COMPETITION

Tell us about your favourite winter sun escape for the chance to win a £250 Sunvil holiday voucher

Our cover story conveys the thrill of leaving the UK winter behind and soaking up the sun abroad. If you too have escaped the chill, tell us where you went and what made it special. Was it a familiar hotspot such as Tenerife, Morocco or Madeira, a winter cruise or an exotic destination in Africa, Asia or the Indian Ocean, say? The reader who sends in the best entry wins a £250 voucher.

ABOUT THE PROVIDER Award-winning holiday specialist Sunvil (sunvil. co.uk) has pioneered many fascinating destinations in its 52-year history. It has been at the forefront of environmental initiatives and good practice, protecting the places it visits and ensuring locals benefit from tourism.

Sunvil creates handcrafted holidays to a wide range of destinations, specialising in lesserknown areas and often featuring smaller, familyrun accommodation.

In Europe: travel by rail to Greece, discovering traditional life on small islands; go whale watching in the Azores; discover Dark Sky reserves, wineries, hill villages and local cheeses in mainland Portugal, plus the lesserknown gourmet regions of Extremadura, Subbética and Castilla y León in Spain. In Scandinavia, try dogsledding, seek out the northern lights or enjoy the midnight sun amid thousands of islets.

There are tailor-made trips to multiple Latin American countries: marvel at wildlife and volcanoes in Costa Rica;

enjoy the Amazon and exotic beaches in Brazil, and wineries in Argentina. New this year are holidays to Croatia and its islands, plus more Greek islandhopping options.

Sunvil holidays are financially protected and include flights (with hold luggage), regional departures UK-wide, plus transfers, car hire, boat connections and (in Greece and Cyprus only) the services of representatives who live in the destination year-round and will share their in-depth knowledge.

THE PRIZE

A £250 voucher towards any Sunvil holiday booked direct with the company, subject to availability.

HOW TO ENTER

Email your entry (in 150 words) with your name, address and telephone number, by midnight on Tuesday October 4, to yoursay@telegraph.co.uk. Only one prize can be won per person and it is nontransferable and nonrefundable. Other T&Cs apply. See telegraph.co.uk/ tt-yourtravels for details