H. F. also runs special interest holidays in which the focus is golf, painting, horseback riding, dancing or gardening.

The same goes for special interest holidays and villa holidays - many of the best properties are snapped up by villa companies well in advance.

First Class covers all aspects of tourism, from the day-to-day dealing with payments and taking reservations to growth areas such as special interest holidays and conference organizing.

Saga Holidays (0800 096 0082, www.saga.co.uk) Hotel-based special interest holidays including bridge, garden-visiting and singles holidays on Madeira and new Douro wine tours.

Others combine the house party with a special interest holiday, such as a gourmet weekend in a country house.

H. F. also runs special interest holidays in which the focus is golf, painting, horseback riding, dancing or gardening.

The same goes for special interest holidays and villa holidays - many of the best properties are snapped up by villa companies well in advance.

First Class covers all aspects of tourism, from the day-to-day dealing with payments and taking reservations to growth areas such as special interest holidays and conference organizing.

Saga Holidays (0800 096 0082, www.saga.co.uk) Hotel-based special interest holidays including bridge, garden-visiting and singles holidays on Madeira and new Douro wine tours.

Great Rail Journeys has also developed a range of 'Special Interest Holidays' featuring visits to Viennese Balls, Europe's major carnivals including Venice and Nice and, for 2010, tours to Oberammergau to see the world famous Passion Play.

He has used his experience as the basis for a speciality holiday, or rather two 20-day epic archaeological tours, mostly on land.