British Isles

This weekend brings a Bank Holiday and the final week of the peak season but it is still possible to book a break. A good choice of self-catering properties is available with holidaylettings.co.uk including a two-bedroom flat at Porthtowan, north Cornwall. It looks out over the large, sandy surfing beach and costs £395 for a week from Saturday.

On offer for the same week is a 19th-century four-bedroom detached house of character in the South Yorkshire village of Hoylandswaine, on the edge of the Peak District. There are walks from the door, the Pennine Way is two miles away and golf and fishing are also available. Price: £375.

The Loft and Barn at Warmhearth, two apartments that can be rented jointly and sleep up to ten in Callow, Herefordshire, are available for £500 for six nights from Monday. They are at the end of a private drive with good views yet only minutes from amenities. 01865 312000

Groups looking for a surfing break in Cornwall can book two properties for three nights from Friday with Beach Retreats. A converted barn at Watergate Bay sleeps nine and costs £850, while a flat for up to seven with sea views at Fistral is £625. Both prices equate to about £30 a person a night. 01637 861005

A detached sandstone cottage near Heads Nook in the upper Eden Valley, Cumbria, and between the Pennines and the Lake District, is reduced to £630 for a week from Friday with Cumbrian Cottages. Cairngarth has four bedrooms and sleeps eight. 01228 599960

A good beach is a short walk from Cairness Lodge, a house for four near Fraserburgh in the quiet northeast corner of Aberdeenshire. It is on offer for a week from Saturday with Ecosse Unique for £345. 01835 822277

Top London hotels in excellent locations, which are part of the Guoman Group, offer three nights for the price of two this weekend. Prices at The Cumberland, Royal Horseguards and The Tower start from £258 for a room for two with breakfast. 0871 3769014/ 3769033/ 3769036. www.guoman.com

Short haul

A week from Sunday at Hotel St Christophe, opposite the citadel and above the port of Calvi, Corsica, has been reduced to £499 with Holiday Options. The deal includes flights from Gatwick or Manchester, transfers, B&B and four dinners. 0844 4770452

Libra Holidays has self-catering packages to Crete and Cyprus. Fly from Manchester on Friday for a week in the Vasso studios and apartments in Hersonissos and pay from £265 or fly from Gatwick on Sunday for a week in the Crystallo Apartments, Paphos, from £299. 0871 2267825

Citalia’s offer of the week is for seven nights’ half-board at Hotel La Bisaccia on a bay at the northern end of the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, or at Residence La Bisaccia a couple of miles inland for £575. Flights from Gatwick on a choice of dates are included. 0871 6640253

Apartments on Cephalonia are available with Ionian Island Holidays with flights from Manchester on Saturday. A week in the Kalokeri Apartments with sea views and a shared pool is £532, including three days’ car hire and a welcome hamper; a week in a three-bedroom flat in Assos is £485, based on four people sharing and with car hire. 020-8459 0777

Long haul

Book by Monday to secure a ten-night break combining three in a hotel in Singapore with a week in a resort in Bali from £879 with Premier Holidays. Flights from Heathrow, transfers and accommodation included. 0844 4937542

Prices are per person based on two sharing a room, unless stated otherwise.

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