Travel Updates

Madeira. Funchal, seven night holidays from £355 per person – saving £170 – staying at the 4 Sun Vila Gale Santa Cruz Resort, on a bed & breakfast basis, two people sharing. Departing April 23 from Manchester, the price includes return flights, accommodation, transfers and all taxes and charges.

First Choice, 0871 200 4455 or visit www.firstchoice.co.uk

Turkey. Departing Manchester on May 28 for seven nights' self-catering accommodation from 1,316 for two adults and two children (aged 2-12), a saving of 160 for the family. A similar deal is also available at the 4* Green Anatolia, in Ovacik, on a B&B basis costing just an extra 2 and saves the same amount. www.jewelholidays.com, 01293 533338.

France. Pay 228 (saving 175) in Dordogne for a week's stay in a fully-equipped Bali mobile home – for a family of up to six – at Camping Le Grand Dague, situated in the heart of a forest and close to the town of Atur. Price is for holidays between April 29 and May 16 and includes return Dover-Calais P&O crossing for car and passengers. If no ferry is required, the price is reduced by 90. 0333 700 50 50, www.vacansoleil.co.uk

Corfu. Pay 325 (saving 170) for a week's rental, starting April 26, of Maxim – a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house sleeping six, 800m from the beach at Halikouna and close to Lake Korision. It has its own private pool, covered in-built barbecue, basketball net and garden with lawns. Flights and car hire extra. 01954 261431, www.vintagetravel.co.uk

Mediterranean walking: Pay 785 (saving 50) for seven-night 'Catalan Coast' break – rambling between the pretty fishing village of Collioure in Rousillon and the small Spanish seaside resort of Cadaques. Price, for departures in April and May, includes return Dover/Dunkirk crossing for car and passengers, mainly half-board hotels, detailed route maps/notes and transfers of luggage between hotels. 01580 214010, www.bellefrance.co.uk