We told you earlier aboutthe benefits of booking packages through Untours as demonstrated in their Budapest apartment stay. Now for the fallseason, Untours is lopping off over 200 bucks a head to put you in the hillyand rustic Subbética--the very heart of Spanish Andalusia--for a full 14 daysin a private, furnished farmhouse for an initial price of $1,633 per personbased on double occupancy.
But, since these farmhousescan be quite large, you can reduce individual costs even more by traveling inlarger groups. Your cost per person for a group of four is only $1,351 for thefull two weeks (that's $96.50 a day!) and will keep growing smaller as yourgroup grows larger. Family reunion in Spain this year, anyone?
As with all Untourspackages, you are given the freedom to make your own choices as to what you seeand do and when you do it--no forced marches here. The Subbética region iscomposed of limestone hills sporting holm and gall oaks and plenty of farmlandso day hikes are definitely in order. Your rental car included in the pricegives you the freedom to explore farther afield--perhaps the nearby Andalusiantowns including Cordoba, Granada and Seville. Or you can enjoy the friendlyneighbors of the sunny regions. Who knows? Maybe you'll even be invited in fora taste of tasty local cuisine, including salty ham, savory sausages, crumblinggoat cheese and regional wines and anise flavored liqueurs. Foodies willespecially enjoy the optional paella dinner and tour of a local olive oilfactory.
If food isn't your bag, thehistorical and architectural flavors should more than make up for it, with anintense concentration of Arabic, Jewish, Moorish, Roman and even Neolithicinfluences. If you happen to pass any museum, be sure to stop inside--youshould be pleasantly surprised.
This deal is good forarrivals between September 11 and October 23, 2002 for departures from New YorkCity and Boston on SWISS Airlines. Additional departure gates are available foradditional fees. For the full bill of fare and complete details either call888/868-6871 or go online to www.untours.com.