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Travel 25 | Thursday, August 6, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" BEAVER TRAILS TO MALAYSIA: The Oakville Beaver travelled with the Chan sisters to the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BEAVER TRAILS TO CHINA: The Oakville Beaver travelled with the Macdonald family on summer vacation at the Great Wall of China. Pictured with the Beaver are Graeme and Angie's four sons, Jack, Iain, Reed and Myles. Take along a copy of the Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, Oakville Beaver, 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington ON L7L 5Z1 or e-mail to ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com. McTavish Travel Alba Tours has added capacity to their Grand Tour of Italy, 13SEP15 departure. The tour includes air from Toronto on Alitalia a fully escorted (locally guided) itinerary that features both Northern and Southern Italy, nightly accommodation in 4-star, city centre hotels for 14 nights, breakfast daily and most meals with wine and water. Special added-value features on the 13SEP15 departure includes upgraded hotels in Florence and Venice; food, wine and cheese tastings; a Vatican Museums Tour; high-quality headsets; an excursion to Portofino and city tourist taxes. The fare, per person double is CAD3,598 plus CAD111 taxes and fees. The tour includes Rome, Montepulciano, Pienza, Siena, San Gimignano, Chianti, Florence, Portofino, Stresa/Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Lugano (Switzerland), Verona, Venice, Modena, Parma, Pompeii, Sorrento and the Isle of Capri. Call us for reservations on this classic tour of Italy. albatours.com Music lovers have a chance to follow a Canadian diva on a musical and sensory odyssey through colourful India. Goway Travel in partnership with India Tourism is offering globetrotters the chance to join opera star and Classical 96.3 FM radio personality Jean Stilwell on a journey from Mumbai to Delhi from 26FEB16 to 11MAR16. The tour includes a tiger safari in Ranthambore, touring in the cities of Jaipur and Udaipur, the iconic Taj Mahal, an interesting visit to Mother Theresa's orphanage and a visit to a local home to have tea with a family. An optional hot air balloon safari over Jaipur is offered at additional cost. The tour also explores India's music, art and culture in the company of Stilwell. Since her performance as Carmen for the Minnesota Opera, Ms Stilwell has become one of Canada's most beloved opera voices. The group will go backstage at a Bollywood studio, enjoy a traditional Rajastan folk performance in Udaipur, visit a local co-operative art studio and enter the grand Amber Fort on an elephant. The tour includes return flights from Toronto on Emirates, flights within India, 13 nights accommodation in first class and deluxe hotels, most meals, a national guide, transfers and all taxes and fees. The complete tour cost is CAD7,999 per person double. Call us for details. goway.com/classical96.3fm WestJet has announced new seasonal, non-stop flights from Toronto this winter. Toronto to Merida, 1X per week, starts 15DEC15; to San Jose, 2X, starts 15DEC15; to Huatulco, 2X, starts 12DEC15; to Sarasota, 2X, starts 18DEC15; to West Palm Beach, 2X, starts 11DEC15. Call us for air, car and hotel reservations. westjet.ca GRAND TOUR OF ITALY JEAN STILWELL'S INDIA NEW WESTJET ROUTES BEAVER TRAILS TO SCOTLAND: The Oakville Beaver travelled with Keir, Mack and Ailis Thompson of Oakville on a recent trip to Scotland to visit family. Here, they are pictured after climbing to the Mither Tap summit (518 metres) of the Bennachie range of hills in Aberdeenshire. The summit is surrounded by the remains of a Pictish fort, thought to have been constructed and occupied in the 1st millennium AD. Suite 300, South Oakville Centre · 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville 905.827.1100 travel@mctavish.com www.mctavishtravel.com Ont Reg No 1437985