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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

Fisherman in Gozo
Dive Gozo
Gozo

Gozo offers some of the best diving in the Mediterranean on a tranquil, rural island with great hotels. A little gem.

Beautiful coastline in Sardinia
Dive Sardinia
Italy

Sardinia offers some of the most exciting and varied diving in the Mediterranean along with endless white-sand coves.

Sweden Lapland husky howling
Dog-sledding in Lapland
Sweden

The ultimate combination in one trip; city chic and adrenaline adventure.

Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Croatia

One of the most beautiful and historic towns in the Mediterranean.

Engadin Ski Marathon
Engadin Ski Marathon
Switzerland

The Engadin Ski Marathon has become a major international sporting event, attracting participants from more than 35 nations every year.

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