Departure Lounge: Five travel deals, including a week of spring sunshine in Sorrento

Plus a city and ski break in Vilnius

Amalfi amore

Slip away to Sorrento from Shannon, and experience the Amalfi Coast bathed in spring sunshine. A week’s B&B in the smart four-star VHome Hotel in the picture-perfect clifftop town costs from €604pp, based on two adults flying April 11 for seven nights from Shannon Airport.

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Elevated expeditions cruises

St John’s, Newfoundland, one of the stops ona. luxury cruise

Swan Hellenic’s new Elevated Expeditions offer, gives guests the chance to save over £1,000pp (€1,115), on cruises booked by February 28, with onboard credit and complimentary wifi included on selected 2026–2027 cultural expedition sailings.

This luxury cruise sails from Halifax in Nova Scotia to Reykjavik, crossing the North Atlantic via eastern Canada and southern Greenland.

You’ll call at St John’s, Newfoundland, the French territory of Saint-Pierre, and several Greenlandic ports on the 11-night adventure, departing May 20. €7.019pp, based on two sharing an ocean-view stateroom. Flights extra.

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Belfast’s ‘Month of Love’

Belfast’s cool Room2 hometel

Throughout February, you can enjoy Belfast’s cool Room2 hometel, with its special ‘Month of Love’. The new Perfect Pairings experience allows guests curate their ideal stay by choosing two items from a selection of upgrade options: Prosecco, Islands Chocolate Buttons, and Atlas Dried Floral Bouquet. From February 9-15, there will also be an Atlas Flowers pop-up flower market, where guests will be able to purchase beautiful, dried bouquets, all in line with Room2’s sustainability commitments.

PerfectPaarings bundles. £20, available to book online now for February stays. Nightly start from £129.

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Sloping into Vilnius

Vilnius, Lithuania offers inner-city skiing, snowboarding, and skating.

Vilnius is a surprise destination for combining a city and ski break. Offering inner-city skiing, snowboarding, and skating.

One of the few capital cities with ski slopes within a 10-minute drive from the Old Town, they won’t rival the Alps, but the 2.6km of slopes at Liepkalnis make a fun add-on for skiing and snowboarding, including night skiing sessions, with one black, three red, four blue, and one green runs as wel as a ski park for tricks. Even closer to Vilnius’ s city centre is Vingis Park, with a cross-country skiing track and there is a lakeside skating rink in Trakai, a 34 minute train ride from the centre of Lithuania’s capital.

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Beach break

Soak up the sun in Magaluf

Looking for a bargain beachside break in April? Enjoy seven nights at the three-star HSM Sandalo Beach in Majorca’s Magaluf and soak up the sun in this lively Balearic resort.

Departing April 21 from Cork with Ryanair, accommodation is on a self-catering basis, €309.

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