Persuading children to visit
the historical wonders on Turkey's Mediterranean coast isn't
plain sailing, but the promise of a ride on an inflatable
banana helps, says Caroline Stacey
From exotic
escapes to action-packed adventures, Frank Partridge explores
the new horizons that will delight even the most world-weary
traveller during the year ahead.
-TURKEY THE ESSENTIALS
11-02-2006
Charter
fares can drop closer to the time of travel. A new terminal
is due to open at Dalaman airport in
May.
Scheduled
flights ;British
Airways
(0870 850 9850,
www.ba.com) flies from Heathrow to
Istanbul twice daily and from Gatwick to Izmir (three times
a week from March) and, with GB Airways, Gatwick to Dalaman
(twice a week from May).
Cyprus
Turkish Airlines (020 7930 4851,
www.kthy.net ) flies from Stansted
to Antalya, Dalaman and Izmir; Heathrow to Antalya and Izmir;
Gatwick to Antalya and Dalaman; Glasgow and Belfast to
Antalya; Manchester to Dalaman. Flights stop in Turkey on
the way to northern Cyprus and some routes only operate from
late March.
Charter
flights ;Major "sun and sand" operators, such as Thomson,
Airtours, Thomas Cook and First Choice offer seat-only
bookings on their summer charter flights to Bodrum, Antalya
and Dalaman (Thomas Cook also offers Izmir) from a wide
range of UK airports.
Excel Airways;(0870 998 9898,
www.xl.com
) - voted
best charter airline in 2005 by Telegraph readers - offers
flights from Gatwick and Manchester to Antalya, Bodrum and
Dalaman; Bristol to Bodrum and Dalaman; Birmingham, Cardiff,
East Midlands, Humberside, Newcastle and Stansted to
Dalaman; and East Midlands to Bodrum.
Avro;
(0870 458 2847,
www.avro.com)
sells flights from Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
Newcastle and Glasgow to Dalaman; and Gatwick, Manchester
and Birmingham to Antalya and Bodrum.
The
Charter Flight Centre;
(0845 045 0153,
www.charterflights.co.uk
) is a useful source
of discounted tickets.
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LITTLE BRITAIN HEADS EAST
22-10-2005
Our company is five year old and had a good write up in THE DAILY TELEGRAPH by Christopher Middleton after interviewing us and meeting some of our buyers.We were also mentioned in WOMAN & HOME magazine in January-2006 |
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