TRAVEL BARGAINS : DEATH VALLEY GOLF PACKAGES OFFERED.Byline: Daily News It's not most people's favorite spot during warm-weather months, but through Jan. 31, the Furnace furnace, enclosed space for the burning of fuel. There are many kinds of furnaces, the type depending upon the fuel and the use to which the heat produced within it is put. Most familiar are the furnaces used in the heating of buildings. Creek Inn and Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. Resort in Death Valley offers special Gimme gim·me Informal Contraction of give me. adj. Slang Demanding material things or especially money; acquisitive: today's gimme society; tired of gimme letters. n. Golf packages. Sunday through Thursday, a night's lodgings and unlimited golf for two, including use of a cart, costs $52.50 per person, or $64.50 per person Friday and Saturday at Furnace Creek Ranch. Similar packages cost $99.50 per person weekdays and $119 per person weekends at the Furnace Creek Inn. Rates are based on double occupancy, subject to availability. Information: (619) 786-2345. What a card: The Budapest Tourist Office tourist office n → oficina de turismo tourist office tourist n → syndicat m d'initiative tourist office tourist n will introduce the Budapest Card in January, providing admission to the city's main attractions, including museums, caves, the zoo and the entertainment park, as well as public transportation. The card, valid for three days, costs $16 to $20 for adults and $12 to $15 for children. The card can be purchased at all major hotels and Tourinform offices. Information: (212) 355-0240. Inn stay: The Inns of Monterey - the Victorian Inn, Spindrift spin·drift n. Windblown sea spray. Also called spoondrift. [Variant of Scots spenedrift : spene (variant of obsolete spoon, to run before the wind) + drift. Inn, Monterey Bay Inn and Hotel Pacific - offer special kayak kayak (kī`ăk), Eskimo canoe, originally made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood. It is completely covered except for the opening in which the paddler sits. packages Jan. 1-April 30. Each package includes a night's lodgings for two, two adult tickets for kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit. They also use a two bladed paddle. Another major difference is in the way the paddler sits in the boat. plus all equipment, and continental breakfast. Cost is $149 at the Victorian, $169 at Hotel Pacific, $159 at the Monterey Bay Inn, $199 at the Spindrift Inn. Rates are available Sunday through Thursday, excluding holidays. Information: (800) 232-4141. English jaunt: Three nights' lodgings for two, limousine transfers from Heathrow Airport and admission to Kensington Palace are part of London's Royal Garden hotel Royal Borough of Kensington package, offered through March 31. Cost is $789 and also includes breakfast daily, London Visitor Cards and VAT tax. Information: (800) 987-9317. Sailing, sailing: Children ages 2-17 accompany two full-fare adults free on Caribbean cruises aboard the Big Red Boat with the Kids Vacation Free package, good all through 1997. The promotion includes free cruise, free hotel accommodations and free admission into Orlando theme parks, a savings of more than $900 for a family of four that books a cruise-and-land vacation package. Some hotels also offer free meals for kids. Information: (800) 373-2654. Bay Area visit: Through March 31, the Hot Toddi package at the Tuscan Inn at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf Fisherman's Wharf may refer to:
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