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  RECAP
of Ultimate Destinations Escorted Ski
Group
Vacation Holiday Trip For seniors & 50's & over this past winter To Moena in Val di Fassa in the Dolomites
in the Alps in Italy Friday February 27, 2009 to Monday March 12, 2009.
PRICE
per person $3,250 Canadian for double occupancy and
$3,450 Canadian for single occupancy in Moena.
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>> PACKAGE INCLUDED << |
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 >> RETURN AIRFARE <<
>> FLIGHT TAXES <<
and
>> FUEL SURCHARGES <<
of more than $400
Canadian.
Departed from Toronto in the late afternoon Friday February 27th and arrived in
Verona Italy early Saturday morning.
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  Private bus
>> TRANSFER << about 2 hours' drive to
hotel in Moena. >> 7-NIGHT'S ACCOMMODATION
<< in Val di Fassa
in the 3+ star
HOTEL CATINACCIO
ROSENGARTEN, with indoor swimming pool, sauna etc. including
>> 7 BUFFET BREAKFASTS <<
and
>> 7 FULL COURSE ITALIAN DINNERS <<
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 >> SKI SAFARI
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Skied around to a different ski area every day for 6
days.
- Alpe di Lusia,
Latemar,
Arabba, Val Gardena downhill run, Passo San Pellegrino and other nearby ski
areas. Seldom skiing the same run more than once or twice.
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>>
SKI GUIDE / SKI
INSTRUCTOR << Bruno Pederiva, local Certified Italian Ski
instructor and Mountain Guide, every day for 6 days.
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6 DAYS LOCAL PRIVATE BUS TRANSPORTATION
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from resort hotel to slopes and back to
visit and ski at different ski areas Every Day for 6 days.
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>>
PRIVATE BUS
TRANSFER
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from resort in hotel in Moena to Venice - Left after breakfast at the resort hotel and took the scenic route through Passo San Pellegrino.
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 >>
2-NIGHT'S
ACCOMMODATION <<
right in Venice
at the
Hotel
Cà Doge, with
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2 CONTINENTAL BREAKFASTS
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Sunday and Monday
morning. One of the girls who run the
hotel came in very early Monday morning to get
breakfast for the group before they left. |
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 The hotel
is located right beside Piazzale
Roma square where
the intercity and
local
busses and taxis arrive in Venice, perfect for our short visit.
The hotel was only 5 minutes on foot to the "vaporetto" waterbuses,
water taxis and gondolas, 20
minutes from Rialto Bridge and another 20 minutes to San Marco Square.
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>> TRANSFER <<
by taxis from the hotel to airport in Venice to catch the early flight to
Paris for our connection back to Canada, and arrived
back in Toronto just after noon, Monday, March 9th, after 9 days in Italy.
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>> LOCAL
ACCOMMODATION TAXES <<
and
>> HOTEL GRATUITIES
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for both hotels was included. |
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ESCORTED
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by Ed
Pollock from Toronto to Italy, daily during stay & back to Venice and then back to Toronto.
This was Ed's sixth ski group trip to Val di Fassa, in addition to more than a
dozen previous ski trips to ski areas in the Alps. A senior
and ski writer, Ed has also skied all over North America. |
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<< NOT INCLUDED >> |
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<< Super Dolomiti 6-Day
SKI PASS >> because seniors born before Nov. 25, 1949 received a 10% discount when their pass was purchased
at the ski area. Certified ski instructors and others with acceptable documentation also qualified
for an additional discounts. The adult 6-day pass was about €200 - approximately
$320 Canadian,
less applicable discounts, paid in Euros on arrival. |
