British Isles

Where would you like to stay this summer — a yurt, log cabin or a private hotel in the West End of London? The genuine Mongolian yurt sits on a wooden floor covered with rugs in a secluded field near Helston, Cornwall, and is 19ft across with standing room inside. It sleeps up to five and costs £270 for a week until July 11 with holidaylettings.co.uk. 01865 312000

Little Paddock is an adults-only woodland paradise on the western edge of the New Forest with luxury wooden lodges for couples, a pool, hot tub and sauna. The site is well placed for exploring the forest or heading down to Bournemouth. Five nights in July and August cost £230 a person. 01425 470889

A weekend summer holiday rate of £77.50 a night with breakfast comes into effect from July 17 at Durrants Hotel, a discreet, privately owned hotel in London between Regent’s Park and its Open Air Theatre and Oxford Street. 020-7935 8131

Many foals were born in Foal Slip Cottage, a 17th-century Grade II converted stable in the Culm Valley, East Devon, but guests now have to go four miles up the road for horse riding. The thatched home sleeps four and is £540 for a week from Friday with Classic Cottages. 01326 555555

Legoland, Thorpe Park and Windsor are all within easy reach of Beaumont House, a Principal Hayley hotel in 40 acres of gardens and near the River Thames in Old Windsor, where family packages are on offer. Three nights’ dinner, B&B for a family of four and use of an indoor pool, gym, tennis courts and children’s club costs from a total of £399. 0844 8246171

Join Wheely Wonderful Cycling for a two-day bike tour in the Welsh Marches, including an evening of bat watching and a day of canoeing on the River Wye. Adult rates for this new trip are £220, child rates, £175, with two nights’ B&B in Presteigne, bikes and equipment hire. 01568 770755

A week’s tour with Travelsphere from Belfast to Donegal via Lough Erne and then the Giant’s Causeway starts with an overnight ferry trip with dinner from Liverpool on July 15. The trip costs from £600 with five nights’ B&B in hotels, excursions and a return overnight crossing. 0800 1123313

Short haul

Ready to travel but uncertain where to go? Longwood Holidays has deals to Egyptian resorts in the next few days. Fly from Gatwick on Friday for a week’s B&B at the Captain’s Inn, El Gouna, and pay from £389 or leave on Monday for a week’s all-inclusive in Taba Heights, at Three Corners El Wekala, which costs from £439 with flights and transfers. 020-8418 2515

If you prefer the sight of snow and ice to blazing sunshine, Peak Retreats offers a ski-active package in the French Alps this summer. It includes a six-day lift pass, rafting, mountain biking and tobogganing. Prices for a week are from £360, based on four sharing a one-bedroom apartment or from £417 in a studio for two in Les Deux Alpes. A Dover-Calais crossing with car included. 0844 5760171

The Dolomites in South Tyrol, in the north of Italy, joined the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites last week — and Inghams is eager to show you why on a week’s trip starting on July 15. It costs £389, with a flight from Gatwick, half-board in the four-star Miravalle Hotel, mountain biking and guided walks. 020-8780 4454

A four-star hotel with two pools and a 20-minute walk from the beach and from the harbour at Kyrenia, North Cyprus, is available at a discount with Anatolian Sky Holidays. A week’s B&B from July 25 now costs from £495 with a direct flight from Stansted. 0845 3651011

Enjoy the nasturtiums spreading over the paths, fuchsias, roses and water lilies in Monet’s garden this summer on a two-night trip with VFB Holidays to his house and musuem in Giverney, Normandy. It costs from £203 with a Dover-Calais crossing with car and B&B at a three-star hotel. 01452 716831

A two-bedroom cottage near Conil de la Frontera, Andalusia, is available for a week from July 9 and 16 with Vintage Travel. Casa Abeto has a pool and terraces and costs £695 a week; travel extra. 0845 3440420

Long haul Six nights’ B&B in al-Waha, the family resort at the Shangri La Barr Al Jissah three-hotel site in Oman, are on offer from £589 with Trailfinders this month. Flights with Gulf Air from Heathrow via Bahrain on July 16, 19, 21 or 26 included. 0845 0505871

July 26 marks the start of Cuba’s independence after Fidel Castro’s attack on Santiago de Cuba 56 years ago, and is also carnival time in Havana. A week in the city during this period costs from £830 with Captivating Cuba, including a flight from Gatwick, transfers and B&B in a colonial-style hotel. 0844 4129917

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

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