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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, September 26, 2013 | 28 Travel "Connected to your Community" BEAVER TRAILS TO BLACKPOOL: Oakville residents Carrie Howard and grandchildren Jessica and Abigail Chan took the Oakville Beaver to Blackpool, United Kingdom. BEAVER TRAILS TO GROUSE MOUNTAIN: Oakville residents Dave, Rachel, Liam and Megan Hannivan took the Oakville Beaver to the top of Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, B.C. Take along a copy of the Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Road, Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or email to ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com. McTavish Travel For 2014 Globus has just unveiled a new 8-day Italian Vista tour, with exceptional pricing ­ from CAD1,619 (10AUG14) to CAD1,819 (07SEP14) per person double. On this new tour, travellers will experience Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan as well as such offthe-beaten path destinations as Orvieto, Assisi, Padua and Verona. Included in the unbeatable price is guided sightseeing of mustsee sights like the Sistine Chapel, Colosseum, St. Francis' Basilica, Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Square. Also included are "Local Favourites" including tasting pastries in a traditional pasticceria in Orvieto, taking a boat to visit picturesque Bellagio ­ the "Pearl of Lake Como" ­ and enjoying a risotto dinner in Milan. Additionally, Globus is able to get passengers to the front of the lines at such must-see sites as the Vatican and provide free WiFi on the coaches (local conditions permitting). For those who book by 29OCT13, Globus is offering flights from Toronto to Italy for CAD999, including taxes when booking one of Globus' five Italian motorcoach tours ­ 8-day Italian Vista, 7-day A Taste of Italy, 9-day Gems of Umbria & Tuscany; 8-day Italy's Great Cities; and from the Faith-Based Travel portfolio, 11-day Grand Catholic Italy. Grand Catholic Italy begins in Rome and includes the weekly general audience of the Pope BEAVER TRAILS TO SOUTH CAROLINA: Oakville's Kennedy family took the Beaver to Fripp Island, South Carolina for a summer holiday. Clockwise from front left, are Liam, 11, Manon, Michael, and Declan, 13. GLOBUS ITALY 2014 (subject to availability), guided visits to St. Paul outside the walls, the Catacombs, St. John Lateran Basilica, the Holy Stairs, St. Mary Major Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Square and Basilica, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. The tour continues through Cascia, Assisi and Siena with stops at important sights and churches before continuing to Florence. In Florence guided sightseeing includes a visit to Santa Maria Novella Basilica, Signoria Square and the Santa Croce Basilica with Michelangelo's tomb. On to Pavia and Milan where a guided walking tour features a special visit to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie to see Leonardo da Vinci's famous Last Supper before arriving in Venice. Entry to Venice is by private boat to meet the local guide with visits to St. Mark's Square and Basilica, lavish Doges' Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. Note that the 15APR14 departure will include Good Friday in Assisi (18APR14) and Easter Sunday in Florence (20APR14) and the 30SEP14 departure will include the St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day in Assisi (04OCT14). Call us for details. www.globusjourney.ca Suite 300, South Oakville Centre · 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville 905.827.1100 travel@mctavish.com www.mctavishtravel.com Ont Reg No 1437985 BEAVER TRAILS TO AUSTRIA: The Oakville Beaver travelled to the St. Benedictine Abbey in Melk, Austria, with Jim and Judy Thomas, Bill and Marylin Rowland, Bill and Drue Marriott and Walter and Sharon Kaslauskas.