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Lake stretches within an area of 212 km2, and 273 m in depth. Lake Maggiore is the second biggest lake in northern Italy. The north part of the lake belongs to Switzerland. The eastern banks form part of the Lombardia region and the western banks belong to Piemonte. The exceptionally mild climate is a major contributing factor to the abundant subtropical vegetation found all around the lake.

Want to visit the Alps of Switzerland and all the beauty it can show? Imagine all the lakes and “super-green” grass all the way eyes can handle. Rail Europe, in partnership with Switzerland Tourism, is offering 50 percent off Swiss Passes for adults, while children 16 and younger ride for free. The Switzerland Family Rail Sale takes place April 21 to 27, and is valid for travel within six months of purchase. The sale covers two types of tickets: The 8-day consecutive pass, which will start at $193, and the three-day Flexipass, which will start at $128 and can be used for consecutive or non-consecutive travel over the course of one month. The tickets grant unlimited travel on all Swiss trains, boats and postal buses, and free admission to more than 400 of the country’s museums. Passengers also get 50 percent off the second adult ticket for travel between Alpnachstad and Kriens to Mount Pilatus. There, travelers can take advantage of a voucher for Switzerland’s longest summer tobogganing run (free for children under 16).
Book at www.raileurope.com or www.myswitzerland.com.

Hof Bei Salzburg is beautiful region of the Alps mountains hotels. We now present two of hotels with enjoyable surrounding nature and beautiful forests all around.

Hotel Jagdhof Hof Bei Salzburg

Hotel Jagdhof Hof Bei Salzburg is located above Lake Fuschl-the Hotel Jagdhof, and gives you a magnificent panorama of the mountains which are formed part of the Salzkammergut landscape. Experience new things with wide range of recreational opportunities. Alpine and cross-country skiing-as well as Alpine curling is a great way to experience winter in Austria. After a day filled with activities-relax at 800-square meter wellness area-offering a swimming pool-whirlpool-sauna-salt water bath cavern-ice grotto-specialty showers- and fitness facilities and rest your dinner in the Restaurant Jagdhof or the Osteria. Stately 17th century farmhouse was completely renovated in 1994 and then extended in 2002.143 cozy and comfortable guest rooms and suites are scattered across the hunting lodge-manor house and cottage.Find inspiration in 14 conference rooms all with daylight illumination-state-of-the-art equipment and direct access to park and golf course.We look forward to welcoming you to the Salzburg Region and the Hotel Jagdhof. Situated above Lake Fuschl-the Hotel Jagdhof offers a spectacular view of the mountains that form part of the Salzkammergut landscape.Convenient and beautiful location is only 20 minutes from Mozarts birthplace – Salzburg and 600 metres away from the famous Hotel Schloss Fuschl.

Hotel Schloss Fuschl Hof Bei Salzburg

This 15th-century fairytale castle, the Hotel Schloss Fuschl, is set in lush greenery and perched overlooking Lake Fuschl in the Austrian mountains; Salzburg city centre is 12 kilometres away. Salzburg Airport is 20 kilometres away with an approximate driving time to Hotel Schloss Fuschl of 20 minutes. Hotel Features. The Fin de Siecle style spa comprises nine treatment rooms, workout studio, sauna, steam room, spa tub, and relaxation area with open fireplace and heated pool. An outdoor sauna and hot tub overlook the lake. Relaxing spa treatments and therapies are available in the spa or in the open air. An original 19th century shop sells locally sourced products including smoked fish from the hotel’s fishery, chutneys, jams and cakes; fine wines and exclusive cosmetics are also available. The hotel has two fine dining restaurants, the Imperial serves European and Asian fusion dishes while the Schloss offers a more classic restaurant serving Austrian specialities. A lakeside terrace provides the opportunity to dine al fresco. There are two bars including a 16th-century Gothic vaulted Austrian coffee house and a wine cellar. The hotel has a fleet of chauffeur driven vintage Rolls Royce Silver Cloud and Phantom cars available for local tours and trips to Salzburg. Wooden rowing boats and motorboats can be rented from the boathouse. Guestrooms. Hotel Schloss Fuschl offers 110 air-conditioned guestrooms located on three floors, all of which have period decor in warm colours with tiled floors, antique furnishings and old master paintings. Amenities include plasma screen satellite TVs, CD players, wireless Internet access, tea and coffee making facilities and minibars. Bathrooms have bathrobes, slippers and designer toiletries. Expert Tip. Salzburg is the place of the composer Mozart’s birth and today the rooms once occupied by Mozart’s family house a museum. Other attractions in Salzburg include the imposing cathedral and the 17th-century Mirabell Palace. In the winter months the city is host to a music festival and a charming Christmas market.

Have one of the best times ever with MS Richard With! The cruise Classic Round Voyage is starting on Monday, July 12th 2010 and lasts 11 days.

Details

The Classic Round Voyage is offered by Hurtigruten starting from Bergen. Your fantastic cruise begins on fjords where you fly to. From there you and your partner just relax and enjoy the quite and peaceful atmosphere of northern coasts. White expanses, green forests and night auroras awaits you. On the ship you can learn about domestic history and interesting stuff of local places from teachers or from astronomers if you decide to go with lovely Northern Lights Astronomy Voyage route.
You can make lots of new friends and share your experiences all the way and keep in contact with them for the rest of your lives. Taste the on-board cuisine with domestic Norway tradition and enjoy cosy dinning rooms.
For everything else, just let the panorama do the work…

Here goes unordered list, every place is special in their own ways!

1. LES GETS, FRANCE

There’s more to a beginner’s ski holiday than house-trained ski instructors, gentle slopes and sore limbs. Finding yourself in a picture-postcard resort is a real bonus and Les Gets in France’s famous Portes du Soleil is as charming a ski village as you’re likely to find. A well-positioned resort with great instructors.

2. ST ANTON, AUSTRIA

As well as having an international reputation for glitz and glamour, St Anton is blessed with world-class skiing, amazing powder and opportunities for huge off-piste mileage. For experts, the skiing’s as hard as you want it to be, with a steep drop back to Zura, the challenging powder bowls of the Valluga and some seriously testing lower slopes.

3. SEEFELD, AUSTRIA

Seefeld is the home of cross-country skiing (“langlauf”) and is Austria’s leading cross-country resort, with an impressive 250kms of marked trails including the course designed for the 1976 Olympics and the 1985 world championships. Close to Innsbruck, one of the resort’s great advantages is its short transfer time of around half an hour. The gentle incline to the slopes of Seefeld also makes it a superb place to learn to ski. Tone up at the Olympia Sports Centre and top up at one of more than 50 restaurants, such as Sudtiorolerstuben, Seefelder Stub’n or Emilia Romagna.

4. ISCHGL, AUSTRIA

Ischgl has fought hard to transform itself from a traditional farming village to achieve its status as the Alps’ top party resort. It would be picky to claim that anyone who has sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 22 top 10 hits is just a tad short of “A” list celebrity, but nevertheless it’s pretty impressive for a once humble Tyrolean resort when Lionel Richie opens this year’s ski season in November 2005 in a free concert in the village centre. He follows a star-studded cast that includes The Corrs, Alanis Morissette, Ronan Keating, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Rod Stewart. Aprés-ski rocks here, and top spots are the nightclub at the five-star Trofana Royal and Pacha at the four-star Madlein.

5. SOLL, AUSTRIA

A great beginners’ resort, Soll has an attractively priced Learn to Ski lift pass, which saves you paying for lifts and pistes that you won’t use, and many good UK ski operators include it in their Learn to Ski tuition and equipment-hire packages. A lively and good-value Tyrolean village, it has an abundance of things to do when ski legs tire, including a large sports centre, tobogganing, squash courts, sleigh rides and is a great place for an induction into the tricky old art of aprés ski.

6. COURCHEVEL, FRANCE

Courchevel has a reputation for being the world’s best ski resort. The area is formed of four villages on different levels, Courchevel 1850 being the highest, each linked by a variety of ski lifts and a ski bus. In many ways, it has everything, at a price. Great beginners’ slopes, more challenging skiing higher up and a dedicated snowboarding park, as well as ice skating, tobogganing, skidoo-ing, ice climbing and some cool bars.

7. IGLS, AUSTRIA

For some, a long weekend away conjures up images of a city break with the chance to browse someone else’s high street, discover local culture, dine in style and let someone else make the bed. For others, it’s a chance to cram in as much of the cold white stuff as you can get away with. The Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck offers a good combination of the two, with ski slopes a backdrop to this picturesque city with the nearest just 10 minutes away for both downhill and cross-country challenges.

8. OBERGURGL, AUSTRIA

The Tirolean resort of Obergurgl has one of the highest proliferations of top quality hotels for any small ski resort anywhere, the majority of them are family run to exceptionally high standards and many have superbly equipped spa and wellness centres. Good ski conditions and an early start to the season are assured by Obergurgl’s favourable position high in the Oetz Valley. Deep powder will satisfy advanced skiers, long red and blue runs will please intermediates and gentle nursery slopes get novices started. Scan the brochures for the best choice of spa hotel, offering Turkish baths, whirlpools, saunas, massages and spa treatments.

9. SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, ITALY

With over 98kms of excellent trails, including some fairly testing terrain, Selva is high on the map for cross country skiers. Part of Sud Tyrol, Selva combines all that is best of Italian and Austrian traditions. Guided winter walking amid some stunning scenery supplements the cross-country for those who can tear themselves away from the skis. Pit stops include Laurin Keller for popular après ski and Miravalle for delicious pizzas.

10. KRANJSKA GORA, SLOVENIA

Top tips for beginner skiers? Pick a resort that won’t break the bank, where the slopes are gentle and conveniently located and the ski instruction is of a good standard. You’re likely to find yourself in pretty Slovenia, in the resort of Kranjska Gora where the nursery slopes form a backdrop to the village, equipment hire and lift passes are among the best value in Europe and the instructors employ a progressive method of learning that has seen novices heading down the slopes by coffee break.

11. FLAINE, FRANCE

If childcare is a key criteria on a family ski holiday, traffic-free Flaine is particularly well set up with kids clubs, kindergartens and ski schools, as well as having an indoor pool and ice-skating. Apres ski is fairly informal and several restaurants cater particularly for families, such as La Perdrix Noire with a great family menu and Chez Daniel for a fun family fondue. The friendly ski school uses the Ski Evolutif short ski method, and budding boarders should head for the kids’ half-pipe, the Fantasurf.

12. CHAMONIX, FRANCE

Nestling beneath Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, Chamonix is a little over an hour’s drive from Geneva, making it a great choice for a ski weekend. If they had to, skiers would probably travel much further for its superb range of intermediate and advanced skiing. Boarders won’t be disappointed either; Chamonix is known as the extreme free-riding capital of Europe. And when the sun sets, it’s a lively town with over 100 restaurants and some of the coolest bars in the Alps.

13. CORTINA, ITALY

Cortina was the home of the first Winter Olympics in Italy and, due to its reliable snow record and well-maintained pistes, still hosts world class ski events. There are a variety of skiing challenges, particularly for intermediates, and advanced skiers should head for the Forcella Rossa at Tofana, which also has the best powder conditions. If there were medals for spas, the five-star Miramonti Majestic could well be up for one with its panoramic swimming pool, spa centre with sauna, jacuzzi, Turkish bath, massage and beauty treatments.

14. KANDERSTEG, SWITZERLAND

Kandersteg is a wonderful place to learn and a paradise for cross-country skiers with an impressive 60kms of trails around the village and 95kms if you take the nearby Lauchermalp ski area into account. For those who can’t resist the bug even when the sun goes down, there’s a 4.5km night trail that’s illuminated from 6pm-9pm weekdays. A “Trail Pass” gives you access all areas and costs around 35 Swiss Francs (£15) per week. With typical Swiss efficiency, the trails are beautifully maintained and pass by scenic forests and streams.

15. SAUZE D’OULX, FRANCE

Start early and finish late in Sauze d’Oulx, one of five villages that form the Milky Way with access to nearly 400kms of skiing terrain, much of it for intermediates. If you want to party and do some skiing, Sauze d’Oulx is your place. Once dubbed “Suzie does it”, the resort has hauled itself up from its former lager-lout reputation and is now a great place for a party. Try cocktails at Moncrons or the Gran Trun wine bar, Paddy McGinty’s for an Irish-themed bar, Max Bar for a Brit pub-like atmosphere or Miravallino for a quieter time. Dancing into the small hours takes place at Banditos and Schuss.

16. LEVI, LAPLAND

What could be more fun than a family ski holiday to Lapland that combines the chance to meet the real Santa Claus? Especially when there are optional excursions to Santa’s Secret Home for around £30 per adult, £26 per child. It’s also a great place to take the children to learn to ski, with uncrowded slopes, good English-speaking ski instructors, a warm friendly atmosphere, husky and reindeer safaris when you’ve lost your ski legs and a magical quality to the short days.

17. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

As timely as one of its watches, Switzerland’s public transport contributes to making it a popular ski weekend destination. With excellent airport links and many resorts within striking distance of Zurich, Berne or Geneva airports via train or bus, travel is flexible and efficient. But don’t necessarily settle for resorts closest to airports, which can get crowded. It should take no more than just over 2 hours to get to Davos, for world class skiing, high standards of accommodation and shopping to get very excited about.

18. SERRE CHEVALIER, FRANCE

Biggest is not always best and although Serre Chevalier doesn’t have the mileage of some cross country resorts, with only around 35kms of marked trails, it does have an excellent snow record, 300 days of sunshine a year and traditional French ambience. A well-kept secret, the area is made up of four widespread villages with good links to other resorts for downhill skiers. Pitstops include Loup Blanc for traditional local food or L’Arbre a Pain for lunchtime sunshine.

19. VERBIER, SWITZERLAND

Situated in a high, sunny and sheltered position in Switzerlands’s southern Alps, Verbier is home to some of the most challenging skiing in the Alps. The exhilarating black run down the front face of Mont-Fort is famous for white knuckle skiing. This is only for those who like their skiing scary and nerve-racking. The non-pisted routes from Col des Gentianes and Mont Gele are also classic runs, while steep couloirs and acres of powder make this a paradise for those pushing the limits or pounding the serious bumps of the notorious Tortin snow bowl.

20. CHAMPOLUC, ITALY

Sometimes it’s the ski company more than the resort that provides the reason for family travel. Ski Esprit, have made the Italian resort of Champoluc in the Aosta Valley, a base for one of their nurseries, with snow clubs and exclusive ski classes for older children, afternoon activity clubs and evening “Cocoa Club”. Champoluc is located below Monte Rosa, Italy’s tallest mountain and once the kids are settled, the surrounding Monterosa ski area is extensive and scenic, with satisfying long intermediate runs.

21. VOSS, NORWAY

It’s not just about ski mileage, nor is it about close proximity to airports: a ski weekend that takes an hour or so longer to arrive but has an excellent flying routes from the UK might just prove to be the one where there are fewer crowds. Voss in Norway proves this point, with unspoiled and captivating scenery, yet it’s very easy to get to via a daily scheduled flight from the UK. So the transfer may take a couple of hours, but the extra hour is quickly made up for with no lift queues and un-crowded slopes.

22. KITZBUHEL, AUSTRIA

The Hotel Schloss Lebenberg is the perfect getaway for those who are looking to be pampered. The award-winning Polly Hillbrunner Beauty Spa in the Vitalturm tower next to the castle is rated as one of the best in Austria and hotel guests can indulge in first class health, fitness and beauty treatments. This magical 16th-century castle, which looks like it comes straight off the pages of a children’s book of fairytales is located in the highly fashionable resort of Kitzbühel, the home of the infamous Hahnenkamm world cup downhill race.

23. LIVIGNO, ITALY

An all-round resort in the Valtellina alpine valley near the Swiss border, Livigno retains its traditional rustic character and offers high altitude, sunny skiing and a more than acceptable 30kms of cross-country skiing. There’s plenty of entertainment and accommodation for all pockets and tastes. If you tire of cross-country, the intermediate skiing is fun and wide ranging but if you need to stay on the flat, you can try snow shoeing, skidoo-ing, horse riding, skating or sleigh rides, or fuel up in the Irish pubs, cafes, restaurants and pizzerias.

24. MERIBEL, FRANCE

For those who want to ski hard and party hard, Meribel provides access to the largest ski area in the world, the Three Valleys, with over 600kms of runs and masses of off-piste opportunities. And even before the sun goes down, the parties start, with Jack’s and Rond Point packed even while the lifts are still operating and “happy hours” starting mid-afternoon. Down in the bustling resort the top spots are Dick’s Tea Bar, The Pub and late night dancing at Scott’s.

25. LE CORBIER, FRANCE

Can’t ski, want to ski, but can’t keep up with a skiing friend or partner? Let them thrash the bowls and blacks of Le Corbier and the vast 310kms of the surrounding ski area, while you enjoy the exceptional learning slopes and easy going blue runs on good snow that surround Le Corbier. A great choice for mixed ability skiers, learners will feel completely comfortable, there’s a nursery area with wonderful snow at the top of the resort for that top of the world feeling, yet the ski area is highly rated by intermediate and advanced skiers too.

26. LES ARCS, FRANCE

Proving it’s not just about height and steepness, although that helps, the new Vanoise Express cable car link to La Plagnes opens up 420kms of challenges in the Paradiski area. Having said that, Les Arcs, which also features Europe’s biggest vertical drop of 2,000m down the 7km black, Aiguille Rouge and the challenging runs around Arc 2000 ensure it’s not for the faint-hearted. The highest of the four villages that make up Les Arcs is Arc 2000, the most popular with experienced skiers with tremendous off-piste and door step skiing.

27. KAPRUN, AUSTRIA

With fabulous family facilities and superb high-altitude skiing for competent skiers on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, Kaprun is hard to beat. Beginners on the village slopes benefit from great instruction at the ski schools. The picturesque village is dominated by Kaprun’s church and glacier and there are over 25 restaurants where a three-course meal won’t set you back much more than £12 per head. There are also plenty of bars to frequent when you’ve tucked the kids up in bed. Facilities are plentiful and include a sports centre with heated pool, skating, indoor tennis and squash.

28. ST MORITZ, SWITZERLAND

Mention St. Moritz and chic, champagne and shopping all spring to mind, but only on a par with superb skiing, scintillating standards and celebrity magnet. Ski weekends in this sunny resort in the Engadine valley might even be good or taking in a spot or two of cricket, (on the frozen lake, 3-4 February 2006), some horse racing (5, 12 and 19 Feb, same venue) or maybe a wager on the greyhound racing (26 Feb).

29. BRIDES-LES-BAINS, FRANCE

The natural spa town Brides-les-Bains is fast becoming a popular destination for those looking for a unique piece of France. Formally known as the resort of “elegant ladies”, come summertime this pretty town is the slimming capital of France with a real focus on health and fitness. The Spa de Brides-les-Bains offers traditional oriental baths, aromatic steam rooms to drain out toxins, plus every type of sauna known to man.

30. RUKA, LAPLAND

In contrast to the glare of Europe’s more ostentatious resorts, Lapland offers the novice skier unspoiled, pristine surroundings, trees dripping with snow, a wilderness of frozen lakes and snow-sculpted forests. Close to the Arctic Circle, the resort of Ruka is a fabulous place to learn to ski, thanks to its combination of uncrowded slopes, small classes and friendly, English speaking instructors.

31. MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, ITALY

Set high in the Dolomites, this resort is a fabulous family destination. Featuring high quality accommodation and a more sophisticated après ski scene than most European resorts, Madonna offers an excellent range of skiing from the gentle slopes of Campo Carlo Magno to the terrifying 3-Tre World Cup run. Book your children into the local ski school and their English-speaking instructor will come and collect them from the hotel each morning, a service anybody who has skied with young children will surely appreciate.

32. SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

The Sound of Music city and Mozart’s birthplace, Salzburg is a ski destination with a difference, combining history with culture and the best of a city break, while the surrounding ski resorts, such as Zell am See, Kitzbühel, Obertauern, Gastein Valley, Leogang and Schladming, provide the perfect opportunity to ski.

33. SAAS FEE, SWITZERLAND

Feast your eyes on the towering mountains and dazzling blue glaciers that form a stunning backdrop to the charming Alpine village of Saas Fee, then indulge your body with the sumptuous spa treatments of the five-star Ferienart Resort & Spa, a luxurious spa resort in the centre of the village. Less conventional treatments include a Chardonnay wrap, where guests are smothered in grape-skins and a choice of massages, spa treatments, sauna and steambaths. Skiing is phenomenal for all levels.

34. LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY

The little lakeside town of Lillehammer, where the 1994 Olympics took place, is not actually a downhill resort at all. It is one of the best places in Europe for cross-country skiing as it comes as naturally to Norwegians as walking. Lillehammer is great for families and beginners with plenty of activities for non-skiers. There is a huge variety of activities including the Olympic Bobsleigh and luge track, dogsledding, night skiing, to ice-skating, tobogganing and much more.

35. LES DEUX ALPES, FRANCE

One of the liveliest of the French resorts, Les Deux Alpes is busy and cosmopolitan after dark with a huge choice of bars, restaurants and clubs. For live music, The Secret has a good season-long choice, The Avalanche is considered the best club in the resort, but the options are seemingly endless with variety from O’Brians Irish Bar to Crowded House for lively atmosphere or the Windsor Pub, popular with Brits! The skiing’s pretty good too, ranking among the highest in France with 200kms of ski slopes.

36. ST JOHANN, AUSTRIA

Located less than two hours from Salzburg airport, St. Johann in the Tyrol is a true family resort. The ski school and kindergarten meeting places are located just off the main street. Bobo, the local 12-foot penguin, will welcome your little ones into ski school on the first morning. Skiing is taught with a huge emphasis on having fun. Aside from the skiing, there are other great family-friendly activities locally including ice- skating, sleigh rides and tobogganing.

37. Moose Mountain, ALASKA
Moose Mountain has over 1,250 feet of vertical, and terrain that varies from beginner slopes at Moose Meadow to the steep and deep black trails North Slope. Due to Moose Mountain’s southern exposure, the area is shielded from the prevailing Northeasterly winds, and thus receives hours of sun each day. In general, Moose Mountain temperatures average 20 to 30 degrees warmer than in town the town of Fairbanks.

38. Eaglecrest Ski Area, ALASKA
Eaglecrest is a community-owned ski area which is located 12 miles from downtown Juneau on Douglas Island. The ski and snowboard season at Eaglecrest runs from early December through mid-April. Eaglecrest is often called the “best little ski area in the world.”

39. ALYESKA Resort, ALASKA
Alyeska Resort is located 40 minutes south of Anchorage, Alaska, in the community of Girdwood. Here you will find a variety of lodging & activities that create a true Alaskan vacation for the entire family. This resort is remarkably at the lowest base elevation (250 feet) for any major ski resort in the United States. This burgeoning mountain resort features 1,000 acres of terrain, ranging from gentle slopes for beginners to a vast selection of double black diamond runs to challenge…

As the title says, new goodies are added to North Voyage! It is outfit and accessories for winter sports and outdoors activities! What it includes? Everything for snowboarding and skiing activities. Great snowboard manufacturers names like Burton, Morrow, Forum, Lamar, LTD and more! Also, skis manufacturers like Rossignol, K2, Head, etc.
That is not all – snowboard and skis accessories, beanies, mitts & gloves, packages, bags, helmets, goggles, and DVDs for your training at home! For women and men, larger, smaller, etc.
For every accessory you will find brief description like length, materials and such, so you can explore as long as you can! Of course, by registering to North Voyage you will have your favorites ready to fill.

Forget the plastic icicles, brightly colored balls and tinsel.

Christmas trees for sale in the Anchorage area are adorned with something truly different this holiday season: live Pacific chorus frogs.

While the small Christmas-tree frogs are very cute, with moss-green sides and black spots, state officials are asking residents to kill any of them they find. The little stowaways could be carrying viruses and fungi, including one that has been killing amphibians on several continents.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says they’ve received two reports of Christmas-tree frogs, including one found in a tree from Washington state and sold last week at an Anchorage nursery.

Health tips for winter travel by car include things you should take on the trip and things you should get done before you leave for the trip.

When traveling by car, just as any other type of travel, you should get your shots before taking a winter trip. The flu shot should be taken every year. A pneumonia shot is taken every five years and a
tetanus shot is taken every 10 years.

Be sure to take all medications that anyone in the family takes. Also have over the counter medications for anything that you may need while on the trip. This would include medications for such things as headache, allergies, upset stomach, an antibotic, a laxative, a diarrhea medicine, and motion sickness pills. A well stocked personal care kit could save your vacation from becoming a tragedy.
When traveling by car in the winter Use advanced planning for the trip. Decide how many hours you will travel each day. Get eight hours of sleep each night. Don’t ever sleep at a rest area, check into a motel.
Take at least one map. You may want to have a state map and a regional map. A GPS is very helpful to use if you know the address of your destination.

Traveling by car can cause fatigue and/or stress even when driving a manageable amount of time each day. Stop at least every 1.5 hours and go to the rest room, stretch and do a little walking. You will not be nearly as tired when you reach your destination.

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Today, new stuff are in offers – footwear – winter and waterproof shoes/boots. Explore and see what is available and suitable to you! More than 700 sorts of shoes are available. Availability for both, women and for men. The ultimate in comfort for outdoor footwear!

Great number of manufacturers: Caterpillar, Superior Boots, Wolverine, Merrell, Irish Setter, etc… Also, in many colors and types – casual, athletic, for running, for deep snow and more.

Hope everyone will like it!

Hello readers! As this is my first post here, let me introduce North Voyage and what it is all about.

North Voyage is a travel website where people can make reservations for accommodations around the regions considered as “north”. Main regions chosen to offer are: Scandinavia (Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland),  Alps region (Switzerland, Austria, and Alps regions of France, Italy and Slovenia) and famous Alaska! Later (not very later ) we will add more options like USA and Canada, and even Faroe Islands accommodations, arranging flights and many more travel accessories. But right now, in offers are those mentioned above.

What you have at North Voyage? You will find here many options for arranging your trip, apropos reserving your favorite accommodation(s). North Voyage has more than 7000 (don’t know exact count, have to look in the database to see) accommodations in offer. Each of them has description and other data like images and maps, etc.

Now the main part, reservations. Reserving process is (very) easy. I know you’re not stupid and know to figure out, but my task is to explain no matter . So, clicking on each of them (www.northvoyage.com/accommodations) you get their description, above which stands fields for choosing rates (for how long you want to stay). Next you get full overview of accommodations near selected (just an overview). Just select (click) the chosen one, or another if you like, that’s why overview is all about. Then comes the main part (again) – you have an option, yes options, to choose which payment processor you want to use (e.g. booking.com – everyone has own price). There you need to enter your payment info and that’s it. If you need question/problems, post here or on forums or contact us.

We have more than 7000 accommodations in offer? How can I manage all this? Ok. That is why registration exist, for you, to make yourself easier, and for us to implement your account for handling with “favorites”. Upon registration, you will have options to add favorite accommodation (or accessory) to the favorites. Tiny sign “f” stands near every accommodation after you login, so next time you come back, your favorites (shopping basket usually called) will be in your account.

Also, we have accessories (luggage and travel maps (more to come)) in offers if you need extra in arranging your trip. Accessories are also handled as favorites, like accommodations, except travel maps.

Have fun and enjoy using NorthVoyage.com!