Big Short Breaks

Original Travel's portfolio of Big Short Breaks, launched in 2003, contains long weekends to suit all requirements from city breaks to skiing, adventures and escapes, all chosen with accessibility in mind... minimum time and maximum experience.

While these trips are as much tailored to your specific requirements as our further flung holidays, they represent perfect nugget-sized long weekend trips. The team at Original Travel research hundreds of potential Big Short Break destinations, but only the very best make the grade in terms of accessibility, originality and value for money.

Those that do appear here might raise an eyebrow or two – can you really spend the weekend sampling sauvignon blancs in South Africa’s winelands? Certainly you can, with the benefit of overnight flights and minimal time changes. Or seeing polar bears in the wild? Equally possible with a night in Oslo followed by two or three in Svalbard, the desolate Norwegian island chain deep in the Arctic Circle. These and more pocket adventures are a phone call away.

Trips

Country


	Swedish Lapland Adventure Sweden The Northern Lights, dog-sledding and ice-driving are just snippets of what is on offer in Swedish Lapland.
	Cresta Run & St Moritz Switzerland The ultimate in adrenaline fixes, riding the Cresta is a privilege open only to club members but Original Travel can open doors.
	Engadin Ski Marathon Switzerland The Engadin Ski Marathon has become a major international sporting event, attracting participants from more than 35 nations every year.
	Damascus and beyond Syria Little visited in comparison with neighbouring Jordan or Turkey, Syria is an Original Travel favourite cultural destination.
	Tunis, Carthage & the Sahara Tunisia A captivating North African country increasing in sophistication and popularity all the time; go now before everyone else does.