Better Holiday Ideas For '72
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The British Tourist Authority and BO AC have co-operated to produce an exciting set of unusual holiday suggestions titled ‘Special Interest Britain
IN conjunction with Supertravel, one of Britain’s leading tour companics, visitors can be met at London Airport, transported to a leading London hotel, and the following day begin one of the different touring holidays that last for two weeks.
They range from specially-planned visits to the finest of English country
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J? fairs 8 lamou c y There are tours for the literary minded covering everything from Chaucer to Churchill, and for the sportsman a chance to play on some of the famous British golf courses.
Perhaps you prefer to make your own holiday plans. If so, there is the BTA information desk in the arrival hall at the BO AC Victoria Air Term j na l
Or, from your London hotel you can dial the Teletourist Information Service for full details of “what’s on’’, highlights of the London scene, for starters. This service received more than a million calls in 1970. p or th e family on a budget there j s an excellent new publication by the BTA entitled “LONDON—a guide *° inex P ensive accommodation”.
For the v i sitor not seeking expens ive esta bli s hments and who prefers t h e smaller hotels, there is a fund of precise information on hotels below £3 p er person per night for bed and breakfast. p or instance—from the over 300 hotels listed, we take one random example: The Shalimah Hotel, 25 Nettingham Place, W.I. (one could hardly be more central in London). It has
20 rooms, among them singles, doubles, and “family” with reductions for children. All modestly priced from £2.50 to £3 per night, including breakfast.
Limited copies of the guide may be obtained from BO AC, Box 1361 Suva, Fiji, with them vour reauire ments and once in Lon y don yol ? wil discover that there is in Britain, throughout every day of the year, something to interest you. Be it an evening of ballet or a day at a build ing exhibition, be it farming or fashion or the Brigade of Guards or, indeed, the Bard of Stratford-on- Avon. It is all there waiting for you in Britain—the landmark of your 1972 holiday of a lifetime and you travel from Fiji by BO AC’s famous
Vcio.
Windsor Castle, which (depending on which runway at London Air port is in use during the time of your landing or take-off) can be seen from the window of your VC10.