February’s half-term holiday brings its usual havoc to travel planning, with people wanting either to find the best bargain or a way of avoiding hiked-up prices. Skiers will want to make the most of the extraordinary snow that’s been covering the Alps since November, and Italy is worth exploring for a good-value break either during the half-term holidays or the rest of the month. Escape to the sunny Caribbean with a lazy holiday in St Lucia, or lose yourself in Marrakech’s Medina while staying in a stylish riad.
February is also carnival month – your chance to join the street party in New Orleans on a Louisiana fly-drive holiday that takes you deep into Cajun Country. Stay closer to home and enjoy long walks along the Suffolk coast or in North Wales.
Wherever you decide to have a holiday in February, take a look at some of these ideas for inspiration.
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Italy
Bardonecchia is a great-value ski resort
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The latest Post Office Money survey showed that Bardonecchia in Italy’s Piedmont region trumped Bulgaria’s budget ski resorts as offering the best value. Intermediates in the know will be aware of Bardonecchia’s 110km of sunny scenic slopes which are popular with weekenders from Turin but are quieter during the week. SNO has a week’s self-catering at the Residence Villa Frejus in the town centre from £681pp, down from £891pp, departing 18 February. The price includes flights and transfers.
St Lucia
February is dry season on St Lucia
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February is the dry season in St Lucia, giving you deliciously hot days in the high 20s and the warm waters of the Caribbean in which to wallow. Stay at the Coco Palm Resort in Rodney Bay and you’ll have the wide sweep of Reduit Beach just a five-minute walk away. There’s also a large pool and relaxing tropical gardens where you can chill out. A seven-night break with Mercury Holidays departing 6 February costs from £1,237pp and includes flights and B&B accommodation.
Suffolk
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Bracing walks along on the beach and fabulous smoked fish picked up from seafront shacks will make a week in February fly by when you stay at Beach Cottage in Aldeburgh. This two-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage dating from 1854 is right on Crag Path facing the beach and has great views of the sea from its sitting-room windows. A…
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