British Isles

The fishing village of Mousehole in Cornwall is as typical of the county as Cornish granite and Cornish cream, with cottages clustered around a small harbour, a sandy beach and rugged coast with a swimming pool in the rocks. Cornish Traditional Cottages has a former fisherman's workshop close to the water's edge and a modernised cottage on three levels 50m from the harbour for a week from June 6/7 and 13/14. Both sleep up to four and cost from £380 a week. 01208 821666

Shanklin on the Isle of Wight is a typical English resort, with a sandy beach and promenade backed by bars and shops. Above them is Luccombe Hall, built as a bishop's summer palace and now a smart hotel with an indoor and outdoor pool, gym, sauna and squash court. From June 6 to July 17, two-night breaks with B&B, five-course dinner and ferry crossings from Portsmouth or Lymington cost £169 with Wightlink. 0871 3761000

Ockenden Manor in Cuckfield, West Sussex, fits the image of an English country house hotel, dating from Elizabethan times and with views of the South Downs. A Pride of Britain Hotel, it has two-night garden breaks in June for £228 with B&B, dinner in the Michelin-star restaurant, a bottle of champagne and entry to Wakehurst Place and Borde Hill Gardens, complete with picnic lunches. 0800 0893929

Here's a Father's Day offer that many mothers will be glad to fund: enjoy B&B on June 15 at the Ickworth hotel and apartments, Suffolk, and Dad and a child can spend a few hours in the Victorian kitchen cooking with the chef. The deal costs from £220 for a couple, with children sharing the room staying for free. 01284 735350

Available for rent for a week from June 14, 21 and 28 is the West Wing, not in the White House, but in West Wales. The ground-floor flat for two in 15th-century Boulston Manor on the banks of the Cleddau Estuary costs £359 a week with Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire. Meals can be provided. 01437 772760

It is too late for the Loch Fyne food and drink fair in Argyll but oysters and other delicacies will still be available on a week's holiday from June 7. Ecosse Unique has a Victorian house for five, with a conservatory and games room, on the shores of the loch - and with views to the Mull of Kintyre - for £395, a £140 saving. 01835 822277

Short haul

This is the week to book good deals to Egypt. Peltours offers half-board for a week throughout June at Marriott Beach, the five-star resort at Taba Heights, from £449 for adults and £389 for children, with flights from Gatwick or Manchester. The hotel has a private beach and easy access to watersports and golf. 020-8371 5200

The choice with Discover Egypt includes a week's half-board at the four-star Mercure hotel, a short walk from Luxor Temple, B&B for a week at the five-star Maritim Jolie Ville, south of the city on Crocodile Island, and a week's Nile cruise with full board and excursions. All are available throughout June, with Monday flights from Gatwick. Prices start at £289 for the hotel deals and at £499 for a cruise. 0844 8800461

Scuba diving above the coral reefs of the Red Sea, or enjoying the pools, tennis courts and watersports of the Creative Mexicana hotel, are among the options on a holiday in Sharm el-Sheikh. Regaldive offers a week's B&B from Sunday or June 8 at £419, with flights from Gatwick. Three-day dive packages are £80. 01353 659999

Walking in the Peloponnese is the activity offered by Walks Worldwide. The company has a choice of treks in the Mani peninsula, through olive groves, along a pilgrim route, around sandy coves or up into the mountains, from a guesthouse base in the coastal village of Kardamili. A week in June, with most meals and wine, walking notes and maps, costs £595. Flights extra but transfers from Kalamata airport included. 01524 242000

A week's half-board at the four-star Islantilla Golf Resort, across the border from Portugal on the Costa de la Luz, Spain, is on offer with Sovereign Holidays from £495. Flights on June 27 from Gatwick or Birmingham are included. 0871 2006677

Ports of call on a week's discounted Mediterranean voyage available with Iglucruise.com include Salerno for the Amalfi Coast, Taormina for the resort and Mount Etna, plus Valetta and Tunis - and the chance to visit Florence and Pisa at the beginning or end of the cruise. Price: £399, with flight from UK on June 29. 020-8544 6447

Long haul

Book by Saturday to snap up this late deal with Destinology: five nights' B&B at the Al Waha hotel, Oman, from £599 with flights from Heathrow on selected dates in June. The hotel is the largest of the three at the Shangri La Barr Al Jissah resort in a private bay beyond Muscat. 0800 0722227

A week on Grenada is on offer from £495 with flights from Gatwick on Sunday or June 5 or 8. The deal with Just Grenada includes B&B at the True Blue Bay Resort, overlooking the Caribbean Sea with two pools and a range of watersports.
01373 814214

The choice of three-star all-inclusive holidays for a week with Thomson includes hotels in Sosua, Dominican Republic, flying from Manchester on June 4, and Playacar, Mexico, with a flight from Newcastle on June 9. Prices start at £579. 0870 1604529

All prices are per person and based on two travelling together and sharing a room, unless stated otherwise.