I’m glad that’s all over – the Post-Leaving Cert holidays.
By the time it got to my two the destinations had changed.., it was Lisbon and Amsterdam.
For me and my buddies it was camping in the French Riviera. And, no, of course it wasn’t Cannes.
But St Raphael.
And yes, I’ve had to add that to the list of places I’m banned from.
Castle Douglas, the Lowenbrau and Hofbrau Huis in Munich, Kirchberg in Austria and a hotel in Interlaken, Switzerland spring to mind.
Of course your guys will have booked their richly-deserved hols by now.
But this just gives me the chance to flag up the French Riviera.
Which doesn’t have to cost you un bras et une jambe.
I found seven nights with Click&Go http://www.clickandgo.com for the sample date of September 15 staying at the Appart City Nice Acropolis Aparthotel including Ryanair flights for €933.04.
I upgraded from a camp site when I went to Cannes…. https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/the-boat-dazur/.
Greece and Gozo
Of course when we get older and wiser (well, at least one of us) we fall in love and get married.
In Malta (engagement) and Corfu (honeymoon).
Now in the words of Chris Tarrant, I don’t want to give you that… I want to give you this – Gozo and Halkidiki.
You’re very welcome.
Sunway http://www.sunway.ie is flagging up the less busy north of Greece as opposed to the south.
And has these deals all per person for seven nights in Halkidiki and including flights.
€399 – Alkion Hotel Room only, €445 – Lily Ann Village Half Board, €635 – Theophano Imperial Palace All Inclusive.
And Gozo, billed as how Malta used to be, although Malta as it is isn’t half bad…
Try €285 Calypso Hotel Bed & Breakfast – 4 nights, €369 Calypso Hotel Bed & Breakfast – 7 nights.
And let me give you a flavour of Gozo and Malta https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/malta-easer/.
Mid-term Spain breaks
And family mid-term breaks too are a thing of the past…
I’m in danger of getting nostalgic here but that quickly passes as I remember the Son and Heir ordering a T-bone steak in Majorca as a kid.
And only eating the chips!
But that’s only because I didn’t have this parenting lark sussed out, and I know you do.
TUI http://www.tuiholidays.ie have Dublin to Gran Canaria, seven nights’ self-catering, staying at the 2*+ Jardin Alantico, Playa Del Ingles for a family 2+1 from €1,599 on October 24.
And on the same date, Dublin to Gran Canaria, seven nights’ all-inclusive at the 3* Marina Elite Resort, Balito Beach, 3*, family 2+1 from €2,479 and family 2+2 from €3,079
The Deep South
Cities take on a magical quality when you hear them in a pop song.
Unless it’s ‘I was sick and tired of everything when I called you last night from Glasgow.’
Sure Abba might have ‘wished it was the last show’ but Moscow rhymes too.
When I realised a lifelong dream to visit Memphis I just had to reenact every line from the Mark Cohn song in Insta.
I’m not sure though if it did the trick and my friends ‘could really feel the way I feel’.
Luxury Gold www.luxuryvacations.com does, and has a nine-day odyssey, Southern Grace, from Nashville through Memphis to New Orleans on September 27.
So you’ll be musicked out by the end of it all with Country, Elvis, Rock’n’Roll, Blues and Jazz all on the menu.
Luxury Gold offers a saving of €355 per person if booked before August 31. Was €3,525, now €3,170.
The Deep South is everything I thought it would be, and more, and I am drawn to it like a magnet.
Which is why I’m sharing my series The Three Kings on Dr Martin Luther King, BB King and Elvis here… https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/the-promised-land-martin-luther-king/ https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/the-story-of-the-blues/https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/elvispresley-the-king-of-kings/.
A blooming Rose
She’s 60 this year… and doesn’t she look good on it?
No, not The Scary One, but The Rose of Tralee… quickly adding my devotion to my Rose of Kintbury.
So you’ll want to be there, right, for the festival from August 23-27.
The Rose Hotel offers one, two, or three-nigh breaks.
With prices from €220pps.
And you’ll likely rub shoulders with a Rose, with nightly entertainment from 9pm at Dott’s Bar.
Visit www.therosehotel.com.
