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Last minute half term foreign holidays for the family from £294pp

BRITISH families can finally take that long-awaited foreign trip this half-term break, now the UK government has promised to relax rules and replace pricey PCR testing with cheap lateral flow tests in time for the October school holidays.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to chase the sun in southern Europe and catch some rays on a sandy beach in the Algarve or the Canaries, with travel companies offering affordable family trips to short-haul destinations all over.

Families can spend half-term on a beautiful Balearic beach from £294pp
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Families can spend half-term on a beautiful Balearic beach from £294pp

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You’ll find the cheapest deals to Spain and the Balearics, Portugal and Croatia .

EasyJet Holidays has some great family packages for a week’s holiday over half term, tsuch as the pretty Istrian Peninsula in Croatia based on a family of four travelling together.

Holidays staying near the stunning southern harbour town of Dubrovnik are where you’ll find beautiful pine-backed beaches and plenty of tourist facilities.

There are also family holidays available to the blissful white beaches of Menorca in Spain’s Balearic Islands, staying in spacious self-catering apartments with room for all the family.

The best easyJet Holidays deals for the last week in October include:

  • Croatia 7 nights
  • Majorca 7 nights
  • Corfu 7 nights
  • Menorca 7 nights
  • Sorrento, Italy 7 nights

Meanwhile Thomas Cook has some brilliant bargains to take advantage of the autumn break on sunnier shores.

The online travel agent has family holidays to all the Brit holiday favourites at reasonable rates, including the Spanish Costas, the Greek isles, Portugal’s Algarve and the ever-popular Canary Islands.

  • Costa Blanca 7 nights
  • Halkidiki 7 nights
  • The Algarve 7 nights
  • Tenerife 7 nights
  • Gran Canaria 7 nights

There are even more options with Jet2 Holidays, which has the best prices on trips to the reliably-hot Canary Islands, as well as packages to the sun-baked beaches of Turkey’s Turquoise coast this half-term.

  • Majorca 7 nights
  • The Algarve 7 nights
  • Turkey Antalya Area 7 nights
  • Tenerife 7 nights
  • Fuerteventura 7 nights
  • Lanzarote 7 nights

All prices are based on a family of two adults and two kids travelling together and sharing accommodation.

Make a break for it this half-term with a family holiday to the beaches of southern Europe
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Make a break for it this half-term with a family holiday to the beaches of southern Europe


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