City breaks - great weekend destinations

City breaks are now even more accessible and affordable thanks to the availability of cheap flights.

Bag a cheap city break and you can broaden your travel itinery and share it with friends or family without breaking the bank. Book last minute weekend breaks, or plan ahead; either way, opting for a holiday apartment over a hotel will save you money and let you live like a local too.

Escape for a romantic weekend, a shopping spree with your girlfriends, or soak yourself in thousands of years worth of history, culture and art. Choose from Paris breaks, Venice or Barcelona. Closer to home, try London apartments and Edinburgh apartments, or Bath apartments.

For some retail therapy 'Sex and the City' style, take your pick from the New York breaks on offer. Be pampered authentically, but without breaking the bank with spa treatments in Budapest. Soak up sun, sangria and great shopping in Madrid. Or for the more adventurous jump on a flight to Cape Town, Cairo, Rio or Sydney.

The cities are out there, just waiting to be discovered…

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