2. travel
Best for… thrills
Toronto
Toronto is fast becoming one of the most exciting
destinations for a city break, with great shopping,
restaurants and sights. Thrill-seekers with nerves
of steel should try the Edge Walk on the top of the
CN Tower, where you are, literally, walking along
the edge of one of the world’s tallest structures.
And it’s just a few of hours from the city to the
magnificent Niagara Falls, where you can take a
boat ride on the Maid of the Mist through the
glorious spray or walk behind the Falls.
Kids will love Centreville Amusement Park
(centreisland.ca) with its carousel, and Canada’s
Wonderland (canadaswonderland.com), which
boasts amazing roller coasters. If you can, watch
baseball at the Rogers Centre. And make sure you
see the city at night – the skyline is spectacular.
Eating Toronto has a fabulous array of restaurants
in its ethnic neighbourhoods – there are five
Chinatowns, a Little Italy, Little Portugal, Little Breathtaking
India, Koreatown and a Greektown. Go easy Niagara Falls
on the maple sugar candy. are definitely
Money saver A Toronto CityPass saves money worth visiting
on top attractions. Visit citypass.com for details.
Getting there
The Sheraton Centre
(sheratontoronto.com) makes
a great base for touring the
city. Virgin Holidays has city
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Best for…
Lisbon
The Portugese capital, just two
fish and delicious cured meats
to port and wine, and of course
hours from the UK, has incredible scrumptious custard tarts.
architecture, great bars and Money saver The Lisboa Card
restaurants, fab shopping, golf, gives you savings on transport
and excellent beaches – many of and museum entry. For more
them Blue Flag – well worth a
visit are Cascais, Estoril, and
details, see visitlisboa.com.
Getting there
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Adraga. Must-sees include the The four-star Fontana Park Hotel
15th-century Belém Tower and (fontanapark-hotel.com), which is
the Oceanarium. located in the heart of the city,
Eating Basically it’s a foodie offers rooms from £80 a night.
paradise – from fresh seafood, Easyjet.com fly to lisbon.
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3. travel
Best for… fu n
Florida
Florida, and particularly Orlando,
remains one of our favourite
destinations, and Walt Disney World
is probably the best-value option for
a family holiday. With four fantastic
theme parks, two water parks, daily
parades and nightly firework displays,
there’s zero chance of hearing ‘I’m
bored’ from anyone.
Get a free Fastpass where possible
for the most popular rides, as this
gives you an allocated time and means
you avoid queueing. And, if you really
want to push the boat out, take the
Disney Cruise, which visits its own
private island and includes clubs for
the kids and an adults-only pool, bar
and spa for you – the perfect chillout
after visiting the parks.
Eating There is lots of
Getting there
standard theme-park fare
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Virgin Holidays
(virginholidays.com) but it is possible to eat
has holidays to Orlando healthily, too.
from £689, staying at Money saver Don’t
Disney’s Pop Century buy passes for every day
Resort. For tickets to of your stay because
Disney World and more you probably won’t
on the Cruise line, use them – better to
visit disney.go.com.
pace yourselves.
exploring
Best for… Use your Clubcard
rewards to go on holiday
Wherever you’re planning an escape
to, Clubcard rewards can help you get
Holland
The Netherlands is back in vogue –
there. You can exchange your Clubcard
vouchers for up to 3x their value in
rewards tokens to pay for your holiday
with favourite travel companies
close enough for a short break, but including:
with plenty of glorious beaches and ✽ Virgin Holidays
beautiful countryside for an extended ✽ Cosmos Holidays
stay. Amsterdam also makes a ✽ Park Resorts
fabulous city break. It’s a wonderful ✽ Eurotunnel
country to cycle around, too, New for 2012
particularly as it’s so flat. Getting there ✽ Virgin Flying
DFDS Seaways (dfdsseaways.co.uk) Club Now you can
Eating Delicious pastries, cheese, offers three-night breaks from
seafood, pancakes – sweet and exchange your Clubcard vouchers
Newcastle to Amsterdam from for Flying Club miles.
savoury – and speciality beer. £113 per person. For more ideas, For more information, go online to
Money saver In summer there visit holland.com/uk. tesco.com/rewards.
are loads of free outdoor festivals.
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