Here are listings for Dec. 15 and beyond. Email additions to travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double occupancy. Listings are printed as space allows.
BelgiumSHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS: Dec. 17, Brugge snow and ice sculpture festival, 43 euros adults, 40 euros ages 4-12, 30 euros up to age 3; Dec. 27, Paris, 45 euros; Dec. 30-Jan. 1, New Year’s in London, 420 euros single, 260 euros double, 175 euros ages 5-12, 100 euros up to age 4; Feb. 4 and 5, early Valentine weekend in Paris, 185 euros single, 130 euros double, 100 euros up to age 11; Feb. 25, London, 70 euros; Feb. 18-21, Lisbon (Portugal), 920 euros single, 800 euros double, 785 euros triple, 655 euros up to age 9; April 5-14, Spain, 630 euros single, 500 euros double, 475 euros triple, 190 euros up to age 1; April 21, Keukenhof (Netherlands), 50 euros adults, 50 euros ages 4-11, 43 euros up to age 3; June 9, Stonehenge, Salisbury (England), 100 euros adults, 95 euros children ages 5-15, 90 euros children up to age 4; May 17-20, Polish pottery and Czech crystal shopping trip, 390 euros single, 345 euros double; July 10-20, China, 2,960 euros single, 2,540 double, 2,500 euros children ages 2-11 . Call 32 (0) 65 4 4 3884, email shapetripsandtours1@gmail.com or visit www.shape2day.com.
GermanyKAISERSLAUTERN OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 16, Mainz Christmas market, $29; Dec. 17, Pied Piper’s Christmas market, $69 adults, $59 children; Dec. 18, Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Nuremberg Christmas markets, $59 adults, $49 children; Dec. 17, Paris express, $89 adults, $49 children; Dec. 23, Bernkastel-Kues Christmas market, $29; Dec. 24, Salzburg (Austria) Christmas market, $99 adults, $59 children; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, New Year’s Eve in Paris, $389; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, New Year’s Eve in Prague (Czech Republic), $429; Dec. 31, Amsterdam (Netherlands) after dark New Year’s Eve, $89 adults, $49 children. Call 0631-3406-4117 or DSN 493-4117.
RTT TRAVEL/RAMSTEIN: Jan. 7, 16, 22, and 28 and Feb. 1, 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 26 and 29, castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; Jan. 13-15 and Feb. 17-19, Prague and Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 189 euros; Jan. 21 and Feb. 25, Cochem castle medieval dinner, 79 euros; Jan. 14 and Feb. 19, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 89 euros; Feb. 11, mystical medieval Brugge (Belgium), 89 euros; Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day on the Rhine, 79 euros; Feb. 20, carnival in Mainz, 39 euros; Feb. 20, Heidelberg scavenger hunt and old town tour, 69 euros. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
RTT FLIGHT TOURS/RAMSTEIN: Feb. 17-20 and April 10-13, Budapest (Hungary), 699 euros. Flights depart from Frankfurt. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
SPANGDAHLEM INFORMATION, TICKETS AND TRAVEL: Dec. 17, Aachen Christmas market and Lindt chocolate factory, 30 euros adults, 25 euros children ages 3-12; Dec. 17, medieval dinner at Cochem castle, 65 euros adults; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Berlin, 185 euros adults, 105 euros children ages 3-11; Dec. 31, Amsterdam (Netherlands) express for New Year’s, 50 euros per person; Call DSN 452-6567 or 06565-61-6567.
ItalyUSO NAPLES: Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and the Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adults, 36 euros children; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children; Saturdays, wine tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros adults; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children. Children’s prices apply for ages 2-11. Call DSN 626-5713 or 629-4903 or see http://naples.uso.it.
USO ROME: Children’s prices include students. 8 a.m. daily, Rome’s main sights, 36 euros adults, 28 euros ages 2-8; 9:30 a.m. daily, Borghese Gallery, 45 euros adults, 35 euros children; 3 p.m. daily, Love and Death in Rome: 2,700 Years of Scandals, 40 euros adults, 22 euros children; 2:30 daily, Caravaggio: The Genius in Baroque Rome, 37 euros adults, 30 euros children; 10 a.m. daily, Vatican museums and St. Peter’s, 55 euros adults, 46 euros children; 9:30 a.m. daily, Colosseum and Roman Forum, 50 euros adults, 41 euros children; 2:45 daily, underground ancient Rome, 46 euros adults, 38 euros children; 2 p.m. daily, Palatine Hill, 31 euros adults, children ages 5-17; 7 p.m. daily, Rome at Twilight, 29 euros adults, 23 euros children; 7:15 nightly, Rome by Night, two-hour tour 39 euros, four-hour tour 75 euros; 8:30 a.m. Mon. through Sat., Vatican and St. Peter’s tour, including Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, 65 euros adults, 55 euros children; 2 p.m. daily, Rome of the Caesars, includes Colosseum, Forum and Michelangelo’s Capitoline Hill, 65 euros adults, 55 euros ages 2-8; 2 p.m. daily, catacombs with St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran and the Holy Stairs, plus Christian catacombs, 40 euros adults, 32 euros ages 2-8. Call USO Rome at 06-397-27419 or see www.uso.it.
NetherlandsUSAG Schinnen FMWR Trips and Tours: Dec. 17, Cologne (Germany) Christmas markets, $45. Call 0031(0)46-443-7561 or DSN 360-7561.