WORLD-WISE : CRUISES AND TOURS.LONG WEEKEND: Swissair offers four-day, three-night air-and-land packages this winter that include stays in Athens, Zurich and at any of 11 cities in between. Travelers pick their own hotel and the cities they'd like to visit. Costs start at $563 per person, double occupancy, and include round-trip air fare, three nights' hotel stay, daily breakfast, local taxes and service charges. Information: (800) 688-7947. GO BIRDING: Diving osprey osprey (ŏs`prē), common name for a bird of prey related to the hawk and the New World vulture and found near water in most parts of the world. , wandering tattlers and black oystercatchers are among the winged creatures visitors are likely to see when they join a free Birding at the Gardens tour at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens are located on 47 acres (19 hectares) in Fort Bragg, California, USA between California's Highway One and the Pacific Ocean. It includes canyons, wetlands, coastal bluffs, and a closed-cone pine forest. in Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training center and the site of the Special Warfare School. . Led by members of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society, three-hour tours are offered at 8 a.m. the third Tuesday of every month all year round (except during heavy rainstorms). Information: (707) 964-4352. MUSH, YOU HUSKIES: Women, dogs and the wilderness are the focus of a series of four-day instructional weekends of dog-sledding in the Minnesota snow country December through March. Sponsored by Women in the Wilderness, trips cost $465 per person; no previous dog-sledding experience is required. Snowshoeing snow·shoe n. A racket-shaped frame containing interlaced strips, as of leather, that can be attached to the foot to facilitate walking on deep snow. intr.v. and cross-country ski trips are also offered. Information: (612) 227-2284. HALF-PRICE: Petrabax Vacations offers travelers a 50 percent reduction for companions on a choice of 14 escorted tours Escorted tours are a form of tourism in which travelers are escorted in a group to various destinations, verses a self-guided tour where the tourist is on their own. Escorted tours are normally conducted by a tour director who takes care of all services from the beginning to end to Spain and Portugal for departures from November through March when trans-Atlantic air transportation is purchased from Petrabax. Among the tours available is the eight- or 10-day Colors of Spain tour highlighting Madrid, the Andalusian cities of Cordoba cor·do·ba n. See Table at currency. [American Spanish córdoba, after Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526?), Spanish explorer.] Noun 1. , Seville and Granada, and the Costa del Sol Costa del Sol (kō`stä thĕl sōl`), a strip of coastline, S. Spain, in Andalusia, extending from Motril to Estepona The area has become famous as a Mediterranean coastal resort, and its tourist industry continues to expand. . Costs start at $538 for the first person and $269 for a companion for the shorter stay, $670 for the first person and $335 for the 10-day tour. Information: (800) 634-1188. ON A SPREE: A four-day, three-night ``London Spree,'' including hotel, a half-day London sightseeing tour, a Thames River cruise, three daily breakfasts and a discount shopping booklet, is offered by Destination Europe Nov. 1 through March 31. Costs begin at $280 per person, double occupancy; air fare is not included. Information: (800) 223-5555. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1--3--Color) no caption (Travel - Athens, Zurich - Spain - London) |
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