What's the Deal?

The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.

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LAND

· Untours has discounted its Holland package by $250 per person. The new price of $749 per person double includes 14 nights in an apartment in Leiden, a university town about a 30-minute drive from Amsterdam, and an eight-day Holland rail pass. Airfare is extra. Deal is good for stays through March 28. Info: 888-868-6871, http://www.untours.com/.

· New York City is holding its annual winter Paint the Town promotion through Feb. 28. Download a copy of the savings card at http://www.nycvisit.com/paint and use an American Express card to qualify for any of more than 300 discounts on shopping, hotels, dining, museums, theaters, tours, clubs and attractions. For example, get two-for-one admission to the Frick Collection on Wednesdays; save $10 on tickets (usually $79) to "Murdered by the Mob," an interactive mystery dinner theater production; get two-for-one tickets for the Circle Line sightseeing cruises; and receive a 15 percent discount off both meals and the lowest available room rate at the Algonquin Hotel. Info: 212-484-1200.

· MontBleu Resort, Casino & Spa, on Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nev., has a ski and snowboard package for stays through April 14. Price starts at $207 a night double on weeknights and includes lodging and two lift tickets to either Sierra-at-Tahoe, Heavenly Mountain Resort, Squaw Valley USA, Kirkwood Mountain Resort or Northstar-at-Tahoe. Priced separately, room would cost at least $140; lift tickets at Heavenly, for example, are $72 per person per day. Taxes are an additional 10 percent. Info: 888-829-7630, http://www.montbleuresort.com/.

SEA

· Windjammer Barefoot Cruises has deals on six-night French West Indies cruises aboard the 112-passenger Polynesia and on the Treasure Isles cruises aboard the 122-passenger Legacy. Rates on Feb. 4 sailing on either ship start at $499 per person double; fare on Polynesia, which sails round trip from St. Maarten, usually starts at $1,200, and fare on Legacy, which sails between St. Maarten and Tortola, starts at $1,300. Price on other dates in February is discounted to $799 per person double. Info: 800-327-2600, http://www.windjammer.com/.

· A nine-night Antarctica Classic expedition cruise has been discounted by 40 percent for the Feb. 21 departure. Expedition Trips is offering the cruise aboard the 108-passenger Explorer starting at $3,612 per person double. The cruise departs from Ushuaia, Argentina, and travels through the Drake Passage to Antarctica and the South Shetland Islands. Shore excursions are included, and availability is limited. Info: 877-412-8527, http://www.expeditiontrips.com/.

· Norwegian Cruise Line is holding a Freestyle Resolution Sales Event with free two-category upgrades and onboard credits of up to $150 per stateroom for any 2007 or 2008 cruise; credits range from $25 for an inside cabin to $150 for a suite. Booking deadline is Feb. 28. Plus, book any summer or fall Bermuda or Caribbean sailing out of New York no later than today aboard the Norwegian Crown, Norwegian Spirit or Norwegian Dawn and receive a shipboard credit of up to $300 per stateroom (amount depends on cabin category). Info: 866-234-0292, http://www.ncl.com/.

AIR

· Air France has launched a fare sale from its U.S. gateways, including Washington Dulles, to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and India. The round-trip fare to Naples, Italy, for example, is $570 (plus $104 taxes); fare on other airlines starts at $750. Purchase by Jan. 28. Sale is good for travel Feb. 1-March 31. Info: 800-237-2747, http://www.airfrance.us/.

· Fly nonstop on Azores Express from Boston to the Azores, an archipelago of nine Portuguese islands in the Atlantic about 930 miles from Lisbon, for $296 round trip (plus $166 taxes); usual fare is about $100 more. Also, fly to Lisbon for about $578 round trip including taxes and fees; fare on other airlines starts at about $684. The sale is good for travel on Tuesdays, Jan. 30-Feb. 20. Info: 800-762-9995, http://www.azores-express.com/.

PACKAGES

· British Airways has a Europe for Free deal that includes two free hotel nights at a selection of two- and three-star hotels throughout Europe. Participating hotels include D'Este Hotel in Rome (usually about $106 a night); Kyriad La Villetee in Paris (usually about $126); the Hotel Florida Norte in Madrid (average rate $140); and Corus Hotel Hyde Park in London ($186 a night). Prices vary based on destination and travel date; weekend trip for two to London in early February, for example, with round-trip air from Washington and two nights at the Corus Hyde Park is $1,046, including all taxes. Deal is valid for flights Jan. 23-March 25; purchase by Jan. 24. Sale is based on double occupancy; single traveler gets one free hotel night. Seven-day advance purchase required. Weekend travel surcharge of $30 each way applies; Saturday night stay required. Book at http://www.ba.com/europeforfree or pay $20 more by calling 800-247-9297.

· Save $100 per couple on already discounted packages to Las Vegas from Vegas.com. For example, a two-night trip on a weekend in early February, including nonstop airfare on America West from Reagan National and two nights' lodging at Circus Circus, is $588 per couple including taxes; priced separately, the deal would cost about $836 for two. Participating hotels include the Aladdin, Circus Circus, Flamingo, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Mirage and Riviera. Book by Feb. 5 and travel by March 1. Use promotion code LAS50 when booking at http://www.vegas.com/. Info: 800-851-1703.

-- Carol Sottili

Prices were verified and available on Thursday afternoon when the Travel section went to press. However, deals sell out quickly and are not guaranteed to be available. Restrictions such as day of travel, blackout dates and advance-purchase requirements sometimes apply.

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