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    The 2004 Tour Itinerary

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    SANTORINI                 GREECE      
    Group arrival from Hawaii between May 22 and May 24.
    For our ten day stay in Greece,
    our headquarters is:
    Kallisti Thera Hotel
    Fira (Main Town)
    84700 Fira
    Tel.: (30) 22860 22317
    Fax: (30) 22860 22962
    Web: www.KallistiTheraHotel.com
    We will tour tour this magnificent island
    and other islands in the Aegean.
    Wednesday, June 2, catch our flight to Munich.

    MUNICH                 GERMANY      
    Hotel Excelsior (June 2-4)
    Schützenstrasse, 11
    80335 München
    Tel.: (49) 89-551-37123
    Fax: (49) 89-551-37192
    Web: www.excelsior.de
    Group dinner meeting Thursday night (6/3) at Dom Andechs,
    one of our favorite Munich restaurants.
    Friday morning 8:00AM at the Excelsior -- Ray will conduct
    group to Freiman Delivery Center to pick up our cars.
    For those who want to caravan, we would like to be on the road
    by 9:00AM, Saturday, for our 6½ hour drive through the
    Brenner Pass to the beach resort at Forti Dei Marmi.
    Ray will provide route maps and instructions.

    FORTE DEI MARMI              ITALY      
    Hotel Raffaelli Park (June 5-7)
    Via Mazzini 37,
    55042 Forti Dei Marmi
    Tel.: (39) 0584 787294
    Fax: (39) 0584 787418
    Web: www.rafaelli.com
    This beach resort, undiscovered by American tourists,
    is the northern most beach of the Tuscan Riviera.
    We will visit the more famous beach town of Viareggio,
    the home of the composer Puccini.
    The location makes it an easy drive or sail to Portofino,
    or an easy drive or train ride to the Cinque Terre.
    Inland are the spectacular mountains of Carrara marble.
    Depart 10:00AM Tuesday for 2 hour drive to the port
    of Piombino for our ferry to the island of Elba.

    ELBA
    Hotel Biodola (June 8-10)
    Loc. La Biodola
    57037 Portoferraio
    Tel: (39) 0565 974812
    Fax: (39) 0565 969852
    Web: www.biodola.it
    Our hotel is situated on a beautiful bay in the northern part of the island.
    We will visit the villa of Napoleon in his first exile.
    There are also castles, Roman ruins, and charming hill towns
    Our next stop takes us into Umbria.

    ORVIETO
    Villa Ciconia (June 11)
    Via dei Tigli, 69
    05019 Orvieto
    Tel: (39) 0763 302077
    Fax: (39) 0763 305582
    Web: www.hotelvillaciconia.com
    We have always wanted to explore Umbria, Tuscany's "cousin".
    To Henry James, Umbria was "the most beautiful garden in all the world."
    St. Benedict and St. Francis were born and raised here, then went on to
    become two of the most powerful influences on Western spirituality.
    Perugino and Raphael started their famous schools here, and still
    today the serene landscapes and picturesque hill towns look
    almost as they do in canvases painted four hundred years ago.
    Five years from now Umbria will be all the rage.
    Today it is still a tranquil jewel, almost never crowded, frequented by the connoisseurs
    and pathfinders who always find the best places before the masses even know they exist.

    RADDA IN CHIANTI
    Fattoria Vignale (June 12-14)
    Via Pianigiani, 9
    53017 Radda In Chianti
    Tel: (39) 0577 738300
    Fax: (39) 0577 738592
    Web: www.vignale.it
    Wine tour in this Chianti Classico region--Badia a Coltibuono
    located in Gaiole in Chianti. Includes a great lunch.
    Tours of the villages of Monteriggione and San Galgano.
    In Arezzo, the Market and paintings by Piero della Francesca.
    Volterra and San Gimignano are an easy drive.
    We will have our farewell dinner on Monday June 14
    in the vineyard restaurant at Le Vigne.

    For those who wish to return by Switzerland,
    we will spend three days in the spa village of Scuol.
    This is a great spot if your departure city is Munich or Zurich.
    The drive to Scuol should take about 6 1/2 hours.


    SCUOL              SWITZERLAND      
    Hotel Engiadina (June 15-17)
    Rablüzza, 152
    CH-7550 Scuol
    Tel: (41) 81 864 14 21
    Fax: (41) 81 864 12 45
    Web: www.engiadina.com
    This charming little village has a well known spa,
    great vistas, or for the heartier souls, great hiking.



    Arrangements can be made to drop your BMW at several other locations
    throughout Europe. Nice, Geneva, and Frankfurt are within easy reach.



    Restaurants

    Greece:

    Santorini
    1800 Restaurant   Ia
    Ambrosia Restaurant   Oia
    Koukoumavlos   Fira
    Palea Orihia    Ia
    Piperia Restaurant   Fira (Fira Square)
    Rastoni   Fira
    Volcano   Fira
    Naxos
    Palatino Restaurant   Paralia
    Sunset Restaurant   Adonis Margaritis
    Mykonos
    Cavo Paradiso  Paradise Beach
    Paros
    Albatros Restaurant   Parokia
    Apanemia Restaurant   Parokia
    Levantis Restaurant   Parokia
    Mitsis Restaurant   Naoussa


    Germany:

    Munich: Andechser am Dom (Weinstraße 7a)
    Haxnbauer (Münzstraße 8)
    Weisses Bräuhaus (Tal 10)
    Katzlmacher Italian food (Kaulbachstraße 48)
    Hohenschwangau: (near King Ludwigs castle)
    Hotel Müller Octagonal restaurant has best Bavaian meal outside Munich (Alpseestraße 16)

    Italy:

    Arezzo: La Buca di San Francisco (Via S. Francesco, 1)
    Castellina in Chianti: Al Gallopapa (Via Delle Volte, 14/16)
        or Osteria all Piazza (Loc. La Piazza)
    Castelnuovo Berardenga: Da Antonio (Via Fiorita, 38)
    Cortona: La Fonte Dei Frati (Loc. Sodo di Cortona, 294)
    Florence: Trattoria Garga (Via Del Moro, 48)
    Gaiole in Chianti: Badia a Coltibuono (Loc. Badia a Coltibuono)
        or Osteria del Castello (Loc. Brolio below Brolio Castle)
            or Lo Sfizio Di Bianchi ( Via Ricasoli, 44/45)
    Greve in Chianti: Il Caminetto Del Chianti (Via della Montagnola, 52)
        or La Cantinetta Di Rignana (Via di Rignana, 15)
    Località San Martino (near Cortona): Il Falconiere (Loc. San Martino, 43)
    Lucca: Trattoria Da Leo (Via Tegrini, 1)
    Maiano (near Florence): Trattoria le Cave di Maiano (Via Cave di Maiano, 16)
    Montepulciano: La Porta (Via del Piano, 3)
    Monteriggione: Il Pozzo (Piazza Roma, 2)
    Monterosso al Mare: Il Gigante (Via IV Novembre, 9)
        or Trattoria Ciak (Via Roma, 4)
            or Ristorante Moretto (Piazza Colombo, 1)
    Panzano: Trattoria del Montagliari (Via Montagliari, 29)
    Pienza: Osteria Sette di Vino (Piazza di Spagna, 1)
        or Trattoria Latte Di Luna (Via San Carlo, 2-4)
    Radda in Chianti: Le Vigne (Loc. Podere Le Vigne)
        or Pizzeria San Michele (Viale IX Febbraio, 4)
    Rome: Supperclub (Via de Nari, 14) a wild experience
    San Casciano: La Tenda Rossa (Piazza Monumento, 11)
    San Gimignano: La Capuccina (Via di Cellole, 46)
        or Le Terrazze (Piazza della Cisterna, 24)
    Santa Margherita Ligure: La Ghiaia (Via Andrea Doria, 5)
    Siena: Ristarante Guido (Vicolo Pier Pettinaio, 7)
        or Cane e Gatto (Via Pagliaresi, 6)
    Viareggio: Romano (Via Mazzini, 120)
    Vernazza: Gambero Rosso (Piazzza Marconi, 7)
    Volterra: Trattoria Il Poggio (Via Matteotti, 39)


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    BMW of Honolulu is not responsible or liable for
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