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


	Pyramids & the Red Sea Egypt Combine Cairo and the Pyramids with sunshine and diving on the Red Sea Coast at Sharm or Hurghada.
	Puglia Italy Puglia, on the heel of Italy's boot, is a destination apart, both culturally and geographically.
	Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal The Brits have long had a penchant for port, but the vineyards where the fortified wine is created and the eponymous city of Porto are, in themselves, a delight.
	Plovdiv and the Rhodope Mountains Might Bulgaria merit ‘Next Big Thing’ status? We reckon so. Several inland areas of this beautiful country are the dictionary definition of unspoilt and waiting for intrepid travelers prepared to set their prejudices aside.
	Northern Norway The Northern Lights, the Midnight Sun, dog-sledding - all available in Northern Norway.