British Isles

Autumn colours are probably the best feature of the approaching season and they are at their most dazzling in the woods and on the hills of the Cotswolds. Three inns in the region, all part of the Hatton Collection, offer two-night breaks for the next couple of months for £80, including dinner, B&B and champagne. Select from the Snooty Fox in Tetbury and close to Westonbirt Arboretum, the White Hart in Winchcombe and Hatton Court, between Gloucester and Painswick. 01452 617412

Catch the colours on a week's self-drive holiday through Scotland, arranged by McKinlay Kidd. The route heads through Perthshire, the “Big Tree Country”, the Cairngorms, West Highlands and the Trossachs with B&B at four small hotels, including an 18th-century drovers' inn and lochside retreat. The trip costs from £398 this month, with a personalised itinerary with places to see on the way and recommended routes. 0870 7606027

Moorland views extend from Hollies Cottage at Stanbury, near Haworth, North Yorkshire, and a path leads to Top Withers, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. The detached property sleeps three and costs £272 for a week from October 18 and 25 with Yorkshire Cottages. 01228 406701

An attractive cottage with good views and walks from the door in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Wales is available at a 40 per cent saving for any week in October with holidaylets.net. Bryn Goleu has four bedrooms, sleeps eight, costs £380 a week and is close to the resort of Abersoch. 020-7108 1133

Enjoy coastal and country walks on a short break on Guernsey this month. 3XTravel.com offers three nights' B&B at St Margaret's Lodge or the Pandora hotel for £138 with fast ferry travel from Weymouth or Poole. Take the car for an extra £65 return. 0871 4341410

Discounts of up to 25 per cent are on offer on character cottages in South Devon this month with Toad Hall Cottages. Among them is Little Pittaford cottage, which sleeps four, costs from £185 a week and lies inland from Slapton Sands, with walks from the door. Hope Thatch, a 17th-century cottage for six near Salcombe, costs from £263 a week. 01548 853089

A three-night weekend break for a family of four on the Isle of Wight, starting on October 25, costs from £333 with Wightlink. Included in the deal are a ferry crossing with car from Portsmouth or Lymington and B&B in a family room at Heatherleigh Hotel near Shanklin, close to beaches, Robin Hill Adventure Park and Dinosaur Isle. 0871 3760013

Short haul

A week's B&B at a resort in Turkey is on offer for £289 with Olympic Holidays. Depart from Gatwick on October 20 and stay at the Dost hotel, close to the beach and nightlife at Gumbet in the southwest of the country near Bodrum. 0844 5762386

The encouragingly named Auberge a la Bonne Idée is the base for a three-night break this autumn with VFB Holidays. The inn has wooden beams and good cuisine and, being close to Compiègne, is well placed for visiting the town and the forest where the armistice was signed to end the First World War. The price is £280, with half-board and Channel crossing. 01452 716831

Select Resorts is offering 40 per cent savings on apartments in the Algarve for a week from October 25, half-term at many UK schools. A two-bedroom flat, with pool, lake or garden views, at Quinta do Lago costs from £420 and the resort is well placed for beaches and golf courses. A five-night golf package is also available this month and costs from £387 with half-board and two rounds. Flights are extra with both offers. 01202 786490

Special rates for children sharing a family cabin with parents are on offer on a Western Mediterranean cruise in the same week. Norwegian Gem, launched a year ago and known for its freestyle approach to cruising, sails from Barcelona on October 26 for Valletta, Naples, ports for Rome, Pisa and Florence and the French Riviera. Prices for an outside cabin with Ideal Cruising are from £859 for adults and £269 for children under 12, including flights from Heathrow, transfers and full board on ship. 0800 9778561

Late season sunshine holidays spanning the half-term weeks are also available with Thomson. A week from October 18 at the three-star Los Principes Hotel in Playa de Muro on the north coast of Majorca costs from £367 with half-board and a flight from Gatwick; a week's B&B at the San Giorgio in Skala, Cephalonia, is from £385, flying from Birmingham on October 23. 0871 2315595

Exploring Florence without the crowds and a long queue for the Uffizi Gallery is a challenge, but this deal in midweek in November with Cities Direct will give you a good chance - at a good price. The offer features four nights for the price of three and costs £199, with a flight from Gatwick on November 4 and B&B at the three-star Martelli Hotel, close to the cathedral and a short walk to other sights. 01242 536900

Long haul

A week's all-inclusive break at the adults-only, four-star Almond Beach Club on the fashionable west coast of Barbados costs from £810 this month with key2holidays. The deal includes a direct Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick. If you travel next week and get tired of the resort food, you will catch the island food festival with celebrity dinners, sugar and rum tours and plenty of parties. 020-7963 6697

Head for Thailand in the next couple of months and a week's trip with Kuoni will cost from £599 (the price for an October 21 departure from Heathrow). Accommodation is in the three-star Cosy Beach hotel in Pattaya. 01306 747008

Just You, specialists in holidays for singles, has an introduction to The Wonder of China trip starting on November 5. It includes a flight from Heathrow to Beijing, visits to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army, Ming Tombs and Xi'an city tour. The price with eight nights' full-board, transfers and guided excursions is from £1,444. 01858 581980

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

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