Holiday inspiration for every budget: From a Paris food tour to surfing in Morocco

Whether you've got £100 or £800 to splash, here's how to make the most of your cash

Visitors can eat and drink in fine style in Porto (Getty/iStockphoto)

Vilnius, in Lithuania, was recently revealed as the cheapest city break this autumn, according to research by TravelSupermarket. But what about the rest of the world?

Amid the news one in 10 UK travellers have booked their holiday for next summer already, here’s where to go and what to do for a range of budgets.

For £100

• Spend a couple of days eating your bodyweight in francesinhas – a gut-busting sandwich which originated in Porto – with return flights to Portugal’s second city courtesy of TAP Air Portugal.
• Explore Kerala’s peaceful backwaters with two nights on a traditional houseboat, booked through Karma Kerala.
• Take a 3.5-hour food tour in Paris with Flavors of Paris, visiting delicious destinations in the neighbourhood of Saint-Germain.

For £200

The TranzAlpine train through New Zealand’s South Island (TranzAlpine) (Tranzalpine)

• Climb aboard the scenic TranzAlpine train for a return trip from Christchurch to Greymouth in New Zealand, and you can take in the South Island’s stunning mountains and vast Canterbury Plains. The journey takes just under five hours, one way.
• Book a night at recently renovated hotel The Phoenicia in Valletta, one of 2018’s European Capitals of Culture.
• Experience a full-day dive adventure taking in the Turneffe and Lighthouse Reef atolls in Belize with Hamanasi. You’re guaranteed spectacular coral displays and perhaps a shark or two.

For £300

• Channel your inner Bond and rent a vintage Porsche or Alfa Romeo for a day, to motor around the French Riviera with Rent A Classic Car.
• Take a three-night trip from Hanoi to Halong Bay in Vietnam, with Halong Bay Tours. The trip includes a night on a luxury boat in the bay, plus two nights in a hotel in Hanoi.
• Relax on the beach and take in the sea views with seven nights at the Georgioupolis Beach Hotel in Crete, plus flights, with easyJet Holidays.

For £400

• Spend four nights in the Lake District with Macs Adventure, a walking trip starting in Ambleside, and taking in panoramic views over Ullswater from the Grisedale Valley, before finishing in Keswick.
• Explore the bright lights and desert vistas of Dubai, with return flights on Virgin Atlantic.
• Get closer to nature during a night in a two-person yurt in Telemark, Norway – complete with outdoor bathtubs – via Canopy & Stars. The package also includes food cooked by the a chef, and guided bike hire.

For £500

Surfing in Taghazout, Morocco (Kosmoseleevike)

• Pick up a new skill and sign up for a seven-night yoga and surf package in Taghazout, with Mint Surf Morocco. The price is for one person in a shared room on a half board basis, and includes two yoga sessions per day plus surf lessons.
• See the Australian coast from the water, with a four-day kayak tour in the Coorong national park – a 130km stretch of saltwater lagoons in South Australia – with Canoe the Coorong.
• Explore South Africa’s wine region with two nights’ bed and breakfast at The Providence wine farm in Franschhoek, an hour’s drive from Cape Town.

For £600

Spend your day shooting, fishing and riding at Gleneagles (Gleneagles)

• SkiBeat offers seven nights’ catered chalet accommodation, plus flights and transfers, in La Rosière, France.
• Splash out on two nights with bed and breakfast at The Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland, a location offering a variety of outdoor pursuits including riding, shooting and fishing.
• Get ready to samba, with return flights from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, courtesy of Alitalia.

For £700

The Tuscan city of Florence is the end point of a four-day walking tour (Benson Kua)

• Take in the spectacular scenery of the Norwegian Fjords with seven nights on P&O’s newest ship Iona, via Trailfinders.
• Trek through Tuscany over the Mugello Hills to the historic city of Florence, on a four-day walking tour with InnTravel.
• Enjoy a seven-night, all-inclusive stay at the Hotel Playa Pesquero, Cuba, as well as flights from Manchester, with Thomas Cook. The hotel has a kids’ club, daily entertainment, watersports and six restaurants.

For £800

See lions at Namibia’s Ongava game reserve (Y Nakanishi)

• Discover Spain’s Matarraña region, still relatively off the beaten track, with a seven-night stay at Mas de la Serral, courtesy of Real Holidays. The cost includes bed and breakfast plus flights and car hire.
• Practise your line dancing and country singing in Nashville – slated to be a hot destination next year. British Airways has return flights from London.
• Get up close and personal with lions and rhinos during two nights at the Ongava game reserve, in Namibia. The cost includes meals and two guided tours per day.