Ten top winter beach breaks

There are currently huge last-minute savings to be had on winter breaks. We bring you the best of what's on offer
  
  


Beach, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka for £399: This offer will take some beating: eight nights at Hotel Serendib, on Bentota's sands, for £399 - saving £211pp - departs Heathrow, 4 May; Hayes & Jarvis. Or catch the third Galle literary festival (28 Jan-1 Feb) and pay £799pp for seven nights at Villa 432 in Unawatuna. Inc transfers and flights, valid Jan/Feb/March; experiencesrilanka.com Photograph: PR
Beach, Cape Verde
Cape Verde for £499: Save more than the cost of the holiday - £599 - on a seven-night break in Cape Verde, which is less than six hours from the UK. Seven nights all in (subject to availability, based on two adults sharing) at the four-star Hotel Crioula on the white sand beach of Santa Maria, Sal. Departs Birmingham on January 23; holidayoptions.co.uk Photograph: Robert Harding/Corbis
Beach, Egypt
Egypt for £388: Save £157 on a seven-night break in Dahab, Egypt's laid-back beach resort on the Gulf of Aqaba, which offers good diving and watersports. Seven nights at the Hilton hotel costs £388pp with Thomson Holidays, departing Luton on 29 January; thomson.co.uk Photograph: Theo Allofs/Corbis
Beach, Kenya
Kenya for £599pp: Kuoni is offering savings of £295 for seven nights' full or half-board at the Pinewood Village resort on Galu Beach, south of Mombasa. Departs in March; kuoni.co.uk Photograph: Carl & Ann Purcell/Corbis
Beach, Dubai
Dubai for £385: For a quick fix of winter sun, ebookers is offering four nights at the four-star Royal Ascot hotel for £385. It's in the heart of the city, but golden sands are a short transfer away. Departs London Heathrow 30 January; ebookers.com Photograph: C Lyttle/Corbis
Miami Beach
Miami for £529: Save £174pp on a seven-night break in Miami with Virgin Holidays, including scheduled flights from London Heathrow direct to Miami. You'll be staying at the Days Hotel Thunderbird Beach Resort – which, as the name suggests, is right on the beach. Room only, based on two adults sharing, departing before 23 January from Gatwick; virginholidays.co.uk Photograph: Joseph Sohm/Corbis
Beach, Mauritius
Mauritius for £599: Hayes & Jarvis is offering a saving of £246pp on seven nights in Mauritius, staying at the three-star Coin de Mire hotel close to Grand Baie in the north of the island. Departing on 11 February, includes B&B accommodation and British Airways flights from London Heathrow; hayesandjarvis.com Photograph: Jean du Boisberranger/Corbis
Beach, Tobago
Tobago for £699: Save £400 on a week’s stay on the island of Tobago. Sandpebbles is a three-bedroom villa perched just above the sands of Grafton Beach, which sleeps six. Flights depart Gatwick on 4 February; cvtravel.co.uk. Photograph: PR
Beach, Cuba
Cuba for £899: This is the year to be in Cuba, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the revolution. Virgin Holidays is offering seven nights’ B&B at the Nacional de Cuba in Havana with a 10% saving when booked online. Playas del Este is the classic white sands Caribbean beach and is only a 20-minute taxi ride away. Price based on two adults sharing a standard room. Departures from Gatwick 25 Jan-01 Feb Photograph: Bob Krist/Corbis
Beach, Zanzibar
Zanzibar for £899: Spend five nights at the boutique Z hotel in Zanzibar for the price of three. Based in the palm-fringed coastal town of Nyungwe, you'll be well positioned to visit the small, bustling capital Stonetown, where African and Arabic cultures meet. Or just drift off in the flour-soft sands outside the hotel. The deal includes flights, transfers and B&B accommodation; blacktomato.co.uk Photograph: PR
 

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