TRAVEL BARGAINS : STEAMBOAT SPRINGS OFFERS ADVENTURE GETAWAYS.Byline: Daily News Visitors to Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs, town (1990 pop. 6,695), Routt co., NW Colo., on the Yampa River, just W of the Park Range; founded 1875, inc. 1907. It is a resort and skiing center, with ranching, farming, and light manufacturing. , Colo., can use the town's Central Reservations system to book an adventure escape for as little as $122 per person, double occupancy, at local resorts through Sept. 2. Included in the package are two nights' lodgings, a tour of Strawberry Park Strawberry Park is a 77 acre campground nestled in the heart of southeastern Connecticut, in a region of lakes, streams and ocean beaches, conveniently located near all the major points of interest, and only 5 miles off I-395 or 15 miles from I-95. Natural Hot Springs and a mountain bike ride on Mount Werner Mount Werner is a mountain in the Rocky Mountains in the Park Range in Colorado. It reaches a height of 10,568 ft (3,224 m) above sea level and has a base elevation of 6,900 ft (2103m). It has a vertical rise of 3,668 ft (1,121 m), Colorado's second highest. , plus bike rental and a gondola ride up the mountain. Information: (800) 922-2722. Hotel discount: Through Oct. 31, the Melia Cariari Conference Center & Golf Resort in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Costa Rica, offers a special ``Run of the House'' rate of $104 per room per night, single or double occupancy. Information: (800) 336-3542. See 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 : The Grand Hyatt New York offers a ``Best of New York'' weekend package for $229 per night that includes a two-night stay for two adults, champagne Sunday brunch, passes to the Empire State Building, a Circle Line cruise around Manhattan, ferry to the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom , a visit to the Intrepid Sea/Air/Space Museum and a tour on N.Y. Apple Tours double-decker sightseeing buses. Children age 18 and younger stay free with their parents. The package is available through Aug. 25. Information: (800) 233-1234. Desert stay: The Palm Springs Hotel & Casino in Palm Springs offers ``The Best of Everything Summer Special'' Sunday through Thursday for $39 per night, including a room for two, a spa experience for one, two dinners for the price of one and $10 in casino vouchers. The offer, priced at $59 a night for weekends, is good through Sept. 19. Information: (800) 854-1279. Galapagos getaway: 4th Dimension Tours and American Airlines offer packaged tours to Ecuador's Galapagos Islands priced from $1,463, including roundtrip air fare from Miami, seven nights lodgings, a half-day Quito tour, a full-day excursion from Quito to Otavalo plus lunch with stops at crafts villages along the way, airport transfers and baggage handling. Tours are available September through November. Information: (800) 877-1525. City by the bay: The Westin St. Francis hotel The Westin St. Francis is a luxury hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California. The hotel opened on March 21, 1904. The interior was destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake but the structure survived and the hotel re-opened in late 1907. on San Francisco's Union Square offers rooms beginning at $99 through Sept. 30. Information: (800) 228-3000. Philly sites: Philadelphia has designed a hotel package geared for Jewish travelers that includes lodgings, admission to the National Museum of American Jewish History's exhibit, ``Art Spiegelman: The Road to Maus,'' and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. , free parking and free breakfast. Available Aug. 1 through Dec. 31, package rates at seven hotels start at $53.52 per person per night. Information: (800) 611-5961. |
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