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23 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Saturday, April 4, 2009 BEAVER TRAILS TO COSTA RICA: Luis and Marcela catch up on some hometown news in The Oakville Beaver in front of the active Arenal Volcano and tropical rainforest in Costa Rica. 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 Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. Discover your new favourite destination! For those of you who are hungry for a unique vacation, CIT Tours offers a variety of short duration wine and gastronomy trips to Italy that are sure to satisfy. "Tuscan Food & Fun," "Villa Pitiana Food & Wine" and "Relais Ducale-Umbrain Choice" are four-to six-day packages that are perfect add-ons to any Italy trip. You can also combine the itineraries to create a more comprehensive gourmet holiday. The "Tuscan Food & Fun" package includes accommodation at the four-star Il Borgo de Vescine, a thirteenth-century Country Relais located in the heart of the Chianti region. You will participate in a cooking course where you make your own dinner (drinks included).You will also experience a guided tasting of Vescine's famed wines and tour Chianti's vineyards on a Vespa (lunch included). Departures between 30JUN09 and 28SEP09 $1,019 per person double. The "Villa Pitiana Food & Wine" option gives you the choice between three- and five-night stays. One or three cooking lessons are included, depending on the package, with daily dinner at Villa Pitiana's restaurant and a wine tasting. Located in the historic center of the medieval town of Gubbio, Relais Ducale is annex to the Ducal Place and the feature property of the "Relais Ducle-Umbrian Choice" tour. You can choose from two options: Package A features one gourmet dinner at Tavern del Lupo, a cooking class and a guided tour of Gubbio; Package B offers the same except the tour is replaced by a one-hour massage in the guest's room. Package A is $869 per person double for departures between 27JUN09 and 18JUL09 as well as between 23AUG09 and 22SEP09. All three wine and gastronomy tours include daily continental buffet breakfast, hotel taxes and service charges. Other dates are available, please give us a call!! McTavish Travel · 905.827.1100 BEAVER TRAILS TO THE PHILIPPINES: The Berdos family took The Oakville Beaver to the Boracay Islands (White sands), Philippines. 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 Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville travel@mctavishtravel.com OR visit www.mctavishtravel.com Ont Reg No 1437985