The late escape

? A week in a rural villa on the Costa Blanca, 20 minutes' drive inland from Javea, costs £229pp based on six sharing, including car hire and return flights from Gatwick. Depart this Saturday, 18 or 25 May. To book, call Magic of Spain (08700 270400).

? Driveline (0870 757 7575) has seven nights in Marrakesh at the three-star Hotel Oudaya for £579pp half-board, two sharing, including return flights from Heathrow. Depart Friday or Saturday.

? Save £136 on a week on Italy's Cilento coast with Citalia (020 8686 5533): seven nights at the four-star Hotel King's Residence, set in the Cilento National Park above Palinuro, in a sea-view room with balcony, costs £459 half board (normal price £595), based on two sharing, including return flights from Gatwick. Depart 17 May.

? Seven nights on Kefalonia at Agia Efimia's Panorama Apartments, five minutes' walk from the beach, cost £199pp self-catering, including return flights from Gatwick departing Saturday or 18 May. To book, call Sunvil (020 8568 4499).

? Seven nights in Sicily at the three-star Bel Soggiorno, a traditional villa in Taormina, cost £389pp B&B based on two sharing a twin room, including return flights from Gatwick departing 18 May. To book, call Panorama (0870 7595595).