TOURS, ETC. : YACHT MAKES TWO AEGEAN TRIPS.Byline: Daily News The 36-passenger Galileo Sun will sail on two seven-day Aegean island cruise itineraries next year. One itinerary calls at Cape Sounion, Santorini, Rhodes, Kusadasi, Patmos, Delos and Mykonos; the other tour calls at Hydra, Nauplia and Monemvassia in the Peloponnese, Chania and Rethymnon in Crete, Santorini, Sifnos and Aegina. Weekly departures for the Rhodes-Kusadasi cruise are scheduled May 10 through Oct. 25, exclusive of May 24, July 5, Aug. 23 and Oct. 11, when the Hydra-Aegina cruise departs. Cruise costs range from $1,750 to $1,950 per person, double occupancy; port taxes add $80. Air fare to departure points is not included. Information: (800) 447-5667. Dickens Christmas: A 12-day ``Dickens of a Christmas'' tour, Dec. 1-12, features visits to English and Welsh
English and Welsh is the title of J. R. R. Tolkien's valedictory address to the University of Oxford of 1955, explaining the origin of the word "Welsh". spots associated with the writer and the holiday. Included are stops at Castle Coch, where a Victorian Christmas of the Dickens era will be re-created; a journey on a vintage steam train with Father Christmas and yuletide treats; seasonal music at Coventry Cathedral Coventry Cathedral, also known as St. Michael's Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry, in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The city has had three cathedrals. The first was St. , a performance of the ``Messiah'' at St. Paul's
Talk to the animals: Park East Tours' Safari Royale, with departures scheduled twice monthly, promises to show visitors the best of Kenya and Tanzania, including Serengeti National Park Serengeti National Park, c.5,700 sq mi (14,800 sq km), NE Tanzania, est. 1941. The internationally famous park attracts large numbers of tourists to see the world's largest concentrations of wildebeest and gazelle (which number over 1,000,000 each), as well as large , Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara Lake Manyara is a shallow fresh-water lake in Tanzania. Said by Ernest Hemingway to be the "loveliest [lake] ... in Africa," it is also the home of a diverse set of landscapes and wildlife. , Amboseli and the Masai Mara. Cost for the trip is $5,670, including round-trip air fare from Los Angeles, 12 nights' lodgings, meals, game-viewing by private minibus min·i·bus n. pl. min·i·bus·es or min·i·bus·ses A small bus typically used for short trips. minibus Noun a small bus Noun 1. , round-trip air fare between Nairobi and the Masai Mara Game Reserve and airport transfers. Information: (800) 223-6078. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Santorini, Rhodes and other spots on the Aegean Sea will be ports of call for the Galileo Sun on 1997 island cruises. |
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