Take a break together: 10 tremendous couples' getaways for 2024
A breaching humpback whale, Frederick Sound, Alaska.
Explore Canada and Alaska by land, sea, and air. From beautiful Banff, Jasper, and Vancouver to a week aboard the Celebrity Solstice for your Alaskan cruise, this is one unforgettable trip.
- €5,752, 11 nights accommodation plus 7-night Celebrity Cruise and 9-day car hire from Dublin, with TravelCounsellors.ie
Enjoy Tenerife with the ease of a fully guided holiday that will help you get the most from this sun-kissed Canary Island. Based in Puerto de la Cruz, with its volcanic-sand beaches, you’ll be taken to all of the island’s most beautiful attractions.
- €749, with 7-nights 3-star accommodation, full board, transfers and flights from Dublin with traveldepartment.com

Steal away to the tropical island of Sirru Fen Fushi where your Beach Sunrise Villa with 14m private plunge pool awaits at Fairmont Maldives. Set amongst lush foliage, you’re steps from the Indian Ocean’s coral beach and house reef with resident turtles.
- €5,491, September 9-17 from Dublin with emiratesholidays.com
Join Andrea Bocelli as he celebrates his illustrious 30-year career with a performance in his home town of Florence in the heart of Tuscany. The special concert fits into a week of culture with tours of Florence, Lucca and Pisa. Pure magic!
- €2,099, July 15-22 from Dublin, with topflight.ie
For a rosy outlook on life, book a trip to the fragrant and fabulous RHS Chelsea Flower Show and enjoy a day wandering around the impressive gardens.
- €683 including a day ticket, 2 nights accommodation, from Cork, Dublin or Shannon, May 2024 with shandontravel.ie

Discover the energy of San Francisco and all its attractions from the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, to its thriving food scene, arts and culture and world-class museums and galleries. Stay in the heart of the action just off Union Square.
- €1,079, 5 nights at The Pickwick San Francisco, September 21-26 from Dublin, with touramerica.ie
Join the White Lotus set-jetters and make for romantic Sicily where the food, wine, scenery and style is superb.
- €480 at the 4-star Ethna Hotel, Catania May 17-23 from Dublin, with loveholidays.ie
Explore two countries on the one trip taking in Amsterdam and Prague. The European Sleeper is extending its route to Prague from the end of March, and means you snooze while on the move saving time and money.
Seats €59 one way, couchette from €89, private compartment from €169, with europeansleeper.eu
Leave tradition behind and spend Christmas bobbing around the Caribbean aboard the MSC Seascape. Sail from Miami stopping off at the Bahamas, Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Mexico. Less turkey sambos and more jerk chicken, we say!
- €1,339, December 21-28, excluding flights, with shandontravel.ie
Two Thai islands in one trip offers the perfect beach holiday in sunny southeast Asia. Add in the warm local welcome, fantastic cuisine and clear waters and this Phuket and Koh Samui stay will be a two-week thrill.
- €2,849, 5-star Phuket resort and 4-star beach resorts B&B, from Dublin with trailfinders.ie
