Fly to Athens with easyjet.com from £99.98 return.

How to get there British Airways (0870 850 9850, www.ba.com) flies from Heathrow from £178 return.

Bmi (www.flybmi.com) flies daily from Heathrow to Tehran, from £484 return.

EasyJet (0905 821 090905; www.easyjet.com) flies to Belfast from £43.98 return.

Emirates (0844 800 2777; www.emirates.com) flies via Dubai from £500 return.

Finnair (0870 241 4411; finnair.com) flies from Heathrow and Manchester from £155 return.

Bmi (0870 6070 222, www.flybmi.com) flies three times a week between Heathrow and Riyadh from £416 return, including tax.

Thomas Cook (www.flythomascook.com) flies directly to Preveza, the airport for Lefkada, from £200 return.

Thomsonfly (0871 231 4787, www.thomsonfly.com) flies from 10 UK airports, from £120 return.

- Monarch (0871 940 5040, flymonarch.com) flies Gatwick-Lanzarote from £212 return including tax.