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NEWSPAPER POST January 2019 BSL Britannia Tours www.bsl.com.mt Easter & Spring 2019 Valletta Branch Paola Branch Mosta Branch Gozo Branch The Savoy Shopping 143, Antoine de Paule Square, Independence Avenue, 10, Triq Mro. Arcade, St. John Street, Paola (between Main Street Mosta Dirjanu Lanzon, Valletta and APS Bank) Tel: 2141 3030 Victoria, Gozo Tel: 2123 8039, 2124 1904 Tel: 2180 9930 Fax: 2141 0002 Tel: 2156 5620 2124 5418 Fax: 2180 9868 e-mail: [email protected] Mob: 7920 0488 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] The Data Protection Act: If you want to stop receiving this brochure by post and want us to remove you from our mailing database, please get in touch with us and we shall delete your contact details. long weekend assisi FROM ¢399 la verna - gubbio - perugia with a difference - cascia (santa rita) fun in vien Esperjenza ta’ Paçi fil-qalb u Spiritwalità Franæiskana Eskurzjonijiet f’Assisi u ta’ Cassia huma b’xejn & its surr 1 - 5 ta’ Marzu 16th - 19th March 19th March – Public Holiday VISITING Vienna, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna Woods & Burgenland Saturday, 16th March | We meet at the airport at 5.15am for our Air Malta flight to Vienna depart- ing at 7.15am. On arrival at 9.30pm, our coach will take us to our hotel. Since check in is normally in the afternoon, we will leave our luggage at the hotel and go on an optional half day sightseeing tour of Vienna, seeing the Opera House, the Fine Arts Mu- seum and the Parliament. We will later continue on to the Altwiener Schnapps Museum and learn how schnapps is traditionally distilled. We will also have the possibility to enjoy a small sample of this firewa- PERUGIA ter! We later proceed to our 4 star Best Western Ho- tel Amedia for check in. This evening we can enjoy free time, or why not join the group for an optional Il-Æimgœa, 1 ta’ Marzu | Niltaqgœu l-Ajruport fil-5.55 ikel (extra) u wara nibqgœu neÿlin lejn il-Baÿilika ta’ San entertaining night, where we can enjoy a Schnitzel am biex b’titjira tal-Air Malta nitilqu gœal Ruma fis-7.55 Franæisk. Wara lura l-lukanda. dinner, followed by some fun with a visit to a bowl- am. Mal-wasla tagœna fl-Ajruport ta’ Fiumicino fid-9.20 ing center in Vienna to find out who is the bowling am nirkbu l-coach u nitilqu gœal Assisi. Malli naslu jkollna Il-Œadd, 3 ta’ Marzu | Kolazzjon u wara eskurzjoni Queen or King of the group! s-sistemazzjoni tal-kmamar fil-Lukanda Frate Sole 3* jew ta’ jum (optional) gœal La Verna, muntanja kollha siæar simili. Nisrtieœu u wara mmorru nÿuru l-Baÿilika tal- f’Arezzo. Il-Konti della Verna, li kien gœin lil Franæisku Sunday, 17th March | Another interesting full day Porzjuncola jew kif inhi magœrufa aœjar, tal-“Madonna jibni l-knisja tal-Porzjuncola. Fit-triqitna lura nÿuru optional excursion awaits us today! A journey to Vi- tal-Anæli’’. Nitolbu fil-kapella çkejkna rranæata minn Gubbio fejn ikollna l-œin gœall-pranzu (extra). Wara lura enna would not be complete without a visit to the Franæisku u sœabu l-patrijiet innifishom. Franæisku xtaq l-lukanda. Schonbrunn Palace, the former Imperial Residence. li l-Insara jÿuru dan il-post qaddis. Nisimgœu quddiesa ta’ Here we will visit the rooms on show with an Audio filgœaxija fil-Porzjuncola stess u nirritornaw il-lukanda. It-Tnejn, 4 ta’ Marzu | Quddiesa u kolazzjon. Illum im- Guide. What should one see when visiting Vienna’s Nieklu u nistrieœu. morru eskursjoni (optional) ta’ æurnata f’Perugia, belt il- Schonbrunn Palace? The Strudelshow in the Impe- Kultura, l-arti u ç-çikkulata Perugina. Inÿuru l-Katidral rial bakery! Down an impressive staircase, there is a Is-Sibt, 2 ta’ Marzu | Wara l-kolazzjon inÿuru ÿ-ÿewæ dedikat lil San Lawrenz u napprezzawh anki minn barra historic room with arched ceilings where delicacies Baÿiliki l-kbar ta’ Assisi mibnija fuq l-istess stil. Nib- bil-Loggia di Braccio fuq ix-xellug u l-Fontana Maggiore have been baked for centuries. Here the event takes dew minn dik ta’ Santa Klara li fiha kienu midfuna fil-qrib. Ikun hemm œin gœax-xiri. Wara çena u mistrieœ place which is guaranteed to make mouths water: Klara u Franæisku. Hawnhekk, jekk jagœtuna permess, fil-lukanda. The Strudelshow - experience how a traditional Vi- niççelebraw il-quddiesa. Inÿuru wkoll l-ilbies oriæinali ennese apple strudel is prepared - from the slicing ta’ Franæisku u Klara. Fil-kripta taœt l-artal maææur It-Tlieta, 5 ta’ Marzu | Wara kolazzjon ngœabbu l- of fresh apples to the rolling out of dough so thin tal-Baÿilika naraw il-korp ta’ Santa Klara. Nagœmlu bagalji u mmorru Cascia fejn nitolbu quddiem il-æisem in- one can read a newspaper through it. This unique waqfa fil-pjazzetta Tal-Knisja l-Ædida fejn San Franæisk tatt ta’ Santa Rita. Nipprovaw inÿuru wkoll il-monasteru process has to be seen! It is also unique in that at the neÿa’ œwejjæu. Nagœmlu ftit xiri fi Piazza del Comune. tagœha. Nibqgœu sejrin gœall-ajruport ta’ Ruma minn fejn end of this process visitors can taste a freshly-baked Nagœmlu viÿita wkoll lil Knisja ta’ Santa Marija Sopra permezz tat-titjira tal-Air Malta fit-8.05pm nitilqu gœal apple strudel. We will later proceed to Vienna’s his- La Minerva li hemm fl-istess pjazza. Ikollna œin gœall- Malta, fejn naslu fl-9.30pm. toric city centre! On every corner a tourist attraction awaits to be discovered. After being shown around, PREZZ KULL PERSUNA ESKURSJONIJIET * Prezz Speçjali Tfal taœt it-12-il sena jœallsu nofs prezz PRICE PER PERSON Kbar f’kamra trippla ¢449 ¢399 La Verna / Gubbio ¢39 * Special Price Kbar f’kamra doppja ¢459 ¢409 Perugia ¢39 Adult in Triple ¢449 ¢399 Kbar f’kamra singola ¢549 ¢499 Adult in Twin ¢489 ¢439 Tfal ma’ ÿewæ adulti ¢379 ¢329 MHUX INKLUŸ FIL-PREZZ Adult in Single ¢589 ¢539 Half Board (4 ikliet) ¢59 Ic-City Tax ta’ Assisi ¢0.75 kull persuna kull lejl, minn 12 Child sharing ¢349 ¢299 * Prezz speçjali meta jittieœdu l-half board u l-eskursjonijiet kollha il-sena ’l fuq, mhux inkluÿa fil-prezz. Din it-taxxa titœallas * We recommend nearby restaurants where one can have dinner. direttament fil-Lukanda. Prices are good and selection of food is varied PREZZ JINKLUDI Titjirijet diretti mal-Air Malta gœal Ruma PRICE INCLUDES Trasferimenti Ruma / Assisi / Ruma Air Malta return flights to Vienna Airport 4 iljieli fil-Lukanda Frate Sole (3 stilel) f’Assisi jew simili 3 nights in 4 Star Best Western Hotel Amedia or similar 4 kolazzjonijiet Rooms with private facilities, TV & central heating Il-kmamar kollha bis-servizzi privati Daily buffet breakfast It-taxxi kollha Return airport transfers Is-servizz tat-Tour Leader: Dun Æoræ Dalli Services of tour leader ASSISI Insolvency Fund All taxes www.bsl.com.mt 2 | BRITANNIA TOURS - EASTER & SPRING 2019 (PLEASE READ BOOKING CONDITIONS ON PAGES 26-27) FANTASIES OF THE FROM ¢399 FROM ¢369 NORTH ITALIAN na LAKES oundings 16th - 19th March 19th March – Public Holiday VISITING Lovere, Verona, Desenzano, Como, Bellagio, Lecco & Bergamo Alta SCHONBRUNN PALACE we will have the possibility to enjoy the city centre on our own before heading back to the hotel. Monday, 18th March | Our full day optional ex- cursion today takes us to visit Burgenland, the most LAGO D’ISEO easterly province in Austria, whose landscape is very much like its close neighbour, Hungary! We will see the romantic Steppes countryside by Lake Neusiedl Saturday, 16th March | We will meet at the airport at and Baroque churches. We will then board a ferry and and experience the fabulous culinary delights of this 10.35am for our Air Malta flight departing at 12.35pm make our way along Lake Como, gazing at the wonderful region, which is a fusion of Austrian and Hungarian and arriving in Milan Linate Airport at 2.25pm. On ar- villas and gardens running along the lake. We will then cuisines. Here you will find many distant castles and rival, our coach will take us to Lovere and check into our dock at Bellagio, the world-famous village, where we will forts, which lend their name to this province (Burg hotel and enjoy some free time. Later, we can join the tour have some free time to admire the “Pearl of the Lake”. meaning fort and Burgenland, land of forts). We will leader for a familiarisation walk. Our last stop is in Lecco, a city that inspired the classics visit a cellar in the wine growing village of Rust, and of Italian Literature such as “I Promessi Sposi” by Ales- enjoy a traditional lunch, accompanied by Hungar- Sunday, 17th March | We start off our stay with a full- sandro Manzoni. ian Gypsy music. We will then enjoy a short boat day optional excursion taking us to Verona for an artistic cruise on Lake Neusiedl, enabling us to view the touch of this magnificent city in the Veneto region’ com- Tuesday, 19th March | Our last half-day optional excur- landscape from a different perspective. plemented with typical coloured houses and magnificent sion will take us for a drive to Bergamo, specifically the villas. Amongst other places, we will see the might Ro- old town ‘Città Alta’. Situated on the foot of the Alps, this Tuesday, 19th March | For our last day, we shall man Arena, the impressive Baroque Palazzo Maffei and of fifteenth century town is rich with history and culture.