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GazetteTTRAVEL FastTravel Spoilt for choice this Bank Holiday Start planning your October Bank Holiday weekend away now GoHop.ie have some hot offers to the following destinations: Iceland from €617
Includes: Return direct flights from Dublin to Iceland, 4 nights in 4* Loftleider hotel on B&B basis, return airport transfers and taxes as well as an experienced tour leader. www.gohop.ie/3330/Cheap-Holidays/IcelandAutumn-Breaks/holiday.html Tunisia from €649 pps
Includes: Return flights with in-flight meal and 20kg baggage allowance, 7 nights in a 5* hotel on a B&B basis, transfers and rep service. www.gohop.ie/3165/Cheap-Holidays/TunisiaLuxury-For-Less/holiday.html New York from €799pps
Includes: Return direct flights from Dublin to NYC, airline taxes, hotel accommodation based on 2 sharing on a room-only basis. www.gohop.ie/3429/American-Holidays/NewYork-Winter-Autumn-Breaks/holiday.html Offers are subject to availability.
GoHop.ie offers the lowest airfares on all airlines out of Ireland. GoHop.ie is fully bonded and licensed with the IATA. For more information visit www.gohop.ie
Book your winter ski holiday with Crystal Ski for great deals €100 off all bookings: applicable for all new package bookings made with minimum of two sharing for all departure dates except December 31, 2011 / February 11 / March 31, 2012. Discount is per booking and not per person. €200 off “double discount for Christmas”: Make a new booking to any Ski destination for departure on the December 24 and avail of €200 off the total price of your booking 2 for 1 lift Pass in Andorra: Valid for all new bookings to Andorra, selected properties only travelling 2nd - 22nd January, 2012 Buy 1 lift pass AND get one half price at Val D’Isere & Tignes: valid for all new bookings with departure of January 21/ March 17 and 24, 2012 to Val d’Isere and for departures to Tignes December 17, 2011 / January 14 and 21/ March 17 and 24, 2012. Offers shown are applicable for new bookings only. Terms and conditions apply. Limited availability. For more details, call 01 4331080 or visit www.crystalski.ie.
COME hail, rain or shine this Bank Holiday weekend, there is an abundance of festivals and events taking place all over the country. The only problem is deciding which ones to go to! For full details, listings and amazing offers on accommodation, visit www.discoverireland. ie, but, for now, here are some of our favourites to get you started. Sligo Live is back with a bang this year with a stellar line-up of live music over six days (October 26–31), all located in warm, intimate venues dotted around the beautiful town of Sligo. Visitors will be treated to performances from living legend Elvis Costello and BRIT award-winner, KT Tunstall. Support acts come in the form of Scottish band Admiral Follow, upbeat reggae stars – Barley Mob, Hayseed Dixie
and the beautiful Rachel Semanni and Band. Treat yourself to a cultural feast in Wexford, with two of Ireland’s finest festivals. The Wexford Fringe Festival and Opera Festival (October 20– November 6) transform the town into a melting pot of cultural delights with a heady mix of exhibitions, music, dance, theatre, tours, markets, fairs and sports as well as superb opera concerts and recitals.
Jazz Jazz things up a bit with a visit to Cork for the annual Guinness Cork Jazz Festival and let yourself loose at any of over 90 pubs, clubs and hotels that play host to non–stop music, master classes and fringe events. With over 90% of the entertainment being free, there really is no excuse not to get involved! Make a meal out of it
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Colourful performances at the Virginia Pumpkin festival (left), and Cork gets in the
at the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival (October 27–31). Indulge at the free open-air food market on the plaza and a design yard where only the best in local produce
will be found. While you’re there, rediscover your childhood (and your competitive streak!) at the Irish Conker Championship (October 30). Blow those cobwebs
away with a walking weekend in some of the most beautiful scenery that Ireland has to offer. The Westport October Bank Holiday Walking Weekend takes in the
It’s ferry travel, but not as we know it! Stena Line
Passengers will soon be able to relax at Stena Line’s Nordic Spa
IT’S ferry travel, but not as we know it. Stena Line has just confirmed that its two new Superfast vessels, which will be introduced on the company’s new Cairnryan to Belfast route in November, will have a Nordic Spa on board to offer passengers a totally unique travel experience. Stena Superfast VII and Superfast VIII will be the largest ferries ever to sail between Scotland and Northern Ireland and are currently undergoing extensive upgrades in Poland by specialist cruise ship outfitters.
When complete the ships will be the first on the Irish Sea to offer passengers the opportunity to relax and indulge in a Pure Nordic Spa during the two-hour, 15-minute crossing. The spa will contain a sauna and jacuzzi which will be exclusively available to Stena Plus and Premium fare passengers. “We have established a reputation for providing a very high level of customer service so the prospect of offering our customers the opportunity to unwind in a Pure Nordic Spa at sea has