9-DAY RAMBLE THROUGH CANADA SCHEDULED.Byline: Daily News Siesta Tours USA plans a nine-day escorted tour of the Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. The southern end in Alberta and British Columbia borders Idaho and Montana of the USA. The northern end is at the Liard Plain in British Columbia. and western Canada
Western Canada, commonly referred to as the West departing May 23 from Calgary, Alberta. The trip includes a gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain Sulphur Mountain is a mountain in Banff National Park overlooking the town of Banff, Alberta, canada. The mountain was named in 1916 for the hot springs on its lower slopes.[1] The springs have been developed into swimming and hot pools. , a visit to Lake Louise, a snowcoach ride across the Columbia Icefields, a two-day Rocky Mountaineer train trip from Banff to Vancouver, British Columbia, and a ferry ride through the Gulf Islands to Victoria. Cost is $1,689 per person, double occupancy, and includes air fare, train fare, ground transportation, transfers, lodgings, several meals, admissions and baggage handling. Information: (800) 733-2252. Bus trip: Eurobus, the motor coach service that links 23 cities in 12 European nations, will expand service April 1 with a new Great Britain Pass that offers unlimited travel throughout England, Scotland and Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. . Great Britain Passes are $145 for one month of unlimited travel; $160 for three months. Youth passes for travelers age 26 or under are $110 for one month and $125 for three months. Passengers can hop on or off the route at any scheduled stop, picking up the next coach which rolls through. Coach stops in England include London, Windsor, Bath, Cambridge, York and the Lake District. Eurobus stops in Cardiff, Wales; and Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Edinburgh, Scotland. Eurobus coaches depart each stop every two days, and passengers may travel the circuit as often as they like during the life of the pass. Information: (800) 387-6287. Hawaiian rodeo: Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays offers an April 15-22 package featuring the Hawaiian Professional Championship Rodeo on Oahu. Cost starts at $657 per person, double occupancy, and includes round-trip air fare from Los Angeles, seven nights' lodging in a Waikiki Beach hotel, three days' car rental, passes for all three days of the rodeo, hotel transfers and baggage handling. Information: (800) 542-9244. Ghost tours: The Dauphine dau·phine n. The wife of a dauphin. [French, feminine of dauphin; see dauphin.] Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, itself the home of several spirits, has teamed with Hauntings Today Ghost Expeditions to offer a Haunted New Orleans tour combined with two nights' lodgings. Priced at $345 for two, the package includes a stay at the French Quarter hotel, continental breakfast, afternoon tea and free French Quarter transportation via hotel van, plus a tour of haunted spots. Brunch, lunch or dinner at a haunted restaurant is available for an additional charge. Information: (800) 521-7111. Irish green: Beginning May 4, CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and Tours International will offer weekly tours of Ireland priced from $1,393 for an eight-day stay. Included are visits to Shannon, the Cliffs of Moher The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair, lit. , Tralee, Killarney, the Ring of Kerry, Blarney Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century castle, are supposed to gain marvelous powers of persuasion and cajolery. , Cobh, Waterford, Glendalough and Dublin. The price includes six nights' lodgings, daily Irish breakfast, five dinners including a medieval banquet at 15th-century Bunratty Castle, escorted sightseeing and admissions. Departures are scheduled through Oct. 3. Information: (800) 243-8687. Heritage tours: The National Trust for Historic Preservation offers two spring tours of historic areas. A trip to see Maryland homes, gardens and hunt country will run May 11-18 and will include stops in Baltimore, St. Michaels, Easton, and Eastern Shore towns. Cost is $1,795 per person, double occupancy, including some meals, lodgings and excursions. A trip through the Connecticut River Valley The Connecticut River Valley stretches from the New Hampshire and Quebec border to Long Island Sound on the Connecticut coast. Orographically, the Connecticut River Valley stretches beyond the floodplain to encompass some towns. will run May 19-26 and will include stops at poet Emily Dickenson's home in Amherst, Mass.; private homes in Deerfield, Mass.; the Mark Twain house The Mark Twain House was the home of Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens) from 1871 to 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Before 1871, Twain had lived in Hannibal, Missouri. The architectural style of the 19-room house itself is Victorian Gothic. in Hartford, Conn.; and Dartmouth and Amherst colleges. Cost is $2,490 per person, double occupancy, and includes lodgings, most meals and excursions. Information: (800) 944-6847. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo A visit to Lake Louise is included in a tour of western Canada and the Rockies. |
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