Spotlight on Lanzarote

LANZAROTE, the number one holiday hot spot with Irish clients for the past eight years, is the focus of Topflight’s easy-on-the-pocket summer deals, with prices starting from €359 inclusive on Cork or Dublin departures.

The wholly-owned Irish company also offers family deals for a departure from Dublin tomorrow; at the Bitacora Lanzarote Club, a family of two adults and two kids stay for seven nights self catering for €1,829. A July 10 departure from Cork with accommodation at the three star Fariones Apartments comes in at €2,259 for a similar sized group. Ring 01 2401700, visit www.topflight.ie or check with any local travel agent for more details.

THE organisers of the Kilkee Maritime Festival could hardly have chosen a more suitable guest of honour than rowing legend Sean McGowan, who became the first Irishman to row solo across the Atlantic earlier this year.