FANCY spending Christmas in the sun? It’s a festive treat you and your family will never forget. Norwich Airport has teamed up with Teleticket Holidays to offer holidaymakers ATOL-bonded holidays to Tenerife this festive season. There are two direct flights on offer from the airport on Saturdays December 19 and 26 2009. Both dates offer a seven-night holiday. Christmas in Tenerife is always a very special time of year. A chance to get away from the stresses that the festive season usually brings. With a sub-tropical climate ensuring temperatures of 70 degrees Fahrenheit in December, visitors can achieve a good tan whilst purchasing souvenirs for Christmas presents. A great Christmas celebration can be achieved with many hotels and restaurants offering full Christmas dinner and there is even a guarantee on seeing snow on the peak and slopes of Mt Teide. New Year is brought in with stunning fire work displays whilst there is a great choice of bars offering low priced drinks.

Elliott Summers, the airport’s Managing Director commented: “Tenerife is in the top three most popular destinations as indicated by our destinations survey and we are delighted to be offering our local passengers exactly what they have asked for.” Towns and villages have their own annual festivities but some visitors who want the sun and a white Christmas needn’t miss out - try one of the organised trips to the snow-capped summit of Tenerife’s extinct volcano Mount Teide!

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NORWICH Airport played host to the Red Arrows this summer. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team will once again use Norwich International Airport as its base of operations while attending local airshows at Lowestoft, Cromer and Clacton. The Red Arrows are renowned throughout the world as ambassadors for both the Royal Air Force and the United Kingdom. Since the Team was officially formed in 1965, the Red Arrows have completed over 4,000 displays in 53 countries. The Red Arrows’ reputation is built on the commitment and professionalism, combined with Royal Air Force skills, training and equipment. Many of the Red Arrows’ pilots and support staff have recently returned from Afghanistan and Iraq and many will be temporarily detached on operations overseas during their time with the Red Arrows.

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ONE of the Europe’s most famous cultural events – the Oberammergau Passion Play – is being held again in 2010 and you have a magical opportunity to be there, flying direct from Norwich Airport. Norwich Airport can offer a once-ina- lifetime opportunity to see the world renowned event as part of a visit to Austria thanks to Newmarket Holidays, which is offering two direct flights there on May 24 and June 28 2010. Tickets for the Passion Play are sold out years in advance, so Norwich Airport is delighted to be able to offer locals this rare opportunity packaged as part of an wonderful holiday to the Austrian Tyrol by Newmarket Holidays. This amazing spectacle is staged only once every 10 years so demand is bound to be high - book now or risk losing out. Every 10 years, in accordance with a solemn oath sworn by their forefathers nearly 400 years ago, residents of the Bavarian village ofOberammergau re-enact the lastweek of the life of Jesus. About half the inhabitants of Oberammergau are expected to take part in 2010. This means that over 2,000 villagers will bring the story of Jesus of Nazareth to life for the audiences that flock in from around the world. The play starts with Jesus entering Jerusalem, continues with His Death on the Cross and finishes with the Resurrection. As ever, this is an extraordinary community enterprise. The 2010 season sees a new production directed by Christian Stückl, director at Munich’s noted Volkstheater. He is supported by the artistic team that along with him staged the 2000 Passion Play: deputy director and dramatic adviser Otto Huber, set and costume designer Stefan Hageneier andmusic directorMarxus Zwink and conductorMichael Bocklet - all from Oberammergau.

This, incorporating a massed choir and orchestra, takes place each day on a vast open-air stage, in front of a covered auditorium that can hold up to 5,000 spectators, drawn from all over the world to witness this truly moving and extraordinary event. The delightful resort of Fügen which sits at the entrance to the stunning Alpine paradise of the Zillertal, is a picture-postcard-perfect scene of green pastures dotted with farms and forests, of distant peaks across the broad valley floor, through which the Ziller River meanders. The town lies beneath the Fügenbergmountain, and is not only a popular hiking and ‘wellness’ centre, with its newly developed thermal baths and open-air swimming pool, but is a super base from which to explore the surrounding region. Several wellmarked walking trails start from the town.

The Spieljoch cable-car will whisk you to the heights above fromthe outskirts of the town. In addition to shops, bars and cafés, Fügen has a fascinating local history museum, working dairy and a bacon smokery, all of which welcome visitors. For more information about holidays from Norwich airport please call 01603 428700, log on to www.travelnorwichairport.co.uk or visit us in the airport or Norwich Castle Mall

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POTTERS Leisure Resort, located on the coast where Norfolk meets Suffolk, is the first Five Star holiday village in the UK. This premier destination, the longest privately owned in the UK, offers inclusive Short Break Holidays 365 days a year, with a vast selection of fantastic facilities, full board, entertainment and accommodation all included in one great value Break price. The resort caters for all tastes, so if you want to relax or unwind in their Palms Health and Fitness Club, get pampered with treatments in their Aphrodite Beauty Studio, or get active with some fast paced activities such as Rally Karting, Climbing Walls, Clay Pigeon Shooting, 9 Hole Pitch ‘n’ Putt or Extreme Assault Course to name but a few, the choice is yours.

For more information and to order a free copy of Potters Leisure Resort Brochure please call 0845 437 9890 or visit www.pottersholidays.com Potters Holidays in Cyprus Welcome to Cyprus, island of the Gods and birthplace of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty. Cyprus basks in the year-round glow of the warm Mediterranean sun, shining on a land steeped in rich culture, history and mythology. Here you will find the superior 4-star Athena Beach Hotel, with its lovely gardens that lead to freshwater swimming pools and the clear, warm waters of the Mediterranean sea. Potters has carefully chosen the elegant seafront resort of the Athena Beach because of its quality and friendliness; it is like an oasis with landscape gardens right on the sea. Located a short bus ride away, or a relaxing walk of just over amile, is the old town of Paphos, with its delightful Potters are tops – at home and abroad harbour, shops and bars. Paphos has a wealth of history on its doorstep and the genuine Cypriot hospitality will delight and surprise you.

Potters Festival holidays are unique to the Athena Beach Hotel and feature a dedicated week where entertainment is flown over from the UK just for you. This helps create the unique friendly and fun atmosphere that is synonymous with Potters Leisure Resort. Potters Holidays include daytime schedule flights with meals, accommodation at the Four Star superior Athena Beach Hotel, transfers in Cyprus to and from the hotel, Breakfast and Dinner with a superb selection from the International Buffett on every full day of your stay, daytime and evening entertainment, and the friendly service of a Potters Holidays representative. For more information and to order your free copy of Potters Holidays in Cyprus Brochure please call 0845 437 9893 or visit www.pottersholidays.com

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NORWICH Airport can now offer great value for money holidays to Tunisia, thanks to Thomas Cook Airlines. They will be flying direct from Norwich on Sundays, from March 7 2010 for six weeks, with one of their B757s. It is a relatively short flight to this North African destination which can be reached from the UK in less than three hours. Flights are to Monastir, one of the filming locations for the Monty Python feature film Life Of Brian. Monastir Airport serves all of Tunisia’s resorts. Tunisian holidays offer everything from relaxation on powder-soft beaches and journeys across the Sahara Desert to scuba diving on the Mediterranean coast and exploring ancient Roman ruins. Behind excellent beaches and low-rise hotels lies a country of great variety. Green mountains, rivers and lakes dominate the north, while the south is covered by the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert.

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