The Circus festival in Paris, Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Winter restaurant week in New York and the Dubai shopping festival are all taking place in January 2006...
CIRCUS FESTIVAL OF TOMORROW IN PARIS
See some of the finest young stars of the circus perform at the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris from 26-30 January 2006 in this annual festival bringing together some of the world’s finest circuses under one roof. These young acrobats and clowns will be the future performers in some of the world’s most well known circuses such as the Beijing Circus, the Moscow Circus and Knie Circus (from Switzerland).
Travel to Paris with Flight Centre with packages available from £99 per person travelling with Eurostar from London Waterloo and two-nights accommodation at the 3* Aida Opera hotel. This is for travel from 3 January until 28 February 2006.
CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE IN HONG KONG
One if the best places to celebrate Chinese New Year is the island of Hong Kong. This year dragon dancers are the star attraction as the annual Chinese New Year parade hits Wan Chai Harbourfront with a cavalcade of colourful floats, accompanied by performers from all over the world. 2006 will be the Year of the Dog and celebrations will take place from 29-31 January 2006.
Join in the festivities with four-night packages to Hong Kong available through Flight Centre from £525 per person including flights from Heathrow and accommodation at the 3* Dorset Olympic hotel on a room only basis.
WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK IN NEW YORK
Over the course of two weekends thousands of enticing restaurants take to the streets of an icy cold New York serving up some of the world’s best cuisines at greatly discounted prices. It is a chance for locals and visitors alike to sample some of the city’s best restaurants that would usually charge at least quadruple the price.
So the city that never sleeps offers both January sales and gourmet food to visitors over the weekends from 23-27 January 2006. Flight Centre has two-night packages to New York from £369 per person including return flights from Heathrow and accommodation at the 3* Park Central hotel on a room-only basis.
DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL
If Christmas hasn’t turned you off shopping completely then the annual Dubai shopping festival from 4 January – 4 February 2006 could be the place to head for some bargains as well as some Winter sunshine. For the whole month reductions are offered across a vast range of must-haves from jewellery to fashion, electrical goods and carpets all set against a lively backdrop of cultural events. The most atmospheric shopping is found in the souks where bargaining is the name of the game and traditional items such as carpets, spices and carpets can be bought. Those looking for designer names will find famous names at the many modern shopping malls.
Flight Centre has three-night packages to Dubai from £489 per person including return flights from Heathrow and accommodation at the 5* Sheraton Deira hotel on a bed and breakfast basis.
For information contact Flight Centre (www.flightcentre.co.uk)
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