Travel Challenge: Europe

See the Edinburgh Tattoo on a British Isles tour. Picture: Escape Source: Supplied

Wander through the gorgeous French Alps. Picture: Escape Source: Supplied

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EACH week, Escape invites three competing companies to give us their best deals for a particular holiday. The result? Great offers for our readers!

BRITISH ISLES
Cruise Express
Australian agency Cruise Express will host a 19-day cruise tour of the British Isles in August next year, including the Edinburgh Tattoo, a tour inside Buckingham Palace and the Royal Yacht Britannia, three nights in London and a 13-day Princess Cruises superliner voyage around the British Isles including France. The all-inclusive trip also offers the chance to search for the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland and trace the footsteps of the Beatles in Liverpool.

A five-day add-on tour to Stonehenge, the Cornish coast and the villages of the Cotswolds is also available. The trip also includes a welcome dinner in a traditional London pub. Fares from $6990 a person, including flights.

Call Cruise Express on 1300 766 537 or visit www.cruiseexpress.com.au

BRITAIN WITH A DIFFERENCE
Albatross Travel
Save $300 a person on Albatross Travel's 19-day Great British Heritage escorted tour if booked before December 22. Designed for Australians and New Zealanders, this unique tour takes in two, three and four nights stops in Bath, Stratford, Yorkshire, the glorious Lakes District and picturesque Drymen near Loch Lomond.

With a maximum of 30 passengers this tour is packed with included excursions and activities that bring out the full character and flavour of Britain's magnificent heritage. Selected departures from London between May and September next year are priced at $4887 a person twin share after the discount.

Contact Albatross Travel on 1300 135 015 or visit www.albatrosstravel.com.au

FRENCH ALPS
Escapegoat
Escapegoat Adventures, an Adelaide-based specialist mountain-biking tour business, is heading back to the French Alps for its third Annual Alpine Epic trip, and is offering a special "earlybird" deal for all bookings received before January 1 of $500 off a person. The two-week trip is a fully guided and catered trip aimed at
Australian XC/All-Mountain riders keen to experience some of the best riding in the world.

The trip is based in the stunning French village of Samoens, which boasts hundreds of kilometres of virtually untouched alpine trails. It is also just a stone's throw from the more popular MTB mecca of Morzine and Les Gets, so riding is spread over both regions. The trip runs from July 2-16. The full price of the trip is $3495. (flights etc. not included).

For more visit escapegoat.com.au/european-alpine-epics/