Sunvil launches Cuba, new Greek island and expanded Albania programme

Closer to home, Greek island specialist Sunvil has added the island of Kea – or Tzia – in the Cyclades to its 2024 programme. Sunvil describes Kea as being atypical of islands in the Cyclades, in so much as it doesn’t feature the classic whitewashed cubic houses or blue-domed churches.

The operator has also expanded its Crete programme with the addition of the small coastal resorts of Plakias and Agia Galini, the inland village of Zaros, and Agios Apostolis, near Chania.

Other additions include small ship and gulet cruises via Star Clippers and Sail in Greece, fly-drive options in western Greece to Sivota, Parga and Zagoria, and new tailor-made island hopping routes:

• Cyclades and Dodecanese – Santorini, Amorgos, Astypalea, Kos, Nissyros, Tilos and Rhodes
• North Aegean – Thessaloniki, Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Rhodes
• Western Cyclades – Sifnos, Folegandros and Milos

Sunvil is also growing its Albania programme, which already features Saranda and is served "frequent and reliable" 30-minute ferries from Corfu, and its Nordic programme.

Additions in Albania include the southern beach resorts of Ksamil, Himare and Vlore; twin-centres with Corfu, Paxos, Sivota, Parga and Lefkas; and self-catering properties through GIC The Villa Collection.

The Nordics is another focus for Sunvil; the next "solar maximum", a period of heightened solar activity which occurs every 11 years, is due this winter, boosting people’s chances of seeing the Northern Lights.

Sunvil has added a new guesthouse in Swedish Lapland, with a four-night itinerary there featuring snowmobiling, dog sledding, reindeer encounters, Aurora tours, ice driving and snowshoeing leading in from £2,976pp based on two sharing.

Another new property has been added in Finnish Lapland too, Iso Syote. Sunvil is also offering a new seven-night Arctic Adventure twin-centre journeying from Norway’s Tromso to Lapland, which leads in from £2,460pp.