European vineyard holiday in spring: One active break, one cruise and one luxury trip
One holiday, three ways
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Your support makes all the difference.Each week, we ask three companies for their best offer on a specific break. This week, a European vineyard escape in spring: featuring one active holiday, one cruise and one luxury trip. Prices are per person, based on two travelling together.
Active: £750, Sherpa Expeditions
A self-guided walking holiday through Portugal's Douro Valley, departing 24 March. Includes six nights' accommodation in Sao Romeo, Pinhao and Porto, some meals, luggage transfers, route notes and maps. Wine tastings extra (020 8875 5070; sherpaexpeditions.com).
Cruise: £1,526, Avalon Waterways
A 10-night Burgundy & Provence river cruise in France aboard Avalon Affinity. Includes BA flights from Heathrow to Nice on 2 May (returning from Paris), three nights' B&B in hotels, full-board cruise from Arles to Beaune, and wine tasting (0800 668 1801; avaloncruises.co.uk).
Luxury: £809, Smooth Red
Departing 14 April, the package includes three nights' B&B at the five-star Hostellerie Le Cèdre, in Burgundy, France, plus two full-day small-group wine tours in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Both days include lunch with accompanying wines (020 8877 4940; smoothred.co.uk).
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