Around the World ITALY FRANCE SPAIN PORTUGAL GREECE TURKEY President’s Message 03 _01 Linda McKinney - Hyde Park Travel Mini Stays 05 _02 The most popular cities around the world Combination Packages 19 _03 To enhance your international travel Special Interests 21 _04 Travel tailored to provide a desired experience SWITZERLAND GERMANY UNITED KINGDOM 02 President’s Message Hyde Park Travel has had the pleasure of serving the Tampa Bay area since 1994. It is our belief through travel we have the opportunity for exposure to other cultures. Their food, history, art, architecture, music, language and landscape provide us a greater understanding of people who share our world. This brochure is a limited illustration of our capabilities in travel planning. The possibilities are endless for those who wish to broaden life’s experience. Through the years we have collectively traveled on all continents. Our team of extraordinary travel consultants is dedicated to giving their best. We look forward to assisting you with your next journey. Linda McKinney President Hyde Park Travel 01 03 Mini Stays Enjoy the most popular cities around the world with one to three night stays inclusive of hotels, tours and transfers. These packages are designed according to your personal interest, priorities, pace and budget for travel. • Hotel accommodations ranging from first class to luxury • Tours are standard group or private • Transfers are arranged as needed per your itinerary, i.e. airport, hotel, train stations, cruise ports, etc. We are here to assist you from your departure to your arrival home. 02 05 ROME PARIS Capitoline Museums, Arch of Constantine, Coliseum, Palatine, Roman Louvre, Picasso Museum, Pompidou Center, Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, Forum, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pere La Chaise Cemetery, Left bank, Marais, Versailles, Seine, Moulin Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Catacombs, Rouge and more ITALY Frascati, Borghese gardens, Tivoli and more CHAMPAGNE REGION FRANCE FLORENCE & TUSCANY Epernay, Reims, Troyes, Chaumont, Vallee de la Meuse Academy and Uffizi Galleries; towns of Lucca, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Montalcino, Montepulciano, Greve Chianti, nearby Bologna-gastronomy capital, Parma-parmesan and prosciutto, ALSACE & LORRAINE REGION Modena-Pavoritti’s town and the Ferrari car factory Colmar, Alsace wine route, Vosges Mountains and Strasbourg VENICE NORMANDY REGION Grand Canal, Doge’s Palace, La Fenice, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Santa D Day beaches and magnificent Mont St. Michel Maria Della Salute, Jewish quarter, Murano and Burano islands, Gondola ride and nearby Verona LOIRE VALLEY Renaissance chateaux, Chartres Cathedral, Le Mans motor racing MILAN Duomo, Sforza Castle, The Last Supper, La Scala, Fashion quarter and BURGUNDY nearby Lake Como Gastronomy, world’s most expensive wines, scenic lakes, mountains and waterfalls AMALFI COAST Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, nearby Naples with Pompeii and RHONE VALLEY Capri Lyon, Saone and Rhone rivers, Beaujolais wines LIGURIA COAST PYRENEES Cinque Terre, Santa Margherita dei Liguri, Portofino and Sanremo The Shrine at Lourdes SICILY PROVENCE & COTE D’AZUR Palermo, Catania, Siracusa, Mount Etna, Agrigento and Taromina St. Tropez, Nice, Cannes, Monte-Carlo, Avignon, Aix en Provence and Arles 07 08 MADRID LISBON Museums of Prado, Thyssen-Bornemizsa and Reina Sofia, Royal Alfama Quarter, Sao Jorge castle, Praca dos Restaurodores, Palace, Bernabeu Stadium, El Escorial, Aranjuez, buzzing nightlife and Elevador de Santa Justa, Belem Palace and Tower, Monument to satisfying tapas and wine the Discoveries, Jeronimo’s Monastery, Gulbenkian Museum, nearby SPAIN coastal towns of Estoril and Cascais, Sintra with Cabo de Roca, Pena CASTILLA Y LEON and Queluz Palaces Salamanca, Segovia, Burgos and Avila ESTREMEDURA REGION Tomar, Obidos, Batalha, Alcobaca and Shrine of Fatima PORTUGAL CASTILLA LA MANCHA Toledo and Don Quixote NORTHERN REGION Oporto, Douro River and the valley, Porto wine, Port country, Braga SEVILLE and Guimares Cathedral and La Giralda, Moorish Real Alcazar, Santa Cruz, whitewashed streets, bullring and Guadalquivir River ANDALUSIA Sherry, flamenco, guitars, tapas, gypsies, bullfighting, white towns along Costa del Sol, Alhambra Palace in Granada and Mezquita in Cordoba ATHENS Benaki Museum, National Archeological Museum, Lykavittos Hill, Acropolis, Parthenon, Ancient Agora, Plaka, Attic Coast and Sounion THE NORTH REGION Guggenheim Museum, San Sebastian, Pamplona bull running and Rioja wines PELOPONNESE Ancient Corinth, Mycenae, Nafplio, Epidaurus and Olympia GREECE CATALONIA & BARCELONA Las Ramblas, Gothic Quarter, Gaudi and Modernism, Picasso Museum, CENTRAL GREECE the unfinished basilica, Montserrat, Cavas wine region, Costa Barava’s Ancient city of Delphi and soaring monasteries of Meteora beautiful beaches, Girona and Figueras with Salvador Dali Museum NORTHERN GREECE Thessaloniki and its Jewish heritage, Mount Athos, Kavala and Philippi visited by Saint Paul 09 10 CYCLADES ISLANDS Mykonos: The dynamic nightlife, sandy beaches & historic site of Delos Santorini: White villages, volcanic cliffs, caldera views, one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world GREECE Paros & Naxos: Best sailing hubs DODECANESE ISLANDS Kos: Enjoy the breeze, the beautiful nature and relax Patmos: Monastery of St. John Rhodes: Sandy beaches, St. Paul related sites, Ottoman, Italian and Greek history, good hiking and experience the lively nightlife CRETE Heraklion: Palace of Knossos Chania: Italian influence Ierapetra: Beautiful beaches Agios Nikolaos: Charming harbor town ideal to start your sailing experience 11 MITTELLAND, BERNESE OBERLAND BERLIN Checkpoint Charlie, Jewish Museum, Alexanderplatz, Brandenburg AND VALAIS REGIONS Gate, Pergamon Museum, Berlin Wall, Potsdam with Sanssouci Palace Exceptionally scenic Griendelwald, Interlaken, Jungfraujoch, the Matterhorn, and St. Bernard Pass MUNICH Marienplatz, the Residenz, Alte Pinakothek art gallery, Schloss GENEVA (Palace) Nymphenburg, Oktoberfest, BMW factory, Bayern Munich Palais Des Nations, the Red Cross International Museum, Cathedral Soccer Stadium and countless breweries Orthodox Russe, Jet d’Eau, South Bank, Old Town and the scenic GERMANY harbor; shop for Swiss watches, pens and fine jewlery SWITZERLAND BAVARIA REGION Rothenburg –with its middle- age settings, Regensburg-a Celtic ZURICH settlement and Chiemsee- a paradise for watersports and sailing; Banhofstrasse, Limmatquai, Linderhhof, Kunsthaus Art Gallery; Zurich enjoy the fairy-tale castle of Neuschwanstein and the Romantic has a very active cultural community Road CENTRAL SWITZERLAND COLOGNE Rathaus, Great St. Martin Church, the Dom, Rhine River cruise, AND TICINO REGION excellent museums and superb art galleries Lugano with its lake, Luzern, St. Gotthard Pass, Engelberg, and Titlis with the Rotair cable 13 14 ENGLAND SCOTLAND Edinburg: Capital city, charming cobblestone streets, Georgian London: Windsor Castle, Parliament, St. George’s Chapel, Big Ben, architecture, elegant shopping, trendy lifestyles, and good Buckingham Palace, beautiful Hyde Park, St. Paul’s Cathedral, restaurants, visit the Edinburg Castle and the Palace of the Westminster Abbey,the West End with its great restaurants and Holyroodhouse, and don’t forget the “Scottish Whisky Experience” theatre; enjoy. London’s wealth of history, art, architecture, shopping and diverse cultures St. Andrews: Hallowed in the world of golf, has the oldest golf course, also home to the oldest university in Scotland; beyond St. Andrews Ancient Stonehenge: Circle of megalithic stones on Salisbury Plain there are many challenging golf opportunities throughout Scotland dates back thousands of years Isle of Skye: Fascinating and most accessible of the Hebridean chain, Bath: Founded by Romans as a thermal spa and later developed into view the mountain mass of Red Cullins and the jagged spires of Black an extravagant resort with beautiful Georgian architecture by 18th Cullins , visit Glendale’s Dunvegan Castle, and explore the isolated century British aristocracy; be sure to visit the Bath Abbey beaches; Skye is reached by ferry UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM Cotswold: Beautiful historic area with villages of thatched-roof Glasgow: City of style, museums, art galleries, architecture; visit limestone cottages, rolling meadows and stately manor homes beautiful city parks or tour the Clyde Valley 42 scenic mile drive; night life is lively with great dining, dancing and theatre Oxford: Home to the oldest university in Britain, walk the university grounds and visit some of the most celebrated libraries Lake District: Famed as a haven for authors, simply a mystical and NORTHERN IRELAND Visit Belfast, Port Rush with Giants causeway, and Londonderry a beautiful place; great for hiking , enjoying the scenery or just relaxing northern seaport town Stratford-upon-Avon: Home of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, attend a performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre IRELAND Stunning scenery, friendly people, excellent golf, horse racing, historic sites and ruins, legendary Irish pubs, Guinness Stout and famous Irish IRELAND WALES whiskey are there for the experience Cardiff: Capital city with restaurants, coffee bars, shopping area and Dublin: Capital and the Unesco City of Literature Dublin lives and the Castle Grounds and park. breathes literature, visit the many museums and galleries, St. Patrick’ s Cathedral, Christchurch Cathedral; also on the to do list Dublin’s Wales is a country for