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rs

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uilt

on

3 m

ajo

r p

rem

ises

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erie

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e p

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pro

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te it

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ut

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ou

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ay t

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ne

un

no

tice

d

as f

or

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ho

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rid

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elve

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alit

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liday

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p y

ou

lim

it a

ny

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sts

on

arri

val a

t yo

ur

des

tin

atio

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a fa

cto

r th

at’s

esp

ecia

lly im

po

rtan

t wh

en

ho

liday

ing

on

a b

ud

get

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ead

on

to

see

wh

y T

ho

mp

son

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urs

is

the

way

to

go

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ilo

r-M

ad

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ack

ag

es

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om

pso

ns’

mis

sio

n i

s to

mak

e yo

ur

ho

liday

dre

ams

a re

alit

y. W

e

tailo

r-m

ake

each

pac

kag

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yo

ur

exac

t sp

ecif

icat

ion

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he

dat

es

and

du

rati

on

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rave

l, st

and

ard

an

d ty

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cco

mm

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atio

n, a

irlin

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fere

nce

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hts

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xcu

rsio

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l as

you

req

uir

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ill o

f

cou

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occ

asio

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ere

set

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or

cert

ain

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cts

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seas

on

s. I

n c

ases

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ch a

s th

ese,

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qu

alit

y p

rod

uct

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ill b

e co

mb

ined

in

to o

ne

has

sle-

free

pac

kag

e to

mak

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trav

el p

lan

nin

g i

nfi

nit

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dd

itio

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r kn

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rave

l co

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ts a

re a

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to

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sfer

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ou

rs a

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e

arra

ng

ed.

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ill b

e is

sued

wit

h c

on

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nu

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ers

pri

or

to y

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trip

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per

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ort

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ual

ity

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u h

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an

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ve

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ur

trav

el d

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men

ts w

ill b

e p

rese

nte

d t

o y

ou

in a

du

rab

le T

ho

mp

son

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avel

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let.

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luab

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info

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re-u

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oth

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urp

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end

ing

on

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ur

des

tin

atio

n.

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he

even

t o

f an

em

erg

ency

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Th

om

pso

ns

staf

f m

emb

er i

s co

nta

ctab

le b

y p

ho

ne,

24

ho

urs

a d

ay,

365

day

s a

year

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Yo

ur

Th

om

pso

ns P

ack

ag

e I

nclu

de

s:

• R

etu

rn f

ligh

ts

• R

etu

rn a

irp

ort

/ h

ote

l tra

nsf

ers

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elec

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cco

mm

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atio

n a

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ied

on

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e q

uo

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nd

as

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ed o

n y

ou

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voic

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ll ai

rpo

rt t

axes

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el s

urc

har

ges

an

d le

vies

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ho

mp

son

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avel

bag

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ur

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om

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ns P

ack

ag

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xclu

de

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p-U

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less

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in t

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mps

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Mediterranean 2Tr

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Th

om

pso

ns

wit

h a

ll yo

ur

trav

els.

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it w

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a o

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ur

nea

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vel a

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olid

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ses.

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art

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m

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arm

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lat

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nig

ht

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to S

t.

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her

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20km

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limb

th

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ou

nta

in

to

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ch

the

bea

uti

ful

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nri

se.

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rou

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rs &

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to 3

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esce

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rise

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llag

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r a

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ffet

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st.

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aily

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rn h

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sfer

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ad

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ing

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th

e S

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ests

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tra

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erre

d t

o t

he

mo

tor-

cen

ter

wh

ere

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rdin

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rs

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b

rief

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u.

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ere,

in

th

e aw

e-in

spir

ing

arm

s o

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arre

n S

i-

nai

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ou

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des

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top

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r at

a

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ou

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st a

nd

so

me

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ou

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ea.

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. IN

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at

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cu

rsio

n

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uis

e is

an

id

eal

exp

erie

nce

fo

r cl

ien

ts

that

wis

h t

o e

njo

y th

e w

on

der

s o

f th

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er-

wat

er w

orl

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ith

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t g

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take

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ho

ur

and

vis

its

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bes

t g

ath

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g o

f co

lou

red

co

ral

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th

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ed S

ea w

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th

e ad

ded

co

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ry o

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oat

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apta

in.

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EDU

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aily

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ON

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USI

ON

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etur

n ho

tel t

rans

fers

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xa

nd

ria

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hts

ee

ing

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me

in T

ou

r

Ap

pro

xim

atel

y 65

m

iles

fro

m

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xan

dri

a is

th

e fa

mo

us

bat

tlef

ield

, A

lam

ein

, th

e si

te

of

the

fam

ou

s b

attl

e b

etw

een

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mm

el a

nd

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on

tgo

mer

y. V

isit

s to

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tish

, Ger

man

or

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-ia

n c

emet

erie

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n b

e in

clu

ded

in t

he

tou

r.SC

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ULE

: Dai

ly a

t 08h

30. D

URA

TIO

N: 8

hou

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ON

S: R

etur

n tra

nsfe

rs a

nd lu

nch.

Gre

co

Ro

ma

n M

use

um

Th

e G

reco

-Ro

man

Mu

seu

m h

as a

vas

t co

llec-

tio

n o

f an

tiq

uit

ies

fro

m t

he

Ph

arao

nic

, P

tole

-m

aic,

Ro

man

an

d C

hri

stia

n p

erio

ds.

It

was

fi

rst

bu

ilt in

189

2, a

s a

smal

l bu

ildin

g lo

cate

d

on

Ho

rrey

a R

oad

. In

189

5 it

was

tra

nsf

erre

d

to it

s p

rese

nt

site

an

d h

as g

rad

ual

ly b

een

en

-la

rged

in la

ter

ren

ova

tio

n s

tag

es. G

ues

ts w

ill

also

vis

it P

om

pey

's P

illar

, w

hic

h i

s a

colu

mn

o

f re

d A

swan

gra

nit

e st

and

ing

so

me

90 f

eet

hig

h,

wit

h a

cir

cum

fere

nce

of

27 f

eet.

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was

er

ecte

d in

ho

no

ur

of

the

Em

per

or

Dio

clet

ian

, an

d i

s th

e ta

llest

an

cien

t m

on

um

ent

in A

l-ex

and

ria.

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e C

atac

om

bs

are

an e

xten

sive

, th

ree

leve

l fu

ner

ary,

pro

bab

ly d

atin

g fr

om

the

2nd

cen

tury

AD

an

d a

re f

asci

nat

ing

to

vis

it.

SCH

EDU

LE:D

aily

at 0

9h00

. D

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TIO

N: 3

- 4

hour

sIN

CLU

SIO

NS:

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urn

hote

l tra

nsfe

rs.

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ypt

is p

rob

ably

th

e w

orl

d’s

old

est

civi

liza-

tio

n

hav

ing

em

erg

ed

fro

m

the

Nile

Va

lley

aro

un

d 3

,100

BC

. Eg

ypt i

s p

rob

ably

on

e o

f th

e o

ldes

t va

cati

on

sp

ots

. E

arly

Gre

eks,

Ro

man

s an

d o

ther

s w

ent

ther

e ju

st f

or

fun

, an

d t

o

see

the

wo

nd

ers

of

som

e o

f m

anki

nd

’s e

arli-

est

triu

mp

hs.

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t E

gyp

t is

mu

ch m

ore

th

an

Pyr

amid

s an

d m

on

um

ents

. It

is

also

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Sea

sc

ub

a d

ivin

g,

ho

t n

igh

tsp

ots

, lu

xury

ho

tels

an

d fi

ve s

tar

rest

aura

nts

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s ro

man

tic

cru

ises

d

ow

n t

he

Nile

on

fes

tive

riv

erb

oat

s an

d it

is a

cu

ltu

ral

exp

erie

nce

lik

e n

on

e yo

u h

ave

ever

ex

per

ien

ced

. Eg

ypt i

s a

lan

d b

ust

ling

wit

h li

fe,

sou

nd

, vis

ual

bea

uty

an

d e

xcit

emen

t.

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ro, i

s an

am

azin

g c

ity

full

of

life

and

mo

ve-

men

t, a

nd

it is

that

way

alm

ost

24

ho

urs

eve

ry

day

, wit

h t

he

no

isy

ho

nki

ng

of

ho

rns,

ch

ildre

n

pla

yin

g i

n t

he

stre

ets

and

mer

chan

ts s

ellin

g

thei

r w

ares

an

d s

ervi

ces.

Her

e, t

he

Eg

ypti

ans

are

mo

st a

t h

om

e in

th

is p

ow

erfu

l, m

od

ern

an

d a

nci

ent

city

. J

ust

ou

tsid

e th

e ci

ty,

you

w

ill

fin

d

the

Pyr

amid

s an

d

the

Sp

hin

x in

G

iza

and

th

e st

ep P

yram

ids

of

Mem

ph

is a

nd

S

akka

ra.

His

tori

cally

th

e N

ile c

ruis

e w

as r

eally

th

e o

nly

w

ay t

o v

isit

th

e te

mp

les

and

to

mb

s lo

cate

d

alo

ng

this

str

etch

of t

he

rive

r. N

ile c

ruis

es v

isit

a

wid

e va

riet

y o

f an

tiq

uit

ies

alo

ng

th

e b

anks

o

f th

e ri

ver.

It is

a w

on

der

ful e

xper

ien

ce t

o s

it

on

a s

had

ed d

eck

of

a fl

oat

ing

ho

tel,

sip

pin

g

an i

ced

bev

erag

e w

hile

wat

chin

g 5

,000

yea

rs

of

cult

ure

slo

wly

dri

ft b

y.

Th

e R

ed

Sea

is

re

no

wn

ed

as

on

e o

f th

e w

orl

d’s

b

est

div

ing

sp

ots

.

Eac

h

Red

S

ea

reso

rt h

as a

dif

fere

nt

char

acte

r an

d t

her

e is

so

met

hin

g f

or

ever

yon

e an

d t

o s

uit

e ev

ery

kin

d o

f b

ud

get

.

Ge

ttin

g T

he

reE

gyp

t A

ir f

lies

into

Cai

ro a

nd

has

go

od

co

nn

ecti

on

s to

all

des

tin

atio

ns

wit

hin

E

gyp

tFl

yin

g t

ime

is 8

& ½

hrs

to

Cai

ro.

Tra

ve

lle

r’s T

ipM

ake

sure

th

at y

ou

hav

e p

len

ty o

f sm

all

no

tes

for

Bak

shee

sh (

tip

pin

g).

E

gyp

tian

s ex

pec

t to

be

tip

ped

at

ever

y o

pp

ort

un

ity,

es

pec

ially

wh

en y

ou

are

vis

itin

g t

emp

les,

to

mb

s, p

yram

ids

or

hav

ing

yo

ur

pic

ture

ta

ken

on

a c

amel

. E

GP

5 is

th

e ex

pec

ted

am

ou

nt.

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Egypt 8

Thom

pson

s Ch

oice

of H

otel

s in

Cai

ro

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st T

ho

mp

son

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ith

all

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w.t

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eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

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Egypt 9

Ale

xand

ria

Hot

els

& D

ive

Excu

rsio

ns

Un

de

rwa

ter

Cit

y o

f C

leo

pa

tra

On

e d

ay d

ivin

g o

n t

he

un

der

wat

er c

ity

of

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op

atra

(2

div

es).

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rld

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r II

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ck

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r in

fo o

n e

ach

exc

urs

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aro

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sla

nd

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igh

tho

use

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tin

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xcu

rsio

n

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cie

nt

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ece

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ap

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on

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ck

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tin

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on

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n

PARA

DIS

E IN

N M

AM

OU

RA -

ALE

XAN

DRI

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tuat

ed in

Ale

xand

ria ,

next

to th

e sp

lend

id A

l Mou

ntaz

ah G

arde

n, a

t El M

aam

oura

, a p

rivat

e di

stric

t are

a, b

uilt

on th

e lo

nges

t bea

ch s

trip

in e

ast A

lexa

ndria

with

priv

ate

path

way

s fo

r jog

ging

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loca

tion

offe

rs it

all

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lity,

com

fort,

le

isur

e &

con

veni

ence

, rig

ht o

n th

e be

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, out

door

& in

door

poo

ls, g

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ns, h

ealth

clu

b, s

auna

& ja

cuzz

i.

HEL

NA

N P

ALE

STIN

E H

OTE

L- A

LEXA

ND

RIA

A fiv

e st

ar d

elux

e ho

tel

with

a u

niqu

e lo

catio

n on

the

Med

iterr

anea

n Se

a. T

he b

ay i

s su

rrou

nded

by

the

mag

nific

ence

of

natu

re, 3

50 a

cres

of

gard

ens

and

gold

en s

andy

bea

ches

. The

hot

el f

aces

one

of

the

hist

oric

alla

ndm

arks

in A

lexa

ndria

the

“Mon

taza

Roy

al P

alac

e” th

at w

as o

nce

the

site

of t

he la

te E

gypt

ian

Roya

l Fam

ily.

This

ho

tel o

ffers

230

spa

ciou

s su

ites

and

room

s, lu

xurio

usly

furn

ishe

d an

d ta

stef

ully

dec

orat

ed. W

hich

ever

of t

he ro

oms

you

deci

de to

cho

ose

for y

our s

tay,

you

will

be

assu

red

of th

e ul

timat

e co

mfo

rt, tr

anqu

ility

, con

veni

ence

and

ser

vice

. Al

l roo

ms

have

cen

tral a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, in

tern

atio

nal d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne, i

nter

net a

cces

s, T

V/Sa

telli

te, c

ompl

imen

ts

tray,

min

i-bar

, 24

-hou

r roo

m s

ervi

ce, h

aird

ryer

, in

room

saf

ety

depo

sit b

ox, b

alco

ny.

Nile

Hilt

onCe

ntra

lly lo

cate

d on

the

bank

s of

the

Rive

r N

ile, n

ext d

oor

to th

e Eg

yptia

n M

useu

m a

nd fo

rty m

inut

es d

rive

from

th

e ai

rpor

t. C

airo

attr

actio

ns i

nclu

de t

he S

phin

x an

d Py

ram

ids

at G

iza w

hich

are

abo

ut 1

2 ki

lom

etre

s aw

ay.

Wel

l app

oint

ed g

uest

room

s an

d im

pecc

able

ser

vice

is s

omet

hing

you

can

cou

nt o

n at

Hilt

on.

Wat

ch th

e lig

hts

com

e up

ove

r Cai

ro a

s yo

u di

ne a

t the

rive

rfron

t Nile

Hilt

on h

otel

’s Ro

tisse

rie B

elve

dere

.

Del

uxe

Con

rad

Hot

elTh

e Co

nrad

Cai

ro is

loca

ted

in th

e he

art o

f Cai

ro a

nd s

tand

s im

pres

sive

ly a

bove

the

Rive

r Nile

, affo

rdin

g sp

ec-

tacu

lar v

iew

s of

the

river

from

mos

t of t

he h

otel

’s gu

est r

oom

s an

d su

ites.

The

hot

el is

a c

ombi

natio

n of

luxu

ry

and

tranq

uilit

y, o

fferin

g ex

celle

nt s

ervi

ce a

nd 6

17 e

lega

ntly

des

igne

d ro

oms

and

suite

s. A

ll ro

oms

feat

ure

a pr

ivat

e te

rrac

e, o

verlo

okin

g th

e Ri

ver N

ile, b

athr

oom

with

bat

h an

d sh

ower

, sat

ellit

e TV

, dat

a co

mm

unic

atio

n fa

cilit

ies,

ele

ctro

nic

lock

s an

d m

ini b

ar. F

acili

ties

incl

ude

a re

stau

rant

offe

ring

Italia

n, in

tern

atio

nal a

ndse

afoo

d sp

ecia

lties

, bar

/loun

ge, b

arbe

r, be

autic

ian,

hea

ted

swim

min

g po

ol, f

itnes

s ce

ntre

, hel

ipad

, cas

ino,

ex

ecut

ive

loun

ge,

shop

s, a

nd l

aund

ry a

nd v

alet

ser

vice

s. T

here

is

also

a f

ully

equ

ippe

d bu

sine

ss c

entre

, ba

bysi

tting

ser

vice

and

con

cier

ge.

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aton

Cai

roSi

tting

on

the

wes

t ban

k of

the

Rive

r N

ile in

uni

que

adjo

inin

g to

wer

s, th

e ho

tel s

tand

s pr

oudl

y ta

ll as

one

of

Cairo

’s gr

eate

st la

ndm

arks

. The

hot

el a

nd is

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of s

hopp

ing

cent

res,

the

busi

ness

are

a an

d th

e Ca

iro O

pera

Hou

se. T

he P

yram

ids

of G

iza a

re ju

st 2

0 m

inut

es a

way

. The

hot

el o

ffers

650

room

s an

d su

ites

offe

ring

mag

nific

ent v

iew

s of

the

city

or t

he R

iver

Nile

. Eac

h is

air-

cond

ition

ed, w

ith s

atel

lite

TV, p

rivat

e ba

th-

room

, dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, hai

rdry

er, 2

4-ho

ur ro

om s

ervi

ce a

nd 1

00%

Egy

ptia

n co

tton

linen

for a

dded

com

fort.

Fa

cilit

ies

incl

ude

9 re

stau

rant

s se

rvin

g in

tern

atio

nal,

Mex

ican

, Ita

lian,

Indo

nesi

an a

nd E

gypt

ian

cuis

ine,

3 b

ars,

a

nigh

tclu

b, c

asin

o, h

eate

d sw

imm

ing

pool

, hea

lth c

lub,

tenn

is c

ourts

, sho

ps, c

inem

a an

d ba

llroo

m.

Ram

ses

Hilt

on

Shep

hear

d H

otel

Del

uxe

Men

a H

ouse

Obe

roi

This

pal

atia

l hot

el in

the

shad

ow o

f the

Gre

at P

yram

ids

in C

airo

has

enc

hant

ed g

uest

s si

nce

1869

. Loc

ated

in fo

rty

acre

s of

jasm

ine

scen

ted

gard

ens,

Men

a Ho

use

Ober

oi h

as p

laye

d ho

st to

kin

gs a

nd e

mpe

rors

, hea

ds o

f sta

te a

nd

cele

briti

es.

Men

a Ho

use

Ober

oi h

as 5

23 ro

oms

and

suite

s in

the

Pala

ce a

nd G

arde

n w

ings

as

wel

l as

Caba

na s

tyle

ro

oms

by th

e sw

imm

ing

pool

. Its

roya

l his

tory

is re

flect

ed in

luxu

rious

inte

riors

that

are

em

belli

shed

with

exq

uisi

te

antiq

ues,

han

dcra

fted

furn

iture

and

rich

text

iles.

All

suite

s an

d m

any

of th

e Pa

lace

and

Gar

den

Room

s ha

ve a

vie

w

over

the

Pyr

amid

s. A

ll gu

est

acco

mm

odat

ion

at M

ena

Hous

e Ob

eroi

is a

ir-co

nditi

oned

with

priv

ate

bath

room

s.

Room

s an

d su

ites

are

lavi

shly

app

oint

ed w

ith tr

aditi

onal

ly in

spire

d fu

rnis

hing

s an

d ric

h ca

rpet

s. M

any

room

s ha

ve

priv

ate

balc

onie

s. G

uest

s in

the

suite

s en

joy

the

priv

ilege

of p

rivat

e bu

tler s

ervi

ce a

nd 2

4hr i

n-ro

om d

inin

g. A

var

iety

of

inte

rnat

iona

l as

wel

l as

Egyp

tian

cuis

ine

is o

n of

fer a

t the

exc

elle

nt re

stau

rant

s an

d ba

rs in

the

hote

l. Th

e ho

tel

offe

rs a

sw

imm

ing

pool

, fitn

ess

cent

re, g

olf c

ours

e as

wel

l as

hors

e rid

ing

and

cam

el ri

ding

.

Fam

ily F

rien

dly

Cult

ure

Spa

Spa

Cult

ure

Cult

ure

The

Shep

hear

d Ho

tel is

stra

tegi

cally

loca

ted

in th

e he

art o

f the

Gar

den

City

dist

rict i

n do

wnt

own

Cairo

, clo

se to

the

Egyp

tian

Mus

eum

and t

he O

pera

Hou

se an

d offe

rs el

egan

t and

com

forta

ble a

ccom

mod

atio

n ove

rlook

ing t

he R

iver N

ile. T

he S

heph

eard

Ho

tel a

wel

l-kno

wn

clas

sical

hot

el, w

ith a

hist

oric

al b

ackg

roun

d th

at g

oes

back

to th

e ye

ar 1

841.

Gues

ts c

an h

ead

for t

he

shop

ping

arc

ade

in th

e lo

bby f

or a

spot

of r

etai

l the

rapy

or g

o fo

r a re

-sty

le in

the

hair

salo

n. T

he h

otel

’s six

rest

aura

nts,

cafe

s an

d ba

rs o

ffer g

uest

s a va

riety

of f

ood

and

drin

ks, w

hilst

drin

ks a

nd sn

acks

can

be

take

n by

gue

sts a

t any

hou

r in

the

priva

cy

of th

eir r

oom

s, co

mpl

imen

ts o

f rou

nd th

e cl

ock r

oom

serv

ice.

The

fron

t des

k is o

pen

24-h

ours

a d

ay a

nd kn

owle

dgea

ble

staf

f ar

e on

han

d to

pro

vide

tour

adv

ice

and

loca

l info

rmat

ion.

Tho

se a

rrivin

g by

car

can

take

adv

anta

ge o

f val

et p

arkin

g. T

his h

otel

fe

atur

es 2

00 g

uest

room

s, al

l of w

hich

incl

ude

air c

ondi

tioni

ng, s

atel

lite

tele

visio

n an

d m

ini b

ar. T

radi

tiona

l dec

or in

clud

es

richl

y pat

tern

ed fa

bric

s and

dar

k woo

d fu

rnitu

re. T

he h

otel

offe

rs a

swim

min

g po

ol o

nsite

as w

ell a

s gol

f and

tenn

is ne

arby

.

The

Ram

ses

Hilto

n Ho

tel i

s lo

cate

d on

the

east

ban

k of

the

Rive

r Nile

and

is o

ne o

f Cai

ro’s

land

mar

ks. I

t is

with

in

wal

king

dis

tanc

e of

the

Egyp

tian

Mus

eum

, gov

ernm

ent i

nstit

utes

and

the

city

sho

ppin

g ce

ntre

. Th

e ho

tel o

ffers

85

9 w

ell a

ppoi

nted

room

s an

d su

ites,

all

with

bal

coni

es, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne, m

ini b

ar, s

atel

-lit

e TV

, 24-

hour

room

ser

vice

and

in-r

oom

saf

e. F

acili

ties

incl

ude

7 re

stau

rant

s, a

cof

fee

shop

, cas

ino,

coc

ktai

l lo

unge

, fitn

ess

cent

re, b

arbe

r, be

autic

ian,

out

door

sw

imm

ing

pool

, lau

ndry

ser

vice

, sho

ppin

g ce

ntre

and

jogg

ing

track

. Ta

ke in

vie

ws

of th

e N

ile a

nd th

e Py

ram

ids

from

the

Ram

ses

Hilto

n ho

tel’s

36t

h-flo

or W

indo

ws

on th

e W

orld

Res

taur

ant.

Rela

x by

the

sun-

dren

ched

out

door

poo

l or

enjo

y co

ffee

and

past

ries

at th

e Ga

rden

Cou

rt Ca

fé. T

he h

otel

boa

sts

a Br

itish

-sty

le p

ub, a

n In

dian

rest

aura

nt, a

sho

ppin

g Ga

lleria

and

Exe

cutiv

e Lo

unge

.

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Nile

Cru

ises

Egypt - The Nile 10

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.

Egypt- The Nile 11

3 n

igh

t it

ine

rary

DA

Y 1

: A

swan

: A

.M:

Arr

ival

at

Asw

an a

ir-p

ort,

mee

t &

gre

et.

E

mba

rkat

ion

befo

re

lunc

h.

P.M

: A

t le

isur

e. O

vern

ight

in A

swan

. D

AY

2:

Asw

an /

Ko

m O

mb

o /

Ed

fu :

A

.M.

Visi

t of

the

Hig

h D

am a

nd

the

Tem

ple

of

Phila

e. S

ail

to K

om O

mbo

.

P.M

. V

isit

the

Tem

ple

sha

red

by t

he t

wo

God

s So

bek

and

Har

oeris

. S

ail t

o Ed

fu a

nd o

vern

ight

.D

AY

3:

Ed

fu /

Esn

a /

Luxo

r:

A.M

. V

isit

the

Tem

ple

of

Hor

us in

Edf

u.

Sail

to E

sna.

C

ross

th

e Lo

ck.

P.M

. S

ail t

o Lu

xor

and

over

nigh

t.

4 n

igh

t it

ine

rary

DA

Y 1

: A

swan

: A

.M:

Arr

ival

at

Asw

an a

ir-p

ort,

mee

t &

gre

et.

E

mba

rkat

ion

befo

re

lunc

h.

P.M

: A

t le

isur

e. O

vern

ight

in A

swan

. D

AY

2:

Asw

an /

Ko

m O

mb

o /

Ed

fu :

A

.M.

Visi

t of

the

Hig

h D

am a

nd

the

Tem

ple

of

Phila

e. S

ail

to K

om O

mbo

.

P.M

. V

isit

the

Tem

ple

sha

red

by t

he t

wo

God

s So

bek

and

Har

oeris

. S

ail t

o Ed

fu a

nd o

vern

ight

.D

AY

3:

Ed

fu /

Esn

a /

Luxo

r:

A.M

. V

isit

the

Tem

ple

of

Hor

us in

Edf

u.

Sail

to E

sna.

C

ross

th

e Lo

ck.

P.M

. S

ail t

o Lu

xor

and

over

nigh

t.D

AY

4:

Luxo

r:

A.M

. D

isem

bark

atio

n af

ter

brea

kfas

t.

Cro

ss t

o th

e W

est

Bank

. V

isit

the

Nec

rop

olis

of

The

bes,

Val

ley

of t

he K

ings

, th

e Te

mp

le

of

Que

en

Hat

shep

sut

and

the

Col

ossi

of

Mem

non.

Vis

it th

e Lu

xor

& K

arna

k Te

mp

les.

Tr

ansf

er t

o Lu

xor

airp

ort,

mee

t &

gr

eet

by r

epre

sent

ativ

e, f

light

to

Cai

ro.

Ab

u S

imb

el

Ex

cu

rsio

nFl

y fro

m A

swan

to

Abu

Sim

bel

to s

ee t

he m

ost

spec

tacu

lar a

nd th

e be

st p

rese

rved

of a

ll th

e an

cien

t te

mpl

es -

Abu

Sim

bel.

The

tem

ples

of A

bu S

imbe

l w

ere

built

by

the

grea

t ph

arao

h, R

amse

s II.

W

hen

the

Asw

an H

igh

Dam

’s pr

ojec

t th

reat

ened

to

sub-

mer

ge t

he t

empl

es, a

n in

tern

atio

nal s

alva

ge a

ctio

n un

der

the

ausp

ices

of U

nesc

o co

ncei

ved

the

auda

-ci

ous

plan

of m

ovin

g th

e te

mpl

e to

a h

ighe

r le

vel.

As a

resu

lt, th

e bu

ildin

gs th

emse

lves

as

wel

l as

part

of

the

sur

roun

ding

roc

ks w

ere

hew

n in

to b

lock

s of

30

ton

s ea

ch a

nd b

uilt

up a

gain

in a

nd a

roun

d a

conc

rete

ske

leto

n fra

mew

ork.

Th

e la

rger

tem

ple

cele

brat

es t

he P

haro

ah h

imse

lf, w

hile

the

sm

alle

r on

e ho

nour

s hi

s w

ife, Q

ueen

Nef

erta

ri.SC

HEDU

LE:

Daily

. DU

RATI

ON:

3 ho

urs

INCL

USIO

NS:

Flig

hts,

trans

fers

and

sig

htse

ein

Plea

se n

ote

that

tim

es m

ay v

ary

depe

ndin

g on

the

cru

ise

and

saili

ng

days

. All

Thom

pson

s cr

uise

pac

kage

s in

clud

e tr

ansf

ers,

acc

omm

oda-

tion,

all

mea

ls a

nd s

ight

seei

ng.

OUR

OPIN

ION

:M

owan

a Sa

fari

lodg

e of

fers

the

bes

t of

bot

h w

orld

s to

all

trave

llers

. Gu

ests

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

& F

ACIL

ITIE

S:A

ll ro

oms

are

river

fac

ing

with

air-

cond

ition

ing,

min

i ba

r, ha

irdry

er,

tea/

Pre

sid

enti

al N

ile C

ruis

e

112

Cult

ure

All

Nil

e c

ruis

es i

nclu

de

th

e f

oll

ow

ing

: A

cco

mm

od

ati

on

, a

ll m

ea

ls a

nd

sig

hts

ee

ing

All

Nil

e c

ruis

es e

xclu

de

: D

rin

ks a

nd

tip

pin

g

OUR

OPIN

ION

:M

owan

a Sa

fari

lodg

e of

fers

the

bes

t of

bot

h w

orld

s to

all

trave

llers

. Gu

ests

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

& F

ACIL

ITIE

S:A

ll ro

oms

are

river

fac

ing

with

air-

cond

ition

ing,

min

i ba

r, ha

irdry

er,

tea/

Ti-Y

i Nile

Cru

ise

11

2C

ult

ure

OUR

OPIN

ION

:M

owan

a Sa

fari

lodg

e of

fers

the

bes

t of

bot

h w

orld

s to

all

trave

llers

. Gu

ests

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

& F

ACIL

ITIE

S:A

ll ro

oms

are

river

fac

ing

with

air-

cond

ition

ing,

min

i ba

r, ha

irdry

er,

tea/

Del

uxe

Son

esta

Nile

Cru

ises

11

2C

ult

ure

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Egypt - Shram El Sheikh 12

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.

Egypt - Shram El Sheikh 13

Shar

m E

l She

ikh

6km

Mar

rio

tt S

har

m B

each

Res

ort

8km

Hya

tt R

egen

cy S

har

m D

ive

Spa

Div

eS

pa

3 D

ay

Ra

s M

oh

am

ed

an

d T

ira

nD

ay 1

: Tr

ansf

er to

Trav

co H

arbo

r and

em

bark

atio

n. W

elco

me

on b

oard

, cab

in a

rran

gem

ent a

nd b

oat–

brie

fing.

Perm

issi

on w

ork

with

por

t aut

horit

y an

d, a

fter g

ettin

g th

e go

-ahe

ad, c

heck

div

e an

d eq

uipm

ent c

heck

at T

empl

e.

Nex

t to

dive

is J

ackf

ish

Alle

y w

here

you

can

ent

er e

asily

into

sm

all c

aves

. The

third

div

e w

ill b

e al

read

y at

the

Alte

rnat

ives

, a c

hain

of s

even

pin

nacl

es w

ith n

umer

ous

sand

pat

ches

and

resi

dent

leop

ard

shar

ks. N

ight

Div

ing

is

very

pop

ular

her

e.D

ay 2

: Sai

l to

the

wre

ck o

f the

Thi

stle

gorm

, the

mos

t fam

ous

of th

e Re

d Se

a w

reck

s . T

here

is s

o m

uch

to e

xplo

re

so th

e pl

an is

a m

inim

um o

f tw

o di

ves.

The

firs

t one

is a

com

plet

e ov

ervi

ew a

nd th

e se

cond

a p

enet

ratin

g on

e. F

or

the

third

div

e yo

ur b

oat w

ill s

ail t

o Sm

all P

assa

ge w

here

two

chan

nels

cut

the

reef

sys

tem

of S

ha’a

b M

ahm

oud

and

conn

ect t

he s

helte

red

lago

on to

the

open

sea

. A n

ight

div

e in

side

the

lago

on is

opt

iona

l.D

ay 3

: Firs

t div

e of

the

day

will

take

you

to th

e hi

stor

ical

wre

ck o

f the

Dun

rave

n w

hich

san

k in

Apr

il 18

76. A

n ol

d w

oode

n w

reck

with

ple

nty

of ro

om fo

r pas

sing

trou

gh th

ousa

nds

of g

lass

fish

that

live

her

e in

the

shad

e of

the

wre

ck. N

ext t

o di

ve S

hark

and

Yola

nda

Reef

, the

sou

ther

nmos

t tip

of t

he S

inai

Pen

insu

la w

ith a

n en

dles

s w

all u

niqu

e in

the

Red

Sea.

Sai

ling

back

to to

war

ds S

harm

for y

our t

hird

div

e at

Ras

Zat

ar, R

as G

hazla

ni o

r may

be

Ras

Um S

id, i

t w

ill b

e yo

ur c

hoic

e. R

etur

n to

Trav

co H

arbo

r and

dis

emba

rkat

ion.

Yo

u ne

ed to

be

a ce

rtifie

d di

ver a

nd a

min

. of 3

0 di

ves

or a

dvan

ced

leve

l cer

tific

atio

n is

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r som

e di

ves.

The

itin

erar

y is

an

exam

ple

so if

you

hav

e a

spec

ial w

ish

for a

cer

tain

pla

ce in

this

are

a ju

st le

t you

r div

e gu

ide

know

. Som

e di

ve s

ites

mig

ht b

e no

t acc

essi

ble

due

to w

eath

er c

ondi

tion,

the

last

dec

isio

n is

with

the

capt

ain

– sa

fety

is a

lway

s fir

st!

4 D

ay

Ra

s M

oh

am

ed

, T

his

tle

go

rm a

nd

Tir

an

Day 1

: Tra

nsfe

r to

Trav

co H

arbo

r and

em

bark

atio

n. W

elco

me

on b

oard

, cab

in a

rran

gem

ent a

nd b

oat–

brie

fing.

Perm

issi

on w

ork

with

por

t aut

horit

y an

d, a

fter g

ettin

g th

e go

-ahe

ad, c

heck

div

e an

d eq

uipm

ent c

heck

at T

empl

e.

Nex

t to

dive

is J

ackf

ish

Alle

y w

here

you

can

ent

er e

asily

into

sm

all c

aves

. The

third

div

e w

ill b

e al

read

y at

the

Alte

rnat

ives

, a c

hain

of s

even

pin

nacl

es w

ith n

umer

ous

sand

pat

ches

and

resi

dent

leop

ard

shar

ks. N

ight

Div

ing

is

very

pop

ular

her

e.D

ay 2

: Ear

ly in

the

mor

ning

the

boat

will

sai

l to

the

wre

ck o

f the

Thi

stle

gorm

, the

mos

t fam

ous

of th

e Re

d Se

a w

reck

s m

ay b

e ev

en w

orld

wid

e. T

here

is s

o m

uch

to e

xplo

re s

o th

e pl

an is

a m

inim

um o

f tw

o di

ves.

The

firs

t one

is a

co

mpl

ete

over

view

and

the

seco

nd a

pen

etra

ting

one.

For

the

third

div

e yo

ur b

oat w

ill s

ail t

o Sm

all P

assa

ge w

here

tw

o ch

anne

ls c

ut th

e re

ef s

yste

m o

f Sha

’ab

Mah

mou

d co

nnec

ting

a sh

elte

red

lago

on to

the

open

sea

. A n

ight

div

e in

side

the

lago

on is

opt

iona

l.D

ay 3

: Firs

t div

e of

the

day

will

take

you

to th

e hi

stor

ical

wre

ck o

f the

Dun

rave

n w

hich

san

k in

Apr

il 18

76. A

n ol

d w

oode

n w

reck

with

ple

nty

of ro

om fo

r pas

sing

trou

gh th

ousa

nds

of g

lass

fish

that

live

her

e in

the

shad

e of

the

wre

ck. N

ext t

o di

ve S

hark

and

Yola

nda

Reef

, the

sou

ther

nmos

t tip

of t

he S

inai

Pen

insu

la w

ith a

n en

dles

s w

all u

niqu

e in

the

Red

Sea.

Bac

k no

rth to

the

Gulf

of A

qaba

and

Tria

n to

do

your

third

div

e at

Gor

don

Reef

, whi

ch g

ently

slo

pes

to th

e so

uth

and

form

a la

rge

plat

eau.

If w

eath

er p

erm

its s

tay

over

nig

ht a

t Gor

don

Reef

. Usu

al w

inds

are

stro

ng s

o th

e bo

at w

ill s

tay

in th

e m

ore

shel

tere

d So

uth

Lago

on w

here

a n

ight

div

e is

opt

iona

l.D

ay 4

: You

r firs

t div

e w

ill ta

ke y

ou to

Jac

kson

Ree

f the

mos

t nor

ther

n on

e in

the

Stra

it of

Tira

n. A

fter b

reak

fast

, get

re

ady

to v

isit

Thom

as R

eef o

r Woo

dhou

se R

eef,

whi

ch b

oth

are

perfe

ct fo

r a d

rift d

ive

alon

g th

eir s

helte

red

east

ern

side

s. A

fter l

unch

you

will

leav

e th

e re

efs

of T

iran

tow

ards

Sha

rm fo

r you

r thi

rd d

ive

at R

as N

asra

ni, R

as G

ham

ila o

r m

ay b

e Ra

s Um

Sid

, it w

ill b

e yo

ur c

hoic

e. R

etur

n to

Trav

co H

arbo

r and

dis

emba

rkat

ion.

Yo

u ne

ed to

be

a ce

rtifie

d di

ver a

nd a

min

. of 3

0 di

ves

or a

dvan

ced

leve

l cer

tific

atio

n is

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r som

e di

ves.

The

itin

erar

y is

an

exam

ple

so if

you

hav

e a

spec

ial w

ish

for a

cer

tain

pla

ce in

this

are

a ju

st le

t you

r div

e gu

ide

know

. Som

e di

ve s

ites

mig

ht b

e no

t acc

essi

ble

due

to w

eath

er c

ondi

tion,

the

last

dec

isio

n is

with

the

capt

ain

– sa

fety

is a

lway

s fir

st!

7 D

ay

No

rth

ern

Ro

ute

Cla

ssic

Day

1: T

rans

fer t

o Tr

avco

Har

bour

and

em

bark

atio

n. W

elco

me

on b

oard

, cab

in a

rran

gem

ent a

nd b

oat b

riefin

g.

Chec

k di

ve e

quip

men

t and

che

ck-d

ive

at e

ither

Tem

ple

or R

as K

aty

befo

re s

unse

t. T

he re

st o

f the

itin

erar

y w

ill

then

be

plan

ned

betw

een

the

capt

ain

and

the

gues

ts.

Dinn

er a

nd o

vern

ight

on

the

boat

.

Day

2-6:

The

safa

ri w

ill c

over

the

area

from

Stra

it of

Tira

n, R

as M

oham

ed N

atio

nal P

ark

to th

e Gu

lf of

Sue

z,

Kin

g S

ne

fro

Liv

e-a

bo

ard

Wel

com

e o

n b

oar

d K

ing

Sn

efro

's f

leet

of

Red

Sea

liv

e-ab

oar

ds.

Cat

erin

g t

o b

oth

, g

rou

ps

and

ind

ivid

ual

s, K

ing

Sn

efro

off

ers

a ch

oic

e o

f fo

ur

dif

fere

nt

live-

abo

ard

s th

at

cru

ise

all o

f th

e b

est R

ed S

ea d

ive

site

s. O

n

Kin

g S

nef

ro y

ou

will

be

gu

aran

teed

exc

ep-

tio

nal

co

mfo

rt a

nd

ind

ivid

ual

ser

vice

.

Op

erat

ing

fr

om

S

har

m

El

Sh

eikh

K

ing

Sn

efro

has

off

ered

div

ing

cru

ises

sin

ce

1986

. B

y 20

07 t

hey

will

hav

e a

flee

t o

f 8

bo

ats,

ran

gin

g in

siz

e an

d s

tan

dar

d.

Kin

g

Sn

efro

has

20

year

s ex

per

ien

ce i

n d

ive

tou

rism

in

th

e N

ort

her

n R

ed S

ea,

go

od

kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

area

an

d e

xper

ien

ced

d

ive

staf

f.

All

of

this

co

mb

ined

en

sure

s th

at

Th

om

pso

ns

gu

ests

ar

e in

g

oo

dh

and

s an

d a

re g

uar

ante

ed a

gre

at d

ive

exp

erie

nce

.

All

Red

Sea

Saf

aris

incl

ud

e:•

Acc

om

mo

dat

ion

wit

h e

ith

er s

har

ed o

r en

suit

e fa

cilit

ies

• A

ll m

eals

• S

oft

dri

nks

, wat

er, t

ea a

nd

co

ffee

• U

p t

o 4

div

es p

er d

ay•

Use

of

oxy

gen

an

d w

eig

htb

elts

All

Red

Sea

Saf

aris

exc

lud

e:•

Div

e eq

uip

men

t•

Alc

oh

olic

dri

nks

•M

edic

al In

sura

nce

LOCA

TION

:Sha

rm E

l She

ikh

Mar

riott

Beac

h Re

sort

is lo

cate

d on

the

Sina

i Pen

insu

la

alon

g th

e sh

ore

of th

e Re

d Se

a, w

ith it

s ow

n pr

ivat

e be

ach

and

clos

e to

the

wor

ld

reno

wne

d sc

uba

divi

ng s

pots

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

:Th

e ho

tel r

oom

s ar

e sp

acio

us a

nd a

re

com

forta

bly

furn

ishe

d w

ith m

oder

n fu

rnitu

re. R

oom

faci

litie

s in

clud

e ai

r-co

nditi

onin

g,

alar

m c

lock

, ele

ctric

al a

dapt

ers,

indi

vidu

al c

limat

e co

ntro

l, in

-roo

m s

afe,

sat

ellit

e TV

, m

ini b

ar a

nd h

aird

ryer

.Th

e M

arrio

tt Be

ach

Reso

rt of

fers

com

plim

enta

ry c

offe

e an

d ne

wsp

aper

s in

the

lobb

y or

com

plim

enta

ry d

eliv

ery

of n

ewsp

aper

s to

the

room

. Gue

sts

are

able

to m

ake

trave

l ar

rang

emen

ts a

t the

airl

ine

rese

rvat

ions

and

car

rent

al d

esks

or t

reat

them

selv

es in

th

e be

auty

sho

p or

bar

ber.

The

hote

l offe

rs 9

rest

aura

nts

and

bars

for a

var

iety

of c

uisi

ne a

nd b

ever

ages

for a

ny

occa

sion

.Fo

r the

act

ive

gues

t the

re is

a h

ost o

f act

iviti

es to

cho

ose

from

incl

udin

g sc

uba

divi

ng,

snor

kelin

g, te

nnis

, hor

se b

ack

ridin

g an

d sw

imm

ing.

The

re is

als

o a

fitne

ss c

entre

on

prem

ise.

LOCA

TION

:Poi

sed

on th

e ed

ge o

f an

‘aqu

a oa

sis’

, the

35-

hect

are

Hyat

t Reg

ency

Sh

arm

El S

heik

h Re

sort

Hote

l is

embr

aced

by

the

spec

tacu

lar l

and

and

seas

cape

s of

Egy

pt’s

Sina

i Pen

insu

la, a

djac

ent t

o N

a’am

a Ba

y an

d ju

st te

n m

inut

es’ d

rive

from

Sh

arm

El S

heik

h Ai

rpor

t.AC

COM

MOD

ATIO

N A

ND

FACI

LITI

ES: R

oom

s en

joys

a s

pect

acul

ar v

iew

of t

he R

ed

Sea

whi

le s

outh

ern

Med

iterr

anea

n de

cor c

ompl

emen

ts a

spa

ciou

s ro

om fe

atur

ing

the

softe

st E

gypt

ian

cotto

n lin

ens,

a g

ener

ous

wor

k ar

ea w

ith h

igh-

spee

d in

tern

et

acce

ss, a

nd m

arbl

e ba

th w

ith s

oaki

ng tu

b, w

alk-

in s

how

er a

nd d

elux

e ba

th a

cces

-so

ries

enric

hed

with

Dea

d Se

a m

iner

als.

Oth

er fa

cilit

ies

incl

ude

min

i bar

, hai

rdry

er,

mul

ti-lin

e te

leph

one,

cei

ling

fan,

in-r

oom

saf

e, in

divi

dual

air-

cond

ition

ing

cont

rol a

nd

the

mor

ning

new

spap

er.

The

hote

l offe

r 24-

hour

room

ser

vice

and

24

hour

con

cier

ge d

esk

to m

eet g

uest

s’

need

s.

Mea

ls c

an b

e en

joye

d at

Caf

é Fr

esco

or C

asca

des

Pool

Bar

and

Res

taur

ant w

hich

of

fer a

var

iety

of m

eals

.

Shar

m E

l She

ikh

has

activ

ities

incl

udin

g w

ater

spo

rts o

n th

e Re

d Se

a, E

co- t

ouris

t tri

ps a

nd a

n 18

-hol

e go

lf co

urse

. With

in th

e ho

tel,

the

Wat

er S

ports

Cen

tre, C

lub

Olym

pus,

Oas

is K

ids’

Clu

b an

d Th

e So

uk e

nsur

e no

n-st

op a

ctiv

ity fo

r our

gue

sts.

072

996

4423

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TAL

CITY

: At

hens

LAN

GU

AG

E:Gr

eek

& E

nglis

hCU

RREN

CY:

Euro

VISA

: SA

pas

spor

t hol

ders

requ

ire a

Sch

enge

n Vi

sa.

All o

ther

pas

spor

t hol

ders

to c

heck

with

loca

l au

thor

ities

AIR

PORT

TA

X:

All t

axes

incl

uded

in th

e tic

ket

ARE

A:

131

940

km

2

TIM

E D

IFFE

REN

CE:

GMT

+ 2

(Sam

e as

SA

time)

Nov

-Mar

GMT

+ 3

(SA

time

+ 1h

r) Ap

r-Oc

tH

EALT

H R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

: N

o in

ocul

atio

ns a

re re

quire

d.

Gre

ece

Greece 14

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.

Greece - Atehns 15

Sigh

tsee

ing

Opt

ions

Ath

en

s

Ha

lf D

ay

Ath

en

s S

igh

tse

ein

g T

ou

r

En

joy

a to

ur

of

Ath

ens,

co

mb

inin

g m

any

of

the

citi

es p

rin

cip

al m

od

ern

an

d c

lass

ical

si

gh

ts.

Dri

ve b

y th

e To

mb

of

the

Un

kno

wn

S

old

ier

in

fro

nt

of

the

Par

liam

ent

Ho

use

o

n

Co

nst

itu

tio

n

Sq

uar

e,

the

Pan

ath

enia

n

Sta

diu

m (

site

of

the

firs

t m

od

ern

Oly

mp

ic

Gam

es in

189

6). S

ee v

ista

s o

f th

e P

resi

den

tial

P

alac

e (e

x R

oya

l Pal

ace)

, go

vern

men

t b

uild

-in

gs

and

el

egan

t h

om

es.

In

con

tras

t,

we

visi

t th

e R

om

an T

emp

le o

f O

lym

pia

n Z

eus

and

th

e A

cro

po

lis

wit

h

its

man

y m

on

u-

men

ts a

top

its

ro

cky

bas

e. W

e al

so v

isit

th

e A

cro

po

lis M

use

um

. SC

HED

ULE

:Dai

ly a

t 09h

00. D

URA

TIO

N: 4

hou

rs.

INCL

USI

ON

S: R

etur

n ho

tel t

rans

fers

and

ent

ranc

e to

A

crop

olis

.

Ath

en

s b

y N

igh

t

Dep

art

you

r h

ote

l at

20h

30 f

or

an e

ven

ing

d

rive

th

rou

gh

Ath

ens,

en

din

g a

t a

typ

ical

re

stau

ran

t fo

r a

live

sho

w

of

Gre

ek

folk

d

ance

s an

d b

ou

zou

ki m

usi

c.E

njo

y a

3-co

urs

e d

inn

er,

follo

wed

by

dan

c-in

g a

nd

pla

te b

reak

ing

.

SCH

EDU

LE: D

aily

at 2

0h30

. DU

RATI

ON

: 3 h

ours

. IN

CLU

SIO

NS:

Ret

urn

hote

l tra

nsfe

rs, d

inne

r and

ente

rtai

nmen

t (dr

inks

for y

our o

wn

acco

unt)

On

e D

ay

3 I

sla

nd

Cru

ise

Tran

sfer

by

mo

torc

oac

h t

o F

lisvo

s M

arin

a an

d e

mb

ark

on

th

e cr

uis

e sh

ip.

At

08h

30

sail

for

the

isla

nd

of

Hyd

ra.

In H

ydra

yo

u

are

at l

eisu

re t

o s

tro

ll, s

ho

p o

r sw

im.

In t

he

earl

y af

tern

oo

n s

ail f

or

the

isla

nd

of

Aeg

ina,

p

assi

ng

thro

ug

h th

e n

arro

w s

trai

t sep

arat

ing

th

e P

elo

po

nn

esia

n c

oas

t fr

om

th

e is

lan

d o

f P

oro

s. L

un

ch i

s se

rved

aft

er s

ailin

g.

Sh

ort

vi

sit

of

Po

ros.

Up

on

arr

ival

in

Aeg

ina

you

ca

n e

ith

er j

oin

th

e ex

curs

ion

to

th

e Te

mp

le

of

Ap

hai

a o

r w

alk

aro

un

d t

he

mai

n t

ow

n.

Fin

ally

, em

bar

k fo

r th

e sa

il b

ack

to F

lisvo

s M

arin

a.

Arr

ive

at t

he

mar

ina

at 1

9h15

(in

win

ter

arri

ve

at

18h

00),

an

d

tran

sfer

to

A

then

s.SC

HED

ULE

: Dai

ly a

t 07h

45. D

URA

TIO

N: 1

1 ho

urs.

IN

CLU

SIO

NS:

Ret

urn

hote

l tra

nsfe

rs, c

ruis

e an

d lu

nch

(exc

ursi

ons

for y

our o

wn

acco

unt).

Fu

ll D

ay

De

lph

i

Dri

ve t

hro

ug

h t

he

fert

ile p

lain

of

Bo

eoti

a,

pas

t th

e to

wn

s o

f T

heb

es -

co

nn

ecte

d w

ith

th

e tr

aged

y o

f K

ing

Oed

ipu

s -

Leva

dia

an

d

Ara

cho

va,

fam

ou

s fo

r it

s co

lou

rfu

l ru

gs

and

car

pet

s. A

rriv

e at

Del

ph

i, th

e ce

ntr

e o

f th

e an

cien

t w

orl

d -

th

e "O

mp

hal

os"

(N

avel

) o

f th

e E

arth

-

wh

ose

p

rest

ige

exte

nd

ed

far

bey

on

d t

he

bo

un

dar

ies

of

the

Hel

len

ic

wo

rld

. On

th

e sl

op

es o

f M

ou

nt

Par

nas

sus,

in

a la

nd

scap

e o

f u

np

aral

lele

d b

eau

ty a

nd

maj

-es

ty, l

ie t

he

ruin

s o

f th

e S

anct

uar

y o

f A

po

llo

Pyt

hio

s. V

isit

th

e tr

easu

ry o

f th

e A

then

ian

s,

the

tem

ple

of

Ap

ollo

an

d t

he

mu

seu

m c

on

-ta

inin

g s

uch

mas

terp

iece

s o

f an

cien

t G

reek

sc

ulp

ture

as

the

bro

nze

Ch

ario

teer

an

d t

he

fam

ou

s at

hle

te,

Ag

hia

s. A

fter

lu

nch

in

th

e m

od

ern

vill

age

of

Del

ph

i, re

turn

to

Ath

ens

by

the

sam

e ro

ute

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it th

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ph

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turn

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useu

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ites,

coa

ch tr

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com

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din

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ay va

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aper

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in

the

hig

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ason

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al

from

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end

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as t

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easo

n w

inds

dow

n. W

inte

r is

not

a

viab

le p

erio

d to

vis

it ou

tsid

e th

e m

ajor

ci

ties

and

mai

nlan

d as

mos

t of t

he to

uris

t in

fras

truc

ture

on

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isla

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bern

atio

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om t

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iddl

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til

l the

beg

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f A

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WH

AT

TH

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OS

T

BE

ST

TIM

ET

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RA

VE

L

In G

reec

e, y

ou

are

sta

nd

ing

at

a cr

oss

road

s o

f cu

ltu

res,

co

lou

rs a

nd

civ

ilisa

tio

ns,

yo

u f

eel

the

stre

ng

th o

f h

isto

ry a

nd

th

e w

arm

th o

f b

ein

g in

th

e so

uth

ern

mo

st p

art

of

Eu

rop

e.

A

co

un

try

that

d

esp

ite

bei

ng

ri

ch

in

his

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ry h

as a

po

pu

lati

on

th

at m

ove

s to

war

ds

the

futu

re.

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ou

ntr

y th

at a

lth

ou

gh

sta

tist

ical

ly

smal

l, is

hu

ge

in i

ts d

iver

sity

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lan

dsc

ape

that

h

as

giv

en

us

tho

usa

nd

s o

f p

ost

card

im

ages

bu

t re

mai

ns

incr

edib

ly v

ibra

nt

and

im

po

ssib

le t

o c

aptu

re.

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ece

is a

co

un

try

of

bea

uti

ful

con

trad

ic-

tio

ns,

a c

on

stan

t jo

urn

ey i

n t

ime,

fro

m t

he

pre

sen

t to

th

e p

ast

and

bac

k ag

ain

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alk

thro

ug

h

the

oliv

e g

rove

s,

thro

ug

h

anci

ent

site

s. M

ove

to

clu

ster

s o

f sp

arse

ly

inh

abit

ed

isla

nd

s.

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am

fro

m

the

bea

ches

to

ro

cky

mo

un

tain

s an

d e

xplo

re b

reat

hta

k-in

g s

cen

ery.

In

Gre

ece

the

fusi

on

of

imag

es

bec

om

es m

ore

th

an i

mag

ery

and

tu

rns

into

re

alit

y.

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ens

is a

n a

ffab

le c

ity

enliv

ened

by

ou

tdo

or

cafe

s, p

edes

tria

n s

tree

ts,

par

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den

s an

d

urb

an

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ntr

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lmo

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ever

y h

ou

se

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alco

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bu

lgin

g w

ith

ger

a-n

ium

s, a

nd

man

y o

f th

e ci

ty's

str

eets

an

d

squ

ares

are

fri

ng

ed w

ith

ora

ng

e tr

ees.

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of t

he

ho

tels

in A

then

s b

oas

t eit

her

ro

oft

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re

stau

ran

ts, p

oo

ls o

r b

ars

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gu

ests

may

h

ave

un

inte

rru

pte

d

view

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f th

eir

bel

ove

d

Acr

op

olis

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min

atin

g th

e ce

ntr

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is a

maz

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ity.

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t th

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ase

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the

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op

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he

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ka s

till

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anci

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m w

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co

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Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

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you

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eare

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n a

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ho

liday

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Greece - Greek Isles 17

Gre

ek Is

les

To

Ho

p o

r n

ot

to H

op

Did

yo

u k

no

w th

at th

ere

are

mo

re th

an 6

000

G

reek

Isla

nd

s ly

ing

in th

e A

egea

n a

nd

Ion

ian

S

eas?

D

id y

ou

als

o k

no

w t

hat

on

ly a

bo

ut

227

of

thes

e ar

e in

hab

ited

? A

zure

wat

ers,

su

n-k

isse

d

bea

ches

, w

hit

ewas

hed

b

uild

-in

gs,

win

dm

ills

on

a m

ou

nta

insi

de,

co

bb

led

st

reet

s, s

had

y ta

vern

as a

nd

a s

low

, laz

y w

ay

of

life;

if t

his

is y

ou

r id

ea o

f a

dre

am h

olid

ay,

then

th

e G

reek

Isle

s aw

ait

you

.

Dec

idin

g t

o g

o t

o t

he

Gre

ek I

sles

is

just

th

e fi

rst

step

. Y

ou

nee

d t

o s

till

dec

ide

wh

at

isla

nd

, h

ow

man

y is

lan

ds,

ho

w l

on

g t

o s

tay

and

ho

w t

o g

et b

etw

een

th

e is

lan

ds.

On

th

e m

ap a

bo

ve y

ou

will

see

th

at t

he

isla

nd

s ar

e d

ivid

ed i

nto

5 m

ain

are

as;

Ion

ian

Isl

and

s,

Cyc

lad

ic

Isla

nd

s,

Do

dac

anes

e Is

lan

ds,

N

ort

hea

st

Aeg

ean

Is

lan

ds

and

S

po

rad

ic

Isla

nd

s.

Th

om

pso

ns re

co

mm

en

ds th

e fo

l-

low

ing

isla

nd

s f

or

yo

ur

co

nsid

era

tio

n:

Th

e

Cy

cla

dic

Is

lan

ds

of

My

ko

no

s,

Sa

nto

rin

i,

Pa

ros &

Na

xo

s,

Rh

od

es i

n t

he

Do

da

ca

ne

se

an

d S

kia

tho

s i

n t

he

Sp

ora

dic

Isla

nd

s.

If y

ou

ch

oo

se t

he

Cy

cla

dic

Is

lan

ds,

it i

s a

gre

at i

dea

to

in

corp

ora

te 2

or

mo

re i

slan

ds

into

yo

ur

itin

erar

y an

d i

slan

d-h

op

by

ferr

y fr

om

isl

and

to

isl

and

. W

e w

ou

ld r

eco

m-

men

d t

hat

yo

u s

tay

for

a m

inim

um

of

5-n

igh

ts i

n t

he

Cyc

lad

ic I

slan

ds.

T

his

way

, yo

u w

ill e

xper

ien

ce m

uch

of

wh

at t

he

Gre

ek

Isle

s h

ave

to o

ffer

. R

emem

ber

that

no

isla

nd

is

th

e sa

me

and

eve

n i

f yo

u w

ish

to

vis

it 3

is

lan

ds,

eac

h e

xper

ien

ce o

n e

ach

isl

and

will

b

e u

niq

ue.

If y

ou

ch

oo

se R

ho

des

or

Ski

ath

os,

we

wo

uld

re

com

men

d

that

yo

u

eith

er

exp

erie

nce

th

ese

isla

nd

s as

des

tin

atio

ns

on

th

eir

ow

n

or

isla

nd

ho

p t

o o

ther

isl

and

s w

ith

in t

he

sam

e g

rou

p.

E

ven

th

ou

gh

w

e h

ave

no

t m

enti

on

ed m

any

of

the

oth

er i

slan

ds,

we

will

gla

dly

ass

ist

wit

h a

ny

req

ues

t th

at y

ou

m

ay h

ave.

T

her

e ar

e b

enef

its

to s

tayi

ng

on

o

ne

isla

nd

fo

r yo

ur

enti

re v

acat

ion

an

d w

e

wo

uld

rec

om

men

d 5

to

7 n

igh

ts t

o r

eally

re

lax

and

im

mer

se y

ou

rsel

f in

th

e is

lan

d

way

of

life.

T

his

is

the

big

ges

t b

enef

it;

get

-ti

ng

to

kn

ow

th

e is

lan

d, e

xplo

rin

g d

uri

ng

th

e d

ay, d

isco

veri

ng

pri

vate

bea

ches

an

d h

idd

en

tave

rnas

, wat

chin

g t

he

sun

set

in t

hat

sp

ecia

l sp

ot

and

eat

ing

so

mew

her

e d

iffe

ren

t ev

ery

nig

ht.

Ju

st r

elax

an

d e

njo

y!

Fa

b F

err

ies

Th

e m

ost

po

pu

lar

ferr

y ro

ute

s ar

e b

etw

een

th

e C

ycla

dic

Is

lan

ds

of

Myk

on

os,

P

aro

s,

Nax

os

and

San

tori

ni.

Isla

nd

ho

p in

sty

le o

n

any

nu

mb

er o

f fe

rrie

s o

ffer

ed i

n t

he

Gre

ek

Isle

s.

Th

e fe

rrie

s o

per

atin

g b

etw

een

th

e is

lan

ds

are

able

to a

cco

mm

od

ate

bet

wee

n 1

400

an

d

1 80

0 p

asse

ng

ers.

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hey

are

all

equ

ipp

ed

wit

h s

tab

ilise

rs a

nd

are

fu

lly a

ir-c

on

dit

ion

ed.

Faci

litie

s o

n b

oar

d t

he

ferr

y in

clu

de

coff

ee

lou

ng

e, b

ar, a

la c

arte

res

tau

ran

t, s

elf-

serv

ice

rest

aura

nt,

co

nfe

ren

ce

lou

ng

e,

child

ren

’s

pla

yro

om

, gif

tsh

op

, tel

eph

on

es a

nd

inte

rnet

ac

cess

. Lo

g o

nto

ww

w.g

tp.g

r to

see

th

e d

if-

fere

nt

ferr

y sc

hed

ule

s.

Th

om

pso

ns

Tou

rs w

ill a

rran

ge

all f

erry

bo

ok-

ing

s fo

r yo

u a

nd

th

e ti

cket

s w

ill b

e is

sued

to

yo

u in

Gre

ece.

Ferr

y sc

hedu

les

are

subj

ect t

o ch

ange

with

out p

rior

notic

e du

e to

adv

erse

wea

ther

con

ditio

ns.

Thom

pson

s Ch

oice

of H

otel

s in

Ath

ens

Tita

nia

The

Tita

nia

Hote

l is

an u

rban

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is n

estle

d in

the

hist

oric

and

com

mer

cial

cen

tre o

f Ath

ens

betw

een

Synt

agm

a an

d Om

onia

, the

city

’s m

ajor

squ

ares

. All

of th

e Ti

tani

a Ho

tel’s

385

rece

ntly

refu

rbis

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room

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e di

stin

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hig

h ae

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max

imum

func

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stef

ully

dec

orat

ed a

nd e

quip

ped

with

eve

ry m

oder

n co

nven

ienc

e, a

ll ro

oms

feat

ure

air-

cond

ition

ing,

hig

h-sp

eed

inte

ract

ive

mul

timed

ia s

ervi

ce, I

SDN

line

s, P

C ou

tlets

, fax

and

mod

em p

orts

, sat

ellit

e an

d ca

ble

tele

vi-

sion

, min

i bar

, and

priv

ate

in-r

oom

vau

lts. B

athr

oom

s in

sta

ndar

d ro

oms

are

equi

pped

with

luxu

ry a

men

ities

, w

hile

the

spa

ciou

s ba

thro

oms

in t

he e

xecu

tive

suite

s in

clud

e Ja

cuzz

is.

With

its

lege

ndar

y ho

spita

lity,

the

co

mpl

etel

y re

nova

ted

Tita

nia

Hote

l fea

ture

s a

maj

estic

lobb

y w

ith a

n ex

quis

ite w

hite

mar

ble

floor

inla

id w

ith

mos

aics

and

the

awar

d-w

inni

ng ro

ofto

p Ol

ive

Gard

en R

esta

uran

t rep

lete

with

oliv

e gr

ove.

The

hot

el h

as a

stu

n-ni

ng p

anor

ama

of th

e ci

ty a

nd a

bre

atht

akin

g vi

ew o

f the

Acr

opol

is.

Plak

a H

otel

The

Plak

a Ho

tel

is i

deal

ly l

ocat

ed i

n th

e he

art

of A

then

s, j

ust

five

min

utes

wal

k fro

m S

ynta

gma

Squa

re.

The

Acro

polis

, mus

eum

s, P

arlia

men

t, sh

oppi

ng a

rea

of P

laka

, and

the

Cath

edra

l are

all

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of th

e ho

tel.

Thi

s ho

tel i

s ve

ry p

opul

ar d

ue to

the

high

sta

ndar

d of

the

reno

vate

d ro

oms,

mos

t equ

ippe

d w

ith

woo

den

floor

s. T

he ro

oms

have

spe

cial

ly d

esig

ned

furn

iture

, air

cond

ition

ing,

min

i frid

ge, s

afe,

sat

ellit

e TV

, pay

TV

, hai

rdry

er, t

elep

hone

, dou

ble

glaz

ed w

indo

ws,

ele

ctro

nic

key-

card

and

fire

saf

ety

syst

em. T

he m

inim

alis

t de

cora

tion,

the

frien

dlin

ess

of th

e st

aff a

nd th

e cl

eanl

ines

s of

the

hote

l all

prom

ise

an u

nfor

getta

ble

stay

in

Athe

ns.

Del

phi A

rt H

otel

Delp

hi A

rt ho

tel

is s

ituat

ed i

n th

e he

art

of A

then

s, o

ppos

ite t

he N

atio

nal

Thea

tre a

nd t

he C

hurc

h of

St.

Cons

tant

ine.

Del

phi a

rt ho

tel c

onsi

sts

of 3

6 ro

oms

and

4 su

ites.

The

hig

h cu

rved

cei

ling,

woo

den

floor

s an

dw

indo

ws

in c

ombi

natio

n w

ith m

oder

n fu

rnitu

re a

nd d

ecor

atio

n de

tails

, offe

r a

cozy

com

forta

ble

atm

osph

ere

to o

ur g

uest

s.

All r

oom

s an

d su

ites

are

equi

pped

with

the

late

st fa

cilit

ies:

dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, ISD

N li

nes,

in

tern

et a

cces

s, s

atel

lite

TV,

mus

ic,

air-

cond

ition

ing,

in-

room

saf

e, m

ini

bar,

priv

ate

bath

room

(sh

ower

or

bath

tub

and

som

e w

ith ja

cuzz

i) w

ith h

aird

ryer

and

van

ity m

irror

with

ligh

ting.

Sm

okin

g/ n

on s

mok

ing

room

s ar

e av

aila

ble.

Hot

el S

tanl

ey

The

Stan

ley

Hote

l is

loca

ted

700

met

ers

from

the

city

cen

tre o

f Ath

ens,

1.5

km fr

om th

e Co

nstit

utio

n Sq

uare

and

is a

45-

min

ute

driv

e fro

m th

e Ai

rpor

t. T

he h

otel

offe

rs 3

95 g

uest

roo

ms,

whi

ch a

re e

quip

ped

with

air-

cond

ition

-in

g, s

atel

lite

tele

visi

on, h

aird

ryer

, tel

epho

ne a

nd h

as s

ound

proo

f gla

ss. T

he h

otel

feat

ures

2 re

stau

rant

s: T

he m

ain

rest

aura

nt o

verlo

oks

Kara

iska

ki S

quar

e an

d se

rves

Am

eric

an b

uffe

t br

eakf

asts

and

Gre

ek c

uisi

ne a

t lu

nch

and

dinn

er; w

hile

Virt

us si

tuat

ed o

n th

e ro

ofto

p, is

a b

eaut

iful c

onte

mpo

rary

pia

no re

stau

rant

. The

hot

el’s

faci

litie

s inc

lude

a

swim

min

g po

ol, r

oom

ser

vice

, par

king

and

laun

dry

faci

litie

s.

Kani

ngos

21

Kani

ngos

21

Hote

l, is

situ

ated

in t

he c

omm

erci

al c

entre

of

Athe

ns a

t Ka

ning

os S

quar

e, a

nd is

with

in w

alki

ng

dist

ance

of t

he b

usin

ess,

cul

tura

l and

sho

ppin

g di

stric

ts.

The

Hote

l pro

vide

s 71

room

s an

d 1

suite

. All

room

s ar

e ai

r-con

ditio

ned

with

sou

nd p

roof

win

dow

s an

d eq

uipp

ed w

ith, b

atht

ub/s

how

er, w

.c, h

aird

ryer

, min

i bar

, cab

le a

nd

sate

llite

TV,

dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, fas

t acc

ess

to in

tern

et, i

n-ro

om s

afe

and

mus

ic.

The

hote

l als

o ha

s a

coffe

e sh

op,

bar a

nd ro

of g

arde

n re

stau

rant

.

Ele

ctra

Pal

ace

Hot

elTh

e El

ectra

Pal

ace

Hote

l has

a u

niqu

e lo

catio

n in

the

hear

t of t

he o

ld to

wn

area

of P

laka

. Th

e ro

oms

are

all

wel

l app

oint

ed w

ith a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, c

entra

l hea

ting,

min

i bar

, ele

ctro

nic

safe

, dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, sat

ellit

e TV

and

a h

aird

ryer

. The

hot

els

déco

r is

clas

sic

with

woo

den

floor

ing

and

furn

iture

in k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e cl

assi

c de

sign

of t

he h

otel

. Gu

ests

can

enj

oy th

eir m

eals

at M

otiv

o on

the

lobb

y le

vel o

r rel

ax w

ith fr

iend

s fo

r drin

ks

at D

uckt

ail.

The

hea

lth c

lub

and

spa

is th

e id

eal r

etre

at w

here

gue

sts

can

enjo

y a

swim

or j

acuz

zi, k

eep

fit in

th

e gy

m o

r rel

ax in

the

stea

m ro

om o

r sau

na. F

or th

e ul

timat

e re

laxa

tion

enjo

y a

treat

men

t by

one

of th

e pr

ofes

-si

onal

sta

ff at

the

spa.

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Nom

ikos

Vill

as -

Sant

orin

iTh

e N

omik

os V

illas

are

situ

ated

in F

irost

efan

i, Sa

ntor

ini,

a sm

all d

ista

nce

from

Fira

, the

isla

nd’s

capi

tal,

whe

re y

ou

can

find

man

y ta

vern

s, re

stau

rant

s an

d st

ores

. Ea

ch ro

om is

fitte

d w

ith a

ir-co

nditi

oner

s, d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne, s

afe

depo

sit b

ox, h

aird

ryer

, sat

ellit

e TV

, ref

riger

ator

and

kitc

hene

tte.

Othe

r fac

ilitie

s in

clud

e a

swim

min

g po

ol, a

poo

l bar

, ou

tdoo

r jac

uzzi,

room

ser

vice

, dai

ly m

aid

serv

ice,

por

ters

and

in-h

ouse

laun

dry.

Cact

us H

otel

- Rh

odes

The

Hote

l Cac

tus

is s

ituat

ed in

the

cent

re o

f Rho

des

City

, opp

osite

the

aqua

rium

, ove

rlook

ing

the

wes

tern

and

the

east

ern

beac

h. T

he n

ew C

asin

o is

nei

ghbo

rs H

otel

Cac

tus.

The

Man

drak

i Har

bour

, the

Tra

de C

entre

, the

fam

ous

Med

ieva

l City

and

the

mar

ina

are

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of th

e ho

tel.

The

hot

el h

as 1

77 ro

oms

rece

ntly

reno

vate

d,

mos

t of t

hem

with

a v

iew

of t

he s

ea.

All a

re e

quip

ped

with

bat

hroo

m, d

irect

-dia

l tel

epho

ne, r

adio

, sat

ellit

e TV

, frid

ge,

haird

ryer

, air-

cond

ition

ing

and

elec

trom

agne

tic k

ey d

oors

. The

hot

el h

as a

bre

akfa

st ro

om, b

ar, s

wim

min

g po

ol w

ith

snac

k ba

r, TV

room

and

con

fere

nce

room

.

Del

uxe

Aik

yon

Hot

el -

Skia

thos

The

Alky

on H

otel

is s

urro

unde

d by

18,

000

squa

re m

etre

s of

gar

dens

and

pal

m tr

ees

and

is id

eally

loca

ted

80 m

from

the

“Blu

e Fl

ag”

awar

ded

beau

tiful

bea

ch in

Vra

hati,

Cor

inth

(on

the

Corin

thia

n Ba

y).

The

hote

l has

121

room

s an

d in

clud

es

diffe

rent

type

s of

acc

omm

odat

ion

rang

ing

from

sta

ndar

d ro

oms

to a

partm

ents

. All

type

s of

roo

ms

offe

r he

atin

g an

d ai

r-co

nditi

onin

g, h

aird

ryer

, min

i bar

, in-

room

saf

e, d

irect

dia

l pho

ne, s

atel

lite

TV a

nd b

alco

ny.

Larg

e ve

rand

as in

apa

rtmen

ts,

mar

ione

ttes

and

supe

rior r

oom

s. T

he h

otel

als

o pr

ovid

es a

ccom

mod

atio

n fo

r phy

sica

lly d

isab

led

peop

le. T

he h

otel

s fa

cili-

ties

incl

ude

loun

ge w

ith fi

repl

ace,

sitt

ing

room

, res

taur

ant,

bar,

pool

bar

, bea

ch b

ar, s

wim

min

g po

ol, b

illia

rds,

tabl

e te

nnis

an

d ta

ble

socc

er, r

oom

serv

ice

and

inte

rnet

cor

ner.

For o

utdo

or le

isur

e gu

ests

can

enj

oy te

nnis

-vol

leyb

all c

ourt,

min

i soc

cer

cour

t, su

n be

ds a

nd u

mbr

ella

s on

the

beac

h fre

e fo

r hot

el g

uest

s.

Del

uxe

Bel

loni

as V

illas

- Sa

ntor

ini

Bello

nias

Vill

as is

loca

ted

on th

e be

autif

ul b

lack

vol

cani

c be

ach

of K

amar

i, 7k

m fr

om F

ira, t

he c

apita

l of S

anto

rini I

slan

d.Th

e Vi

llas b

eaut

ifully

com

bine

the

tradi

tiona

l Cyc

ladi

c ar

chite

ctur

e w

ith m

oder

n co

mm

oditi

es. A

ll vill

as h

ave

priv

ate

balc

ony

or te

rrac

e, b

ath

or s

how

er, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g (h

eat-c

old)

, ful

ly e

quip

ped

kitc

hene

tte, r

efrig

erat

or, s

atel

lite

TV, i

n-ro

om s

afe,

DD

tele

phon

e, 3

cha

nnel

mus

ic, h

aird

ryer

. The

hot

el o

ffers

gue

sts

an o

utdo

or s

wim

min

g po

ol a

nd o

utdo

or ja

cuzz

i, to

wel

, um

brel

las

and

sun

beds

free

by

the

pool

, roo

m s

ervi

ce, 2

4 hr

s re

cept

ion,

pos

t ser

vice

, dai

ly m

aid

serv

ice,

laun

dry

and

iron

serv

ice,

priv

ate

park

ing

area

, ren

t a c

ar/m

otor

bike

, tou

rs &

exc

ursi

ons

orga

niza

tion,

and

24

hrs

free

inte

rnet

acc

ess.

The

re

is a

lso

a w

elln

ess

and

fitne

ss c

entre

, poo

l bar

, res

taur

ant a

nd a

priv

ate

beac

h.

Greece 18

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.1

9

Myk

onos

& S

anto

rini

Hot

els

Rom

anti

cS

pa

Rom

anti

c

Rom

anti

c

Pest

asso

s B

each

Hot

el -

Myk

onos

Exce

ptio

nally

situ

ated

on

the

mos

t fam

ous

beac

h of

Myk

onos

, thi

s ho

tel c

ombi

nes

tradi

tiona

l Cyc

ladi

c ar

chite

ctur

e w

ith tr

uly

Myk

onia

n ho

spita

lity,

resu

lting

in a

n ‘A

’ Cla

ss h

otel

. Th

ere

are

82 s

paci

ous

room

s eq

uipp

ed w

ith a

ir-co

ndi-

tioni

ng, T

V w

ith in

tern

atio

nal c

hann

els,

24h

r mov

ie c

hann

el, r

efrig

erat

or, d

inin

g ta

ble,

bat

hroo

m w

ith b

atht

ub, p

rivat

e te

rrac

e/ba

lcon

y w

ith s

ea v

iew

, hai

rdry

er, m

ini b

ar, D

D te

leph

one,

clo

set,

hand

icap

roo

ms

avai

labl

e, n

o-sm

okin

g ro

oms

avai

labl

e. H

otel

faci

litie

s in

clud

e a

sea

wat

er s

wim

min

g po

ol, p

ool b

ar, O

dyss

ey R

esta

uran

t, Ae

gean

Cha

rm

Pool

Res

taur

ant,

lobb

y ba

r, TV

Roo

m a

nd in

tern

et s

tatio

n.

Mel

ina

Hot

el -

Sant

orin

iHo

tel M

elin

a is

bui

lt in

trad

ition

al C

ycla

dic

arch

itect

ure,

and

is lo

cate

d in

Fira

, the

cap

ital o

f the

isla

nd. E

ach

room

has

a

priv

ate

bath

room

with

sho

wer

, air-

cond

ition

ing,

dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, in-

room

saf

e, c

olou

r TV

, min

i-bar

, hai

rdry

er

and

a pr

ivat

e ve

rand

ah w

ith a

pan

oram

ic v

iew

. Th

e ho

tel f

eatu

res

a sw

imm

ing

pool

, bar

, air-

cond

ition

ed T

V lo

unge

, in

form

atio

n of

fice,

inte

rnet

acc

ess

and

trave

l and

tour

s ar

rang

emen

ts.

4K H

otel

- M

ykon

os

Loca

ted

in M

ykon

os to

wn.

Wel

l-org

anize

d an

d w

ith a

goo

d re

puta

tion,

the

4 sm

all h

otel

s su

rrou

nd th

e sw

imm

ing

pool

an

d re

stau

rant

; man

y ro

oms

with

pan

oram

ic, s

ea o

r cou

ntry

side

vie

ws.

All

156

room

s ar

e de

sign

ed to

a h

igh

and

mod

ern

stan

dard

, are

com

forta

ble

and

are

fully

equ

ippe

d w

ith d

oubl

e be

d or

twin

bed

s, b

athr

oom

with

bat

h or

sho

wer

, sat

ellit

e TV

, m

ini f

ridge

, dire

ct d

ial p

hone

, ind

ivid

ual A

/C, h

aird

ryer

and

saf

e. R

elax

and

unw

ind

at th

e ja

cuzz

i, w

ork

tow

ards

a h

ealth

ier

you

at th

e gy

m o

r pla

y a

mat

ch o

n th

e te

nnis

cou

rts.

Pest

asso

s To

wn

Hot

el -

Myk

onos

Built

on

the

tow

n's

mos

t pr

ivile

ged

spot

, Pet

asso

s To

wn

is c

lose

to

the

shop

ping

are

a, r

esta

uran

ts, b

ars

and

disc

os.

Peta

ssos

Tow

n ha

s 18

tast

eful

ly fu

rnis

hed

room

s, m

ost o

f the

m o

verlo

okin

g th

e to

wn

and

the

city

of M

ykon

os.

All r

oom

s ar

e eq

uipp

ed w

ith in

divi

dual

ly c

ontro

lled

air-c

ondi

tioni

ng, c

olou

r TV

with

inte

rnat

iona

l cha

nnel

s, m

usic

, bat

hroo

m, p

rivat

e te

rrac

e/ba

lcon

y, ha

irdry

er, d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne, c

lose

t, no

n-sm

okin

g ro

oms

avai

labl

e. D

aily,

a fr

ee ro

und

trip

to P

etas

sos

Beac

h Re

sort

& S

pa, w

here

one

can

enj

oy c

ockt

ail d

rinks

, a m

eal i

n th

e po

ol re

stau

rant

and

use

of t

he re

sorts

recr

eatio

nal

faci

litie

s (fre

e of

cha

rge)

. The

se in

clud

e a

fitne

ss ro

om, s

auna

bat

h, ja

cuzz

i, out

door

seaw

ater

swim

min

g po

ol, s

cuba

div

ing,

ho

rseb

ack

ridin

g an

d m

assa

ge.

Paro

s, R

hode

s &

Ski

atho

s H

otel

s

Plaz

a H

otel

- Sk

iath

osTh

e Pl

aza

Hote

l is

built

am

ong

pict

ures

que

pine

fore

sts

and

oliv

e gr

oves

, jus

t a 1

00m

from

Kan

apits

a Be

ach.

The

hos

pita

ble

atm

osph

ere,

the

exce

llent

loca

tion

clos

e to

the

supe

rb b

ay o

f Kan

apits

a, th

e ra

nge

of fa

cilit

ies

and

the

easy

acc

ess

to

Skia

thos

tow

n, m

ake

the

Plaz

a Ho

tel a

per

fect

hol

iday

cho

ice

for e

very

one.

The

re a

re 8

0 ve

ry w

ell d

ecor

ated

and

com

fort-

able

room

s al

l with

en-

suite

bat

hroo

m a

nd s

how

er, m

ini b

ar, h

aird

ryer

, tel

epho

ne, m

usic

and

larg

e ba

lcon

y w

ith v

iew

, TV,

ai

r-con

ditio

ning

on

requ

est (

paya

ble

loca

lly).

The

hot

el o

ffer f

acili

tate

s in

clud

ing

a br

eakf

ast r

oom

, poo

l bar

and

caf

eter

ia,

rest

aura

nt, o

utdo

or s

wim

min

g po

ol w

ith c

hild

ren’s

pla

y-ar

ea, s

mal

l gym

room

and

sau

na a

nd in

tern

et a

cces

s. T

he T

aver

na

serv

es G

reek

and

inte

rnat

iona

l foo

d an

d th

e Sn

ack

Bar

is o

pen

all d

ay.

Ibis

cus

Hot

el -

Rhod

esTh

e Ib

iscu

s ho

tel i

s si

tuat

ed o

n th

e m

ost c

osm

opol

itan

sand

y &

peb

ble

beac

h of

the

city

of R

hode

s, a

nd ju

st a

few

m

inut

es w

alk

from

the

tow

n ce

ntre

. Th

e ho

tel h

as 2

07 ta

stef

ully

furn

ishe

d gu

estro

oms

and

fabu

lous

sui

tes

crea

ted

with

em

phas

is o

n co

mfo

rt an

d st

yle.

All

gues

troom

s fe

atur

e ai

r- c

ondi

tioni

ng o

r hea

ting,

priv

ate

bath

or s

how

er, s

at-

ellit

e TV

, rad

io, d

irect

dia

l tel

epho

ne a

nd d

oubl

e gl

azed

win

dow

s to

hel

p en

sure

a q

uiet

sta

y. T

he re

stau

rant

ser

ves

hear

ty A

mer

ican

buf

fet b

reak

fast

s an

d a

varie

ty o

f int

erna

tiona

l men

us fo

r lun

ch a

nd d

inne

r. Th

e ba

r, w

ith it

s po

pula

r te

rrac

e, is

an

intim

ate

rela

xing

pla

ce to

mee

t for

afte

rnoo

n te

a or

coc

ktai

ls.

Aeg

eon

Hot

el -

Paro

s Ho

tel A

egeo

n is

loca

ted

in P

aroi

kia,

11

km fr

om N

aous

sa a

nd 1

4 km

from

the

Airp

ort.

The

hote

l has

48

room

s an

d 5

suite

s,

all w

ith te

leph

one,

mus

ic, h

aird

ryer

, air

cond

ition

, TV

and

balc

ony

or te

rrac

e. F

acili

ties

incl

ude

a sw

imm

ing

pool

, bre

akfa

st

room

, sna

ck b

ar, T

V lo

unge

and

saf

ety

boxe

s.

Yria

Hot

el -

Paro

sLo

cate

d in

Par

aspo

ros,

150

m fr

om th

e m

ain

beac

h, 2

,5 k

m fr

om P

aroi

kia

and

the

Port

and

10 k

m fr

om th

e Ai

rpor

t. T

he h

otel

ha

s 80

room

s an

d su

ites,

all

with

dire

ct d

ial p

hone

, mus

ic, s

atel

lite

TV, m

ini b

ar, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, h

aird

ryer

and

bal

cony

or

terr

ace.

Fac

ilitie

s in

clud

e a

swim

min

g po

ol, c

hild

ren’s

poo

l, TV

loun

ge, t

enni

s co

urt,

brea

kfas

t are

a, re

stau

rant

, lob

by b

ar,

pool

side

sna

ck b

ar, o

pen-

air j

acuz

zi, g

ym, c

onfe

renc

e ce

ntre

, chi

ldre

n’s p

layg

roun

d, g

ift s

hop,

inte

rnet

faci

litie

s, la

undr

y se

rvic

e an

d pa

rkin

g

Rom

anti

cS

pa

Th

om

pso

ns c

an

bo

ok

th

e f

oll

ow

ing

Gre

ek

Isle

s f

or

yo

u:

Co

rfu

, C

rete

, H

yd

ra,

Ios,

Ko

s,

Pa

tmo

s,

Po

ros,

Sa

mo

s &

Sp

ets

es

Greece - Greek Isles

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tc. T

hen

bo

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bo

at fo

r th

e tr

ip a

lon

g th

e B

osp

ho

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iver

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e w

ater

way

sep

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the

two

co

nti

nen

ts,

Asi

a an

d E

uro

pe.

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ere

will

be

op

po

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nit

ies

to t

ake

ph

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s o

f m

arb

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nd

an

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n r

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at 0

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nsfe

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nb

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ly

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ht

to

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ir

and

d

epar

ture

fo

r E

ph

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om

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al o

f Asi

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isit

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anci

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city

of

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hes

us,

th

e H

ou

se o

f V

irg

in

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y, th

e M

use

um

at S

elcu

k an

d th

e B

asili

ca

of

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hn

. Lu

nch

in

clu

ded

du

rin

g t

he

tou

r. A

t th

e en

d o

f th

e to

ur,

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sfer

to

air

po

rt f

or

flig

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tan

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l.SC

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ly in

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ay. I

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and

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to

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tori

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urk

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nb

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ph

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f Is

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l wit

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day

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wit

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ll tr

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ers

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tan

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l•

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st d

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ssic

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tan

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l, C

ap

pa

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cia

& I

zm

ir -

7 N

igh

ts

Year

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nd D

aily

dep

artu

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r Tu

rkis

h p

acka

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incl

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nig

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in Is

tan

bu

l•

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igh

ts in

Cap

pad

oci

a•

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igh

ts in

Izm

ir•

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ll d

ay T

ou

r o

f Is

tan

bu

l wit

h lu

nch

• ½

day

to

ur

of

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kara

wit

h lu

nch

• F

ull

day

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ur

of

the

area

aro

un

d

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pad

oci

a w

ith

lun

ch•

½ d

ay t

ou

r ar

ou

nd

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pad

oci

a w

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r o

f E

ph

esu

s w

ith

lun

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tran

sfer

s in

clu

din

g c

oac

h t

ran

spo

rt &

fl

igh

ts Is

tan

bu

l/An

kara

/Izm

ir/Is

tan

bu

l•

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akfa

st d

aily

& 2

din

ner

s

Sp

len

do

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of

Tu

rke

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tan

bu

l, C

ap

pa

do

cia

, P

am

uk

ka

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sa

da

si

& C

an

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10

nig

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artu

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very

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ur

Turk

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pac

kag

e in

clu

des

:•

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ts in

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nb

ul

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nig

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in C

app

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cia

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nig

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in P

amu

kkal

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2 n

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ts in

Ku

sad

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nig

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in C

anak

kale

• In

Ista

nb

ul v

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th

e h

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rica

l Sp

ice

Mar

ket

and

bo

ard

th

e b

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fo

r th

e cr

uis

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on

g

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sph

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fter

lun

ch, d

rive

to

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an

con

tin

ent

via

Bo

sph

oru

s B

rid

ge

and

vis

it

Bey

lerb

eyi P

alac

e &

Cam

lica

Hill

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ll d

ay c

lass

ical

to

ur

of

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nb

ul

incl

ud

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g

Hip

po

dro

me

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e,

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e M

osq

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pka

pi

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ph

ia M

use

um

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d

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aar

area

. Lu

nch

incl

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ed•

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ur

of

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kara

in

clu

din

g t

he

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seu

m o

f A

nat

olia

n C

ivili

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on

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d th

e M

auso

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m

of

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turk

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nch

incl

ud

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ll d

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ur o

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ea a

rou

nd

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pad

oci

a in

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n u

nd

erg

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cit

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nya

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me

of

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vish

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wit

h

lun

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ukk

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visi

t th

e an

cien

t ci

ty

of

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rap

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e an

cien

t cit

y o

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hro

dis

ias

wit

h lu

nch

.•

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day

to

ur

of

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hes

us

incl

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ing

th

e ru

ins

of

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anci

ent

city

, th

e H

ou

se

of

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gin

Mar

y an

d t

he

Bas

ilica

of

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hn

w

ith

lun

ch•

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gam

um

vis

it t

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op

olis

an

d A

scle

pio

n,

the

firs

t m

enta

l h

osp

ital

wit

h lu

nch

• V

isit

to

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y, t

he

leg

end

ary

tow

n i

n t

he

Illia

de

of H

om

ero

s; th

e si

te o

f Tro

jan

war

s.

Lun

ch in

clu

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ll tr

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ers

incl

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nsp

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on

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ho

mp

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s fo

r in

form

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igh

ts to

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rkey

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an w

e sa

y th

is?

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d

to f

ill u

p s

pac

e.)

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e pr

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are

an

aver

age

pric

e an

d m

ay va

ry

acco

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g to

hot

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nd se

ason

s. (R

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edit

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imat

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ith

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ild

win

ters

an

d

ho

tel

sum

mer

s.

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ters

ten

d t

o b

e ra

iny

all

ove

r th

e co

un

try

and

ver

y co

ld i

n t

he

cen

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reg

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s.Tu

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th

e ve

ry b

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tim

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vis

it w

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ld b

e b

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and

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ob

er.

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ug

h

pri

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d t

o d

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n N

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and

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ins

and

lak

es t

hat

off

ers

the

visi

tor

a co

mp

lete

ch

ang

e fr

om

th

e st

ress

an

d r

ou

tin

e o

f ev

ery-

day

lif

e. T

urk

ey a

lso

has

a m

agn

ific

ent

pas

t,

and

is

a la

nd

fu

ll o

f h

isto

ric

trea

sure

s fr

om

13

su

cces

sive

ci

viliz

atio

ns

span

nin

g

10,0

00

year

s. T

her

e is

no

do

ub

t th

at o

ne

visi

t w

ill

no

t b

e en

ou

gh

, an

d y

ou

will

wan

t to

co

me

bac

k ag

ain

an

d a

gai

n a

s yo

u d

isco

ver

on

e ex

trao

rdin

ary

pla

ce a

fter

an

oth

er.

Th

e A

egea

n s

ho

res

of

Turk

ey a

re a

mo

ng

th

e lo

velie

st l

and

scap

es i

n t

he

cou

ntr

y. K

usa

das

i an

d I

zmir

can

be

fou

nd

in

th

is r

egio

n a

s w

ell

as

the

fam

ou

s ru

ins

at

Ep

hes

us.

Vis

ito

rs

can

als

o s

ee t

he

leg

end

ary

Tro

jan

Ho

rse

in

Tro

y en

rou

te t

o C

anak

kale

, o

n t

he

No

rth

ern

A

egea

n C

oas

t.

Th

e th

erm

al s

alt-

lad

en s

pri

ng

w

ater

s o

f P

amu

kkal

e h

ave

crea

ted

fa

nta

s-ti

c fo

rmat

ion

s o

f st

alac

tite

s,

cata

ract

s an

d

bas

ins,

fo

un

d e

ast

of

Izm

ir.

An

taly

a, T

urk

ey’s

pri

nci

pal

ho

liday

res

ort

in

th

e M

edit

erra

nea

n

reg

ion

, is

an

at

trac

tive

ci

ty w

ith

sh

ady

pal

m-l

ined

bo

ule

vard

s an

d

a p

rize

-win

nin

g m

arin

a. I

n t

he

pic

ture

squ

e o

ld q

uar

ter,

Kal

eici

, n

arro

w w

ind

ing

str

eets

an

d o

ld w

oo

den

ho

use

s ab

ut

the

anci

ent

city

w

alls

.

Ge

ttin

g T

he

reO

lym

pic

A

irlin

es

flie

s in

to

Ista

nb

ul

via

Ath

ens

Em

irat

es f

lies

into

Ista

nb

ul v

ia D

ub

aiE

gyp

t A

ir f

lies

into

Ista

nb

ul v

ia C

airo

Tra

ve

lle

r’s T

ipW

hen

yo

u f

inis

h y

ou

r d

rin

k in

a b

ar,

do

n’t

pla

ce y

ou

r em

pty

gla

ss o

n t

he

cou

nte

r. I

t w

ill

imm

edia

tely

b

e re

fille

d

and

th

e ta

b

will

be

pre

sen

ted

to

yo

u a

t th

e en

d o

f th

e ev

enin

g.

Qu

ite

a n

ice

sho

ck!

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Turkey 22

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.

Turkey - The Coast 23

The

Turk

ish

Coas

tTh

omps

ons

Choi

ce o

f Hot

els

in Is

tanb

ul

LOCA

TION

: Situ

ated

in th

e ol

d ci

ty c

ente

r of I

stan

bul,

the

hote

l has

eas

y ac

cess

to

the

mai

n hi

stor

ical

and

cul

tura

l bea

utie

s lik

e To

pkap

i Pal

ace,

Blu

e M

osqu

e,

St. S

ophi

a, th

e Un

derg

roun

d sy

stem

, Egy

ptia

n Ba

zaar

and

Gra

nd B

azaa

r.AC

COM

MOD

ATIO

N A

ND

FACI

LITI

ES: G

uest

s w

ill fi

nd m

oder

n an

d w

arm

dec

or

in a

ll ro

oms

and

suite

s, d

esig

ned

with

com

fort

in m

ind.

All

feat

ure

rem

ote

cont

rolle

d co

lour

tel

evis

ion,

tel

epho

ne a

nd i

ndiv

idua

l ai

r-co

nditi

oner

s an

d he

ater

s. W

e of

fer

stan

dard

roo

ms,

del

uxe

room

s, f

amily

sui

tes

and

exec

u-tiv

e su

ites,

with

non

-sm

okin

g ro

oms

and

room

s fo

r di

sabl

ed t

rave

llers

. The

ho

tel o

ffers

an

a la

car

te re

stau

rant

, lob

by b

ar a

nd c

ockt

ail l

oung

e. T

here

is a

haird

ress

er/b

eaut

y sh

op o

n pr

emis

es fo

r the

gue

sts’

con

veni

ence

.

102

Bes

t W

este

rn S

enat

or

Ho

tel

LOCA

TION

: Cen

trally

loca

ted,

this

pro

perty

is c

lose

to th

e liv

ely

Taxi

m S

quar

e,

the

busi

ness

and

sho

ppin

g di

stric

t of t

he c

ity. T

he h

otel

is a

lso

near

to m

any

hist

oric

al a

nd a

ttrac

tive

site

s, s

uch

as th

e To

pkap

i Pal

ace

and

Sain

t Sop

hia.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: All

room

s ha

ve a

dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

s,

sate

llite

TV,

air-

cond

ition

ing,

min

i-bar

, in

-roo

m s

afe,

hai

rdry

er a

nd 2

4-ho

ur

room

ser

vice

. Gue

sts

can

dine

at t

he in

-hou

se re

stau

rant

that

ser

ves

delic

ious

Tu

rkis

h an

d in

tern

atio

nal c

uisi

ne. A

fter a

tirin

g da

y, y

ou c

an s

ip y

our f

avou

rite

drin

k at

the

cosy

bar

. The

hot

el a

lso

prov

ides

a w

ell-a

ppoi

nted

mee

ting

room

. Du

ring

leis

ure

time

you

can

wor

kout

in th

e gy

mna

sium

, tak

e a

brac

ing

dip

in th

e sw

imm

ing

pool

, unw

ind

at th

e sa

una

or re

juve

nate

you

r sen

ses

at th

e sp

a.

108

Mad

iso

n H

ote

l

LOCA

TION

:The

Pre

side

nt H

otel

, loc

ated

at t

he h

eart

of o

ld Is

tanb

ul.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: All

room

s ha

ve c

entra

l air-

cond

ition

ing,

sa

telli

te/c

able

TV

in 6

lang

uage

s, d

irect

-dia

l pho

ne, h

aird

ryer

, wire

less

inte

r-ne

t, m

ini-b

ar, r

adio

, writ

ing

desk

, and

24

hour

roo

m s

ervi

ce.

The

hote

l has

a

choi

ce o

f 4 re

stau

rant

s an

d a

bar f

or g

uest

s to

enj

oy. T

he re

crea

tion

and

heal

th

club

is o

pen

daily

offe

ring

gues

ts a

cha

nce

to re

lax

in th

e sa

una,

ste

am ro

om

or ja

cuzz

i, or

get

a m

assa

ge o

r sip

a c

ockt

ail a

t the

poo

l bar

.

204

Bes

t W

este

rn P

resi

den

t H

ote

l

LOCA

TION

:In th

e he

art o

f Tak

sim

and

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of th

e ni

ghtli

fe o

f Be

yo, t

he h

isto

ric D

olm

abah

çe P

alac

e, T

he B

osph

orus

and

mag

nific

ent s

hop-

ping

exp

erie

nce

of d

istri

cts

such

as

Teik

iye

and

Maç

ka.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: Al

l ro

oms

feat

ure

a w

ide

rang

e of

co

nven

ienc

es a

nd t

houg

htfu

l am

eniti

es f

rom

cab

le t

elev

isio

n an

d di

rect

-dia

l te

leph

one

to a

hai

rdry

er a

nd in

-roo

m s

afe.

The

re a

re 3

87 lu

xury

room

s in

clud

-in

g 2

Club

Flo

ors,

16

Juni

or S

uite

s, 2

Exe

cutiv

e Su

ites

and

2 Pr

esid

entia

l Sui

tes

man

y of

ferin

g pa

nora

mic

vie

ws

of Is

tanb

ul a

nd th

e Bo

spho

rus.

The

Mar

mar

a Is

tanb

ul’s

rest

aura

nts

and

bars

offe

r a

varie

ty o

f di

ning

opt

ions

fro

m m

enus

se

rvin

g cl

assi

c Tu

rkis

h an

d Ot

tom

an c

uisi

ne to

mod

ern

inte

rpre

tatio

ns o

f int

er-

natio

nal s

tand

ards

. The

Caf

e M

arm

ara

is a

n Is

tanb

ul in

stitu

tion.

387

The

Mar

mar

a Is

tan

bu

l

LOCA

TION

:Thi

s ho

tel i

s lo

cate

d in

a q

uiet

er p

art o

f Bod

rum

onl

y 30

0m fr

om th

e M

arin

a an

d ab

out 1

.5km

from

the

Cast

le.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: Ho

tel

Kos

has

two

com

plex

es w

ith a

to

tal o

f 74

room

s. T

hese

larg

e ro

oms,

som

e w

ith b

alco

nies

, are

equ

ippe

d w

ith

a du

al h

eate

r/air-

cond

ition

ing

unit,

dire

ct d

ial t

elep

hone

, sho

wer

and

hai

rdry

er.

The

hote

l has

two

swim

min

g po

ols

with

a s

afe

child

ren’

s se

ctio

n, ta

ble

tenn

is

and

a TV

room

. The

hot

el o

ffers

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es s

uch

as s

afet

y de

posi

t bo

xes

at re

cept

ion,

laun

dry

serv

ice,

fax,

car

rent

al, c

ar p

ark

and

a co

nfer

ence

ro

om. T

he h

otel

has

a m

ain

rest

aura

nt, p

ool b

ar a

nd s

nack

bar

ava

ilabl

e fo

r gu

ests

to e

njoy

thei

r mea

ls.

74

Ko

s H

ote

l - B

od

rum

60

Kar

ia P

rin

cess

Ho

tel -

Bo

dru

m

Cla

ssy

Co

mb

ina

tio

n -

Ko

s a

nd

Bo

dru

mB

od

rum

is ju

st a

sh

ort

ho

p f

rom

th

e G

reek

isla

nd

of

Ko

s an

d t

he

2 ca

n b

e co

mb

ined

to

cre

ate

a m

emo

rab

le h

olid

ay.

Th

is is

ho

w y

ou

can

do

it:

Fly

to A

then

s an

d t

hen

on

to K

os

- S

pen

d 4

nig

hts

in K

os

- C

atch

a f

erry

to

Bo

dru

m -

S

pen

d 3

nig

hts

in B

od

rum

- C

atch

a f

erry

bac

k to

Ko

s an

d f

ly b

ack

to A

then

s

LOCA

TION

: Ho

tel A

nem

on is

situ

ated

on

the

mai

n bo

ulev

ard

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

of

Mar

mar

is.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: The

hot

el h

as 9

1 ro

oms

incl

udin

g 8

suits

. Ea

ch r

oom

has

a b

alco

ny,

tele

phon

e, a

ir-co

nditi

onin

g, s

atel

lite

TV s

yste

m,

min

ibar

, hai

r-dr

yer,

Wire

less

Inte

rnet

. Som

e of

the

hote

l fac

ilitie

s ar

e in

clud

e an

d in

door

and

ou

tdoo

r re

stau

rant

, sw

imm

ing

pool

with

chi

ldre

n’s

sect

ion,

Tu

rkis

h ba

th, s

auna

, fitn

ess

cent

er, d

octo

r, po

ol b

ar, s

nack

bar

, tab

le te

nnis

, TV

room

, int

erne

t caf

e, h

aird

ress

er, c

hild

ren

swim

min

g po

ol, c

hild

ren

play

grou

nd,

laun

dry

serv

ice,

saf

e bo

x at

the

room

.

91

An

emo

n H

ote

l - M

arm

aris

LOCA

TION

: Th

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

& F

ACIL

ITIE

S:Al

0

Kay

a M

aris

- M

arm

aris

Cla

ssy

Co

mb

ina

tio

n -

Ma

rma

ris a

nd

Rh

od

es

Mar

mar

is is

just

a s

ho

rt h

op

fro

m t

he

Gre

ek is

lan

d o

f R

ho

des

an

d t

he

2 ca

n b

e co

mb

ined

to

exp

erie

nce

th

e b

est

of

bo

th c

ult

ure

s. T

his

is

ho

w y

ou

can

do

it: F

ly t

o A

then

s an

d t

hen

on

to R

ho

des

- S

pen

d 4

nig

hts

on

Rh

od

es (

see

Rh

od

es H

ote

ls o

n p

age

19)

- C

atch

a f

erry

to

M

arm

aris

- S

pen

d 3

nig

hts

in M

arm

aris

- C

atch

a f

erry

bac

k to

Rh

od

es a

nd

fly

bac

k to

Ath

ens.

Re

me

mb

er:

If y

ou

co

mb

ine

Gre

ece

and

Tu

rkey

, yo

u w

ill n

eed

2 v

isas

; 1 S

chen

gen

vis

a fo

r G

reec

e an

d a

Tu

rkis

h v

isa.

Th

om

pso

ns

can

als

o a

ssis

t w

ith

th

e co

asta

l res

ort

s o

f K

usa

das

i an

d A

nta

lya.

LOCA

TION

:Hot

el K

aria

Prin

cess

is lo

cate

d in

Bod

rum

, a

vibr

ant A

egea

n re

sort

tow

n in

the

sou

th w

este

rn c

orne

r of

Tur

key.

ACCO

MM

ODAT

ION

AN

D FA

CILI

TIES

: All

sixt

y ro

oms

and

suite

s w

ith t

heir

own

priv

ate

balc

onie

s ar

e sp

acio

us,

tast

eful

ly f

urni

shed

and

dec

orat

ed i

nclu

ding

m

arbl

e-cl

ad b

athr

oom

s. A

men

ities

incl

ude

air-c

ondi

tioni

ng/h

eatin

g, D

D te

leph

one,

m

ini b

ar, a

nd s

atel

lite

TV. A

ll b

athr

oom

s ar

e fi

tted

with

mod

ern

Euro

pean

equ

ip-

men

t, in

clud

ing

bath

tub,

bid

et a

nd la

rge

sink

s an

d bu

ilt-in

hai

rdry

ers.

The

Ser

a Re

stau

rant

ser

ves

a se

lect

ion

of T

urki

sh a

nd in

tern

atio

nal f

are.

Bre

akfa

sts

and

Dinn

ers

are

serv

ed a

s bu

ffets

whi

le lu

nche

s ar

e ge

nera

lly s

erve

d a

la c

arte

. The

ho

tel o

ffers

a b

eaut

iful p

ool,

tenn

is c

ourts

and

a fi

tnes

s ce

ntre

. Gue

sts

can

rela

x in

th

e Tu

rkis

h ba

ths,

sau

na, a

nd s

team

room

or e

njoy

a tr

eatm

ent a

nd m

assa

ge.

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Tuni

sia

Tunisia 24

Tru

st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

isit

ww

w.t

ho

mp

son

s.co

.za

or

you

r n

eare

st A

SA

TA t

rave

l ag

ent

and

Insi

st o

n a

Th

om

pso

ns

ho

liday

.

Tunisia 25

Sigh

tsee

ing

Opt

ions

10

N

igh

t To

ur

- Tu

nis

ia;

Ye

ste

rda

y &

To

da

yYo

ur

Tun

isia

n p

acka

ge

incl

ud

es:

2 n

igh

ts

in

the

follo

win

g

pla

ces:

Tu

nis

, To

zeu

r &

Dje

rba

• 1

nig

ht

in e

ach

of

the

follo

win

g p

lace

s:Le

Kef

, Tat

aou

ine,

Sfa

x &

So

uss

e•

A

ll tr

ansf

e

rs

incl

ud

ing

co

ach

&

4x

4tr

ansp

ort

• A

ll m

eals

, min

eral

wat

er a

nd

so

da

Day 1

: Arr

ival

and

tra

nsfe

r. O

vern

ight

in T

unis

Day 2

: V

isit

of D

ougg

a to

dis

cove

r on

e of

the

m

ost

beau

tiful

arc

haeo

logi

cal

site

s of

Tun

isia

. A

fter

lun

ch,

we

will

dep

art

to B

ulla

Reg

ia,

the

old

resi

denc

e of

th

e N

umid

an

king

s w

hich

ha

d be

en g

radu

ally

int

egra

ted

in t

he e

mpi

re.

Ove

rnig

ht in

Le

Kef

Da

y

3:

Sig

htse

eing

in

th

e ci

ty,

roun

d th

e C

athe

dral

, at

the

foo

t of

Kas

bah.

Tr

avel

to

Toze

ur v

ia G

afsa

. In

the

even

ing

we

will

att

end

a ch

oreo

grap

hic

show

of

light

s an

d so

unds

an

d th

e w

ater

bal

let “

La

Bar

aka

” in

the

Plan

et

Oas

is P

lane

t C

entr

e. O

vern

ight

in T

ozeu

rD

ay 4

: We

will

leav

e in

4X

4 co

nvoy

s to

Met

laou

i ra

ilway

sta

tion

whe

re w

e w

ill c

atch

the

old

trai

n of

the

Bey

“th

e R

ed L

izar

d” t

o go

thr

ough

the

m

iner

al f

ield

of

Gaf

sa (

phos

phat

es)

and

the

won

derf

ul g

orge

s of

Sel

ja.

Car

ry o

nto

Mid

es,

a m

ount

ain

oasi

s, w

here

we

will

hav

e lu

nch.

V

isit

the

mou

ntai

n oa

sis

of C

hebi

ka &

Tam

erza

. D

epar

t to

Naf

ta w

here

we

will

rid

e a

baro

uche

to

go

roun

d th

e pa

lm g

rove

s.

Ove

rnig

ht i

n To

zeur

Day 5

: To

ur o

f th

e M

useu

m o

f tr

aditi

onal

art

s “D

ar C

hrai

et”,

and

the

n w

e w

ill l

eave

tow

ards

K

ebili

and

Dou

z, t

he c

ount

ry o

f M

razi

gs (

cam

el

farm

ers)

. C

ross

Cho

tt D

jéri

d, t

he s

alt

lake

, an

d ar

rive

in D

ouz.

A w

alk

roun

d th

e sa

nd d

unes

is

impe

rativ

e, w

heth

er o

n ca

mel

back

or

in c

ario

le.

Aft

er l

unch

, w

e w

ill l

eave

tow

ards

Mat

mat

a to

go

rou

nd t

he t

rogl

odyt

e vi

llage

whe

re h

ouse

s ar

e du

g in

the

clay

as

if th

ey w

ere

luna

r cr

ater

s w

here

“S

tar

War

s” w

as m

ade

in M

arch

197

6.

Ove

rnig

ht in

Tat

aoui

neD

ay 6

: Aft

er b

reak

fast

, we

will

go

roun

d th

e ar

ea

to d

isco

ver

the

Ber

ber

villa

ges

and

visi

t so

me

of t

he a

reas

whe

re t

he m

ovie

“S

tar

War

s” w

as

mad

e. A

fter

lun

ch w

e w

ill d

epar

t, th

roug

h th

e R

oman

roa

dway

, tow

ards

the

isla

nd o

f D

jerb

a.

Ove

rnig

ht in

Dje

rba

Day 7:

Aft

er b

reak

fast

, w

e w

ill g

o ro

und

the

isla

nd t

o di

scov

er t

he o

ldes

t ol

ive

grov

e in

the

M

edite

rran

ean.

We

will

vis

it th

e ca

pita

l Hou

mt

Sou

k w

ith i

ts b

azaa

rs,

the

pott

ery

cent

re o

f G

uella

la a

nd t

he G

hrib

a S

ynag

ogue

, an

impo

r-ta

nt J

ewis

h pl

ace

of p

ilgri

mag

e.

Ove

rnig

ht i

n D

jerb

aD

ay 8

: Set

out

to th

e co

ntin

ent b

y fe

rry,

tow

ards

G

abes

, st

oppi

ng b

y th

e m

arke

t of

Jar

a. A

fter

lu

nch,

we

will

car

ry o

n to

war

ds S

fax,

whe

re

you

will

hav

e tim

e at

lei

sure

to

go r

ound

the

M

edin

a. O

vern

ight

in S

fax

Day 9

: Vis

it El

Jem

to s

ee th

e R

oman

Col

iseu

m.

Car

ry o

n to

Kai

roua

n w

here

we

will

go

roun

d th

e B

ig M

osqu

e, t

he B

arbe

r’s M

auso

leum

and

th

e A

ghla

bide

s’ B

asin

s. O

vern

ight

in S

ouss

eD

ay 1

0:

Dep

art

tow

ards

Ham

mam

et &

Nab

eul

whe

re w

e w

ill v

isit

a po

tter

y sh

op b

efor

e w

e ca

rry

on t

o K

elib

ia t

o st

op b

y th

e fis

hing

por

t. V

isit

Ker

koua

ne,

a sm

all

city

des

troy

ed a

nd

aban

done

d si

nce

225

BC

, dur

ing

the

Firs

t Pun

ic

War

. O

vern

ight

in T

unis

:En

d of

Tou

r

7

Nig

ht

To

ur

- T

he

S

ou

th

of

Co

ntr

asts

Yo

ur

Tun

isia

n p

acka

ge

incl

ud

es:

• 2

nig

hts

in

eac

h o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

pla

ces:

K

erke

nn

ah Is

lan

ds

& S

ou

se•

1 n

igh

t in

eac

h o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

pla

ces:

To

zeu

r, G

hile

ne

& M

atm

ata

• A

ll tr

ansf

ers

incl

ud

ing

co

ach

/mic

rob

us

and

4x

4 tr

ansp

ort

• A

ll m

eals

an

d m

iner

al w

ater

Day 1

: Dep

art

fro

m S

ou

sse

tow

ard

s K

airo

uan

to

go

ro

un

d t

he

Big

Mo

squ

e, t

he

Ag

hla

bid

es’

Bas

ins

and

th

e B

arb

er’s

M

auso

leu

m.

We

will

h

ave

lun

ch

in

Toze

ur

bef

ore

w

e se

t o

ut,

th

rou

gh

th

e m

iner

al f

ield

s o

f G

afsa

, to

Ta

mer

za a

nd

Ch

ébik

a w

her

e w

e w

ill v

isit

th

e m

ou

nta

in o

ases

. O

vern

igh

t in

To

zeu

r

Day 2

: W

e w

ill s

et o

ut

to t

he

larg

e d

un

es o

f O

ng

Jm

el w

her

e th

e “S

tar

War

s” s

etti

ng

s ar

e st

ill s

tan

din

g. T

hen

we

will

co

nti

nu

e to

war

ds

Naf

ta.

Aft

erw

ard

s,

we

will

ta

ke

the

road

to

Ch

ott

Djé

rid

, a

hu

ge

salt

ed l

ake

stre

tch

-in

g o

ver

an a

rea

of

5,00

0km

. C

on

tin

ue

to

Do

uz

for

lun

ch a

nd

th

en o

nto

Ksa

r G

hile

ne,

w

her

e yo

u w

ill o

vern

igh

t in

a t

ente

d c

amp

. O

vern

igh

t in

Ksa

r G

hile

ne.

Day 3

: Tra

vel t

hro

ug

h K

sou

rs, w

her

e in

hab

it-

ants

hav

e d

ug

th

eir

tro

glo

dyt

e h

om

es i

nto

th

e m

ou

nta

insi

de.

Aft

er lu

nch

trav

el th

rou

gh

B

erb

er c

ou

ntr

y to

war

ds

Mat

mat

a.

En

rou

te

dis

cove

r lu

nar

sce

ner

y st

rew

n w

ith

dee

p c

ra-

ters

wh

ere

tro

glo

dyt

e h

ou

ses

are

du

g i

n t

he

clay

. It

is in

th

is s

urr

ealis

t la

nd

scap

e th

at t

he

mo

vie

“Sta

r W

ars”

was

fir

st m

ade

in M

arch

19

76.

Vis

it a

tro

glo

dyt

e h

ou

se.

Ove

rnig

ht

in M

atm

ata

Day

4:

Trav

el t

o G

abès

an

d v

isit

th

e ty

pi-

cal

spic

e m

arke

t o

f Ja

ra

bef

ore

w

e ca

rry

on

to

war

ds

Sfa

x, t

he

seco

nd

big

ges

t to

wn

o

f Tu

nis

ia

, w

her

e w

e w

ill

dis

cove

r th

e M

edin

a. A

fter

lun

ch, w

e w

ill t

rave

l by

bu

s to

K

erke

nn

ah is

lan

ds,

th

rou

gh

th

e p

ort

of

Sfa

x.

Ove

rnig

ht

on

Ker

ken

nah

isla

nd

sD

ay 5

: S

igh

tsee

ing

ro

un

d K

erke

nn

ah i

slan

d,

wh

ich

co

nsi

sts

of

two

mai

n i

slan

ds.

Yo

u w

ill

hav

e th

e o

pp

ort

un

ity

to t

ake

a sa

ilin

g t

rip

, w

hic

h is

ch

arg

ed 1

0 D

inar

s p

er p

erso

n. A

fter

lu

nch

, yo

u w

ill h

ave

the

wh

ole

aft

ern

oo

n a

t le

isu

re.

Ove

rnig

ht

on

Ker

ken

nah

isla

nd

sD

ay 6

: Tr

avel

bac

k to

th

e co

nti

nen

t in

Sfa

x th

en o

nto

El

JEM

to

vis

it t

he

Ro

man

am

ph

i-th

eatr

e b

efo

re a

rriv

ing

in S

ou

sse.

Ove

rnig

ht

in S

ou

sse

Day 7

: D

ay a

t le

isu

re i

n S

ou

sse.

O

vern

igh

t in

So

uss

e

Day

8:

En

d o

f th

e to

ur

6 N

igh

t To

ur

- A

Ra

mb

le i

n t

he

Be

rbe

r’s C

ou

ntr

yY

ou

r Tu

nis

ian

pa

ck

ag

e i

nclu

de

s:

• 2

nig

hts

in

eac

h o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

pla

ces:

Thes

e pr

ices

are

an

aver

age

pric

e an

d m

ay va

ry

acco

rdin

g to

hot

els a

nd se

ason

s. (E

uro)

Bottl

e of

Win

eE

15.0

0Be

erE

4.00

Bottl

e of

Wat

erE

1.50

Coffe

e / T

eaE

3.00

Cold

Drin

ksE

2.50

Toas

ted

Sand

wic

hE

4.50

Pub

Lunc

hE

8.00

Sp

rin

g,

Feb

ruar

y to

May

, is

th

e b

est

tim

e to

trav

el to

Tu

nis

ia.

Th

e w

eath

er is

g

reat

an

d h

ote

ls a

re l

ess

cro

wd

ed t

han

th

e h

ot

sum

mer

mo

nth

s o

f Ju

ne,

Ju

ly

and

Au

gu

st.

Win

ter,

Dec

emb

er t

o F

ebru

ary,

is

no

t re

com

men

ded

, as

th

is

per

iod

te

nd

s to

be

win

dy

and

rai

ny.

T

he

autu

mn

m

on

ths

of

Sep

tem

ber

to

No

vem

ber

are

al

so g

oo

d m

on

ths

to t

rave

l al

tho

ug

h i

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ay b

e w

ind

y o

n t

he

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ara.

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go

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bef

ore

yo

u h

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fo

r th

e M

edin

as a

nd

so

uks

. In

th

e m

arke

ts y

ou

will

hav

e to

bar

gai

n a

nd

do

n’t

wan

t to

be

‘rip

ped

off

”.

Th

is h

osp

itab

le la

nd

of

colo

urs

an

d c

on

tras

ts,

spic

es a

nd

sce

nts

invi

tes

you

to

en

joy

its

nat

-u

ral b

eau

ty, a

nci

ent

citi

es, l

ivel

y fe

stiv

als

and

w

arm

fri

end

lines

s o

f it

s p

eop

le.

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com

ing

vi

sito

rs t

o i

ts s

ho

res

has

lo

ng

bee

n a

n h

on

-o

ure

d T

un

isia

n t

rad

itio

n a

nd

an

im

pre

ssiv

e in

fras

tru

ctu

re o

f m

od

ern

ho

tels

, re

stau

ran

ts,

inte

rnat

ion

al

airp

ort

s,

tou

rism

o

ffic

es

and

in

form

atio

n c

entr

es h

as b

een

dev

elo

ped

to

ad

d t

o o

ur

gu

ests

co

mfo

rt a

nd

ple

asu

re.

In t

his

lan

d o

f th

e fa

mili

ar a

nd

th

e ex

oti

c o

ne

can

wat

ch t

he

sun

rise

ove

r th

e S

ahar

a, e

njo

y a

go

urm

et m

eal a

t a s

easi

de

reso

rt a

nd

top

off

th

e ev

enin

g w

ith

a m

idn

igh

t sw

im in

th

e p

oo

l o

f a

mo

der

n c

om

fort

able

ho

tel.

Wh

eth

er y

ou

pre

fer

a lo

ng

wal

k al

on

g m

iles

of

spar

klin

g b

each

es,

win

d s

urf

ing

th

e co

ol

Med

iter

ran

ean

b

reez

es,

exp

lori

ng

an

cien

t si

tes

and

leg

end

ary

citi

es a

gam

e o

f g

olf

or

just

a l

on

g l

azy

day

rel

axin

g o

n t

he

war

m

go

lden

san

ds,

Tu

nis

ia h

as it

all.

text

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Booking Conditions

Welcome to the World of Thompsons

Pleas

e re

ad th

e fo

llowi

ng b

ookin

g co

nditi

ons

care

fully

, as

they

set

out

the

term

s an

d co

nditi

ons

of th

e co

ntra

ct be

twee

n yo

u an

d Th

omps

ons.

We

act

as b

ookin

g ag

ents

for t

he su

pplie

rs of

the

comp

onen

t par

ts of

the

holid

ay w

e or

ganis

e, an

d as

suc

h, bo

oking

s fo

r the

ir se

rvice

s wi

ll fo

rm a

dire

ct co

ntra

ct be

twee

n yo

u an

d th

e re

levan

t sup

plier,

and

will

be s

ubjec

t to

that

sup

plier

’s sta

ndar

d te

rms a

nd co

nditi

ons.

1)Bo

oking

sBo

oking

s sa

ve fo

r lat

e bo

oking

s as

refe

rred

to h

ereu

nder,

are

con

firme

d on

th

e co

nditi

on th

at a

non

-refu

ndab

le de

posit

, of a

mini

mum

of 2

5% o

f the

to

tal p

acka

ge p

rice,

is pa

id to

Tho

mpso

ns w

ithin

72 h

ours

of c

onfir

matio

n of

you

r boo

kings

. Yo

u wi

ll be

adv

ised

at th

e tim

e of

boo

king

what

pay

ment

is

requ

ired

for y

our p

artic

ular a

rrang

emen

ts. T

he b

alanc

e of

the

cost

of yo

ur

trave

l arra

ngem

ents

must

be p

aid n

o les

s tha

n six

wee

ks p

rior t

o de

partu

re. I

fyo

ur bo

oking

is m

ade w

ithin

6 wee

ks of

depa

rture

, the

tota

l cos

t of y

our t

rave

l ar

rang

emen

ts mu

st be

paid

at t

he ti

me o

f boo

king.

Plea

se n

ote:

FAILU

RE T

OPA

Y ON

TIM

E W

ILL R

ESUL

T IN

THE

AUT

OMAT

IC C

ANCE

LLAT

ION

OF Y

OUR

BOOK

ING.

2)La

te B

ookin

g Fe

e &

Comm

unica

tion

Expe

nses

(Tele

phon

e Ca

lls) I

n th

e ev

ent

of a

boo

king

(exce

pt S

outh

Afri

ca b

ookin

gs) b

eing

made

less

than

7 d

ays p

rior

to th

e dat

e of d

epar

ture

, Tho

mpso

ns re

serve

s the

righ

t to c

harg

e for

any e

xtra

comm

unica

tion

expe

nses

. Fu

ll pa

ymen

t is

due

imme

diate

ly on

con

firma

tion

and

is no

n-re

fund

able

on a

ll lat

e bo

oking

s. S

ome

book

ings

requ

ire fu

ll pa

y-me

nt a

t the

time

of b

ookin

g i.e

. prio

r to

conf

irmat

ion.

If we

are

una

ble to

se

cure

conf

irmat

ion yo

u wi

ll be

refu

nded

in fu

ll.

3)Pr

ice C

hang

esa)

The

costs

ass

ociat

ed w

ith tr

avel

arra

ngem

ents

are

not a

lway

s sta

ble, a

nd

curre

ncy

move

ment

s ca

n flu

ctuat

e sh

arply

. It

is im

poss

ible

to p

redic

t the

se

move

ment

s in

adva

nce.

Whe

n yo

u bo

ok a

pac

kage

thro

ugh

us, w

e re

serve

th

e rig

ht to

pas

s on

any

sur

char

ges

to y

ou.

Surch

arge

s ma

y be

impo

sed

to c

over

incre

ases

in t

rans

porta

tion

costs

, inc

luding

the

cos

ts of

fue

l and

se

curit

y cha

rges

, tax

es o

r fee

s cha

rgea

ble fo

r ser

vices

such

as l

andin

g ta

xes

or em

barka

tion o

r dise

mbar

katio

n fee

s at p

orts

and a

irpor

ts, or

exch

ange

rate

s ap

plied

to th

e pa

rticu

lar p

acka

ge.

b)Th

omps

ons g

uara

ntee

s the

price

of la

nd ar

rang

emen

ts, on

ly on

ce fu

ll pay

ment

is

rece

ived.

c)

Airfa

res

are

subje

ct to

the

pric

es a

nd c

ondit

ions

quot

ed b

y th

e pa

rticu

lar

airlin

es a

nd ca

nnot

be

guar

ante

ed b

y Tho

mpso

ns. T

he o

nus i

s on

the

agen

t &

the p

asse

nger

to ch

eck t

hat t

here

have

been

no ch

ange

s in t

hese

price

s bef

ore

makin

g fin

al pa

ymen

t the

reof

.

4)M

etho

ds o

f Pay

ment

a)Cr

edit

Card

s: In

acc

orda

nce

with

Inte

rnat

ional

Airli

ne T

rave

l Ass

ociat

ion

(IATA

) bull

etin

# A1

/00

we n

eed

a sig

ned

and

valid

ated

Sta

ndar

d Cr

edit

Card

Ch

arge

Form

. Th

e ag

ent a

ckno

wled

ges t

hat s

/he

has s

een

the

card

and

that

th

e sig

natu

re o

n th

e ca

rd is

the

same

as t

hat o

n th

e Cr

edit

Card

Cha

rge

Form

. A

signe

d and

valid

ated

Sta

ndar

d Cre

dit C

ard C

harg

e For

m (S

CCCF

) or p

ayme

nt

thro

ugh

our V

irtua

l Car

d Se

rvice

s sy

stem,

are

the

only

reco

gnise

d fo

rms

of

paym

ent f

or cr

edit

card

s. If

the

card

is a

fore

ign cr

edit

card

then

you

may b

e re

ques

ted

to su

pply

vario

us o

ther

det

ails.

b)Ch

eque

s: Ba

nk is

sued

che

ques

or

trave

l age

ncy

cheq

ues

only

(accre

dited

ag

encie

s on

ly). P

lease

not

e we

requ

ire 7

wor

king

days

to c

lear a

ll ch

eque

s be

fore

doc

umen

ts ca

n be

issu

ed.

c)Ca

sh o

r EFT

Tran

sfers:

We

acce

pt E

FT tr

ansfe

rs, o

r cas

h de

posit

ed in

to o

ne

of o

ur b

ank

acco

unts,

sub

ject t

o co

nditi

on th

at th

e EF

T tra

nsmi

ssion

repo

rt or

the

cash

dep

osit

slip

is pr

ovide

d to

our

selve

s and

such

pay

ment

has

bee

n co

nfirm

ed a

s rec

eived

by o

urse

lves.

5) Ins

uran

ceW

e con

sider

adeq

uate

trav

el ins

uran

ce to

be es

sent

ial. A

ll pre

mium

s mus

t be

paid

at th

e tim

e of

boo

king,

as co

ver w

ill no

t be

effe

ctive

unt

il th

en.

Pleas

e as

k yo

ur tr

avel

agen

t for

insu

ranc

e op

tions

. Th

omps

ons

will

not b

e lia

ble if

an

yone

shou

ld fa

il to

take

ade

quat

e ins

uran

ce co

ver.

6)Fli

ght a

nd O

ther

Trav

el Tim

ings

Fligh

t tim

ings

are

prov

ided

by a

irline

s an

d ar

e su

bject

to A

ir Tra

ffic

Cont

rol

restr

iction

s. A

ll me

ans

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

are

subje

ct to

wea

ther

con

dition

s, th

e ne

ed fo

r con

stant

main

tena

nce,

and

the

abilit

y of p

asse

nger

s to

chec

k-in

on ti

me.

Ther

e is

no g

uara

ntee

that

fligh

ts, fe

rries

, ship

s, tra

ins o

r coa

ches

wi

ll de

part

at th

e tim

es s

tate

d on

any

itine

rary

or ti

cket

s wh

ich y

ou re

ceive

. Al

l tim

ings a

re es

timat

es on

ly, an

d we d

o not

acce

pt an

y liab

ility f

or an

y dela

y, ho

weve

r aris

ing, o

r for

any

sche

dule

alter

ation

s.

7)Fli

ght R

econ

firma

tion

It

is yo

ur re

spon

sibilit

y to

ens

ure

that

you

reco

nfirm

the

depa

rture

dat

e an

d tim

es of

all y

our f

light

s at l

east

72 ho

urs p

rior t

o dep

artu

re. T

his is

parti

cular

ly im

porta

nt in

resp

ect o

f sub

sequ

ent j

ourn

eys

once

leav

ing S

outh

Afri

ca a

nd

Thom

pson

s her

eby s

pecif

ically

exclu

des a

ny lia

bility

for a

ny de

lay an

d /or

loss

as

a re

sult

of yo

ur fa

ilure

to re

conf

irm a

ny fl

ight a

nd/o

r con

necti

ng fl

ight.

8)Do

cume

nts

a)Do

cume

nts:

(vouc

hers,

itine

rarie

s, et

c.) a

re o

nly p

repa

red

on re

ceipt

of f

ull

paym

ent

of t

he p

acka

ge p

rice,

and

signe

d co

nditi

ons

of c

ontra

ct (i.e

. our

bo

oking

form

) and

will

be re

ady

24 h

ours

afte

r pay

ment

has

bee

n re

ceive

d. No

rmall

y you

r tra

vel a

gent

will

arra

nge

colle

ction

of y

our d

ocum

ents.

b)Sh

ould

you

requ

ire y

our d

ocum

ents

and

air ti

cket

s to

be

forw

arde

d to

eith

er

your

self

or th

e de

partu

re a

irpor

t this

may

be

arra

nged

by y

our a

gent

with

us.

Howe

ver,

the

cour

ier co

sts in

resp

ect t

here

of w

ill be

for y

our o

wn a

ccou

nt.

c) IT

IS

IMPO

RTAN

T TH

AT Y

OU C

HECK

ALL

DET

AILS

OF

YOUR

TRA

VEL

DOCU

MEN

TS B

EFOR

E LE

AVIN

G SO

UTH

AFRI

CA.

IF

THER

E AR

E AN

Y IN

ACCU

RANC

IESON

ANY

OF Y

OUR

TRAV

EL D

OCUM

ENTS

,OR

SHOU

LD Y

OUHA

VE A

NY FU

RTHE

R QU

ERIES

, YOU

SHO

ULD

CONT

ACT Y

OUR

TRAV

EL A

GENT

IMM

EDIA

TELY

. TH

OMPS

ONS

WILL

NOT

BE

LIABL

E FO

R AN

Y DE

LAY

AND/

ORLO

SSOC

CASI

ONED

AS

A RE

SULT

OF A

NY IN

ACCU

RANC

IESON

ANY

TRA

VEL

DOCU

MEN

TSON

CE Y

OU A

REIN

REC

EIPT

THER

EOF

AND

YOU

HAVE

LEF

TSO

UTH

AFRI

CA.

9) Un

sche

duled

Exte

nsion

s

In th

e un

likely

eve

nt o

f the

re b

eing

an u

nsch

edule

d ex

tens

ion to

the

holid

ay

caus

ed b

y fli

ght d

elays

, bad

wea

ther,

stri

kes,

or a

ny o

ther

cau

se w

hich

is be

yond

the

cont

rol o

f Tho

mpso

ns, i

t is u

nder

stood

that

the

expe

nses

relat

ing

to t

hese

uns

ched

uled

exte

nsion

s, (ho

tel a

ccom

moda

tion

etc.)

, will

be f

or

the

acco

unt o

f the

pas

seng

er. T

homp

sons

acc

epts

no li

abilit

y fo

r cha

nges

, om

ission

s or

dela

ys b

efor

e or

dur

ing th

e co

urse

of a

ny h

olida

y oc

casio

ned

by te

chnic

al dif

ficult

ies, w

eath

er co

nditi

ons,

strike

s or c

ommu

nicat

ion b

reak

-do

wns o

r the

like

.

10)

Chan

ges b

y You

a) If

you

wish

to m

ake

a ch

ange

to y

our b

ookin

g we

will

ende

avou

r to

assis

t yo

u to

mak

e th

e ch

ange

whe

reve

r this

is p

ossib

le. Y

ou w

ill ha

ve to

pay

all

char

ges,

what

ever

kind

, imp

osed

by

the

supp

liers

prov

iding

that

com

pone

nt

part

of yo

ur tr

avel

arra

ngem

ents

when

ame

nding

a b

ookin

g an

y tim

e pr

ior to

de

partu

re.

Fare

s will

be re

-quo

ted

at th

e tim

e of

ame

ndme

nt.

b)An

admi

nistra

tion f

ee of

R10

0 per

perso

n will

be ch

arge

d for

each

amen

dmen

t an

d / o

r can

cella

tion.

c)

Afte

r dep

artu

re it

is un

derst

ood t

hat e

xtra e

xpen

ses i

ncur

red a

s a re

sult

of an

y ch

ange

will

be fo

r the

pass

enge

r’s ac

coun

t, an

d any

unus

ed se

rvice

will

not b

e re

fund

ed.

d)Am

endm

ents

and

canc

ellat

ions

en ro

ute

must

be m

ade

with

our

ope

rato

rs dir

ectly

.

11)

Canc

ellat

ion b

y You

If

you

wish

to c

ance

l you

r boo

king

you

must

advis

e yo

ur a

gent

imme

diate

ly,

who w

ill in

turn

advis

e us.

You w

ill be

liable

to pa

y the

follo

wing

canc

ellat

ion

char

ges:

a)W

here

you

r boo

king

includ

es a

spe

cial f

are,

the

relev

ant c

harg

es a

re le

vied

by th

e air

line.

In s

ome

circu

msta

nces

this

may

be 1

00%

of t

he to

tal f

are,

rega

rdles

s of w

hen

canc

ellat

ion is

effe

cted.

b)

Whe

re y

our b

ookin

g is

for a

pac

kage

, you

will

be re

spon

sible

for a

ll ca

ncel

-lat

ion ch

arge

s, of

wha

tsoev

er n

atur

e, im

pose

d by

the

supp

liers

prov

iding

the

comp

onen

t par

ts of

such

trav

el ar

rang

emen

ts.

c)Th

omps

ons c

harg

es a

canc

ellat

ion fe

e eq

ual t

o 10

% o

f the

pac

kage

pric

e on

an

y fin

alise

d bo

oking

. How

ever,

Tho

mpso

ns re

serve

s th

e rig

ht to

cha

rge

a ca

ncell

ation

fee

of u

p to

100

% o

f the

tota

l pac

kage

, in

its so

le dis

cretio

n, in

parti

cular

circu

msta

nces

. Any

mon

ies, w

hich y

ou ha

ve al

read

y paid

to us

, will

be ta

ken

by u

s as p

ayme

nt o

r par

t pay

ment

of a

ny ca

ncell

ation

char

ges.

12)

Our R

ight T

o Ch

ange

You

r Tra

vel A

rrang

emen

tsa)

A sig

nifica

nt c

hang

e to

you

r tra

vel a

rrang

emen

ts wo

uld in

clude

a c

hang

e in

the

depa

rture

dat

e fro

m So

uth

Afric

a; wh

ere

the

fligh

t tim

es a

re ch

ange

d by

mo

re th

an 1

2 ho

urs

or a

cha

nge

to a

lowe

r sta

ndar

d of

acc

ommo

datio

n to

th

at w

hich

is bo

oked

. In

thes

e ins

tanc

es o

f sign

ifica

nt ch

ange

s to

your

trav

el ar

rang

emen

ts Th

omps

ons u

nder

take

s to a

dvise

you t

here

of as

soon

as re

ason

-ab

ly po

ssibl

e be

fore

your

dep

artu

re d

ate

to o

btain

your

furth

er in

struc

tions

in

this

rega

rd.

b)Al

l oth

er c

hang

es a

re m

inor c

hang

es.

A mi

nor c

hang

e ca

n be

mad

e at

any

tim

e an

d, if

prac

ticab

le, w

e wi

ll ad

vise

you

of a

ny s

uch

chan

ge p

rior

to

depa

rture

but

we

are

not o

blige

d to

do

so.

Such

mino

r cha

nges

may

be

made

by

Tho

mpso

ns, i

n its

disc

retio

n, wh

o wi

ll no

t be

resp

onsib

le or

liab

le fo

r the

pa

ymen

t of c

ompe

nsat

ion to

you

as a

resu

lt of

such

mino

r cha

nges

.c)

Ever

y ef

fort

is ma

de b

y Th

omps

ons

to a

dher

e to

con

firme

d iti

nera

ries;

how-

ever,

we

rese

rve th

e rig

ht to

mak

e ch

ange

s to

your

trav

el ar

rang

emen

ts wh

en

it be

come

s ne

cess

ary

to d

o so

. Tra

vel a

rrang

emen

ts ar

e ma

de in

adv

ance

bu

t due

to th

e fa

ct th

at T

homp

sons

is re

liant

upo

n su

pplie

rs su

ch a

s airl

ines,

hote

ls an

d/or

oth

er s

upply

com

panie

s, ch

ange

s to

trav

el ar

rang

emen

ts an

d ca

ncell

ation

s the

reof

may

occ

asion

ally b

ecom

e ne

cess

ary.

d)Sh

ould

any t

rave

l com

pone

nt be

conf

irmed

by Th

omps

ons a

nd th

is co

mpon

ent

is ca

ncell

ed b

y th

e su

pplie

r for

wha

tsoev

er re

ason

, the

n in

such

insta

nces

Th

omps

ons w

ill ac

cept

no

liabil

ity fo

r the

canc

ellat

ion th

ereo

f.

13)

Lost/

Stole

n Fli

ght T

icket

sa)

The

loss

or th

eft o

f a ti

cket

mus

t be

repo

rted

to T

homp

sons

imme

diate

ly.

Certa

in air

lines

will

not a

utho

rise

Thom

pson

s to

issue

a re

place

ment

tick

et if

su

ch ti

cket

is lo

st or

stole

n be

fore

the

pass

enge

r lea

ves S

outh

Afri

ca.

In th

e lat

ter i

nsta

nce y

ou w

ill be

requ

ired t

o pur

chas

e a ne

w tic

ket,

at yo

ur ow

n cos

t, un

til su

ch ti

me a

s Tho

mpso

ns re

ceive

s aut

horit

y fro

m th

e air

line

to m

ake

any

refu

nd to

you,

which

aut

horit

y cou

ld ta

ke u

p to

12

mont

hs to

rece

ive.

Shou

ld th

e airl

ine au

thor

ise Th

omps

ons t

o iss

ue a

repla

ceme

nt ti

cket

Thom

pson

s will

do so

and

a re

-issu

e fe

e, pe

r tick

et, w

ill be

for y

our o

wn a

ccou

nt.

b)Sh

ould

your

tick

et b

e los

t or s

tolen

abr

oad

it sh

ould

be n

oted

that

cer

tain

airlin

es w

ill no

t iss

ue a

dup

licat

e tic

ket a

nd it

will

be y

our r

espo

nsibi

lity

to

purch

ase

a ne

w tic

ket a

boar

d at

the

local

fare

. Up

on y

our r

etur

n to

Sou

th

Afric

a yo

u ma

y ma

ke a

pplic

ation

to T

homp

sons

for a

refu

nd o

f the

amo

unt

spen

t by y

ourse

lf on

the l

ost o

r sto

len ti

cket

, but

it is

spec

ifica

lly re

cord

ed th

at

any r

efun

d will

be en

tirely

at th

e disc

retio

n of t

he ai

rline

conc

erne

d whic

h may

ta

ke u

p to

12

mont

hs to

aut

horis

e.c)

It is

your

resp

onsib

ility t

o re

port

the

lost o

r sto

len ti

cket

to th

e po

lice

and

to

prov

ide T

homp

sons

with

the

proo

f of s

uch

repo

rt if

requ

ired.

14)

Airli

ne R

efun

d Pr

oced

ures

a)Re

fund

poli

cies o

pera

ted

by th

e va

rious

airl

ines v

ary g

reat

ly. Y

ou m

ust r

etur

n yo

ur u

nuse

d tic

ket t

o Th

omps

ons

who

will

pres

ent i

t to

the

relev

ant a

irline

fo

r ass

essm

ent a

s to

whe

ther

the

airlin

e wi

ll ag

ree

to is

sue

a re

fund

or n

ot.

Shou

ld a

refu

nd b

e au

thor

ised

by th

e air

line

such

refu

nd w

ill be

mad

e to

you,

less a

ny ca

ncell

ation

or a

dmini

strat

ion ch

arge

s.b)

If pa

ymen

t for

the

ticke

t was

mad

e to

Tho

mpso

ns b

y cre

dit ca

rd, t

he re

fund

, sh

ould

one

be g

rant

ed, w

ill be

mad

e to

your

cred

it ca

rd o

ther

wise

the

refu

nd

will

be m

ade

by E

FT.

c)An

y ref

und w

hich i

s aut

horis

ed fo

r par

t use

d or r

etur

n halv

es of

tick

ets w

ill be

les

s tha

n th

e pr

o ra

ta ra

te o

n th

e fa

ce va

lue o

f suc

h tic

ket.

d)Re

fund

s may

take

up

to 1

2 we

eks t

o pr

oces

s alth

ough

this

time

frame

cann

ot

be g

uara

ntee

d by

Tho

mpso

nse)

Ticke

ts re

turn

ed to

Tho

mpso

ns fo

r a re

fund

olde

r tha

n on

e ye

ar fr

om th

e da

te

of is

sue

will

be re

gard

ed a

s exp

ired

by th

e air

line

and

have

no

refu

nd va

lue.

15)

Comp

laint

sa)

In th

e eve

nt th

at yo

u hav

e any

reas

on to

comp

lain,

or ex

perie

nce a

ny pr

oblem

s wi

th y

our h

olida

y wh

ilst a

way,

you

must

imme

diate

ly inf

orm

the

supp

lier o

f th

e se

rvice

s in

ques

tion.

Any

ver

bal n

otifi

catio

n mu

st be

put

in w

riting

and

giv

en to

the

supp

lier a

s soo

n as

pos

sible.

b)

If yo

u are

still

dissa

tisfie

d, yo

u mus

t not

ify us

at th

e ear

liest

oppo

rtunit

y - un

til

we kn

ow ab

out a

prob

lem or

comp

laint

, we c

anno

t beg

in to

reso

lve it

. Fail

ure

to g

ive u

s th

e op

portu

nity

to re

solve

any

pro

blem

at th

e tim

e it

occu

rs wi

ll re

sult

in eit

her a

redu

ction

, or c

omple

te e

xtinc

tion,

of a

ny ri

ghts

which

you

ma

y hav

e, to

claim

comp

ensa

tion

from

us.

c) If

you

rema

in dis

satis

fied,

you

must

write

to o

ur C

usto

mer S

ervic

e M

anag

er

with

in 28

day

s of

the

end

of th

e tri

p yo

u ha

ve p

urch

ased

from

us,

giving

yo

ur b

ookin

g re

fere

nce

and

full

deta

ils o

f you

r com

plaint

on

clien

tservi

ces@

thom

pson

s.co.z

a o

r fax

to 0

11-7

70-7

498.

d)

Whil

st ev

ery

effo

rt wi

ll be

mad

e by

Tho

mpso

ns to

reso

lve y

our c

ompla

int to

yo

ur sa

tisfa

ction

it is

spec

ifica

lly re

cord

ed th

at T

homp

sons

in n

o wa

y acc

epts

liabil

ity fo

r any

claim

that

you

may h

ave

in re

spec

t of y

our c

ompla

int.

16)

Pass

ports

, Visa

s, Va

ccina

tions

and

Inoc

ulatio

nsa)

It is

your

resp

onsib

ility

to e

nsur

e th

at y

ou a

nd a

ll th

ose

trave

lling

with

you

ha

ve a

valid

pass

port

and a

ny ne

cess

ary v

isas,

and t

hat y

ou ha

ve ob

taine

d any

ne

cess

ary i

nocu

lation

s to

gain

entry

to a

ny co

untry

you

are

visiti

ng a

nd to

re-

ente

r Sou

th A

frica

. Pas

spor

t and

visa

regu

lation

s and

healt

h req

uirem

ents

can

chan

ge a

t any

time

, the

refo

re, w

e re

comm

end

that

you

che

ck p

assp

ort/v

isa

requ

ireme

nts w

ith th

e Em

bass

y or C

onsu

late

of th

e co

untry

you

inten

d to

visit

an

d th

at y

ou c

onsu

lt yo

ur G

P or

the

Depa

rtmen

t of H

ealth

rega

rding

hea

lth

requ

ireme

nts.

b)Th

omps

ons a

ccep

ts no

liabil

ity w

hatso

ever

shou

ld yo

u, or

any m

embe

r of y

our

party

, tra

vel w

ithou

t the

corre

ct pa

sspo

rt, vi

sas o

r nec

essa

ry va

ccina

tions

. As

a guid

eline

, pas

spor

ts sh

ould

be va

lid fo

r 6 m

onth

s afte

r you

r sch

edule

d ret

urn

to S

outh

Afri

ca.

17)

Gene

ralI

nfor

matio

na)

Taxe

s: W

e will

advis

e you

of al

l man

dato

ry ta

xes,

which

you m

ust p

ay be

fore

de

partu

re. H

owev

er, m

any c

ount

ries c

harg

e de

partu

re ta

xes t

hat c

an o

nly b

e pa

id loc

ally.

It is

ther

efor

e re

comm

ende

d th

at yo

u re

tain

suffi

cient

loca

l cur

-re

ncy t

o me

et su

ch ch

arge

s. D

etail

s of d

epar

ture

taxe

s can

be

obta

ined

from

the

relev

ant a

irline

whe

n yo

u re

conf

irm yo

ur fl

ight d

etail

s. Sp

ecial

requ

ests:

We

can

pass

on

any

spec

ial re

ques

ts th

at y

ou m

ay w

ish

to m

ake

at th

e tim

e of

boo

king,

but a

ccep

tanc

e of

suc

h re

ques

ts is

at th

e dis

cretio

n of

the

airlin

e or

oth

er su

pplie

r and

in n

o cir

cums

tanc

es a

re sp

ecial

re

ques

ts gu

aran

teed

. Co

nfirm

ation

that

a s

pecia

l req

uest

has

been

not

ed

or p

asse

d on

to th

e su

pplie

r, or

the

inclus

ion o

f the

spe

cial r

eque

st on

you

r co

nfirm

ation

invo

ice o

r any

oth

er d

ocum

enta

tion,

is no

t con

firma

tion

that

the

requ

est w

ill be

met

. b)

Med

ical

Pro

blem

s: If

you

or a

ny m

embe

r of y

our p

arty

has

any

medic

al pr

oblem

or

disab

ility

which

may

affe

ct yo

ur h

olida

y, yo

u ne

ed t

o giv

e us

fu

ll de

tails

in w

riting

at t

he ti

me o

f boo

king.

If w

e re

ason

ably

feel

unab

le to

pro

perly

acc

ommo

date

the

parti

cular

nee

ds o

f the

per

son

conc

erne

d, we

re

serve

the

right

to d

eclin

e th

eir re

serva

tion

or, if

full

deta

ils a

re n

ot g

iven

at

the

time

of b

ookin

g, ca

ncel

when

we

beco

me a

ware

of t

hese

det

ails

c)Re

nova

tions

:Plea

se b

e aw

are

that

hot

els u

nder

go re

nova

tions

from

time

to

time.

Hot

els ta

ke a

ll po

ssibl

e s

teps

to li

mit d

isrup

tion

to th

eir g

uests

. W

e wi

ll no

t ent

erta

in co

mplai

nts

or re

ques

ts fo

r ref

unds

if a

hot

el is

carry

ing

out r

enov

ation

s wh

ilst a

gue

st is

resid

ent.

If w

e ar

e sp

ecifi

cally

adv

ised

of

reno

vatio

n wo

rk, d

ates

may

be

prov

ided,

but i

t is i

mpor

tant

to re

memb

er th

at

thes

e ar

e su

bject

to ch

ange

and

we

are

not a

lway

s not

ified

. d)

Refu

nds

and

Unus

ed S

ervi

ces:

No re

fund

s wi

ll be

mad

e fo

r any

unu

sed

servi

ces.

e)Ch

arge

s to

you

r cre

dit c

ard:

Any

cha

rges

mad

e to

you

r cre

dit c

ard

whils

t aw

ay a

re y

our r

espo

nsibi

lity.

Thom

pson

s To

urs

will

not b

e re

spon

sible,

nor

ac

cept

res

pons

ibilit

y fo

r ha

ving

thes

e ch

arge

s re

verse

d or

cor

recte

d up

on

retu

rn to

Sou

th A

frica

.

18)

Force

Maje

ure

Ex

cept

whe

re o

ther

wise

exp

ress

ly sta

ted

in th

ese

book

ing c

ondit

ions,

we

regr

et w

e can

not a

ccep

t liab

ility o

r pay

any c

ompe

nsat

ion w

here

the p

erfo

rm-

ance

or p

romp

t per

form

ance

of o

ur c

ontra

ctual

oblig

ation

s is

prev

ente

d or

af

fecte

d, or

you

oth

erwi

se s

uffe

r any

dam

age

or lo

ss, a

s a

resu

lt of

“fo

rce

majeu

re”.

In th

ese

Book

ing C

ondit

ions,

“force

maje

ure”

mea

ns a

ny e

vent

wh

ich w

e or

the

supp

lier o

f the

servi

ce(s)

in q

uesti

on co

uld n

ot, e

ven

with

all

due c

are,

fore

see o

r avo

id. S

uch e

vent

s may

inclu

de w

ar or

thre

at of

war,

riot

, civ

il str

ife, t

erro

rist a

ctivit

y or

actu

al th

reat

ened

terro

rist a

ctivit

y, ind

ustri

al dis

pute

, nat

ural

or n

uclea

r disa

ster,

adve

rse w

eath

er c

ondit

ions,

fire

and

all

simila

r eve

nts o

utsid

e ou

r con

trol.

19)

Resp

onsib

ility A

nd Li

abilit

yTh

omps

ons a

ct as

agen

ts on

ly fo

r loc

al an

d int

erna

tiona

l gro

und o

pera

tors

and

airlin

es a

nd a

ccor

dingly

acc

epts

no li

abilit

y wha

tsoev

er fo

r any

loss

, dam

age,

injur

y, ac

ciden

t, de

lay, o

r any

othe

r irre

gular

ity ho

wsoe

ver a

rising

. Tho

mpso

ns

make

s eve

ry ef

fort

to en

sure

that

all t

he ar

rang

emen

ts an

d ser

vices

conn

ecte

d wi

th a

pas

seng

er’s

itine

rary

will

be c

arrie

d ou

t as

spec

ified

in th

e mo

st ef

fi-cie

nt an

d effe

ctive

way

poss

ible.

How

ever,

we d

o not

have

dire

ct co

ntro

l ove

r th

e pro

vision

of se

rvice

s by s

uppli

ers a

nd, w

hilst

they

are i

n all c

ases

selec

ted

with

the u

tmos

t car

e, we

do no

t acc

ept l

iabilit

y for

erro

r and

omiss

ions o

f suc

h su

pplie

rs

20)

Juris

dictio

n of

the

Mag

istra

te’s

Cour

tTh

omps

ons T

ours,

a D

ivisio

n of

Cull

inan

Holdi

ngs L

td, s

hall

be e

ntitl

ed, a

t its

optio

n to

insti

tute

any

lega

l pro

ceed

ings

arisi

ng o

ut o

f or i

n co

nnec

tion

with

th

is co

ntra

ct in

any M

agist

rate

’s Co

urt h

aving

juris

dictio

n in

term

s of S

ectio

n 29

of t

he M

agist

rate

’s Co

urt A

ct No

32/

1944

as

amen

ded,

notw

ithsta

nding

th

at th

e am

ount

in is

sue

may e

xcee

d th

e lim

its o

f suc

h jur

isdict

ion.

21)

Lega

lTh

is do

cum

ent

toge

ther

with

Tho

mps

ons’

stan

dard

boo

king

form

and

Th

omps

ons

invoic

e /

itine

rary

cons

titut

es th

e so

le re

cord

of t

he a

gree

ment

be

twee

n the

parti

es. N

o par

ty sh

all be

boun

d by a

ny re

pres

enta

tion,

warra

nty,

and

prom

ise o

f the

like

not

reco

rded

her

ein.

No

addit

ion to

the

Thom

pson

s sta

ndar

d bo

oking

con

dition

s sh

all b

e of

any

force

or e

ffect

unles

s in

writi

ng

and

signe

d by

or o

n be

half

of th

e pa

rties

. No

indu

lgenc

e wh

ich T

homp

sons

, (“t

he g

rant

or”),

may

gra

nt to

the

pass

enge

r (“th

e gr

ante

e”),

shall

cons

titut

e a

waive

r of a

ny o

f the

righ

ts of

the

gran

tor,

who

shall

not

ther

eby b

e pr

eclud

ed

from

exer

cising

any

righ

ts ag

ainst

the

gran

tee

which

may

hav

e ar

isen

in th

e pa

st or

whic

h migh

t aris

e in t

he fu

ture

. All c

osts

and d

isbur

seme

nts,

includ

ing

legal

costs

on

the

atto

rney

and

clien

t sca

le inc

urre

d by

Tho

mpso

ns in

reco

ver-

ing a

ny d

amag

es a

nd p

ayme

nts

paya

ble b

y th

e pa

ssen

ger

to T

homp

sons

sh

all b

e fo

r the

pas

seng

ers’

acco

unt.

This

agr

eeme

nt s

hall

in all

resp

ects

be g

over

ned

by a

nd c

onstr

ued

in ac

cord

ance

with

the

laws

of th

e Re

publi

c of

Sou

th A

frica

. Th

e pa

ssen

ger h

ereb

y co

nsen

ts to

the

jurisd

iction

of t

he

Mag

istra

tes C

ourt

havin

g jur

isdict

ion ov

er it

s per

son i

n res

pect

of al

l pro

ceed

-ing

s in

conn

ectio

n wi

th t

his a

gree

ment

. Th

e pa

rties

her

eby

resp

ectiv

ely

choo

se d

omici

lium

citan

di et

exe

cuta

ndi f

or a

ll no

tices

and

pro

cess

es to

be

given

and s

erve

d in p

ursu

ance

of th

is ag

reem

ent a

t the

ir re

spec

tive a

ddre

sses

as

give

n on

Tho

mpso

ns’ s

tand

ard

book

ing fo

rm.

Eith

er p

arty

may c

hang

e its

do

micil

ium b

y writ

ten

notic

e de

liver

ed b

y han

d or

sent

by p

repa

id re

giste

red

post

to th

e ot

her p

arty.

In

this

agre

emen

t an

expr

essio

n wh

ich d

enot

es a

ge

nder

inclu

des

the

othe

r ge

nder

s, a

natu

ral p

erso

n inc

ludes

an

artif

icial

perso

n an

d vic

e ve

rsa, t

he si

ngula

r inc

ludes

the

plura

l and

vice

versa

.

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omps

ons i

s a re

giste

red

memb

er o

f the

Ass

ociat

ion o

f Sou

th A

frica

n Tra

vel

Agen

ts (A

SATA

) and

the

Sout

h Af

rican

Tour

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rato

rs As

socia

tion

(SAT

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ing

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ast

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st T

ho

mp

son

s w

ith

all

you

r tr

avel

s.V

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w.t

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mp

son

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r n

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