SHORT HAUL

Self-catering breaks to the Canary Isles with Airtours Holidays include a week on Lanzarote with a flight from Exeter on September 11 for £224 and Tenerife for a week from September 16, flying from Bournemouth, for £204. 0870-241 5339

All-inclusive deals are on offer to Ibiza next month. Choose from a week at Coral Playa with Cosmos, available with Travelcare for £408, including a flight from Manchester on September 6, or a week at Club Med for £499, flying from Gatwick on September 7 and 21. 0870-150 0388/ 0845-367 6767

Families with pre-school age children can take advantage of campsite deals in France with Alan Rogers Travel Service. Prices for a week from September 6 are £399 near St Malo, Brittany, £409 in the Loire Valley and £409 for ten days in the Dordogne — and include a mobile home for five and a Channel crossing for car and passengers. 01892 559898

Cycling tours through the Loire Valley, stopping off at châteaux, stately homes and vineyards, are on offer next month with Belle France. They cost £479 with six nights’ half-board, luggage transfers and Channel crossing. 01892 559595

A restored farmhouse with a pool, five miles from San Gimignano, Tuscany and which sleeps eight, costs £200 for a week from September 20 with Igluvillas.com. Travel is extra. 020-8544 6477

An escorted tour of Egypt with a difference — taking in Alexandria, the Siwa Oasis and the old city of Shali — is available with the Imaginative Traveller. Fly from Heathrow on September 14 for a week and pay £653 with B&B and two dinners. 01473 667337

Long haul