DAY Summer 2016 TRIPPER As the weather warms it’s time to explore our beautiful state! We offer a News large variety of excursions so please take time to browse through this newsletter and join us for some exhilarating day trips, beautiful hikes, delectable dining adventures and fun filled extended travel BRECKENRIDGE SHOPPING TRIP vacations. We also have many new exciting day trips, theater performances, tours and much more! We A peek inside this issue are sure you will find an adventure that suits you. All of our day trips require moderate walking and a few stairs. Excursions with a next to the NORTH FORK RANCH SEVEN FALLS trip name usually include a walking tour of the venue or there will be a significant amount of walking required. Please Mark your Calendars!SUMMER SOCIAL note that if participants Friday, July 8 • 9-11 a.m. plan on bringing a walker Receive the Day Tripper fall trip information. or wheelchair on a trip they must notify the front desk when they register so we can ensure we have room to store them on the van. Register and pay Leave knowing Socialize over coffee with cash, check or what trips you can and refreshments. Trippingly Yours, credit card. look forward to in the fall. Mick Prozinski Day Trip Social Sponsored by Recreation Program Assistant

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Denver Metro area and are vision for settling the west and understand SEVEN FALLS why there’s a town and mountain named followed by a lunch We’ll have lunch first at the Broadmoor’s after him. This trip is not appropriate for newest and charming Restaurant 1858. individuals with walkers and wheelchairs. destination. Transportation Restaurant 1858 offers uniquely Menu Range: $8-$14 cuisine incorporating the same high 233258 June 3 is provided and leaves from quality ingredients that guests expect at Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. the Aurora Center for Active The Broadmoor! Afterwards we explore $65 ($50 Res.) South Cheyenne Canyon – only five Deadline to cancel/register: May 3 Adults. Register at least 1 minutes from the very civilized Broadmoor Hotel – to find yourself RAMBLER RANCH week in advance, or before immersed in Colorado’s famous natural Hidden in the rolling hills of the Black beauty, Seven Falls. Once inside Seven Forest, about 60 miles east of downtown the deadline. Arrive 15 Falls, you’ll be enveloped by cliffs and Denver, sits one of Colorado’s best kept delighted by the cascade of water which secrets…Terry Gale’s Rambler Ranch is minutes prior to departure tumbles 181 feet down the head of a box the largest collection of AMC vehicles canyon into seven distinct leaps. If you in the world! Come explore the ranch to check-in at the front desk. like, you can venture up the trail to see and pack a sack lunch to enjoy at the the waterfalls from different vantages. Rambler Ranch. This trip is not Menu Range: $14-$22 appropriate for individuals with Lone Tree Arts Center 233257 June 1 walkers and wheelchairs. Wed., 9:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. 231303 June 9 $61 ($47 Res.) Thu., 8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Deadline to cancel/register: May 1 $47 ($36 Res.) Deadline to cancel/register: May 9 GREELEY: TRAILS, RAILS & HISTORIC TALES SENIORS ON THE MOVE, GO We’re off to visit three historic locations in WHEREVER LIFE TAKES YOU Greeley! First we tour the Colorado – ON RTD Railroad Museum, a one of a kind facility Find out how easy it is to use the RTD featuring over 600 railroad artifacts. After public transit system. This two part the tour we have a delicious lunch at program will provide you with valuable Moody’s American Grill. The tour information as well as “first hand Heavy walking continues with the Greeley History experience.” After the one hour class at and several stairs Museum where we learn about some of the ACAA, we head out for a trip on the northern Colorado’s most famous bus and light rail to the restored Union residents. We end the day touring the Station Transit Center. You have time Special Deadline historic 1870 Meeker Home Museum. there to browse around and enjoy an This tour offers us learning on Meeker’s afternoon snack (on your own) before AURORA CENTER FOR ACTIVE ADULTS • 30 DEL MAR CIRCLE heading back. Bring a sack lunch or snack mob themed dinner and Sinatra singer. to eat before heading out for our transit Afterwards we’ll get to preview an adventure. We will take the 121 to the episode of the newly created Family of “H” Line at 9 Mile Station, once Honor mob series. This trip is not downtown we’ll take the 16th Street appropriate for individuals with Shuttle to Union Station returning around wheelchairs. Menu Range: $10-$16 5 p.m. Keep in mind you will be gone all 233261 June 15 afternoon and there will be walking 2-3 Wed., 4:30-9:15 p.m. blocks (at times). FREE - Coupons for the $65 ($50 Res.) bus ride will be provided. Deadline to cancel/register: May 13 235319 June 10 Fri., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. DHT: JUDAIC DENVER FREE (Pre-registration Required) Denver’s history represents many backgrounds with people from around INTO THE WOODS the world bringing their traditions, (Candlelight Dinner Theatre) languages and religions. The primary With an irresistible story and an Jewish migrations into the High Plains unforgettable score including classics such took place in the 1800s, leaving a as, “Hello, Dolly!”, “It Only Takes a remarkable and indelible presence that Moment,” and the show-stopping “Before has carried through to the modern day. the Paradise Passes By,” Hello, Dolly! has Let’s visit the sites from both the past been delighting audiences around the and the present, leaving you with a ROCKIES VS. BLUE JAYS greater appreciation for this often worlds since 1964. Dolly Levi is a Join us for an afternoon to cheer on delightful scheming busybody who makes overlooked aspect of Denver’s tapestry. (Tour includes a break for lunch, so the Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on her living as a matchmaker in the your own at the ballpark. Tickets to glamorous 1800s New York at the turn of please bring some money for your meal.) the game are included in the the century. Winner of 10 Tony Awards, This trip is not appropriate for registration fee. including Best Musical, Best Original individuals with wheelchairs. Score, and Best Choreography. Menu Range: $7-$12 233265 June 29 233263 233259 June 11 June 22 Wed., 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed., 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $46 ($35 Res.) $52 ($40 Res.) $95 ($75 Res.) Deadline to cancel/register: May 24 Deadline to cancel/register: May 12 FOOT LOOSE ANTIQUE WASHING OLD TOWN FORT COLLINS (Boulder Dinner Theatre) When Ren and his mother move from MACHINE MUSEUM Enjoy a fun filled day of shopping and Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is Grab some laundry and get ready for dining in Old Town Fort Collins! There is prepared for the inevitable adjustment old washing machine heaven! Mr. Lee no itinerary so you are able to explore the period at his new high school. What he Maxwell owns over 1,000 antique and shops and restaurants of Fort Collins isn’t prepared for are the rigorous local vintage washing machines ranging from however you desire. The van drops edicts, including a ban on dancing antique laundry machines from Acme participants off in Old Town so the amount instituted by the local preacher, to Zenith, with dozens of brands in of walking you do is up to you. This trip is determined to exercise the control over not appropriate for individuals with between (including old favorites like the town’s youth that he cannot command walkers and wheelchairs. Maytag, Kenmore and Sears). If you’re in his own home. To the rockin’ rhythm 233260 June 13 into laundry-related antiques, don’t of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 miss this tour! Before the tour we have Mon., 9:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. score and augmented with dynamic new lunch at the Eaton Country Club. This $39 ($30 Res.) songs for the stage musical, Footloose trip is not appropriate for individuals celebrates the wisdom of listening to MOB NIGHT young people, guiding them with a warm with walkers and wheelchairs. Join Denver mob historian Tom Hackett heart and an open mind. Menu Range: $8-$14 as he takes the day trippers on a very 233264 June 26 233266 June 30 special night out, mob style. Touring Sun., 11:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thu., 9:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. several mob locations before we head to $98 ($78 Res.) $44 ($34 Res.) Gaetano’s Italian Restaurant for a special Deadline to cancel/register: May 10 Deadline to cancel/register: May 27 CALL 303.739.7950 TO REGISTER OR VISIT AURORAGOV.ORG/RECREATION CO HARD CIDER DHT: HISTORY OF BREWERY TOUR AURORA CANCELLATION POLICY • If we cancel the class trips: 100% We’re headed to Denver’s original Though originally named Fletcher, after refund. steakhouse…The Buckhorn Exchange! its founder, the city would later • If you cancel 5 or more business Located in the city’s oldest reimagine itself as Aurora, for the rising days before class/trips starts: neighborhood, just 5 minutes from dawn in the east. Like that beautiful 1. 100% transfer to another class/ downtown Denver. A national Historic image of coming promise, the city by trips. Landmark and Western Museum has that name has risen to fulfill much of 2. 100% credit to your Recreation been serving the finest in Old West fare that promise. Join Denver History Tours account. (Credits not used by one since 1893. Then to the Colorado Hard for an exploration of the history, places, year from date of issuance are forfeited and placed in the Cider Company to take a tour and to people and future of the city of Aurora. sample a flight of different ciders Recreation Scholarship fund.) Though growing in the shadow of its 3. Refund less $5 processing fee. included in the registration fee. Learn better known neighbor to the west, the • If you cancel less than 5 business all about hard cider and how it has taken city has a great deal to offer in its own days before class/trips starts: No America by storm! Please note hard right. You may know it well, and you refund. cider is an alcohol beverage. might even live there, but let’s have the • If you must cancel, call Registration fee includes one flight of fun of basking in the glow of Aurora! 303.739.7950. hard cider. Menu Range: $10-$16 (Tour includes a break for lunch, so • Refunds take 2-3 weeks to process 233267 July 8 please bring some money for your and mail. Please plan your schedule carefully. Fri., 10:30 a.m.-3p.m. meal.) Menu Range: $7-$12 We depend on your enrollment for $25 ($19 Res.) 233269 July 14 successful trips! Thu., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. MARDI GRAS CASINO $52 ($40 Res.) CANCELLATION/ Sit back and relax as you are comfortably REGISTRATION taken to the Mardi Gras Casino. The ROCKIES VS. DEVIL casino package includes a $10 food DEADLINES credit, $5 free play on player’s card and RAYS Cancellation/Registration deadlines free drinks while gambling. You must Join us for an afternoon to cheer on may apply for some trips and are use your player card to earn points, the Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on posted as such. For these trips, please receive package and be 21 to enroll for your own at the ballpark. Tickets to register by the deadline. If you cancel this trip. Meals are on your own at the the game are included in the after the cancellation/registration casino. registration fee. deadline, your trip fees are non- 233268 July 13 233270 July 20 refundable. Wed., 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed., 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Cancellations made before the $9 ($7 Res.) $46 ($35 Res.) cancellation deadline are subject to the Deadline to cancel/register: June 21 Deadline to cancel/register: June 16 normal cancellation policy.

Take an expedition like no other as we ferry down 4,000+ ARMCHAIR miles of the Amazon River and its tributaries. The adventure takes us afloat through the countries of Adentures Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Amazon Adventure Bolivia. Along the way we venture Presented by Mick Prozinski deep into untouched jungles, learn about local wildlife and it’s people while spending time camped out on an oil tanker loaded FREE with a herd of cattle. Please join us for a slideshow, stories, fun and Wed., July 27 • 3-4 p.m. laughs on this comical journey deep into the heart of the Amazon! Room 111 • 235329 The presentation will be free but please call 303.739.7950 to register #235329 so we know how many people will be attending. AURORA CENTER FOR ACTIVE ADULTS • 30 DEL MAR CIRCLE NORTH FORK RANCH REST BETTY FORD DENVER MOB BUS TOUR & RELAXATION GARDENS VAIL Back by popular demand! Join mob You are in for a treat as we visit the At 8,250 feet above sea level, the historian Tom Hackett on this exciting North Fork Guest Ranch ten miles west spectacular Betty Ford Alpine Gardens bus tour through North Denver’s Little Italy! We’ll explore former social clubs, of Bailey. We will have an exceptional in Vail is the highest and one of the homes and haunts of some of Denver’s buffet style lunch with views of 12,000’ most visited botanical gardens in North most influential mobsters, while snowcapped peaks nearby and time to America. The Gardens delight and educate with each changing season, uncovering the truth behind many of relax at the ranch situated near the offering visitors beautiful streams, these legends. Afterwards we will have North Fork of the South Platte River. waterfalls, a dazzling array of a mystery Italian lunch at a former mob The ranch takes great pride in feeding wildflower colors in the summer. The run restaurant! This trip is not you well. Their exceptional gourmet Gardens seek to cultivate the joy and an appropriate for individuals with flair is sure to satisfy every appetite. appreciation of gardening as well as wheelchairs. Menu Range: $8-$13 Buffet style lunch included in provide a tranquil reprise from the 233262 Aug. 5 registration fee. This trip is not hectic day-to-day life. Afterwards we Fri., 4:30-9:15 p.m. appropriate for individuals with have lunch at Blu’s Restaurant, a true $35 ($27 Res.) walkers and wheelchairs. hidden gem of Vail serving American 233271 July 28 Cuisine. Menu Range: $10-$16 BRECKENRIDGE Thu., 10:15 a.m.-4 p.m. 233275 Aug. 1 SHOPPING TRIP Mon., 8:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m. $74 ($57 Res.) With over 200 quaint shops lining $80 ($60 Res.) Deadline to cancel/register: June 28 historic Main Street, there’s no shortage Deadline to cancel/register: June 1 of shopping in Breckenridge. There’s no 233272 Aug. 25 itinerary for this trip so you can explore Thu., 10:15 a.m.-4 p.m. GEORGETOWN LOOP Breckenridge’s shops and restaurants at $74 ($57 Res.) RAILROAD your leisure. The bus drops participants Deadline to cancel/register: July 25 All aboard! Go for a ride on the off downtown so the amount of walking Georgetown Loop Railroad, an on the trip is up to you. engineering marvel originally built in 233277 Aug. 10 DHT: PEAK TO PEAK 1884, the railroad fulfilled the hopes of The Peak to Peak Highway is a scenic Wed., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Georgetown citizens to become a $48 ($37 Res.) masterpiece like few others, filled with prosperous settlement connected to history, sights and diversions sure to Denver and points east. We board the entertain even the most jaded urbanite. first class parlor cars which are fully ROCKIES VS. Join Denver History Tours for a drive enclosed with tables and chair seating. DODGERS of superlatives. Stretching from Estes Afterwards we enjoy lunch at the local Join us for an afternoon to cheer on the Park to the gambling towns of Central favorite Euro Grill. This trip is not Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on your City and Black Hawk, the Peak to Peak appropriate for individuals with walkers own at the ballpark. Tickets to the game is so amazing that even the Pope would and wheelchairs. Menu Range: $10-$16 are included in the registration fee. approve, with keys, carousels, corpses 233276 Aug. 3 233278 Aug. 31 and more. Care to take a ‘peak?’ This Wed., 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wed., 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. trip is not appropriate for individuals $88 ($68 Res.) $46 ($35 Res.) with walkers and wheelchairs. (Tour Deadline to cancel/register: July 1 Deadline to cancel/register: July 28 includes a break for lunch, so please bring some money for your meal.) Menu Range: $8-$14 233273 July 29 Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $59 ($45 Res.)

233274 Aug. 11 Thu., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $59 ($45 Res.) CALL 303.739.7950 TO REGISTER OR VISIT AURORAGOV.ORG/RECREATION Join us as we travel to some of our favorite destinations along the Front Range for good food and good company! Transportation is provided and leaves from the Aurora DINING Center for Active Adults. Menu ranges are listed with each Adentures restaurant description. CHEROKEE RANCH CASTLE 233281 June 20 SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY TOUR AND TEA Mon., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Southern Hospitality is a Five Star $20 ($15 Res.) Join us at the Cherokee Ranch Castle for Diamond award-winning restaurant that an exclusive tour of this historic mansion features upscale Memphis-style with its unique antique furnishings and MONACO INN barbecue, complimented by a wide array artwork. The massive doors open and you Experience specialty, quality and of popular micro-brews served in a enter an architectural masterpiece echoing authentic homemade Greek, Mexican and unique and high energy environment. 1450’s Scotland that also includes views of American food. This Denver institution Menu Range: $9-$15 the Rocky Mountain panorama you won’t has been serving loyal customers for 27 233285 Aug. 8 soon forget. Afterwards, be treated like years and everything they serve is Mon., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. royalty as we sit down for a formal, prepared fresh daily in their kitchen. $20 ($15 Res.) English-style tea. The cost of the tea, tax Menu Range: $8-$14 and gratuity is included in the registration 233282 July 6 HUMPHREY HOUSE TOUR fee. This trip is not appropriate for Wed., 10:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. AND TEA $13 ($10 Res.) individuals with wheelchairs. Step back in time with hats, gloves, pearls, 233279 June 8 muffs and stoles provided for wear during Wed., 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. NONO’S CAFÉ your teatime. Join us for a delightful $87 ($67 Res.) Serving great Southern food with afternoon at the Historic Thompson House Deadline to cancel/register: Apr. 29 outstanding service in a comfortable and Inn as we enjoy an 1802 Traditional Tea. laid back atmosphere. NoNo’s ever After our teatime we take a quick tour of CAFÉ MONET changing menu consists of recipes that the Historic Thompson House Inn followed Café Monet presents a “truly gourmet” they have created, along with those by a stop in the Boutique. The cost of the dining experience. Offering both collected over the years from family, Traditional Tea, tax and gratuity is included Country French and Italian food, you friends and acquaintances. They offer a in the registration fee. This trip is not choose what to savor from the wide unique menu serving FRESH, quality food appropriate for individuals with walkers or variety of menu choices. Enjoy the at a reasonable price! Menu Range: $8-$14 wheelchairs due to the historic building. roomy, romantic atmosphere with 233283 July 11 233286 Aug. 17 intimate booth seating. The low lighting Mon., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wed., 10:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. adds to the experience of this unique and $20 ($15 Res.) $52 ($40 Res.) cozy restaurant. Menu Range: $10-$16 Deadline to cancel/register: July 15 233280 June 16 TOCABE, AMERICAN INDIAN Thu., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. EATERY ASSIGNMENTS RESTAURANT $20 ($15 Res.) Featured on Food Networks: Diners, Join us for our Day Tripper tradition of Drive-ins and Dives, Tocabe first opened attending Assignments Restaurant! The PERFECT LANDING its doors in December 2008 and is the only restaurant is unique because students Welcome to The Perfect Landing American Indian owned and operated from the International Culinary School in Restaurant, conveniently located close to restaurant in Metro Denver. The restaurant Denver prepare your meal under the the Centennial Airport in the Denver setting is a clean, warm, open space with watchful eye of professional chefs. Lunch Tech Center. A classic cherry wood bar connections to American Indian cultural will be a multi-course meal where framed with beautiful etched glass greets elements, infused with a contemporary participants can pick from several options guests as they enter the restaurant. Guests atmosphere. Tocabe family recipes create a for each course on the menu. The price of sitting next to the windows can view the new and unique take on American Indian the meal and gratuity is included in the entire Front Range from Pikes Peak all cuisine. Menu Range: $8-$14 registration fee. the way to ! No wonder this 233284 July 18 233287 Aug. 24 restaurant is called “Denver’s Hidden Mon., 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wed., 10:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Gem Restaurant”. Menu Range: $8-$14 $20 ($15 Res.) $40 ($31 Res.) AURORA CENTER FOR ACTIVE ADULTS • 30 DEL MAR CIRCLE Take the day off and hike with us! We provide the transportation and guide. Trips depart from the lobby High Country HIKES of the Aurora Center for Active Adults (6th and Peoria). Regardless of the weather in the metro area, hikers must be prepared for significant weather changes in the mountains. For a recommended equipment list, call 303.739.7950. HIKES FILL UP FAST REGISTER EARLY. Fee: $31 per hiker ($24 Resident) 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Return times are approximate Gauge Your Ability: Hiking is a physicallyPhoto demanding by ... exercise!

Starting Elevation Miles Course # Date Destination Elevation Gain Round Trip Rating Nearest Town 233288 Jun. 7 Payne Creek 8,230’ 1,000’ 6.8 1.5 Bailey 233289 Jun. 14 South St. Vrain 8,700’ 900’ 6.2 1.5 Nederland 233290 Jun. 21 Lily Mtn. 9,780’ 1,200’ 4.4 2 Estes Park 235293 Jun. 28 Lake Helene* 9,475’ 1,300’ 6.2 1.5 Estes Park 233291 Jul. 5 Rolling Creek 8,360’ 800’ 5 1 Bailey 233292 Jul. 12 Ceran St. Vrain 8,000’ 600’ 4.5 1.5 Ward 233293 Jul. 19 Mt. Nystrom 10,555’ 1,300’ 7 2.5 Berthoud Falls 233294 Jul. 26 Butler Gulch 10,400’ 1,400’ 6 2.5 Berthoud Falls 233295 Aug. 2 West Jefferson Trl. 10,000’ 600’ 6 2 Jefferson 233296 Aug. 9 Bob & Betty Lakes 11,600 980’ 3.4 2 233297 Aug. 16 High Lonesome 11,600’ 500’ 6 2 Rollins Pass 233298 Aug. 23 Diamond Lake 10,100’ 1,500’ 6.3 2.5 Nederland 233299 Aug. 30 Waterous Gulch 10,400’ 1,500’ 5.5 2.5 Bakerville The Aurora Center for Active Adults is an equal opportunity service provider and operates under special-use permits from the Arapahoe/Roosevelt, Pike and White River National Forests GENERAL HIKE INFORMATION ACAA HIKING READINESS Please note that hiking trails/locations are subject to change ACAA hikers must complete a Hiking Readiness Assessment due to a variety of reasons. The elevation gain and miles round and return it to the ACAA front desk at least one week prior to trip are estimates and the actual distances could vary on each going on the hike for the first time. The ACAA strives to provide hike. Return times are approximate and could be much earlier a positive hiking experience for active adults. Hikers must be in or later. **Bring your America the Beautiful/senior park good health and have the stamina, endurance and skills to safely pass or $10 cash. hike in Colorado’s mountain and foothill trails. Final determina- tion of participation is at the discretion of the ACAA. HIKE RATING 1 = Easier (3-5 miles round trip and/or less than 700 feet HIKING EQUIPMENT elevation gain. Generally easy terrain with milder elevation Day backpack, footwear with good support and lugged soles gain.) for traction, rain gear, snacks/lunch, at least one quart of water, 2 = Moderate (5-7 miles round trip and/or 700-1,500 feet clothing for the time of year and varying weather, hat, elevation gain. Mix of easy and harder terrain-rocky or short sunglasses and sunscreen. For a more detailed equipment list, steep sections. please call 303.739.7957. CALL 303.739.7950 TO REGISTER OR VISIT AURORAGOV.ORG/RECREATION PROVIDED BY Extended TRAVEL COLLETTE SLIDE SHOW - Thursday, May 5 at 2 p.m. A Collette representative will be doing a free slide show presentation at the Aurora Center for Active Adults on the upcoming extended travel trips. The presentation will be free but please call 303.739.7950 to register #235320 so we know how many people will be attending.

DISCOVER CROATIA, SLOVENIA AND THE ADRIATIC COAST April 23rd, 2017 12 DAYS • 15-16 MEALS— Medieval architecture, tranquil lakes, local villages and Croatian charm delight you on this tour featuring Dubrovnik, Lake Bled, Ljubljana, and the pearls of the stunning Dalmatian coast. Begin your exploration with two nights in Opatija, the “Riviera of Croatia” and an Istrian gem. Explore Plitvice National Park by foot and by boat, a place where waterfalls cascade down sheer cliffs connecting 16 pristine lakes. Connect with the local people during a home-hosted dinner. Explore the white stone buildings, winding alleys, and massive city walls of the ancient harbor town, Dubrovnik. Step inside Diocletian’s Palace and back into Roman times in Split’s Old Town. Explore Ljubljana, Slovenia’s quaint capital city, and float on a “pletna” boat on serene Lake Bled. Ride a funicular up to Ljubljana Castle where a delicious dinner awaits.

TROPICAL COSTA RICA December 5th, 2016 9 DAYS • 13-14 MEALS— Lush forests and stunning waterfalls… rumbling volcanoes and endless coastlines… Costa Rica is a paradise teeming with exotic plants and incredible animals. Luxuriate at a resort for two nights in Tamarindo Beach, known for its breathtaking beauty and fine sandy beaches. Spend two nights in Monteverde’s fascinating cloud forest. Experience the forest canopy on hanging bridges nature walk. Explore part of the 20,000 acre nature preserve of Cano Negro on a river boat adventure. Relax in the mineral-rich waters of a hot springs with views of Arenal Volcano. Explore San Jose’s Plaza de Cultura and the magnificent National Theatre.

Trip Cancellation Insurance: Trip cancellation interruption insurance is highly recommended and may be purchased from a variety of insurance carriers; the ACAA does not endorse any one carrier.