Special interest holiday brochure selection

They say: "Our latest brochure features a fantastic range of cookery holidays in Italy – the Italian way of cooking, with the use of local ingredients and the key element of simplicity. With the Mediterranean climate providing the sunny backdrop, what’s not to enjoy about spending time savouring la dolce vita!’

• Newly expanded for this year are Pilates holidays in Sicily and Tuscany and painting holidays
  
• All holidays have a zero single supplement policy
  
• Key destinations include : Puglia, Bologna, Sicily, Tuscany

They say: "We offer a select number of the very finest cultural tours led by the most knowledgeable, engaging and passionate guides. Our tours aim to be restful and inspiring, fun and fascinating. This year as we’ve expanded to offer gulet cruises around Sicily, trips to the Dodecanese islands of Greece and a gastronomic gulet cruise in Turkey, as well all the favourite archaeological tours."

• Tours run in Greece, Turkey and Sicily from April to the end of October
  
• There are family tours, gulet cruises and private charters all available
  
• Key destinations include : Pamphylia, Lycian coast, Corian coast, Ephesus, Dodecanese, Etna and Sicily

They say: "Travelife awards hotels for showing sustainability in tourism. First Choice is the only tour operator to offer a brochure dedicated entirely to Travelife-awarded hotels. This means you can take a holiday as a couple or with the family knowing you are not draining the world’s resources and still relax and have fun."

• First Choice supports the World Care Fund which sets up projects in countries to which holidays are offered to offset the impact of holidaying there
  
• Holidays offer sustainable activities such as excursions and informative kids’ clubs
  
• Key destinations include : Balearics, Spain, Canaries, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Florida, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Maldives, Kenya and the Dominican Republic

They say: "This unique brochure from Leger Holidays brings together a collection of guided tours to the WWI and WW2 battlefields as well as other well-known battlefields worldwide. Only by seeing it yourself can you ever really understand the depths of sacrifices made and the heroism involved in these wars. You’ll see with your own eyes the places where history was made and hear the Leger Specialist Battlefield Guides tell the revealing stories that cast light on what really happened. These holidays are a true revelation."

• Prices start from £209 with reduced price child places during selected tours during the school holidays
  
• Ten new tours for 2010/2011 including ‘Poets on the Somme’, ‘Battlefields of Belgium’ and ‘Jersey – Occupation and Liberation’
  
• Key destinations include : France, Jersey, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany, South Africa, Israel, Netherlands and the USA

They say: "Dive Worldwide aims to offer new and exciting destinations that are not readily available to the UK diver. For 2010/2011 there is more choice to Indonesia including Bali and Raja Ampat. The selection of resorts in Bonaire and Curacao has been updated and Aruba has been added. All Dive Worldwide holidays offered are fully bonded and offer 100% financial protection."

• New tours to Cuba, Panama, Christmas and Cocos islands as well as Jordon and Fujairah
  
• Brochure also includes cold water diving in Russia, Arctic and Antarctic
  
• Key destinations include : The Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean, Asia, South Pacific, Americas and Caribbean

They say: "If you’re interested in fair trade and are looking for the opportunity to meet the people behind the products, then these holidays are for you. Traidcraft has been running these eye-opening tours for over 20 years now, allowing travellers to see the benefits of fair trade work at first hand. This is not mass tourism. Undertaken on fair trade terms and working with Saddle Skedaddle who run the tours for us and through partnerships with local people, the focus is on making a light footprint."

• All trips include time with Traidcraft producers and visiting Traidcraft Exchange projects
  
• You will also get the chance to visit local places of interest and religious sites as part of the tour
  
• Key destinations include : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, Costa Rica and Peru

They say: "We’ve put together this brochure to highlight special events, festivities and special occasions that coincide with our tour departure dates. We’ve got the glamour of the opera, the chance to watch whales at migration time and the Madeira Flower Festival, to name but a few."

• All departures (save for Verona opera) are fully escorted tour holidays with a Page and Moy rep accompanying you
  
• Prices start from £599 for the four day Riga Opera Break
  
• Key destinations include : Christmas in Austria, the Sydney Festival, Venice Carnival, Obergammergau Passion Play and Polar Bear Adventure in Canada