Finally, some time off from work! Sure, you can spend it eating crisps and watching reruns of Doctor Who while vedging on the couch, but why not take a trip? We have plenty of holiday ideas to toss at you for whatever time off you have.
For your time off in the spring, we have some Easter holiday ideas to help you forget that cold winter you just survived and introduce summer on a bright note. You have plenty of options in the Mediterranean – reasonably close enough but far enough for the weather to be pleasant. Because their prime holiday season is just getting started, you’ll be avoiding the hustle and bustle of the full-blown summer holiday crowd. Your choices have a range of flavour – Spanish flair in Catalonia, French finesse in Corsica, Greek history in Corfu, Italian panache in Tuscany, Croatian sparkle on the Dalmatian Coast – so you have a smattering of fair-weathered options to fit your taste.
Spending Christmas with family is important, by why not use it as an opportunity for a family vacation? Christmas is a huge time for travel, so you may face some frustrations when you get to the airport, but once you land, you’ll be glad to have made it out of the border. Hit the slopes of France or Switzerland, or escape the cold in the balmy and exotic markets of Egypt or southern Morocco. With more time and different climates, you are only limited by obligations to your nan’s fruitcake for Christmas holiday ideas.
If you don’t have much time to go somewhere extravagant, there are still plenty of one or two-day bank holiday ideas to toss around. The UK itself is loaded with activities and places that you may have never had time to explore. Take advantage of your free day and visit one of London’s free museums. The Tate Modern holds live events and performances day and night. If art isn’t your thing, check out the Natural History Museum, also known as the Cathedral of Nature because of its impressive collection of dinosaur bones. You can escape the stress of the city by taking a few days off to explore the verdant and bucolic countryside of the UK. Make reservations at a bed and breakfast and remind yourself that life can, in fact, be this simple. Just be sure to check which roadways and trains will be running before you turn your bank holiday idea into your holiday plan.
