cairo,Citadel(Mohamed Ali mosque,Military museum,Police museum,Gawhara palace).
Day4:Trasfer to airport.

Taxes.

Choose your accommodation type:

Budget hotels Double 145$
Three and 4* hotels Double 195$
Luxury 5* hotels Double 215$

All transportations by small AC min-van to historical places/private car with your guide.

Entrance fees to all mentioned places.

The Hoxton Urban Lodge opened in September 2006. It's perfectly situated close to the City and the Old Street tube, and fitted with fabulous linen and flat screen TVs, sumptuous duck down duvets, Aveda bathroom products and free WiFi.
A Lite Pret breakfast bag is always included in the price of rooms, which rates start, periodically, from 1 pound!

http://www.hoxtonhotels.com/offers-1pound.php

5 night cruise with Carnival leaving from Tampa, Florida, stopping first at George Town, Grand Cayman, on to Cozumel, Mexico, then back to Tampa, Florida. Depending on the time period you travel, prices start at $279 for interior room, $349 ocean view, and a mere $699 for a suite! 3rd + passengers are $189 and up, depending on room.

"Musei per tutti (Museums for everyone)"

This project is aimed at making museums and exhibition spaces accessible to old and disabled people.

"Musei per tutti" offers free entrance for old and disabled people on Wednesdays and provides transport in mini-buses where necessary.

Guides are on hand to take the visitors around.

Booking required.

The locations
Musei Capitolini
Centrale Montemartini
Mercati di Traiano
Museo dei Fori Imperiali
Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi
Museo Napoleonico
Museo Carlo Bilotti
Museo di Roma in Trastevere
Musei di Villa Torlonia
Museo Civico di Zoologia

Further informations on link below, click 'events', then go to 'Off the beaten track' section:
http://www.romaturismo.it/v2/en/main.asp

One week of holiday
7 nights in a double room "Kunsthaus"

including

half board and all listed standard services
one of the meals is a 4-course set dinner including a selection of wines
sportprogramme in small groups

1x bottle of sparkling wine and fruit basket in the room

7 nights from euro 755,00 per person

Hotel Bernerhof : Ballenberg in autumn 2009
2 nights in the doubleroom
breakfastbuffet
& ticket for Ballenberg openair-museum of old farmhouses in Brienz
160 sfr p.p.
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Fast 100 orginale, jahrhundertealte Gebäude aus allen Landesteilen
der Schweiz machen die Vergangenheit auf dem Ballenberg
zum Erlebnis.

2 Nächte im Doppelzimmer

inkl. Frühstücksbuffett

Tageseintritt zum Ballenberg

October - December: CHF 160.-- pro Person

In this fascinating world of eternal ice and snow surrounded by majestic
mountain peaks, the Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe
at 11'333 ft. above sea level.


2 nights in a twin room

incl. breakfast-buffet

incl. rail excursion Interlaken - Jungfraujoch and return

October - December
CHF 320.-- per person

Day1:Meet and transfer to your hotel.
Day2:After breakfast,Visit pyramids and sphinx,Saqqarah,Imhotep museum,Memphis,Islamic Cairo(Khan-Khalili). Day3:After breakfast,Visit the Egyptian museum,Coptic Cairo,Citadel(Mohamed Ali mosque,Military museum,Police museum,Gawhara palace).Catch overnight train to Luxor.
Day4 :Arrive to Luxor and transfer to your hotel.Visit East bank of Luxor: Karnak temple,Luxor temple.
Day5 :Visit west bank of Luxor: Colossi of Memmnon,Valley of the kings,Valley of the queens,El-Dir El-Bahari and Hatshipsut temple and Alabaster factory.Catch 4*cruise.
Day6 :Arrive to Edfu city and visit Edfu temple.
Day7 :Arrive to Kom Ombo City and visit Kom Ombo temple.Arrive to Aswan city and overnight at hotel.
Day8 :Visit Abu-Simple temples,Philae temple,High Dam and Obelisk.Catch overnight train back to Cairo.
Day9 :Transfer to airport.

Taster weekend 5 Jan 2009 - 19 Dec 2009

Spend an enjoyable vacation at our hotel and let us pamper you with a culinary experience to remember!

1 night in a double room incl. regional breakfast buffet

4-course gourmet dinner, pear sparkling wine as an aperitive and cider tasting


from euro 69.00 per person

Megatrain is an offshoot of Stagecoach who run several rail & bus franchises in the UK and also have a large stake in the Virgin Trains company. On this website, they offer a limited number of very cheap seats, either by rail or bus.

Tickets start at £1 and I would suggest trying this site if you are travelling shorter distances in the UK. The London to Bournemouth fares look especially good.

eg - the cheapest I can get a ticket from Edinburgh to Carlisle is £9.50 and that's with a railcard whereas booking a few weeks in advance on here only costs £1!