BAJA TOURS INCLUDE CANYON TRAIN RIDE.Byline: Daily News Siesta Tours USA offers a 12-day tour of Baja California Baja California, state, Mexico Baja California (Span.: bä`hä kälēfōr`nyä), state (1990 pop. 1,660,855), 27,628 sq mi (71,576 sq km), NW Mexico, on the Baja California peninsula. Mexicali is the capital. and Mexico's Copper Canyon, scheduled to depart Oct. 20. The trip includes motorcoach travel to San Quintin, Guerrero Negro and Loreto; a three-day stay in La Paz and a glass-bottom boat sail to Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas (popularly known as just Cabo) is a small city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula at , in the municipality of Los Cabos in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. ; a flight across the Sea of Cortez to Los Mochis; and a ride aboard the Chihuahua Pacific Railway from El Fuerte through the 6,000-foot-deep Copper Canyon. Cost of the trip is $1,295 per person, double occupancy, and includes transportation, 11 nights lodging, some meals, admission and bilingual Mexican guide. Information: (800) 733-2252. Focus on Portugal: Trafalgar Tours offers a 12-day tour of Portugal that includes stops in Lisbon, the Serra Arrabida Mountains, Faro Faro, town, Portugal Faro (fä`rō), town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are , the Algarve coastline, the Sagres Peninsula and Evora. Departures are weekly through Oct. 8. Cost is $1,625, including roundtrip air fare from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 11 nights' lodgings, some meals, motorcoach transportation and guide services. Information: (800) 457-6891. Wine country: Travel-Online offers a three-day, two-night trip through California's Central Coast wine country Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The tour travels aboard restored private rail cars hooked to Amtrak's Starlight Express from Los Angeles' Union Station to Paso Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Look back: The German National Tourist Office and Galaxy Tours offer ``Nostalgic Journeys,'' trips for present and former U.S. military personnel who served in Germany at any time since 1945. A series of six itineraries will be offered, and travelers can choose from 143 ``WunderHotels'' locations throughout Germany. Cost starts at $999, and includes air fare from the U.S., six nights' lodgings, some meals and motorcoach transportation or six days' rental car. Information: (310) 575-9799. Leaves turning: Regal Cruises offers a 12-night fall foliage cruise departing from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on Sept. 29. Stops include Bar Harbour, Maine; Newport, R.I.; Provincetown, Mass.; Halifax and Sidney, Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. ; and Quebec City, Quebec. Cost starts at $999 per person, double occupancy; transportation to New York is not included. Information: (800) 270 7245. Hike in: Outdoor Vacations for Women Over 40 offers a Sept. 23-Oct. 4 trip to Spain's Picos de Europa The Picos de Europa (literally: "Peaks of Europe") is a range of mountains some 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castilla-León, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains. area that includes hiking and light backpacking. Included are a two-night trek to Vegaredonda and Mirador de Ordiales and a one-night trek to Bulnes, staying in huts or hostels along the way. Tour is limited to 12. Information: (508) 448-3331. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Chihuahua Pacific train snakes through Copper Ca nyon. |
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