The Perfect Holiday Gift of Travel for Harry Potter Fans; Explorica Offers Spring Break Tour to Scotland and England.BOSTON -- Explorica, a leading educational travel company offering high-quality, low-cost travel programs worldwide, today announces a Spring Break tour of Scotland and England designed with the Harry Potter fan in mind. The tour is set for March 9-18, 2006 and is guaranteed to captivate anyone who has read one of the ever-popular books. "This trip is a perfect holiday gift that will bring Harry Potter's world to life for any teen who has fell in love with the series," said Mark Cestari, VP of Marketing, Explorica. "The tour further demonstrates how Explorica combines travel with an educational twist. We've included actual film locations on the tour as well as stops Harry and his friends made in the books." The itinerary begins in Edinburgh, Scotland, with tours of Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle is an ancient fortress which, from its position atop Castle Rock, dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, and is Scotland's second most visited tourist attraction, after the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. the Sir Walter Scott Monument The Scott Monument is a victorian gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (not to be confused with the National Monument). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Waverley Station. and the Old Town. From there, Explorica "wizards" will travel to Newcastle via Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall, ancient Roman wall, 73.5 mi (118.3 km) long, across the narrow part of the island of Great Britain from Wallsend on the Tyne River to Bowness at the head of Solway Firth. It was mainly built from c.A.D. and visit Alnwick and Bamburgh castles. Then the tour continues through York to London, which includes a Harry Potter sightseeing tour. Go to www.myexplorica.com. The all-inclusive price is $2,475. For further information go to www.myexplorica.com, and type in the Tour Center Code: Dimaggio-6816, click "View Tour," then click, "View Full Itinerary" to see trip details. Or contact Angela DiMaggio, tour leader for Explorica Tours and prominent educator in the Phoenix area since 1972 at 480-926-1960 or 602-400-3078. About Explorica With offices in Boston, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Toronto, Explorica's educational travel company is built for the 21st century. Launched in August 2000, Explorica is transforming the multi-million-dollar market for teacher-led student educational travel. The company's newest offering, Summer Academy, shows its deep understanding of the industry with a detailed vision of technological innovation that leverages the efficiencies and opportunities of the Internet. Explorica's primary differentiator is its inventive use of technology applied to every aspect of the travel experience. Explorica's management team has over 150 combined years of practice in the educational travel business. Since its inception, Explorica has produced more than $100 million in revenues, and has served thousands of students, parents and teachers from the US and Canada. Destinations include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. . Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Explorica has offices in Canada and Europe. For more information, visit www.explorica.com. |
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