British Isles

Golf addicts inspired by this weekend's Ryder Cup matches can try out the course designed specifically for the 2010 challenge. Places are still available for a three-night break from September 26-28 at the five-star Celtic Manor Resort in the Usk Valley, South Wales, where guests can play a round on the new Twenty Ten course. The package also includes a round on one of the resort's other two championship courses, breakfast and use of the health club. The price is £470, or £368 if one of the two sharing is a non-golfer. 01633 410262

If Strictly Come Dancing is more your style, take your partner for a twirl at Kilworth House, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Enjoy an afternoon tea dance in the ornate Victorian orangery of the Grade II listed country mansion on September 25, then stay overnight. Dinner and breakfast are also included in the price of £123. Pride of Britain Hotels, 0800 0893929

Fans of The Tudors TV series can stay for £55 a night in a hotel once owned by Henry VIII, who gave it first to Anne of Cleves, then to Catherine Parr. The rate at The Bear in Hungerford, Berkshire, now a boutique hotel, applies on Friday to Sunday nights next month, including full English breakfast and use of a leisure club across the road. 01488 682512

Four nights for the price of three are on offer at the Green Acres country hotel in St Martin, Guernsey, from £229, B&B, next month. This includes flights from Gatwick, free parking at the airport and car hire during your stay. The hotel is about a mile from St Peter Port. Book through jerseyandguernsey.com , 0845 2303240

Catch the action at the White Air Extreme Sports Festival on the Isle of Wight this weekend. Visitors booking a three-night break at the four-star Savoy holiday village, Yarmouth, during the festival get a fourth night free. Cottages cost from £305, or £77 based on four sharing, and the deal, which runs until the end of the month, also includes return ferry crossings with a car. 01983 760355

The Isle of Wight will also be the scene of extremely spooky goings-on during a Halloween-themed week for children aged 7 to 17 at Camp Beaumont's adventure holiday centre in Bembridge. Parents booking one child for the fun and games from October 18-25 can send a second child for £1. The full price is £395 or £245 for a single child, with all meals. Other activities range from abseiling and archery to caving. 01603 660333

Short haul

Go foraging in France during a two-night break for £192 at the elegant Le Manoir du Lys, a Relais du Silence hotel on the edge of the Andaine Forest in Normandy. Guests have the chance to go mushroom hunting with the Michelin-starred head chef and learn how to cook their bounty. The price is for next month and includes half board and Channel crossings for one car. A supplement for mushroom picking is payable locally. VFB Holidays, 01452 716842

Families can help to harvest olives, chestnuts and mushrooms next month on a week-long holiday at a working farm set in ancient olive groves overlooking the Orcia Valley in Tuscany. Apartments in restored stone buildings at Le Casacce are available at a 20 per cent discount. One-bedroom apartments sleeping up to four cost from £455 and two-bedroom properties, sleeping up to six, from £735. Guests can walk or ride mountain bikes or horses through the meadows and woodland, visit the nearby wine town of Montalcino, or spend their holiday cash at the nearby Gucci and Valentino fashion outlets. Flights are not included - the nearest airports are Florence of Pisa. www.directTuscany.com

Save £450 on a seven-night stay at the Almyra boutique hotel within walking distance of the harbour at Fiscardo on the Greek island of Cephalonia. The price for departures on October 4 with Exclusive Escapes is £400 including B&B, return flights through Heathrow or Manchester and use of the hotel's mountain bikes. Guests can also walk to sandy Emblissi beach. 020-8605 3500.

A ten-night holiday on the Cape Verde island of Sal costs from £789 for departures from Gatwick on October 24. The deal on offer from the Cape Verde Experience, includes B&B at the Hotel Pontao, close to the centre of Santa Maria, and return flights from Gatwick. Travellers prepared to find their own flight can stay on a room-only basis from £288. 0845 3302071

Discounts on hotels in some of Europe's popular historic cities are on offer through Laterooms.com. A double room in a four-star hotel in Budapest, for example, costs from £97 a night, saving up to £100, in Athens from £90, saving up to £81, and in Avignon from £118, saving up to £51. www.laterooms.com

Long haul

Book before September 30 to save £100 on a five-night break in Oman next month with Mosaic Holidays. It offers a choice of five-star hotels and flights from either Heathrow or Gatwick. Prices after the discount start at £699, B&B, when staying at the beachside Shangri-La Al Waha hotel. The hotel is built in traditional Arabian style around a freeform swimming pool and has a fitness centre, kids' club and pool as well as a spa. 020-8574 4000

An all-inclusive seven-night holiday near Cancun, Mexico, costs £749 for departures on September 28, including return flights from Gatwick. Accommodation is at the four diamond-rated Caracol Beach Resort and Spa at Playa del Carmen. Monarch Holidays, 0871 4238642

All prices are per person and based on two sharing a room unless stated otherwise

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