Senior Holiday Travel

War Memorial Tour for Veterans

Trafalgar Tours is offering a senior travel package D-Day War Memorial Tour departing September 21 – October 2, 2012 for $2,639.00 per person – land only, twin basis. For the tour to depart, they need a minimum of 25 passengers. The tour departs September 21st with an overnight flight to Paris, arriving the next day. The first day in Paris can be a rest day to conquer ‘jet lag’ or you can start exploring the cosmopolitan city.

This senior tour will be of special interest to seniors, veterans and history buffs and their families. The highlights of the War Memorial tour from Trafalgar Tours include:

Paris – ascent of the Eiffel Tower, views of the Arc de Triomphe and Champs d’Elysees
Normandy & Caen – visits to Juno Beach Centre, Caen Memorial, Pegasus Memorial and Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian Cemetary
Visit Normandy Beaches
Dieppe – see Canadian Landing Sites, visit the Dieppe
Canadian War Cemetary
Beaumont Hamel – visit Beaumont Hamel Park
Vimy – Vimy Ridge Memorial Museum, Vimy Memorial and
underground tunnels and cabaret Rouge Cemetery
Ypres – see Cloth Hall, visit Essex Farm Military Museum
Passchendaele Memorial & Crest Farm
London – see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and visit the
Imperial War Museum, Cabinet War Museum and Green Park

Features included on this senior tour:

• Accommodation in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities
• 10 Buffet Breakfasts, 5 hotel dinners, Welcome dinner
in Paris, London Show Boat Cruise and dinner with
entertainment in London
• Professional Travel Director throughout this senior tour
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats for your comfort
• All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees
(1 bag per person) and local taxes included.
(Except items of a personal nature)

A number of travel companies are offering D-Day Normandy War Memorial Tours for seniors and especially veterans, including Merit and Globus. The total price for this 10 day (two days for traveling) War Memorial Tour from Trafalgar including travel days – is $2,639; Merit’s veterans 11 day D Day tour to visit the battlefields of France is $3,828. The Globus Tour Normandy D Day tour offers both the highlights of Paris plus the World War II landing beaches in Normandy, Brittany, and the Loire Valley – a nine day tour for $1,819.00.

All prices for this senior travel tour to Normandy and the war memorials are based on double occupancy, but some of these travel companies will assist you in finding someone of the same gender to share your hotel room if you don’t have someone to travel with. This will mean that you won’t have to pay the single supplement which is necessary if you travel alone. This escorted tour to England and France is available exclusively from Shirley’s Travel. For further information, please telephone 902.679.0726.

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Perfect for senior travel – Hotel Villa Dolce

If you are seeking options for senior travel in Costa Rica, either for a short visit or a vacation that lasts longer than a week, there’s a perfect place for you to stay for a vacation in Costa Rica. It’s a little paradise called the Hotel Villa Dolce.

This is a lovely hotel just five minutes from the center of Alajuela in the Central Valley; it’s the second biggest city in Costa Rica. Seniors can spend up to three months here at the Hotel Villa Dolce. Alajuela is a historic city, founded in 1782, and also known as the “city of mangoes.” It’s the second largest city in Costa Rica, just 25 Km away from the capital city of San José. Nearby there are sugar cane and coffee plantations. Furthermore, the San Jose airport is located very close to the Hotel Villa Dolce about five minutes away from the San Jose airport in Alajuela. The Hotel Villa Dolce can organize airport meet and greet pick up and drive you back to the airport when you have to leave. This is a great service for senior travel should you decide to visit Costa Rica. The hotel and the area of the Central Valley is ideal for senior travel with a moderate climate in a tranquil location. The area of the Central Valley offers lovely hot, dry temperature during the day and during the night it is cooler. Senior travelers can get a really good night sleep due to the solitude and comfortable climate.

It’s a very attractive with lush tropical gardens and a swimming pool. The Hotel Villa Dolce offers spacious standard rooms or mini apartments or villas with a kitchen and living room, fully equipped and furnished. These are perfect for a long stay vacations in Costa Rica. All the hotel rooms are divided into little villas and are at ground floor level – good for accessibility. Each room is very spacious. For a long stay vacation, the Hotel Villa Dolce also offers one and two bedroom villas with kitchen and living room, fully equipped to make you feel almost in your own home away from home. All accommodations have large bathrooms with hot water, cable TV with free movie channels as well as 100 other TV channels in all languages. In each room there is phone service and free Internet/Wi-Fi. Hotel Villa Dulce also offers air conditioning, fans and orthopedic mattresses for a comfortable night of sleep.

At the Hotel Villa Dolce a large breakfast is included in the rates. Throughout the day, they serve snacks and drinks and food for express delivery. At night, dinner is available for guests. They also offer holistic Spa services – great for stress reduction and your health and well being.

If you want to take a senior tour while staying Alajuela, many choices are available and can be booked from the Hotel Villa Dolce. Taking some or all of these tours (depending on your length of stay) will give you a real sense of what Costa Rica has to offer:

- Poas Volcano National Park (stunning National Park to visit and not much walking to do – making it an easy tour for seniors)
- Orchid Garden
- Doka and Cafe Britt Coffee Tours – Coffee Plantations are very interesting tour – know where your next cup of java comes from
- Tour of the city of San Jose and Gold Museum
- Zoo Ave conservation center
- City of Alajuela tour
- The Butterfly farms tour

There are many other half day or full day tours available.

You’ll know you’ve chosen the right place for winter travel in Costa Rica as soon as you arrive at the Hotel Villa Dolce – this hotel is perfect for seniors and has been rated as “Excellent” by 61 other senior travelers at TripAdvisor and earned the Hotel a “Certificate of Excellence.” Excellent ratings from previous guests earns a hotel this award. Visit the Hotel Villa Dolce website at www.villadolce.com to find out more.