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stepping out in eastern europe: gO ESCORTED Regina Tours offers a 7-day Peaceful Medjugorje pilgrimage-tour to the major pilgrimage site in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Clients fly either to Munich, Frankfurt or Vienna, and connect to flights to either Split or Dubrovnik, where a Regina Tours’ escort accompanies passengers to Medjugorje. Each day allows visitors to pray, meditate, attend English mass each morning, join in local spiritual exercises, visit various sacred places of the Medjugorje miracle and call on Father Jozo, who was the priest here when the apparitions began to appear in 1981. The pp dbl cost of the June 9 departure is $2,598; the Nov. 1 departure is $2,298. Included is roundtrip air from New York, superior class tourist hotels, all breakfasts and dinners, all sightseeing and activities. Four departures are scheduled for 2012. n Archived related articles (available on recommend.com): Romania—Europe’s Undiscovered Bargain Treasure (November 2009) contact information Classic Journeys: (800) 200-3887; classicjourneys.com Insight Vacations: (800) 582-8380; insightvacations.com IsramWorld: (800) 223-7460; isram.com Odysseys Unlimited: (888) 370-6765; odysseys-unlimited.com Regina Tours: (800) 228-4654; regina-tours.com Tauck Small Ship Cruising: (800) 788-7885; tauck.com Vermont Bike Tours: (800) 245-3868; vbt.com accommodations, all breakfasts plus other meals, a support vehicle on hikes, admissions to tastings, historic sites and other events, and land transport (mini-coach, ferry, boat). A similar walking adventure—same length, same price—is available to Croatia’s Istrian Coast, starting with a night in Venice and spending three nights in Rovinj and two nights in Opatija. Additionally, the company offers two departures (both priced at $3,895 pp dbl, with special kids’ rates) of a 7-day Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast Family Vacation, spending two nights each in Dubrovnik and Hvar, complete with sea kayaking, sightseeing, biking, wine tasting, and special country meals. religious heritage tours Among religious heritage escorted tours to Eastern Europe is IsramWorld’s Eastern European Discovery 2011, part of the company’s Travel with a Scholar program. The tour manager/guest scholar is Jacob Shoshan, who offers briefings en-route on Lithuanian, Polish and Czech Jewry during a trip that visits Vilna, Warsaw, Lubin, Krakow and Prague on a 14-night itinerary. Highlighted are visits to Auschwitz, Majdanek and Terezin, as well as a walking tour of Old Prague and a theater performance. The land-only cost is $4,595 pp dbl on the June 16 departure and $4,495 on the July 13 departure. Included are superior hotels, 22 meals including Shabbat, welcome and farewell dinners, local air (between Vilna and Warsaw) and motorcoach transport, and guided sightseeing. www.germany.travel Discover the secret of German punctuality: Our cars Germany moves the world © imago / PHOTOMAX © DZT / Jochen Keute Autostadt Mercedes-Benz Museum BMW Welt © DZT / Jochen Keute © BMW AG Porsche Museum If German automobiles started to ﬂy, nobody would be surprised. One hundred and twenty-ﬁve years after its beginning, the German car still stands for progress, sovereignty, aesthetics, comfort and speed. Take a closer look at the German roots of modern technology starting with Mercedes, then Porsche, BMW, Audi and Volkswagen. Let us share with you the beauty of our engineering in our car museums and automobile cities. An unforgettable experience! DZT_Ad_Recommend_206,38x136,53_Automobilland_EN.indd 1 04.03.11 12:15 http://www.recommend.com http://www.classicjourneys.com http://www.insightvacations.com http://www.isram.com http://www.odysseys-unlimited.com http://www.regina-tours.com http://www.tauck.com http://www.vbt.com http://www.germany.travel http://www.germany.travel

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend April 2011

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk
Tour Talk
Hurtigruten's Trollfjord
Savoring Adventure on Small Ship Cruises
Turkey Beyond Istanbul
Stepping Out in Eastern Europe: Go Escorted
2011 Guide to The Caribbean, The Bahamas & Bermuda
Heading Down Under
India's New Gems
Show-Stoppers on Stage—and on the Plate
Two Sides of a Hawaiian Vacation
Little Palm Island & Ocean Key Resort, Florida
Key West Fun Pass
RIU Panama
Tea Time for Swingers

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