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[ Bring Your Clubs on Crystal's Golf Cruise ... ]

Posted on: Monday, 16 January 2006, 12:00 CST

Bring your clubs on Crystal's golf cruise

Golfers participating in one of Crystal Cruises newly expanded golf theme cruises this year will have the rare opportunity to tee off on as many as six world-renowned courses on a single voyage.

In addition to enjoying 18-hole championship golf ashore and enhanced special events on board, golfers can compete in hole-in- one competitions for a free Crystal cruise.

Hosted by a visiting PGA instructor, two dedicated golf theme cruises explore some of the best courses in the British Isles and Mediterranean. On May 25, the Crystal Serenity departs London for a 10-day, round-trip journey.

On Aug. 19, the Crystal Symphony travels from Rome to London on a 12-day cruise.

Fares for the 10- and 12-day cruises start at $4,250 and $3,990, respectively, per person, double occupancy.

Call Crystal Cruises at 888-799-4625 or go to www.crystalcruises.com.

Ritz-Carlton offers new view of NYC

For a Valentine's Day getaway, try The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park's Fly Me to the Moon package, which combines a romantic interlude with a helicopter ride over Manhattan. Package includes:

* One night in a city-view room, with an option to upgrade.

* Fifteen-minute helicopter ride over New York City.

* Luxury car service to and from the VIP heliport.

The Fly Me to the Moon package is offered throughout February and is priced at $750 per couple, Friday or Saturday night stay required. Two-day, non-refundable advanced payment is required.

For reservations, call 800-241-3333.

Hit the slopes, then spa in New Mexico

Located 7,000 feet above sea level, Santa Fe, N.M., offers some of the highest peaks in the Southwest region without the crowds that flock to neighboring states.

The Eldorado Hotel and Spa's Southwest Ski and Spa package includes daily lift tickets for two at Ski Santa Fe or Taos Ski Valley, daily 50-minute massages and daily breakfast. Ingredients that are prepared fresh daily and draw from the natural healing properties of plants, legumes and herbs indigenous to New Mexico are incorporated in all spa experiences.

The Southwest Ski and Spa package starts at $215 per person, per night, based on double occupancy. Valid through April 3. For reservations or more information, call 800-955-4455 or go to www.eldoradohotel.com.

Detroit Super Bowl festival is XL-ent

Detroit is hosting Super Bowl XL on Feb. 5, and the city is throwing a party to celebrate.

The Motown Winter Blast will be held in downtown Detroit Feb. 2- 5. The event is being billed as a winter festival with a snowshoeing course, ice skating and skating shows in Campus Martius park, a snow slide, ice sculptures and dog-sledding demonstrations. Dog-lovers will be able to visit and pet the pooches when they aren't racing.

There also will be live music, vendors, rides in restored Model Ts, entertainment for children and a "Taste of Detroit," in which local restaurants serve up some of their best fare.

Some 200,000 people attended the festival when it was first staged a year ago to kick off the countdown to this year's Super Bowl. For more details, go to www.motownwinterblast.com or call 313- 963-8418.

Tour post-Katrina New Orleans areas

Bus tours of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina have begun taking tourists to some of New Orleans' most misery-stricken spots.

The Gray Line New Orleans tour was sold out for its inaugural run on Jan. 4.

For $35 per adult, $28 for children, passengers were taken past the Superdome, the Convention Center and neighborhoods damaged by Katrina and the subsequent flooding.

Residents have been at odds over whether the tours are crass and morbid exploitation, or a good way to help people grasp the enormity of the disaster.

The three-hour tours, called "Hurricane Katrina -- America's Worst Catastrophe," start at the edge of the French Quarter, then drive past the Superdome and Convention Center, where thousands suffered in the heat for days.

The company has pledged to give $3 per ticket to Katrina-related charities.

For more details, go to www.graylineneworleans.com or call 800- 535-7786.

Eurail offers extra day to ride rails

Travelers who purchase a Eurail Selectpass before March 31 will get an extra day to ride the trains for free.

The extra day is valid on six-, eight- and 10-day adult, youth and "Saver" Eurail Selectpasses, and can be used for unlimited train travel on nonconsecutive days within a two-month period. The first day of travel must start within six months of purchase.

The Eurail Selectpass allows travelers to select three, four or five adjoining European countries. The selected countries must be connected by rail or ferry.

Call 877-724-5727 or go to www.railpass.com for details.

And if you're looking for a guidebook to go with that rail ticket, check out Europe by Eurail, by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski (Globe Pequot Press, $18.95). The 30th edition of the book is out for 2006.

Stay longer in Baja, on the house

Purchase a three-night stay at the Hotel Bahia in Los Cabos, Mexico, and receive a fourth night free through March 26.

This four-night package accommodates two adults and up to two children under the age of 12 sharing a room for $387, including taxes. Contact the Hotel Bahia at 800-932-5599 or go to www.grupobahia.com for more information and reservations.

-- Virginia Paresa and Copley News Service

Send submissions to Virginia Paresa, the Daily Breeze, 5215 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503-4077.

Source: Daily Breeze

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