South Africa in the frame

CORK-BASED tour operator Travel Focus is running a South African tour for photographic enthusiasts, starting on August 30.

The tour includes workshops with some of South Africa’s leading photography experts and an opportunity to capture images in several regions of the country.

For full details, see www.travelfocus.ie/southafricaphototour, tel [phone] or email [e-mail].

ABBEY Travel has put on extra city break availability to Istanbul after a big response to its decision to include it as a destination.

With direct flights ex-Dublin with Turkish Airlines, starting price in the three-star hotel Marble is €289 per person sharing, plus taxes, for three nights, Thursday-Sunday, available until June 12.

See www.abbeytravel.ie or tel [phone].

SUNWAY River Cruising has announced a new itinerary taking in Spain and Portugal, through the Douro River Valley aboard the MS Amadouro, the newest ship on the route.

There is a specially reduced price of €1,899 per person for a flight, land and cruise package, including all taxes and charges, on the August 27 departure.

This is a saving of €515 on the regular price.

See www.sunway.ie/rivercruise or to request a copy of the Sunway River Cruising 2008 brochure, tel [phone].

DIRECT Holidays continue to offer summer specials out of Cork Airport; and have lined up two and three bedroom apartments in a number of overseas resorts to cater for larger families.

The company offers deals out of Cork for €294 per person, including all taxes, departing on June 7 to Tunisia with accommodation at the Hotel Golf Residence in Port El Kantaoui.

To book any holiday with the company, tel [phone] or www.directholidays.ie.

FAMILY trips to Orlando no longer break the bank. 1800hotels.ie is offering hotels for a family of four (two adults and two children) from €309 per person for seven nights in July.

Freephone 1800 468357 quoting “Orlando fantastic family holidays” or see www.1800hotels.ie.

THE Northern Ireland Tourist Board has always been proactive in wooing folk over the border and is now highlighting some of the garden delights available to green-fingered tourists.

In Belfast, for example, the beautiful Botanic Gardens has an extensive rose garden, long herbaceous borders, a collection of tropical plants and mature trees, including rare oak trees planted in the 1880s.

For your guide to Northern Ireland’s Gardens, tel [phone] or log on to www.discovernorthernireland.com.