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Now is the time to discover the most up-to-date information about AAA Travel’s group trips and travel presentations. As many experienced AAA travelers already know, Discoveries is the best choice for quality, value-packed vacations with the convenience and benefits of escorted group travel.
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A selection of Discoveries cruises and tours currently scheduled for 2019 is highlighted here and even more are listed on pages 8 and 9 of this issue of AAA Now! Our complete slate of currently available upcoming trips for 2019 through 2020 is listed, along with access to digital brochures, on AAA.com/Travel. Look for related destination articles in this issue of AAA Now!
Most of Discoveries cruises and tours conveniently begin right in Central PA by including round-trip transfers to docks to board a cruise ship or airports to commence some tours.
Magical Christmas Markets of
Austria & Germany
December 14 – 21, 2019
Christkindlesmarkts – Christmas markets – add seasonal charm to cities and towns in Austria and German Bavaria. Fly to Munich, then unpack at your Innsbruck hotel for
all five nights, right in the heart of the Alps. Your guided tour includes travel by train to the village of Seefeld,
where schnapps and strudel await you after a horse- drawn carriage ride. Visit Salzburg, home of several Christkindlesmarkts, Mozart, and the Mirabell Gardens from “The Sound of Music’s” Do-Re-Mi song. Wander as you will among Innsbruck’s Christkindlemarkts stalls, listen to brass bands and indulge in local gluwein and stollen. View Mad King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle en route to the Bavarian village of Oberammergau, famous for its Passion Play (upcoming performances in 2020) and its buildings’ painted wall murals. Tour Munich, its Olympic Park and large Christkindlemarkt; raise a stein in the Hofbrauhaus as a fond farewell to Christkindlemarkts and a warm welcome to Christmas and the New Year.
Tournament of Roses Parade
December 29, 2019 – January 2, 2020
Welcome the new decade with a wow! View the flower- festooned floats up close at Fanfest activities. Tour Warner Bros. Studios, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Bel Air and Beverly Hills. See Rodeo Drive dressed up for the holidays; stop for photos at Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Visit LA’s famed Farmers Market. Your top-category reserved grandstand seat gives you perfect views at the Tournament of Roses Parade. A four-night stay at your hotel with included guided transportation makes all these activities conveniently easy. Ask your AAA Travel Agent about the optional Day Tour by Rail to San Diego.
Western Caribbean Cruise
February 14 – 22, 2020
Say it with a cruise, instead of flowers, to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2020. AAA includes transfers and flights
to Miami where you board Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Symphony of the Seas. This advanced mega-ship’s on- board activities and amenities are not the same old song, so be sure to check out the longest water slide at sea,
two surf simulators, laser tag, extensive food venues and extravagant entertainment. The ports of call also are music to your cruise-vacation ears. Roatan, in the Bay Islands of Honduras, provides reef-protected warm waters perfect for snorkeling, diving and fishing. Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico, has lagoons, beaches, jungles and Mayan ruins for you
to explore. Mexico’s island of Cozumel offers marine-life encounters, massages on the beach, Jeep safaris among tropical landscapes. CocoCay is an eco-certified private island in the Bahamas featuring environmentally-friendly activities and fun.
Southern Caribbean Cruise
February 29 – March 7, 2020
Go deep into the Caribbean by setting sail from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Your tropical cruise aboard the superb Celebrity Summit makes its first port call at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands; you can swim with sea lions, zip line, tour Blackbeard’s Castle. St. Maarten’s French and Dutch sides offer hikes to waterfalls, horseback rides on seaside trails, racing on an America’s Cup sailboat. Dominica remains an unspoiled nature island, a paradise for snorkelers, divers and hikers; there are tours to volcanic peaks and hot springs; visit an authentic market. Barbados has fabulous powdery beaches; tour a cave, sail aboard a catamaran, sample sips
at Mount Gay Rum Distillery. Granada has a colorful history; you can visit a French fort, go tubing on a rainforest river, relax on beautiful beaches and snorkel in crystalline waters.
Romantic Danube River Cruise
April 24 – May 2, 2020
This voyage aboard award-winning AmaWaterways’ deluxe Amalea transports you through centuries of European history and culture. Each day, as you travel through Germany, then Austria and Hungary, guided tours at riverside ports, plus a choice of excursions, are included to bring to life the stories of castles and monasteries, grand cities and villages. Explore Vilshofen’s Bavarian old town; visit Passau at the confluence of three rivers. Cruise past Wachau Valley vineyards to tour Durnstein’s baroque cathedral and Melk’s magnificent abbey. At Linz, a popular excursion takes you to Salzburg and “Sound of Music” sites, plus Mozart’s home. Tour Vienna’s imperial architecture; attend an opulent concert. Visit Bratislava for a taste of today’s Slovakia. Your river voyage ends in Budapest, where the view from the Fisherman’s Bastion reveals how the river divides this fascinating city into hilly, traditional Buda and flat, cosmopolitan Pest; you tour both. Onboard meals and wines reflect the river’s regions which influenced Strauss to write his immortal melody of “The Blue Danube” waltz.
Spotlight on South Dakota
May 8 – 14, 2020
Welcome to the West at Rapid City, the gateway to the Black Hills. Each day’s guided tour departs from Rapid City where you comfortably stay for all six nights. Learn from locals the legends and long history of this region. Visit
the monumental sculptures of Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore. Travel the Badlands Loop Road surrounded
by dramatic scenery of colorful geology. Visit monolithic Devils Tower in Wyoming. Along the Needles Highway
are majestic rock formations and spires; watch for buffalo, bighorn sheep and elk in Custer State Park. The Old West comes alive in Deadwood; visit Kevin Costner’s Tatanka: Story of the Bison. Bid farewell to the Badlands with dinner and Western show at the High Plains Heritage Center.
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