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Hurtigruten Celebrates: Anniversary Trips And Special Offers

120Th anniversary of the Norwegian tradition shipping company in Tromso, February 2013 In summer 2013 the Hurtigruten celebrate birthday: set sail with DS Vesteraalen first a Hurtigruten ship in Lake on July 2 exactly 120 years ago and opened the daily scheduled services from the southern Norway in the northern part of the country. The shipping company is celebrating their important day with new anniversary trips and attractive price offers. The Hurtigruten play an important role as a lifeline along the Norwegian coast: until today the Hurtigruten fleet transported tourists, local passengers and cargo every day quite in the sense of the shipping company founder Richard With alike. “The traditional history of the famous line of the mail boat is at the heart of the planned festivities 2013: apart from attractive price on the occasion of the birthday of the shipping company, there are also special anniversary activities on board”, as Ragnar Norum, spokesman for the shipping company. The eleven anniversary trips are the high point of the festivities around the 2.

July, the day of the Hurtigruten premiere ride in 1893. Each ship in the fleet of the modern MS Midnatsol, with departure in mountains on 21 June 2013 to to the nostalgic MS Lofoten from the year 1964, which starts on July 1 in the old Hanseatic City will embark on the special birthday trip. Following program offers passengers: new evening menu in the on-board restaurant – inspired by the cooking traditions of that time. An ausserfahrplanmassige ride through the Lyngenfjord between Skjervoy and Tromso including the spectacular panorama of the Lyngen Alps, with its steep mountains, narrow hours and imposing glaciers. Live concerts aboard – Norwegian traditional music in the Geirangerfjord and modern music from Norway in the port of Tromso. Tasting fresh shrimp on deck personally on board supplied by local fishermen from the region of Lyngen. A special birthday ceremony on 2 July on all ships – in the style of a traditional Norwegian birthday party. In the onboard shops sell special Jubilee souvenirs such as postcards with 120 years Hurtigruten emblem.

Also the shipping company has their 120th anniversary attractive price offerings in the program: the zwolftagige round trip including the arrival and departure via non – stop Charter flight costs from 1.749 euro per person. The offer is valid for travel during the travel period 15 March until 14 September 2013 for selected travel dates. It according the Hurtigruten voyage Bergen-Kirkenes-Bergen includes full Board, the non – stop Charter flight from Dusseldorf, Munich or Berlin to Bergen and back, air traffic control, airport and security fees and transfers in mountains to program, a German-speaking tour guide on board, as well as the entrance to the Hurtigruten Museum. Connecting flights with Air Berlin from German airports can be booked individually from 95,-per person and route to do so. Information and reservations: Travel with Hurtigruten can in any good travel agency and directly at the Hurtigruten GmbH, phone 040 / 37 69 30 are booked. More information Fax 040 / 37 50 11 16, email or. In Austria about: Lake TOUR Austria, Rennweg 46-50, 1030 Vienna, phone 0043/1 / 514 45-900, fax 0043/1 / 514 45 97 or email. Press contact: Hurtigruten GmbH 06.30. 14 20095 Hamburg 040 / 376 93 182 T 040 / 376 93 136 F Internet: Sabine Eckert press – and public relations Nina Menzel T 040 / 37 69 31 38 F 040 / 37 69 31 82 photos: press

Ancient Cultures

flugfieber.com travel picks up new routes from Costa Cruises in the program. A series of innovations has announced Costa for the Kreuzfahrtenprogamm in the time of fall 2011-spring 2012. While Europe’s leading cruise line presents some completely new routes, their guests for example in the Mediterranean. flugfieber.com travel has recorded in the database of the cruise all routes to. In addition, Costa strengthens the range of cruises in the Caribbean and resumes Israeli ports into the program.

Something very special is also a more than two-month cruise from South America to Asia. The cruise in the Holy Land is a particularly notable trip”Israel returns the offer of Costa Cruises. The Costa Pacifica will be so”during their seven cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean between September 12 and November 17, 2011 visit the Israeli port of Ashdod or Haifa, and thus be on the originally planned route of this eleven-day cruises on the road, after the company stops in Israel in connection with the unrest in the North African region first had taken out of the program. “In the footsteps of the explorers go the at the route from Sudameria to Asia on a route old explorers can be on the Costa Victoria” happy from 7th March 2012. The total 72-tagige cruise runs by Santos once halfway around the world after Shanghai and is available as a whole or in four individual stages.

The first section (17 days) leads Santos of Rio de Janeiro, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar and the Cape Verde Islands after Savona; the second (18 days) further through the Suez Canal after Sharm el-Sheikh, Aqaba, Muscat and Dubai. Visit including Mumbai, Goa, Colombo, Male, and Phuket on the third stage (20 days), the Costa Victoria will be”before she reached Singapore. The last section (17 days) leads Hong Kong and Shanghai to Bangkok, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Halong Bay. All these tours made bookable online at flugfieber.com and are available on costa cruises buchen.html.

German Tourism Federation

But Juhre is not the type of classic life designs. “With his girlfriend, Conny has opened this year an exclusive holiday apartment building at Pentecost by the motto more is sometimes also simply more”. And no evident, excessive luxury is meant, but best quality for the guests. The establishment was not saved, you can tell. In the garden it can be wonderfully in pool and Jacuzzi bask on the terrace entice comfortable sunbeds, and inside the wooden floor under the bare feet feels good.

Also the kitchen in the apartments are modern equipped. And, although Peter Juhre like himself swinging the spoon for his leisure. Where he learned his secret remains, but he can do it. Seemingly playful he shakes every night delicious three-course menus from the sleeve of course only, if it is desired. We rule”no constraints, emphasized the self-made chef. Everyone should be in his arranging a holiday feel completely free. As a guest, friend come again, as this is our slogan, that’s why we offer you some extras.” If for example someone wants something special, he shuts in the morning to the friendly owner of a mountain hut, where a lavish mountain breakfast outdoors.

On request, Juhre accompanied his guests even on hiking tours and shows you the most beautiful places of his new home. The combination of fine facilities and personalised service has five proud star him for his holiday paradise in the evaluation of the German Tourism Federation loosely placed was the holiday paradise on the required number of points. At all the rock music fan and his concept in two ways blend harmoniously into the landscape fit for one, if you sit on the terrace and looks over the pool and green meadows against the mountains, on the other hand, the environment is noticeably weighed the choice Berchtesgaden. So far, everyone had just that has words of praise for Peter Juhre left, and with the neighbors Family friendships. These were mainly just needed at the beginning, as the devastating flood not spared even the freshly baked cottage owners. The water was in the farmyard”good one and a half feet tall, Juhre recalls. I wanted to trust my eyes.” As usual he let not so easy to get in. Who has seen so much like him, a water damage no longer skin the bulb from the holder. Such things happens. The show must go on.