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Specials EARLY BOOKING SAVINGS 2 CHILDREN 15 & UNDER FREE ALL SEASON Reserve and pay in full prior to December 15/05 and receive 15% discount Reserve before February 15/06 with a $200 deposit per person and receive a 5% discount Pay in full by March 15/06 and receive an additional 5% discount 2 children 17 and under free June 25-July 9/06 or Aug 20 to Sept 4/06 **Discounts apply to 5,7 or 9 night bookings only** Heritage Award The Honey Harbour , Port Severn & District Chamber of Commerce awards Delawana with the 2005 Heritage Business Award based on Royal Island and other historic preservations. Best Summer Resort Award The Delawana Inn Resort received the 2005 award as the best summer family resort in Canada. Steeped in Local History Delawana Inn Resort Steeped in Local History In 1896 Midland Ontario resident and entrepreneur Nathan Nickerson identified the Delawana Resort site as the best Georgian Bay location for a hotel. Family Reunions Getting together with family is an Ontario summer tradition. Delawana offers one of the best family reunion summer packages. Don’t take our word for it Delawana Inn earns a new lifetime customer! Nikki Jones' family tradition. Delawana guest has the time of his life!! Delawana Gets Two Thumbs Up. Delawana is Great even for the picky ones. Wanakita Wellness Spa The Wanakita Wellness spa could be the main stop during your two-day Spa and or Golf package mid-week getaway, or weekend away. Frisbee Golf Frisbee Golf (or frolf) is now sweeping the nation by storm. The new Delawana frisbee golf course will take participants all over our Ontario Resort property Golf The Georgian Bay Area Challenging golf, starting with the Delawana Pines Pitch and Putt and iron range, and several nearby championship 18-hole Ontario golf courses. 2006: UN Year of Desertification The Delawana Inn proudly supports the UN in the convention to combat Desertification. Looking For Your Own Cottage Country? Discover Haliburton's Champlain Shores Cottage Country Residence . Deeded Lake Front Ownership. Discover Georgian Bay , Honey Harbour , Beausoleil Island and many other nearby local attractions. Read Delawana Inn Resort's Privacy Policy >> Home | Family Resort Vacations | Resort Accommodations | Resort Recreation | Site Map | About Delawana Inn Resort | Contact Resort Delawana Muskoka Resort and Conference Centre is the ideal Ontario location for conferences, conventions, corporate meetings or retreats, family reunions and family vacations. Located in Honey Harbour on beautiful Georgian Bay, the resort features its own executive pitch and putt golf course, sandy beaches, tennis courts, supervised children's programs, The Wanakita Wellness Spa, heated pool and waterfront vacation activities. The perfect resort for family getaways with on site entertainment, fine dining and many different styles of accommodation. Families will love Delawana too with lots of recreation sports activities and children's programs. Movies under the stars, spa, water ski Georgian Bay, play a round of golf or just relax on one of our sandy beaches - Delawana Resort in Muskoka has it all. Delawana is a Muskoka Ontario resort that promises quality and value. The resort features accommodation only a 90 minute drive from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Muskoka region is known for its wooded wilderness setting amongst thousands of little inlets, waterways and islands. Hikers, mountain bikers and fishing enthusiasts call the 30,000 islands region of Muskoka a lakefront vacation destination oasis. Delawana Family Resort and Conference Centre is located on beautiful Georgian Bay with the convenience of being close to many local attractions such as the Wye Marsh Nature Wildlife Centre and Saint Marie Among the Hurons. The resort property boasts beautiful flower gardens and a picture perfect waterfront setting. Ideal for family vacations and reunions, Delawana has cottage rentals and resort suite rental accommodation situated on manicured grounds, in a traditional Muskoka resort setting. If you are planning an Ontario resort vacation you won't be disappointed with the decor and cleanliness of our traditional resort with all the modern conveniences and activities that you would expect in a resort property. Most of the accommodations have exceptional waterfront views and we have a large dock system that makes for a great location to watch the sunset or to just relax and dangle your feet in the Georgian Bay water. Our sandy beaches are perfect for children's play and are a major attraction during beach parties for sunbathing, dancing and sand castles alike. All of this compliments our full children's program. We also have a beautiful in ground heated pool with comfortable lounges and surrounded by lovely gardens. Our many children's playgrounds are nearby with swings, slides and other popular children's favorites. If you enjoy the waterfront try our peddle boats, water bikes and canoes & kayaks or one of our many guided cruises on Georgian Bay. If you are looking for something a little more relaxing we have our own Executive Pitch and Putt Golf Course as well as a number of full golf course choices nearby. Resort bicycles are available for guests to do bicycle touring around Beausoliel Island of Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Most important you'll appreciate the friendly service at this traditional Muskoka Ontario resort. Our goal is to have you come back to the Delawana every year and so we put great efforts towards making your family vacation experience a memorable one. After all, we've been creating family vacation memories for 109 years now. A Resorts Ontario member, The Delawana Inn Resort is your ideal Muskoka family vacation destination and conference resort.

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Before You Leave Home Make copies of your passport, driver's license, credit cards, wallet contents, and travel documents (plane tickets, etc). You also should make a copy of the credit card "lost or stolen" notification phone numbers to include with this package. Leave one set of copies at home with a trusted friend or family member, and take the other set with you, packed separately from the originals. Many cruise ships will hold your passport to expedite clearing the ship in foreign ports. Therefore, I always make a couple of extra copies of my passport to use to take ashore. Buy an under-the-clothing money bag and use it. These can be quite comfortable, and will thwart "cut and run" thieves who have been known to cut purse straps or waist packs right off their victims. Packing Your Luggage Don't rush out and buy expensive luggage. Plain-looking luggage is less likely to be a target. Some thieves might equate expensive luggage with expensive contents. Make a list of everything you have put in your luggage, and take pictures of it while packing in case of loss. Don't pack medications, eyeglasses, and valuables in your checked luggage. (Better yet, don't take valuables like expensive jewelry with you on the cruise.) Although you need to put external (and internal) tags on your luggage, don't list your full home address on the outside. This is a signal to expert thieves that you won't be home for a week! You really don't want to advertise to everyone at the airport where you live. Although you don't want expensive luggage, you do want luggage that will not pop open at an inopportune time. I've seen all sorts of baggage contents (including some "unmentionables") come out on the luggage carousels at the airport, and always felt sorry for the owners whose bags had come open. Consider using an extra band, airport plastic wrap, or duct tape to help secure your bags. You can buy self-locking plastic tags from travel or home improvement stores for about a dollar. These work well on zippered bags. In Your Cabin When you first get to your cabin, check the bathroom and closet while the cabin door is still open. While a ship is in port, many more people have access to it than you might imagine. Being cautious never hurt anyone. In addition, sometimes the locks on cruise ship cabins are not changed as often as hotel locks. Don't leave valuables lying around in your cabin. Put your wallet and valuables in the cabin's safe or the purser's safe. Be sure to use ALL the locks on the door when you are asleep. Don't open the door to strangers. Protect your cabin key and cabin number. On the Ship Although cruise ships are relatively safe, common sense is needed even at sea. Stay in the public areas, and remember that a cruise ship and its crew and passengers are like a small city, not like your family. If you are cruising with your children, set rules just like at home. Establish curfews for your teenagers, and caution them to not accompany crew members to non-public areas. Don't give your children "the run of the ship" while you are in the club, show, or casino. While In Port If you are going to be a crime victim while on a cruise, it is most likely to occur when you are ashore. Most crimes committed against cruise passengers are those of opportunity. I wear an under-the-clothing bag for my money and credit cards. While in Europe on a cruise vacation, there were at least three men on our cruise whose pockets were picked. Two men had their wallets in their back pocket--the worst place to carry it! One of these men was in the elevator of our pre-cruise Barcelona hotel, and another was waiting to cross the street at a busy intersection. The third man was on a crowded subway in Rome, and had his wallet in his front pants pocket. All three of these crimes could have been avoided. I once had my purse stolen while on business in Washington, D. C. I left it on the back of my chair while dining. I now know to hold it in my lap. I was very glad that I had recorded all of my credit card numbers (and notification phone numbers) in a place other than my purse. I was able to quickly notify the credit card companies and my bank, even though the theft occurred at night. You can't put your camera inside your clothing and have it ready to snap that special picture. Don't put it in a backpack, unless you wear it in front! I have a small camera bag that I can attach to a belt. If you want to carry it in a waist pack, put the strap through your belt loops. These tips are all common sense. Use them to make your next cruise vacation a safe one! 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Europe travel pictures, indexed by place Photos are a great way for visual folks to do their European trip planning; they find the places they like to look at and plan their travel accordingly. Pictures below are in "slide show" format. Each group is viewed by going to the first photo and clicking next for the succeeding picture. All photos by James Martin . Austria Vienna (10 Pictures) For info see our Vienna Austria Quick Guide . Salzburg (11 Pictures) One of the most beautiful cities in the world, Salzburg has been used as a backdrop for many movies--the most famous being "The Sound of Music." Belgium Belgium Countryside - Landscape Photos (10 Pictures) The Belgian countryside has a brooding quality that I really like. Brugge (19 Pictures) Pictures of picturesque Brugge. See also Brugge Fall Colors Dinant (3 pictures) The Trench of Death WWI Monument. Ghent's Belfort - A Virtual Tour (11 pictures) Take this virtual tour of the 14th century belfort and its incredible views, then get historical and visitor information on the Ghent Belfry . Czech Republic Prague (21 pictures) Pictures taken before the European floods of 2002. England London Picture Gallery (49 pictures) A separate London Picture Gallery features pictures organized in a single (but long) walk across the city of London. Europeans - People Pictures Europeans - Pictures of European People (6 pictures) Part of Extraordinary Ordinary Europeans: A Photo Essay , this article looks at interesting people and their stories, from Kostas the protector of the goats, to festival goers in costume. France Paris Photo Gallery (21 Pictures) Visit our Paris Picture Gallery to see many of the top tourist sites in Paris. The France Picture Galleries (80 Pictures from 11 villages or regions) Germany Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial (8 pictures) Dachau Concentration Camp photographs. 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Salamanca (15 Pictures) Salamanca is one of my favorite cities, featuring a great and lively Plaza Mayor and an old and attractive university founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX of León. For Salamanca Traveler Essentials, see our Salamanca Profile . Semana Santa in Merida (5 pictures) If you go during Easter Week, you'll see plenty of colorful parades and festivals like this one. The head covering is called an antifaz (the piece of cloth covering the faces of nazarenos and penitents) and it's held together by the capirote (a cardboard cone inside the antifaz, keeping it upright on the head. Segovia (6 pictures) The Aqueduct, Alcazar and views of the scenic city of Segovia. For more information, go to the Segovia Travel Planner or the Segovia Links page. Granada and the Alhambra (13 Pictures) Black and white gallery. First a picture of Granada rooftops, followed by 12 pictures of the Alhambra. Switzerland Lugano (4 pictures) A pretty scenic town on a lake, Lugano is worth a visit. 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