Ixtapan de la Sal Spa, Mexico A cool mountain resort with perfect weather. Golf available at reasonable prices, as well as the lessons included in our package.
Jan. 27-Feb. 3 and Feb 3-10, 2008 +++ PLUS Feb. 10-17
Ixtapan de la Sal itself is a four-star resort with 220 rooms. The spa is surrounded by lush tropical gardens, has a 18-hole golf course, 3 pools, mineral and thermal pools, lawn tennis, hiking, and much more. It is located 65 miles from the Mexico City Airport. Altitude is 5400 ft. and air is cool and delicious. Spa or Mexican food is excellent and the water supply is purified. Each guest has a robe and personal products supplied. Rooms are modern with large bathrooms, television, phones, nice personal products. The spa offers the latest in treatments with a fully equipped locker area, shops on location, and several classes each day. A charming village is close by for shopping and loading up on fabulous creams at the local pharmacy Rossy. If you tire of pampering and exercise, the resort offers side trips to Taxco, Cuernavaca, Metepec and more. Our group usually gets together for a group discount to Taxco for silver shopping. Another benefit of going with the Women's Travel Club group. Transfers: Individual round trip airport transfers are $320 per car. If you send us your complete flight schedule 30 days before departure, we group you with others to lower the cost. We will have a group transfer at 3PM from Mexico City Benito Juarez Airport on arrival days and 9AM on departure days. Note: if your flight is before 6AM or late at night, a slight surcharge can apply to private transfers quoted above. CHECK OUT ANDRES, A FAB SHOP IN TAXCO THAT WE VISIT. WWW.ANDRESARTINSILVER.COM.MX Mexico City and Monarch Mania add on: Join us for a pre tour to Ixtapan de la Sal trip. Price: $1050. Deposit: $400. Single: $175. We begin in Mexico City and continue to view the annual migration of Monarch butterflies.24 Jan. Arrive Mexico City with transfer to the hotel located in the heart of the historic center at the Zocalo-Holiday Inn Zocalo. Tonight enjoy a welcome dinner. (dinner). One transfer at 3PM, optional transfers available. 25 Jan. Today we begin with a viewing of murals by Diego Rivera at the Presidential Palace then visit the Metropolitan Cathedral and the ruins of the Templo Mayor. Tour the famous anthropological Museum and the Chapultapec Park then continue to the south of the city and the Frieda Kahlo Museum Casa Azul where the group breaks for lunch at San Angel. Later enjoy a float around the floating gardens of Xochimilco before returning to the hotel. (breakfast, lunch) 26 Jan. Depart Mexico City at 8:00AM for Angangueo with check-in hotel Don Bruno. We travel through the central highlands to Toluca where we will visit the Vitral de Cosmos, a beautiful indoor garden featuring stunning stained glass windows and exhibiting the grand variety of plants and flowers. After a tour of the city highlights and lunch continue to the town of Angangueo. Check-in to hotel where we enjoy dinner this evening. (breakfast, lunch, dinner) 27 Jan. After breakfast check-out we continue to the nearby Rosario Butterfly Sanctuary for our encounter with the Monarch Butterflies. In Angangueo we exchange vehicles for the back of an open truck as we drive through the pastoral countryside to the starting point of the sanctuary trail. The path is groomed but sometimes fairly steep but with convenient benches for occasional rests along the way. Near the top of the trail loop the density thickens until we reach the center of the resting monarchs. Millions of monarchs cover the tall oyamel and fir trees, and, as the sun warms their black-and-orange wings, the butterflies fill the air, illuminating the area. The sight can be spectacular and some Mexicans still hold the Aztec belief that the souls of the dead are reborn as monarchs. After lunch continue to Ixtapan de la Sal resort or return with the driver to Mexico City Airport or hotel for optional night. (breakfast, lunch). Note: do not book flights until 5PM from Mexico City.
|
|||
*Itineraries subject to minor changes- fuel surcharges included in trip prices where airfare is included. Not included: airport taxes, government fees and September 11th Security Fee. Prices per person based on double occupancy. To book this trip please fill out our new member application if applicable and then the booking form. The Women's Travel Club (USA), Inc.
| |||
