Creme De La Kremlin
Sun Herald
Saturday October 25, 1997
YOU would be hard pressed to find a more fascinating holiday than a cruise through Russia.
The Russian Travel Centre is offering a Russian White Nights Tour, which departs on June 20 next year.
Prices start at $6,800 and include air fares, accommodation, most meals, tours, visas, departure tax, escort and local guides.
You will fly to Amsterdam and pass through Helsinki, Tallinn, St Petersburg and Moscow as well as taking a 14-day cruise through Irma, Yaroslavl, Kostroma and Uglich.
Phone the Russian Travel Centre on (02) 9262 1144.
FINE WINE LOVERS
JOIN the great wine gathering at the Hyatt Regency Coolum from November 14-16 when the hotel co-hosts the Annual Wine Symposium.
It is a perfect opportunity to meet Australia's finest winemakers while tasting some of the country's greatest wines.
However, there is not just drinking to be had. There is also a variety of culinary classes to choose from - try the tantalising class on champagne and caviar, or the class that teaches you how to successfully marry food and wine.
The wine symposium weekend can be taken as a two- or three-night package.
The two-night stay starts from $620 a person, twin-share.
For information, phone 1800 637 876.
SUNNY DAZE
NOOSA is a haven for sun-lovers keen for a wining and dining holiday experience.
You can enjoy all that the good life has to offer on Queensland's Sunshine Coast by staying at the Sheraton Noosa Resort, which is offering three nights for the price of two until December 24.
For $700 you get three nights' accommodation, breakfast each morning and a bottle of sparkling wine on arrival.
This works out to be $117 per person, per night.
For reservations, phone 1800 073 535 or (07) 5449 4888.
BYO SKIS
WITH the advent of a new service being operated by airline Canada 3000, Tymtro Travel has deals to North America and Europe.
Economy return air fares to Vancouver from Sydney start from $1,149 while return flights to London start from $1,550.
This twice-weekly service will begin on November 7 and travellers who fly with Canada 3000 are allowed to carry items such as snow or water skis and even bicycles at no extra cost over and above their baggage limit. To book, phone 1300 652 969.
SHEER LUXURY
P&O's Grand Princess is the world's largest and most expensive cruise ship.
It is taller than Niagara Falls, wider than the Panama Canal and it has a bridge broader than the wing span of a Boeing 767.
It has five pools, 17 bars, a virtual reality centre, a wedding chapel and a glass-walled disco 15 storeys above the sea.
Between May and August next year, the Grand Princess will undertake nine 12-night Grand Mediterranean cruises between Barcelona and Istanbul, stopping at Monte Carlo, Florence, Pisa, Naples, Capri, Venice, Athens and Ephesus.
Prices start from $3,790 a person for a twin inside cabin.
For details, phone your travel agent or call 13 24 69.
© 1997 Sun Herald
