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Silverstone F1 British Grand Prix 2026

EVENT GUIDE · The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is the F1 calendar's loudest weekend.

Cheap holidays to Iceland 2026

GUIDE · Iceland used to be a £1,500 luxury trip. Now PLAY + EasyJet fly direct from Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and Stansted from £80 return.

Edinburgh

Cheap holidays from Edinburgh Airport: best deals + destinations

GUIDE · Edinburgh is Scotland's biggest airport and the smart choice for travellers north of the Border.

london

Cheap holidays from London Luton: best deals + destinations

GUIDE · Luton is EasyJet's home + Wizz Air's UK hub — the budget-fare duopoly that's hard to beat for Eastern + Southern Europe.

london

Cheap holidays from London Stansted: best deals + destinations

GUIDE · Stansted is Ryanair UK central — over 160 European destinations, almost all under £100 return outside school holidays.

Bristol

Cheap holidays from Bristol Airport: best deals + destinations

GUIDE · Bristol is the South West's gateway and the budget-airline heavyweight — EasyJet's biggest base outside London, plus Ryanair, Jet2 and TUI.

Cheap holidays to France 2026

GUIDE · France is most affordable via Eurostar — Paris in 2h15, Lille in 1h20, no airport faff. For Provence villas + Côte d'Azur, fly Nice.

Cheap holidays to Dubai 2026

GUIDE · Dubai has dropped its 'expensive' reputation — November to March packages from £500 including flights are now standard, especially mid-week.

Egypt

Cheap holidays to Egypt 2026: Sharm, Hurghada, Cairo and the Nile

GUIDE · Egypt is the cheapest winter sun escape from the UK — 5-night all-inclusive Red Sea breaks from £400 in January.

Portugal

Cheap holidays to Portugal 2026: Algarve, Lisbon, Porto, Madeira

GUIDE · Portugal punches well above its weight — Algarve beaches in summer, Lisbon and Porto for city breaks (cheaper than Spain), Madeira for hiking.

Italy

Cheap holidays to Italy 2026

GUIDE · Italy is best done in chunks — Rome + Naples + Pompeii in one trip, Florence + Tuscany in another, Sicily on its own.

Cheap holidays to Turkey 2026: best value all-inclusive in Europe

Cheap holidays to Turkey 2026: best value all-inclusive in Europe

GUIDE · Turkey is the unbeatable value pick — 5-star all-inclusives for the price of UK 3-star, plus the £→TRY exchange rate makes meals out almost.

Cheap holidays to Greece 2026

GUIDE · Greek island-hopping is the holiday people remember for 20 years.

Cheap holidays to Spain 2026: where to go + how to book the deals

Cheap holidays to Spain 2026: where to go + how to book the deals

GUIDE · Spain is the UK's number-one package destination — and the country with the widest deal spread.

Krakow Christmas Market: under £200 all-in for a long weekend

Krakow Christmas Market: under £200 all-in for a long weekend

CHRISTMAS · Rynek Główny — the largest medieval square in Europe — fills with wooden stalls, and Poland goes hard on Christmas food (pierogi.

Budapest Christmas Markets

CHRISTMAS · Vörösmarty Square has the better stalls; St Stephen's Basilica has the better light show.

Tallinn Christmas Market: medieval old town + the world's oldest

Tallinn Christmas Market: medieval old town + the world's oldest

CHRISTMAS · Tallinn claims (with paperwork) the first public Christmas tree in 1441. The market in Town Hall Square wraps around it.

Prague Christmas Markets: Old Town Square is genuinely magical

Czech Republic

Prague Christmas Markets: Old Town Square is genuinely magical

CHRISTMAS · The Old Town Square market — towering tree, Týn Church spires, snow-dusted cobbles — looks like a film set.

Cologne Christmas Markets: 7 markets in one walkable city, all

Cologne Christmas Markets: 7 markets in one walkable city, all

CHRISTMAS · Cologne does Christmas markets at scale — seven different ones across the old town, each with its own theme (the Cathedral one is the.

Strasbourg Christmas Market

CHRISTMAS · Calling itself 'Capitale de Noël' since 1992 — and rightly so. The 450-year-old market spreads across 12 squares in the old town.

Vienna Christmas Markets 2026

CHRISTMAS · The Christmas market that other Christmas markets aspire to be.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Christmas Market

CHRISTMAS · East Princes Street Gardens transforms into a Bavarian-style market with the castle as backdrop.

Birmingham

Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market

CHRISTMAS · 180 stalls running the length of New Street and Victoria Square — a genuine partnership with Frankfurt that's been running since 2001.

Manchester

Manchester Christmas Markets 2026

CHRISTMAS · 350+ stalls across Albert Square, Piccadilly Gardens and the Cathedral.