REAL GREEK Go back
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Lake Como
Maligne Lake in Jasper National Parl, Alberta
CANADA NIAGARA FALLS TO THE ROCKIES 14 days from £3,039pp Departures September 2025—November 2027
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DISCOVER THE STUNNING LAKES AND GARDENS OF NORTHERN ITALY Eight days from £1,795pp Departing 19 Oct 2025 and 20 April 2026 Enjoy this no-fly tour that includes excursions to the region’s most famous lakes and gardens, and fashionable Milan. Board Eurostar and travel to Northern Italy’s lakeside paradise. Your base for seven nights will be Hotel Giardinetto, in the foothills of the Alps, on beautiful Lake Orta. You’ll have three full days to explore this largely undiscovered gem at your own pace. Visit charming Stresa on Lake Maggiore’s western shore, known for its stunning villas and gardens, and Lake Como, with a trip to Villa Carlotta, the only historic villa on the lake that offers public access. You’ll also cross the border into Switzerland twice and visit Milan, where you can enjoy some retail therapy. To book or for more information, call 03301 626 610
◼ Glittering Vancouver, which is often cited as the best place in the world to live ◼ An internal flight from Montréal to Calgary ◼ Comfortable, air-conditioned coach travel and transfers throughout ◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager
PRICE INCLUDES ◼ Return flights to Toronto (returning from Vancouver) ◼ 12 nights’ room-only accommodation at a series of good-quality hotels in Toronto (3 nights), Montreal (2), Banff (2), Jasper
(1), Sun Peaks (1) and Vancouver (3) ◼ Gaze in awe at tumultuous Niagara Falls ◼ Explore Banff, the capital of the Rockies ◼ Enjoy Unesco-listed Québec City ◼ Journey via Lake Louise and the Icefields Parkway to Jasper
The canals of Bangkok
See South African wildlife up close
or visit radiotimes.tripsmiths.com/italy Price is per person, based on two sharing on an October 2025 departure, includes savings, subject to availability. Single supplement £270. Deposit 30%. For full terms and conditions, please see our website.
Nymans Garden
BEST VALUE BEACH HOLIDAY GREECE OK, so it’s not exactly a secret little country that no one else has discovered yet. But the strange thing
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is that bits of Greece still feel like that — if you go just out of season, at least. The country has such an infinitude of cove-crinkled coastline — and, obviously, an odyssey’s-worth of beach-bound islands — that you can easily find your own quiet slice, and all that competition keeps prices down. Look for the bits “in between” the big hitters: the sleepy Peloponnese, for instance, rural Crete, or those mini islands-off-the- main-islands such as Folegandros and Paxos. Of course, things can be slightly pricier away from that beaten track, but you’ll get the Greece that existed before mass tourism — and spending a few extra Euros on that represents excellent value for money. Try Kefalonia, for example: go after the school summer holidays but before flights stop in mid-October, and you’ll find £50 airfares, £90-a-night rooms, £20 car hire and some of the best beaches in Europe — where the water is still blissfully warm! — almost to yourself.
Highlights and inclusions ◼ Nine nights’ bed and breakfast accommodation at hotels in Hermanus (1), Albertinia (2), Mossel Bay (2), Stellenbosch (1) and Cape Town (3 nights), plus two nights on the aircraft ◼ Guided tour of Cape Town ◼ Four safari game drives at Garden Route Game Lodge ◼ Visit to Stony Point Penguin Colony or Boulders Beach ◼ Visit to Cango Caves with guided heritage tour ◼ Featherbed Eco Experience and visit Ostrich Show Farm ◼ Visit to Franschhoek with wine tasting ◼ Guided walk of Stellenbosch ◼ Visit to Table Mountain including return cable car ticket ◼ Visit to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden ◼ Return flights to Cape Town ◼ Air-conditioned coach travel and transfers throughout ◼ Fully escorted by an experienced tour manager CAPE TOWN, THE GARDEN ROUTE AND BIG FIVE SAFARI 12 days from £3,090pp Departures Sept 2025—Nov 2027
Highlights and inclusions ◼ 12 nights’ room-only accommodation at a series of good-quality hotels in Bangkok (3 nights), Battambang (1), Siem Reap (3), Phnom Penh (1) Chau Doc (1) Can Tho (1) and Ho Chi Minh City (2) ◼ Explore Bangkok’s Buddhas, palaces and monuments ◼ A visit to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) ◼ A visit to the floating markets at Damnoen Saduak and Cai Rang ◼ Journey along the Mekong River by passenger boat ◼ A chance to see the infamous Cu Chi tunnel complex, a former Viet Cong hideaway ◼ Two full days at Siem Reap, including a visit to the temples at Angkor Wat ◼ Return flights to Bangkok (returning from Ho Chi Minh City) ◼ Air-conditioned coach and boat travel and transfers ◼ Fully escorted by a experienced tour manager FOLLOW THE MEKONG — THAILAND, CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM 15 days from £2,660pp Departures Sept 2025—Nov 2027
Enjoy exclusive access, expert insights and hand-picked gardens on this premium five-day tour with Brightwater Holidays. Explore Nymans Garden, which offers outstanding plants in a theatrical setting and is twinned with the Sussex Prairie Garden, reminiscent of the work of the Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf. You’ll also visit Sissinghurst, surely the most-copied flower garden in the world, and Great Dixter. A stroll around the gardens of Scotney Castle and a special visit to RHS Garden Wisley round off a perfect tour for any horticultural enthusiast. Your tour includes dinner, bed and breakfast at the four-star Donnington Manor Hotel, services of an expert Tour Manager, comfortable coach travel throughout and all visits. DISCOVER THE GLORIOUS GARDENSOF KENT AND SUSSEX Five days from £995pp . Departing 15 August 2025 To book, please visit radiotimes.com/holidayoffers or call 01334 804709 quoting RTKENT Price per person based on two sharing. Single supplement applies. Save 10% off the quoted price when you book before 30 June 2025. This offer can be withdrawn at any time. Subject to availability. Brightwater Holidays is part of Specialist Journeys, ABTA Y6300.
To book, or request a brochure, call 0330 341 1117 quoting RTA, or visit radiotimes.com/holidayoffers
QUIET LIFE Hide from the crowds in Paxos
* Save up to 15% applies to new bookings on selected tours made by 31 July 2025 and cannot be applied retrospectively to bookings already confirmed. This offer does not apply to holidays with late availability pricing and excludes Premier Collection, Exclusively Solos, André Rieu events, Lapland, Wimbledon, Tattoo, Ocean Cruise and River Cruise. This offer does not apply to child pricing. This offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other discount, promotion, or concession. When booking a holiday as described above, prices shown will automatically have the discount applied. This offer does not apply to child pricing. Prices correct at time of going to press. Single supplements apply. Subject to availability and may be withdrawn at any time. Newmarket Holidays reserves the right to cancel, change or amend any tour. These holidays are organised and operated by Newmarket Holidays Ltd. ABTOT 5509. ATOL protected 2325. ABTA V7812.
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