TRAVEL BARGAINS : TOUR TAPS BUDAPEST'S CHARMS.Byline: Daily News and Wire Services The Hungarian capital of Budapest, with its museums, street fairs, open-air opera and ballet, and health spas, is the destination of a Malev Hungarian Airlines package available through Oct. 31. The eight-day tour features a half-day sightseeing tour of the city (actually, two cities, Buda and Pest), a visit to the Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Casino, one dinner, tickets to an opera performance or concert and deluxe accommodations and breakfast at a choice of four hotels: The Budapest Hilton, Budapest Marriott, Inter-Continental or Corvinus Kempinski Budapest. Cost, which also includes round-trip 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 , is $1,199 per person, double occupancy. Information: (800) 877-5429. Dive package: Like to take diving vacations? The hotel Fiesta Americana Veracruz in Mexico is offering a four-day, three-night Fiestabreak dive package that includes accommodations, dive boat A dive boat is a boat that scuba divers use to reach a diving site which they could not reach by swimming from land. Dive boat features Features that make a boat suitable for use by divers are:
Central Park walks: Beginning June 20 and continuing through Aug. 30, the New York Historical Society will conduct 90-minute summer walks of Manhattan's famous park. The guided tours, given at 2 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, will stop at the site of a Seneca Village Seneca Village was a small village on the island of Manhattan, New York founded by free blacks in 1825. The village was the first significant community of African American property owners on Manhattan, and also came to be inhabited by several other minorities, including Irish and , an African-American and Irish community razed raze also rase tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es 1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin. 2. To scrape or shave off. 3. to make way for the park, as well as visit other landmarks. In addition, the tour ticket includes admission to the historical society's exhibition, ``Before Central Park: The Life and Death of Seneca Village.'' Cost for the museum visit and the tour is $8 adults, $6 students and seniors. Cost for the tour only is $5 adults, $4 students and seniors. Reservations: (212) 873-3400. Freebies: You can hook Can´ hook` 1. A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. into one of seven chamber of commerce offices and information about 11 Maine coastal communities, as well as 85 hotels, by calling (800) 639-2442. Ciclismo Classico offers a catalog of 20 bicycling itineraries in Italy by calling (800) 866-7314. Want to save on car rentals, rooms and city tours in Washington, D.C.? Capitol Reservations offers a free, one-stop reservation center for 75 hotels in the area and savings on Gray Line Tours and Budget car rentals. Information: (800) 847-4832. A group of seven Uniglobe travel agencies in British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography has teamed up as Travel Western Canadian Adventure up to match visitors with adventure-vacation activities like grizzly bear grizzly bear or grizzly, large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 3 1-2 to 4 ft (105–120 cm) at the humped shoulder, and weigh up to or whale watching Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most commonly for recreation (cf. bird watching) but the activity can also be for scientific or educational reasons. , kayaking, bicycling, hiking or traveling by ferry. You can get a free brochure by calling: (888) 523-5232. New long-distance bicycling routes have recently opened in the United Kingdom, and they're shown along with shorter routes in the British Tourist Authority's new map folder, ``Britain for Cyclists.'' It's available free by calling (800) 462-2748. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Danube River splits Hungary's Buda, foreground, and Pest. |
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