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Grab a cold one, sip on a tasty aperitif, taste the tannins in a robust red, all while soaking up the magic and atmosphere of your surrounds. It is called a drinkscapade and these are some of the best destinations in the world to take your next drinksapede.

What: Creative Holidays’ three night A Taste of the Big Apple Mini Stay

Where: New York City

When: Available from 01 April 2007 to March 2008

Cost: Priced from $970 per person, twin share, land only

Info: http://www.creativeholidays.com/

Details:Taste the trendy cocktails and let the heady bars and nightlife made so famous by Sex and the City take you away. Apparently New Yorkers are crazy for sake, sidecars, pomegranate, and flower blossoms – see if you are too. Creative Holidays’ package includes return airport transfers, three nights accommodation (including local taxes), a three-day New York Pass, two-day All Loops, Hop-On-Hop-Off sightseeing tour with ferry ticket to Ellis Island, a Liberty Helicopter Tour – The Big Apple and to top it all off and make sure you have something nice to wear out to the bars…a Macy’s International Saving Card.

What: Contiki Holidays’ 4-day L.A Scene

Where: LA, USA

When: Now until March, 2008

Cost: Priced from $385 per person, twin share, land only

Info: http://www.contiki.com/

Details:We have all seen the LA party scene – it is strewn all over our celebrity mags – why not head to LA and see if you can rub shoulders with the celebrity set in sophisticated haunts with hip velvet sofas and low lit alcoves while sipping on a chilled cocktail? Discover hip LA with Contiki. Highlights include: a city sightseeing tour, Hollywood, walking the infamous Hollywood Boulevard, seeing the stars on the “Walk of Fame”, Sunset Strip, the Viper Room bar, Rodeo Drive and Melrose Place as well as Venice Beach and Santa Monica and its pier.

What: Trafalgar’s 8-day Real Ireland

Where: Ireland

When: Departures are available 2 November, 2007 to 13 April, 2008

Cost: Priced from $1299 per person, twin share (land only).

http://www.trafalgartours.com.au/ Details:The Irish are a merry bunch, who don’t mind a pint or two. This spirited culture has borne a myriad of cosy bars and rocking pubs ensuring the traveller spoilt for choice when it come to places to drink. This tour visits Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Galway and Sligo, giving you a taste of Ireland’s quaint towns, picturesque countryside and lively cities. The price includes first-class hotel accommodation, touring by luxury air conditioned coach, daily sightseeing, professional multi-lingual tour director, hot buffet breakfast daily, welcome dinner with wine in Dublin, several dinners and airport transfers.

What:Insight’s 8-day Amazing Italy

Where: Italy

When: Departures are available 3 November, 2007 to 05 April, 2008

Cost: Priced from $1765 per person, twin share (land only).

Info: http://www.insightvacations.com/  

Details:Italy has long held a glowing reputation for fine wines, boasting the largest variety of flavours, colours and styles of any other country. Discover the reason why locals are so passionate about their ‘vino’ as you savour the taste of traditionally cultivated fine wines. Please your palates as you sip your way around highlights such as St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, a drive through the Tuscan vineyards en route to Renaissance Florence, view the setting of Romeo and Juliet in Verona and coast through the canals of Venice. The price of this tour includes accommodation at first-class hotels, transportation on a luxury air-conditioned coach, several meals and airport transfers.