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Holidays

Christian holiday centres, hotels and guesthouses

British Waterways
Cefn Lea Mid-Wales Holiday and Conference Centre

Christian Camping International Ltd
Christian Endeavour Holiday Centres
Christiantravel.co.uk
Country Walks
Highway Journeys - tours and pilgrimages
Lee Abbey
Mapsworldwide.co.uk - maps and travel guides
Masterski
MasterSun
New Wine
Oak Hall
Oscar missionary portal - travel section
Scargill House, north Yorkshire
Snowpeak
travlang.com - learn a language
Utravel.co.uk

Christian holidays - fancy getting away? Here are some sites to check out:

www.cgholidays.co.uk - Christian Guild Holidays, centres around the UK
www.christianholidays.co.uk - five centres for family or church breaks
www.cci.org.uk/getaway - for Christian holidays, activity and conference centres, retreats and festivals
www.leeabbey.org.uk - themed weeks/retreats in scenic north Devon
www.medinavalleycentre.org.uk - outdoor, water-based activity holidays, Isle of Wight

And some hotels to check out:

www.green-pastures.org - Dorset, healing environment
www.blaithwaite.co.uk - 15 miles from Keswick
www.haldoncourt.co.uk - family holidays in Exmouth, Devon
www.betheden.co.uk - Llandudno, North Wales
www.thetudor.org - homely guest house, Cromer, Norfolk
www.theglenbournehotel.com - Alum Chine, Bournemouth
www.thetowerhouse.com - overlooking the Aegean Sea: Kos, Greece

  • Planned a holiday yet for this year? Check out www.utravel.co.uk for some competitive offers with a UK bias

  • When the weather's grotty we all fancy browsing for a holiday of some kind. Here are some Christian companies and holiday centres to get you started: MasterSun, Oak Hall, Christian Endeavour Holiday Centres, Cefn Lea Mid-Wales Holiday and Conference Complex, Lee Abbey. Mail us your recommendations!

  • The excellent missionary portal Oscar now has an extensive holidays section, which includes Accommodation Finding Services & Sources, Hotels/Guest Houses/Bed & Breakfast, Self-Catering, Camping/Caravanning, Organised Holidays, Retreat Houses, Bible Weeks & Festivals plus other events. Some of the listings provide specialised or 'low-cost' holidays specifically for mission personnel in the UK and further afield.
    See http://www.oscar.org.uk/service/logistics/homeleave/holidays.htm (UK) or
    http://www.oscar.org.uk/opportunity/locations/logistics.htm (Global)


  • A new-look website is to be launched by CCI, the Association of Christian holiday organisations across the UK, on 2 January. The site (www.cci.org.uk) aims to provide a "one stop shop for all group leaders’ needs, including a venue-finding service linked to more than 200 centres". The site also features details of CCI’s Pray for the Summer campaign literature, which ties in with an initiative running from 14 to 15 June.

  • Bookings are flowing in thick and fast for this year's New Wine events - you can book online now at www.new-wine.org

  • Thinking of a holiday? “There are a good selection of maps and travel guides at discounted prices at www.mapsworldwide.co.uk,” says CFN reader Sue Brown. “Also some brilliant satellite images of UK regions and the world, British Isles, and other continents from space. The site is easy to use and a Which trader member.”

  • Another Christian holiday company with a website are Highway Journeys who run Christian pilgrimages and tours, and have the slogan "Evangelism through leisure". And if you're interested in skiing, another Christian-based company to check out apart from MasterSki is Snow Peak, who run skiing and snowboarding holidays in France and Switzerland.

  • Wanting to learn a language in your spare time? Or just heading off on holiday this year and keen to speak a little to the locals? Check out www.travlang.com You can learn languages online, use dictionaries for tricky words and phrases, and even hear "Sounds of the World's Animals" - how the cries of different beasts translate!

  • Wondering where to go on holiday? For a truly Christian choice, CFN newsletter reader Audrey Naylor suggests you check out www.christiantravel.co.uk It's clearly under development, but could provide a handy resource in due time.

  • While we're on holidays, Scargill House in Skipton, north Yorkshire, has family weeks from 22 July until 2 September, including a special lone parent week (22-29 July)

  • Authentic British holidays invariably touch on canals, and a good walk. So here are two places to bookmark ...
    British Waterways - Plan a watery break and glide along the nation's network of canals.
    And Country Walks - Plenty of tips on where to go a-wandering.


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