THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 19, 1994 TAG: 9406170109
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STEVE HARRIMAN
DATELINE: 940619 LENGTH: Medium
Or maybe watch the pros play ball. Baseball fans can take a six-day road trip, beginning Aug. 23 in Boston at the Copley Square Hotel. From there, participants leave for an evening game in Fenway Park. Then it's a motor-coach to Cooperstown, N.Y., to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame.
{REST} The trip continues with two games at Yankee Stadium in New York, one at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia and one at Camden Yards in Baltimore, with motor-coach transportation from site to site.
Cost: $675 per person, double occupancy including game tickets, hotels, ground transportation and guide. Not included: all meals and air fare to Boston and from Baltimore. Info: Sports Tours Inc., P.O. Box 84, Hatfield, Mass. 01038; (800) 722-7701.
\ AUSTRALIA IS TRYING\ Big problem for Americans interested in going Down Under: cost and distance. Especially from the East Coast, Sydney is a long way to go for a one-week vacation. But Qantas has come up with an economical compromise: 10-day ``weekend to weekend'' tours priced from $1,159, including economy air fare from Los Angeles, lodging and transfers, and some meals and car rental or land tours. Among packages are ``Fly/Drive Australia,'' ``Sydney and Wine Country Explorer'' and ``Host Farm & B&B Getaway.'' Info: A local travel agent or Qantas Vacations (800) 523-5272.
\ BLUEGRASS BACK ROADS\ For fans of Southern history, horses, antiques and regional architecture, two five-day bicycling trips through the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass Country leave Lexington on Oct. 16 and 23.
Cycling is on traffic-free back roads with gentle terrain for riders of any ability. Participants stop at Kentucky Horse Park and Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, and tour Harrodsburg, Kentucky's oldest town. Participants spend nights in antique-furnished inns along the way and eat traditional Kentucky cooking. Cost: $1,045 per person, double occupancy, including lodging, meals and snacks, van support and guides. Not included: bike rental ($109) and round-trip air fare. Info: Backroads, 1516 Fifth St., Berkeley, Calif. 94710-1740; (800) 462-2848.
\ CANADIAN CHOO-CHOO\ A private train tour of British Columbia leaves Vancouver on Sept. 11 for 10 days' viewing of the Coast Range and the Canadian Rockies when fall foliage is at its peak.
The train travels only during the daytime, so passengers stay at hotels along the route. At some towns, tours are taken by motor coach. Informal evening dinner and entertainment programs at some stops give a glimpse of life in the north country. Meals and snacks are served on the train.
Cost: $1,695 from Seattle or Vancouver, including hotels, sightseeing and 17 meals. An optional four-day extension visits Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff. Not included: round-trip air fare to Seattle.
Contact: Mountain Outin' Tours, P.O. Box 70, East Irvine, Calif. 92650; phone (714) 837-9061. by CNB