FEATURE/Presidents Week Adventures Close to Home: Southampton Inn Packages Adventure, History and Fun for This School Holiday.Lifestyle Editors/Travel Writers FEATURE... SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 The surprise Presidents Week destination this winter is close to home, economical, lots of fun, and will leave your youngsters wanting to know even more about actual living people and creatures in their home area. The Southampton Inn, less than a two-hour drive 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. has put together a low priced $109 per night package that puts a world of adventure and fun at families fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . And if Fido or Kitty are part of your family vacation plans, the Southampton Inn welcomes pets for only $29.00 per night. Just a short drive from the Inn, families will find the unexpected, and the Inn's Front Desk staff can direct guests to many of the attractions. This special family rate is in effect from February 15 to 23. If you're yearning for the tropics tropics, also called tropical zone or torrid zone, all the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 23 1-2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 23 1-2°S. , don't miss the Atlantis Aquarium with its 120,000 gallon Lost City of Atlantis shark exhibit, a tropical Rain Forest exhibit with towering trees and large river creatures, and the largest living coral reef coral reef Ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas from the external skeletons of corals. The skeleton consists of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), or limestone. A coral reef may grow into a permanent coral island, or it may take one of four principal forms. in the country, teeming teem 1 v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v.intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. with sea life. Educational exhibits include a tank filled with urchins, sea stars, horseshoe crabs and tide pool tide pool n. See tidal pool. tide pool See tidal pool. dwellers, that youngsters can actually reach in and touch. There is even a make-believe dive to the bottom of the sea in a submarine simulator A submarine simulator, or subsim for short, is usually a computer game in which the player commands a submarine. The usual form of the game is to go on a series of missions, each of which features a number of encounters where the goal is to sink surface ships and to survive and more. The Inn's staff highly recommends the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, opened by descendents of the Native Americans who once inhabited the east end of Long Island in great numbers. This is a living museum in which guests will hear stories of Native American life on Long Island told by Native American volunteers who staff it. And six murals by David Bunn Martine, a Shinnecock artist and the museums curator spans Native American life going back to the Paleolithic period Paleolithic period (pā'lēəlĭth`ĭk, –lēō–, păl'–) or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. . It is not often that youngsters have the opportunity to hear, see and feel living history told by direct descendants of those who lived it, but they won't soon forget the experience. On the cultural side, the Parrish Art Museum with works by Winslow Homer Noun 1. Winslow Homer - United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) Homer , Willem and Elaine deKooning, Lee Krasner, Larry Rivers, Roy Lichtenstein and others in its permanent collection is an intimate facility that lends itself to relaxed viewing. If you can't resist the tax free shopping at the nearby Tanger Outlets, be sure to ask the Inn's Front Desk how to obtain a special book of discount tickets. There's even more for youngsters. Among them, is the Inn's game room, which boasts the latest high tech video challenges as well as traditional favorites. A child-friendly management has stocked this facility with an entire catalog of Constructive Playthings furnishings. For more details on any of these packages or customized arrangements and reservations, call the Southampton Inn, 800-832-6500. The Inn is located at 91 Hill Street, Southampton, NY 11968,or on the web at: www.southamptoninn.com |
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