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From www.castlebar.ie Leisure
Recently I had the good fortune to hit upon a package holiday sale hosted by Stein Travel. Not only did I manage to get a trip to the Costa Del Sol for a bargain price but I also managed to get the flight out of our very own Knock Airport.
Oh the luxury, 20-25 minutes roughly from Castlebar to Knock Airport, check-in, relax in one of the two bars or have some hot food in the Cafe or buy yerself a magazine, newspaper, book or sweets from the shop downstairs. Watch the plane land and empty of its returning, tanned and happy passengers and then hop on yourself and away you go - off to sunny Spain. Two and half hours later and you're in Malaga airport - it takes longer to get to bloody Dublin by either road or train!
I was never a big fan of package holidays but I saw this trip as my chance to get a bit of sun (especially as it looked like we were going to have another dreary Mayo summer). I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how much there was to do and how cheap my week in the sun was and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone of any age group who fancies a break.
The return home was great, no three hour haul down from Dublin after the week away! I'll be going again! I know that the current list of destinations out of Knock is limited but surely they'll grow over time as every flight appears to be full to capacity.
If you want to know more details then post requests to the main bulletin board and I'll respond when I get a chance. I'm not a travel agent I'm just an ordinary punter who took a chance and was delighted with the product.
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