Evening star., 1953-10-18
he Travellers Notebook
By Jacques Futrelle, Jr.
The Stor's Travel Editor

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quarters of the World" has been
inaugurated by British West In
dian Airways. Flights connect
this principal island of the Cay
man group, which has resort
facilities, with Havana and
Kingston. The Cuban fight is on
alternate Thursdays; the ia
maican, once weekly. Sample
round "trip fare, Havana Grand
Cayman, $60.3O, plus tax.
File these spring dates Of 1854
in your memory: Virginia's Gar
den Week, which annually in
spires the years first major
short-trip surge of motoring, has
been set for April "a through
May /.
With the departure of ocean
bathers. Atlantic City once again
is offering eQuestrians "the
worlds safest bride path" Bor-
dered on one side by the rolling
surf and on the other by the
and its hotel skyline,
the beach will be open daily for
riding until Memorial Day. A
number of stands along the path
offer horses for rent.
Shells for Collectors
Wearing flippers and a glass
Teddy Nelson dived into
the ocean 10 to IL miles out from
Bermuda's shore to collect rare
shells to sell visitors. His finds
are on display at his Tropic
Shop, between Hamilton and the
South Shore beaches. The sew
eral hundred kinds of rare shells
he offers include rose-colored
giant conchS and purple sea
fans. Other specimens he har-
vested from the sea include
bleeding g-teeth, Venetian scallop,
baby tulips, soldier conch, tiger
and calico clans, lace shells and
the ringtop cowrie.
Restaurants and hotels of
Quebec's Ste. Marguerite-Ste.
Adele area long have been
known for their French and Ca
madam specialties. This season,
they started something new.
Twenty-three of the dining
rooms have banded together in
what they call lie Praadis du
Gourmet" Each has chosen a
certain dish to feature on it's
menu every day in the year. So
there are % places for CASTRO
nomic adventure.
TropicoI Porkwoy
A parkway is being created in
the middle of Washington ave-
nue., one of Miami Beach's main
Jhoroughfares. 1t will be planted
with brilliant tropical Towering
shrubs.
For the first time, North Car
olina has included in it's direc-
tory of accommodations, trailer
camps and mobile home parks.
There are 68 of them. Prices
range from 81 to $3.50 a day,
and from SIG to $25 a month.
Florida's Fort Lauderdale, in
pointing out the growing pop
ularity of October and November
to vacationers, is quoting pre-
winter prices "at most hotels and
apartments along the ocean and
downtown. At the beach, luxury
hotel rooms which rent for $50
a day in midwinter, may be had
now for $8." the resort reports.
Apartments costing SITS a week
in February are available through
November at $685."
Arrangements have been
worked out for tours of Spain
and Morocco to dovetail with
calls at Gibraltar by four Italian
Line ship sailings. These sailings
are the Andrea Doria from New
York on November 4 and %,
the November II departure of
the Saturnia and the December
5 sailing of the Vulcania. After
completing the land tours, pas
sengers board the next Italian
Line sailing at Gibraltar for
Naples and Genoa. In Spain,
tourists will visit Algeciras, Sc
vile. Cordoba, Madrid, Toledo.
Ell Escorialm Granada and Ma
laga. In the Morocco tour, they
will see Tangier, Marrakech, Cas-
ablanca. Rabat and Fez. Fares
published for the To-day tour
of Spain are about $170 for each
of two persons.
More Howoiion Tours
One international travel
agency has taken note of the
growing popularity of Hawaiian
vacations by increasing to 10
the number of escorted tours it
will operate to the Pacific is
land in 1854. Sailings will be
aboard the Matson Lines lux
urious Lurline, although tour
lists may elect to fly out and sail
back.
Janaica's Chatham Hotel, at
Montego Bay, will open eight
new bungalows on the grounds.
The new facilities are to be
ready by December. A 75-by-30-
foot' saltwater swimming pool
also is being built.
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