These tours are current as of July 13, 2013. Email additions to Marcus Klöckner at kloeckner.marcus@stripes.com.
Belgium SHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS: July 13, Hever castle, 120 euros adults, 118 euros ages 16-19, 115 euros ages 5-15, 105 euros up to age 4; July 20-24, Budapest, Hungary, 905 euros adults single, 765 euros adults double, 705 euros ages 12 and older, 640 euros ages 3-11; July 27, Amsterdam, 60 euros. Call 06544-3884 or email shapetripsandtours1@gmail.com or visit www.shape2day.com.
Germany BAMBERG OUTDOOR RECREATION: July 10 and Aug. 7, evening mountain bike ride, $15; July 11 and Aug. 8, tour under Bamberg, $15; July 13, Gunzenburg, Legoland, $40; July 20 & 21, conquer the Zugspitze, $150; July 28, spelunking, $35; Aug. 17, Frankenjura, evening rock climbing, $15; Aug. 17, Prague city tour, $65 adults, $55 ages 4-12, $45 ages 3 and younger; Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, Austria, Karwendel, Hütten hike, $200. Call DSN 469-9376 or CIV 0951-300-9376.
KAISERSLAUTERN OUTDOOR RECREATION: July 12-14, Florence $169; July. 12-15, North Sea Jazz Fest, $299; July 13, canoe trip, $39 adults, $29 up to age 11, July 13, Dachau, concentration camp, $79 adults, $49 up to age 11; July 13, Paris, $89 adults, $49 up to age 11; July 13, Swiss chocolate and cheese tasting, $89 adults, $79 up to age 11; July 14, Dreamloops hike, Schluchtenpfad, $29; July 14, Gondwana Dinosaur Museum, $39 adults, $29 up to age 11; July 14 and 28, trout fishing, $59 adults, $39 up to age 11; July 19-21, Venice $179; July 20, Amsterdam after dark, $99; July 20, Brussels, $69 adults, $49 up to age 11; July 20, Disneyland, $159 adults, $99 up to age 11; July 20, Kaltenberg knight’s tournament, $129 adults, $119 up to age 11; July 21, fun forest ropes course, $59 adults, $29 up to age 11; July 21, skydiving, $279; July 26-29, white-water rafting and canyoning, $299; July 27, Europa Park, $99 adults, $89 up to age 11; July 27, Interlaken, $79 adults, $49 up to age 11; July 27, Salzburg, $99 adults, $59 up to age 11; July 28, Dreamloops hike, $29; Call DSN 493-4117 or CIV 0631-34064117.
RTT TRAVEL RAMSTEIN: July 20, Black Forest, 79 euros; July 10, 18, 21, 24 and 27, Castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; July 26-28, Paris, 319 euros; July 25, Amsterdam, 89 euros; July 10-12 and 26-28, Prague and Karlovy Vary, 199 euros; July 11, mystical medieval Brugge, 89 euros; July 11, Trier and Mosel, 99 euros; July 13, GO! Lucerne, Switzerland, 69 euros; July 13, Cochem castle medieval dinner, 79 euros; July 17 and 28, Heidelberg scavenger hunt and old town, 79 euros; July 19-22, Normandy, 469 euros; July 19-22, Tuscany, 499 euros; July 20, Bavarian highlights, Dachau and Munich, 89 euros; July 27, Champagne region of France, 79 euros; July 27-Aug. 1, Italy classic, 699 euros; Aug. 1, 4, 7, 10, 15, 18, 21, and 24, Castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; Aug. 2 and 17, Amsterdam, 89 euros; Aug. 3 and 23, mystical medieval Brugge, 89 euros; Aug. 3 and 22, Bavarian highlights, Dachau and Munich, 89 euros; Aug. 3 & 4 and 17 & 18, Paris bonjour, from 229 euros; Aug. 4, GO! Cochem, 39 euros; Aug. 8 and 17, Heidelberg scavenger hunt & old town, 79 euros; Aug. 9-11 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Prague and Karlovy Vary, 199 euros; Aug. 9-11 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1, Paris, 309 euros; Aug. 10 and 31, Champagne region of France, 79 euros; Aug. 10-12, Third Reich tour, 299 euros; Aug. 10-12, London, 399 euros; Aug. 11, Black Forest, 79 euros; Aug. 14 and 25, Bavarian highlights, King Ludwig’s castles, 99 euros; Aug. 14, Metz and Luxembourg, 94 euros; Aug. 17-22, Italy classic, 689 euros; Aug. 24, Cochem wine fest and dinner, 79 euros; Aug. 24, wine country castles, 94 euros; Aug. 24, Paris express, 99 euros; Aug. 27, Strasbourg and the Alsace, 94 euros; Sept. 1 and 21, Amsterdam, 89 euros; Sept. 1, 4, 7, 12, 15, 18, 21, 26 and 28, castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; Sept. 2 and 19, Black Forest, 79 euros; Sept. 2, Bavarian highlights Dachau and Munich, 89 euros; Sept. 7, mystical medieval Brugge, 89 euros; Sept. 20-22, Prague and Karlovy Vary, 199 euros; Sept. 11 and 29, Heidelberg scavenger hunt & old town, 79 euros; Sept. 14, Cochem castle medieval dinner, 79 euros; Sept. 21 and 28, Oktoberfest, 69 euros; Sept. 22, Bavarian highlights, King Ludwig’s castles, 99 euros; Sept. 25, Oktoberfest, 69 euros; Sept. 28, Champagne region of France, 79 euros. All bus tours are without transfers. Call CIV 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
RTT FLIGHT TOURS/RAMSTEIN: Aug. 16-19, Kiev, Ukraine, 699 euros; Oct. 30-Nov. 2, Halloween in Transylvania, 889 euros; Nov. 27–Dec. 1, Malta, 749 euros; Nov. 22–Dec. 2, Vietnam memory and change, 2,307 euros. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
SPANGDAHLEM OUTDOOR RECREATION: July 18-21, Austria extreme weekend, $745. Call DSN 452-7170 or CIV 06565-617170.
SPANGDAHLEM INFORMATION, TICKETS AND TRAVEL: July 13, Bavarian castles, 98 euros adults, 79 euros ages 3-12; July 13, Cochem castle, medieval diner and tour, 69 euros adults, 50 euros ages 12-17; July 13, Disneyland Paris, 105 euros adults, 98 euros ages 3-11; July 20, Rhine River cruise, 55 euros adults, 48 euros ages 4-13; July 20, Bern, Switzerland, 72 euros; July 20, castle of the Eifel, 55 euros adults, 50 euros ages 6-16; July 26-27, Berlin, 85 euros; July 27, Holland, De Efteling, amusement park, 84 euros adults, 77 euros ages 3-12; Aug. 2-4, Poland pottery shopping, 205 euros; Aug. 3, Brussels, 55 euros adults, 50 euros ages 3-13; Aug. 10 & 11, Paris, palace of Versailles, 219 euros adults, 185 euros ages 3-17 (with two full paying adults), 289 euros single room; Aug. 10, Koblenz, Rhine in flames, 99 euros adults; Aug. 17, Movie Park Bottrop, 69 euros adults, 59 euros ages 4-17; Aug. 23 & 24, London, 115 euros adults, 105 euros ages 3-12; Aug. 24, Cochem, medieval dinner, 69 euros adults, 50 euros ages 12-17; Aug. 24, Belgian, 52 euros adults, 45 euros ages 4-12; Aug. 31, Bernkastel, wine fest, 33 euros. Call DSN 452-6567 or CIV 06565-61-6567 for more information. Dates, times or prices subject to change without notice.
STUTTGART OUTDOOR RECREATION: July 20, Augsburg, white-water rafting, $119; July 23, 24, 25, 26, photography camp for ages 9-13, $90; July 27-28, Austria, Plansee, camping trip, $119, $99 ages 13-17, $89 ages 6-12, $79 for 5 and younger; Aug. 3, Mehliskopf, Black Forest, adventure day, $25; Aug. 3, Stuttgart, intro to scuba, $119 adults (16 years and older) $99 ages 10-15. DSN 431-2774 or CIV 0703-2774.
WIESBADEN OUTDOOR RECREATION: Call DSN 337-5760 or CIV 06117-055760; email usarmy.wiesbaden.imcom-europe.list.mwr-outdoor-recreation@mail.mil.
Italy USO NAPLES: Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adult, 36 euros child; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child; Saturdays, wine-tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adult, 43 euros child. Call DSN 626-5713 or 629-4903 or see www.naples.uso.it.
USO ROME: Daily: 8 a.m., Rome, 36 euros adult, 28 euros ages 2-8; 9:30 a.m., Borghese Gallery, 45 euros adult, 35 euros child; 9:30 a.m., Colosseum and Roman Forum, 50 euros adult, 41 euros child; 10 a.m., Vatican museums and St. Peter’s Basilica, 55 euros adult, 46 euros child; 3 p.m., Scandals in Rome, 40 euros adult, 22 euros child; 2 p.m., Palatine Hill, 31 euros adult and ages 5-17; 2 p.m., Rome of the Caesars, 65 euros adult, 55 euros ages 2-8; 2 p.m., catacombs with St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran and the Holy Stairs, plus Christian catacombs, 40 euros adult, 32 euros ages 2-8; 2:30 p.m., Caravaggio, the Genius in Baroque Rome, 37 euros adult, 30 euros child; 2:45, Underground Ancient Rome, 46 euros adult, 38 euros child; 7 p.m., Rome at Twilight, 29 euros adult, 23 euros child; 7:15 p.m., Rome by Night, 39 euros two hours, 75 euros four hours. Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m., Vatican and St. Peter’s tour, 65 euros adult, 55 euros child. Call CIV 06-397-27419.
Netherlands SCHINNEN: July 20, London, $89. Call (+) (0) 46-443-7561 or DSN 360-7561 or email usarmy.schinnen.imcom-europe.list.schinnen-fc@mail.mil.
Spain ROTA OUTDOOR RECREATION: July 13, Tarifa, scuba diving, $130; July 20, canyon-descending in Malaga, $85. Call DSN 727-3101 or CIV 095682-3101/3208.
ROTA ITT: July 12, Andalucia, $75 adults, $45 children; July 13, Marbella, $35; Aug. 3, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, $50 adults, $40 children; Aug. 15, San Fernando Gypsy market, $15; Aug. 27-30, La Tomatina Festival (giant tomato fight), Valencia, $450 adults double occupancy, $415 triple occupancy, $485 single occupancy; Aug. 30-Sept. 2, Budapest, $1,349 adults double occupancy, $1,200 triple occupancy, $1,500 single occupancy, $750 children. Call DSN 727-3101/3208 or CIV 095682-3101/3208.
