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


	Marrakech Morocco Just over three hours away, Marrakech is quite simply the most exotic destination in easy reach of the UK.
	Mallorca Spain There is something of a revolution going on in Mallorca. In a good way.
	Madeira Portugal Great for walking and hiking and catching some late autumn or early spring sunshine within easy reach of the UK.
	Luxor, Aswan and the Nile Egypt The river Nile has always been the lifeblood of Egypt, flowing as it does from south to north for the entire length of this otherwise barren country.
	London UK The Big Smoke, as London is affectionately known by locals, is bursting with an abundance of attractions, beautiful landmarks and exciting events.