Travel - Learning Holidays

Saturday 19th January 2008
Pól O'Conghaile, travel journalist & author with suggestions for some exotic learning holidays at home and abroad -

* Dinosaur digs with the Museum of Western Colorado
(Dinodigs 001 970 242 0971/www.dinodigs.org) 5 nights €680 pp

* Dance the tango in Beunos Aires
(Club Dance Holidays 0044 207 099 816/www.danceholidays.com)
8 nights - €2,118 pps

* Irish language in Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal
(074 973 0248/www.oideas-gael.com) 1 week from €190 pp

* Rugby in Toulouse, France (for school-age rugby players)
(Topflight 01 240 1700/www.topflight.ie) 5 days - €599 pps

* Cooking in spectacular locations in Indonesia, Jordan, Vietnam
(www.holidayonthemenu.com) 7 days - €2,150 (excl flights)


Also on the programme -
Gill Newlyn, Kerry Fiddles in Kenmare / www.kerryfiddles.com
William Owens, learning Italian in Rome www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-courses-Rome.html


Some other exiting options -

* The Writers Lab in Skyros, Greece
(0044 198 386 5566/www.skyros.co.uk) 2 weeks from €1,090 pp

* Circus or rock music skills onboard a P&O cruise liner
(P&O's Ventura 0044 845 678 0014/www.virtualventura.co.uk)
14 nights €1,830 pps

*Glassblowing, digital photography & wine-tasting onboard Celebrity Cruises new liner 'Celebrity Solstice'
(Celebrity Solstice www.celebritycruises.com - from Dec 2008)
7 nights - €836 pps

* Cooking & painting courses in Toffia and Casperia, Italy
(www.atasteofrome.com) 1 week - €1,259 pp

* Irish cooking at the Belle Isle School of Cookery, Co Fermanagh
(0044 286 638 7231/www.irish-cookery-school.com)
1 day - €160pp or 3 days - €565 pp

* Painting in Irish School of Landscape Painting, Co Wicklow
(0404 42884/www.irishschooloflandscapepainting.com)
Beginner weekends - €110 or weeklong masterclasses €550

* Crafts (ceramics, woodcarving etc) in Clonakilty, Co Cork
(Essence Of Ireland 021 427 8555/www.essenceofireland.ie)
1 week - €1,315 pp

* Sailing with Glenan's Irish Sailing Club
(01 661 1481 / www.gisc.ie)

* Walking in the Sierra Nevada, southern Spain
(www.hillwalkingspain.com - suitable for all levels)

* Archaeology & history of Ireland with Tour The Ages
(01 667 3423 / www.tourtheages.com)