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BMW TOUR 1999
    MUNICH                 GERMANY      
    Group Arrival from Hawaii between (June 18-20)
    Headquarters is:
    Hotel Königshof
    Karlsplatz 25
    80335 München
    Tel.: (49) 89 5 51 360
    Fax: (49) 89 5 51 36113
    Group dinner meeting Sunday night (6/20) at WEISSES BRÄUHAUS.
    Monday morning 8:00AM at Königshof-- Ray will conduct group to
    NIEDERLASSUNG Delivery Center to pick up our cars.
    If you have a lot of luggage you may want to return to the
    hotel to check out and pick up bags. For those who would like to
    caravan, we would like to be on the road for our 5½ hour drive
    to Lausanne by 11:00AM. Ray will provide route maps and instructions.

    LAUSANNE              SWITZERLAND      
    Au Major Davel (June 21)
    Place d’Armes 8
    1096 Cully
    Tel.: (41) 21 799 94 94
    Fax: (41) 21 799 37 82
    Just an overnight stop for us. Lausanne, on Lake Geneva, is the home of the
    International Olympic Organization and should be an interesting stopover.
    Depart 9:00AM Tuesday for 5 hour drive to Provence.

    GORDES                 FRANCE      
    Hôtel Les Romarins (June 22-23)
    Route de Sénanque
    84220 Gordes
    Tel.: (33) 4 90 72 12 13
    Fax: (33) 4 90 72 13 13
    Explore this hilltop town on 6/22
    Tours:
    6/23 The Petit Luberon tour through Roussillon, Bonnieux, and L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,
    with possible side tour to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.
    6/24 The towns of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Pont-Du-Gard and Uzez with possible side tour to Nimes.
    Then on to our home base in near Avignon.

    VILLENEUVE-LES-AVIGNON
    Le Prieuré (June 24-25)
    7 Place du Chapitre
    30400 Villeneuve-Les-Avignon
    Tel.: (33) 4 90 15 90 15
    Fax: (33) 4 90 25 45 39
    E-mail: leprieure@relaischateaux.fr
    Tours:
    6/25 The towns of Saint Rémy, Les Baux and Arles, with possible side tour to the Camargue.
    6/26 Aix-En-Provence

    Market Days:
    Wednesday-Saint Rémy
    Thursday-Aix-En-Provence
    Saturday-Apt
    Sunday-L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue(antiques)

    TOULON
    Hôtel Les Roches (June 26)
    1, Avenue des Trois-Dauphins, Aiguebelle
    83980 Le Levandou
    Tel.: (33) 4 94 71 05 07
    Fax: (33) 4 94 71 08 40
    E-mail: lesroches@europost.org
    We will be given a private tour of a vineyard, Château Les Valentines,
    in La Londe-les-Maures by Gilles Pons, a friend of Ray’s.

    Sunday morning we will take the a 2 hour drive from Le Levandou through St. Tropez
    along the Côte D'Azure to our next stop, an ancient village above Nice.
    Possible visit to the only spa in this area, Thalgo Plus.

    NICE
    Le Saint Paul (June 27)
    86 rue Grande
    06570 Saint-Paul-de-Vance
    Tel.: (33) 4 93 32 65 25
    Fax: (33) 4 93 32 52 94
    E-mail: stpaul@relaischateaux.fr
    Visit the famous art gallery, Fondation Maeght.

    VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER
    HOTEL WELCOME (June 28)
    1 Quai Admiral Courbet
    06231 Villefranche-sur-Mer
    Tel.: (33) 4 93 76 27 62
    Fax: (33) 4 93 76 27 66
    E-mail: reply@welcomehotel.com
    Leave the Côte D’Azure for
    3 hour drive to the next stop,
    Monterosso al Mare in the Cinque Terra.

    CINQUE TERRA               ITALY      
    Hotel Cinque Terre (June 29)
    Via IV Novembre, 21
    19016 Monterosso al Mare
    Tel.: (39) 0187 817 543
    Fax: (39) 0187 818 380
    Tours of the villages of Monterosso-Al-Mare, Vernazza, Coniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore.

    Wednesday we will drive down the coastline of the Gulf of Genoa with stops at
    Viareggio and Torre del Lago Puccini.

    We will stay one night 6/30 as guests of Kay Hoffman
    in a private villa near Cecina on the Etruscan Coast.
    The next day we will drive to our homebase in the Chianti Hills, passing through Volterra
    and visiting the "Mini Manhattan" of Tuscany, San Gimignano.

    RADDA IN CHIANTI (July 1-3)
    Fattoria Vignale
    Via Pianigiani, 9
    53017 Radda In Chianti
    Tel.:(39) 577-738300
    Fax:(39) 577-738592
    Must see events are the Palio Contrada
    In Arezzo, the Market and paintings by Piero della Francesca
    Wine tour in this Chianti Classico region--Badia a Coltibuono
    in Gaiole in Chianti.
    Tours of the villages of Monteriggione and San Galgano.
    Visit spas at Montepulciano Terme or Chianciano Terme.

    Sunday we leave Tuscany heading for our drop-off cities
    with a stop at Lago Iseo for an overnight.

    L’ALBERETA (July 4)
    Via Vittorio Emanuele, 11
    I-25030 Erbusco-Franciacorta
    Tel.:(39) 0307 760 550
    Fax: (39) 0307 760 573
    E-mail: albereta@terramorreti.it

    Monday July 5 we will make the 4 hour drive to Zurich ,
    5 hour drive to Munich, or 7 1/2 hour drive to Frankfurt.

    ZURICH (July 5)
    Renaissance Hotel
    Talackerstrasse, 1
    8152 Glattbrugg
    Tel.:(41) 1 810 8500
    Fax: (41) 1 810 8755


    Restaurants
    France:
    Aix-En-Provence: Les Bacchanales or Le Verdun
    or Les Deux Garçon (53 Cours Mirabeau)
    Arles: La Grande Brasserie Arlésienne or Poisson Banane
    Avignon: Brunel(46 rue de la Balance) or Les Domaines (28 place de l'Horloge)
    or Christian Etienne (10 Rue de Mons)
    Bonnieux: Le Fournil (5 Place Carnot)
    Chateauneuf-Du-Pape: La Mére Germaine or Le Verger des Papes
    Fontvielle: La Regalido* (Rue Frederic-Misral)
    Gordes: La Ferme de la Huppe*
    Les Baux: L’Oustau de Baumaiere* or Le Mas d’Aigre
    Lorgues: Chez Bruno* (Rte. De Vidauban)
    L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue: Café De France or La Prévôté
    Lourmarin: Auberge La Feniere (Route de Cadenet)
    Marseilles: Le Ruhl* (269 Corniche John-F.-Kennedy)
    Mougins: Les Muscadins* (18 Blvd. Courtline)
    Moustiers: Bastide de Moustiers*
    Roussillon: Mas de Garrigon
    Saint Rémy: Alain Assaud or La Maison Jaune
    St. Tropez: La Bouillabaise (Plage de la Bouillabaise)
    Toulon: Au Sourd or El Plein Sud (east toward Hèyres)
    Villeneuve-les-Avignon: Aubertin (1 rue de l’hospital) or Le Prieur*
    Italy:
    Monterosso al Mare: Il Gigante or Trattoria Ciak or Ristorante Moretto
    Viareggio: Romano
    Vernazza: Gambero Rosso
    Radda in Chianti: Le Vigne or Il Pozzo
    Sienna: Ristarante Guido or Cane e Gatto
    San Gimignano: Le Terrazze
    Arezzo: La Buca di San Francisco
    Monteriggione: Il Pozzo

    *Guest Rooms