Jungle Book-inspired holidays in India
Wednesday, 07 Dec 2005 12:50
Taj Mahal: Real Holiday's India intinerary visits this famous monument
The release of the big-screen adaptation of
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is likely to attract thousands of visitors to New Zealand where many of the movie's scenes were filmed.
Based on the classic C S Lewis children's novel, the film is released in the UK on December 9th.
But it is not only films that inspire people to travel, the original literature can too. Indeed children's books can provide inspiration for fascinating holidays.
Jungle Book: Holidays in India
Elements of Rudyard Kipling's
Jungle Book can be recreated through a holiday in India. Riding atop an elephant to the Amber Fort, near Jaipur, can recapture the march of
Jungle Book's Dawn Patrol, while visitors to Ranthambore National Park should keep a look out for the cunning tiger Shere Khan.
Real Holidays has a ten-day holiday in India visiting Delhi, the Taj Mahal in Agra and the jungles of Ranthambore. Prices for a February or March departure, based on twin rooms for two adults and two children in B&B accommodation for six nights, and luxury tents for three nights, starts from £1,490 per person. For more information see:
www.realholidays.co.uk. Flights with Ethiad Airways start from £375 per adult and £255 per child including taxes.
Hans Christian Anderson: Copenhagen, Denmark
The Danish capital Copenhagen inspired Hans Christian Anderson to write fairytales including
The Ugly Duckling and
The Emperor's New Clothes. The city's harbour contains a monument to another of Hans Christian Anderson's fairytales -
The Little Mermaid.
To see the city that inspired Hans for yourself, Kirker Holidays is offering three nights bed & breakfast for £549 per person, based on two sharing, including return flights. For more information see:
www.kirkerholidays.com
Sleeping Beauty in the Loire Valley
The Usse chateau in the Loire Valley possesses the turrets and spires that inspired Charles Perrault to write
Sleeping Beauty.
It can be visited from the nearby three-star Domaine de la Tortiniere, where VFB Holidays is offering a two nights half-board stay, along with channel crossing from Dover and travel insurance, for £252 per person (based on two sharing). For more information see:
www.vfbholidays.
For information on holidays in New Zealand, visiting the sights used in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe see: Holidays in Narnia