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4 BENIDORM
HOLIDAY – INC.
DAILY MEALS
DEPARTS SEPT 2019 - JUN 2020
Towering over Benidorm, the Gran Hotel
Bali is the tallest hotel in Europe and
boasts incredible views of the bay from
the 46th fl oor viewing platform.
The hotel is ideal for lazy days on Poniente
beach which is just a short stroll away.
PRICE INCLUDES
7 nights in the Gran Hotel Bali
HALF BOARD
Departures available from 12 UK airports
Selected dates FROM: Sept £339pp | Oct £309pp
Nov-Dec £199pp | Jan 2020-Mar £249pp | Apr £289pp
May £339pp | Jun £359pp | Solo Travellers from £429pp
EUROPE’S
TALLEST
HOTEL
FANTASTIC BEACH
HOLIDAY DEALS
7 NIGHTS
FROM
£199
- PER PERSON
3 FUERTEVENTURA
DEPARTS NOV 2019 - JUN 2020
Situated in the quiet resort of Costa de
Antigua, Globales Costa Tropical is the ideal hotel for
those looking for a good value and peaceful getaway.
Great for families or couples, you can soak up the
friendly atmosphere and sunshine by the lovely pool.
PRICE INCLUDES
7 nights in the Globales Costa Tropical
ALL INCLUSIVE
ATOL PROTECTED
Departures available from 12 UK airports
Selected dates FROM: Nov-Dec £229pp | Jan 2020-Mar £269pp
Apr £319pp | May £299pp | Jun £319pp
Solo Travellers from £429pp
PRICE
FROM
£229
PER PERSON
LOVELY
SWIMMING POOLALL INCLUSIVE
GREAT CENTRALLOCATION
INCLUDES DAILY MEALS
4 TENERIFE
DEPARTS SEPT 2019 - JUN 2020
Situated in the resort of the Playa de las
Americas, the Sol Tenerife Hotel offers a relaxing
4-star holiday right on the beach. With beautiful views
of the sun-kissed Atlantic Ocean, yet close to all the
resort has to offer.
PRICE INCLUDES
7 nights in the Sol Tenerife Hotel
HALF BOARD
ATOL PROTECTED
Departures available from 5 UK airports
Selected dates FROM: Sept £549pp | Oct £449pp | Nov £389pp
Dec £299pp | Jan 2020-Feb £389pp | Apr £339pp | May £389pp
Jun £339pp | Solo Travellers from £599pp
PRICE
FROM
£299
PER PERSON
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ome people play those fantasy
dinner party games – you know,
where you come up with your
perfect list of famous guests. For
Dame Zandra Rhodes that’s just real life.
Unfortunately while her diners may
be A-list, thanks to taking part in TV’s
top cookery contest, she’s discovered the
food was not up to the same standard.
“I used to think I could cook before
Celebrity MasterChef,” wails the doyenne
of the British fashion industry, shaking
her shock of pink hair in mock outrage
and theatrically waving her arms.
“I regularly cook for 10 or 12 people
here. Friends like Lulu, Britt Ekland, film
director John Waters. They all seem to
like my cooking. Well, they eat it!”
Sadly there is one very important
person missing from the 78-year-old
fashion designer’s dinner table these
days. Just three months ago, her long-
term partner, US movie producer Salah
Hassanein, died back in California,
where they lived together.
“In the beginning my boyfriend used
to come here a lot, but he was older than
me,” she sighs, looking off into the South
London skyline from her home.
“He died just after his 98th birthday so
he didn’t come here much recently.”
Disguising her obvious sadness at
losing the love of her life, Zandra is
matter of fact about the details.
She says: “Technically he died on June
7 but he wanted to be buried in a
military cemetery in America but they
were so busy we had to wait for a space.
“His Egyptian family always come
over in July, so we were able to keep his
body until finally we got a slot – we got
barely half an hour to have his funeral!
D
espite her loss and having just
flown over from America this
morning, the colourful designer
is a bundle of joy and seems to
have barely aged over the years.
Her zany hair and artful yet heavy-
handed approach to make-up means the
lorry driver’s daughter from Chatham,
Kent, is as instantly recognisable now as
she was back in the 1980s when Princess
Diana would often visit her trendy
Central London shop.
And now, winning the hearts of a
whole new generation, the fashion icon’s
credentials as dame of the dinner party
are being put to the test in this new
series of Celebrity MasterChef.
Serving up the fourteenth series of
this long-running show are judges John
Torode and Gregg Wallace and the usual
celebs alongside Dame Zandra, include
Strictly pro Oti Mabuse, TOWIE’s Joey
Essex, runner Andy Grant and former
footballer Neil “Razor” Ruddock.
Having spent the last 25 years dividing
her time between her late partner’s
beach house in Del Mar, San Diego, and
London, the fashion queen
admits she didn’t know
who any of her fellow
celebs were before
they filmed.
And being teamed
up with 28-year-old
reality star Joey
Essex seems to
have been a high-
light of Zandra’s
time on the show.
Speaking in her
London flat – a
flamboyant and
colourful gilded
LOVE OF LIFE Zandra with
film mogul Salah Hassanein
COOKING With Razor, Joey