European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Let s go compiled by Michele Ray Stuttgart any Way the City of Stuttgart offers nearly As Many ways to see the sights As there Are sights to see. The Tours organized by the City visitors office Range from bus Tours to area air plane sightseeing flights. Here arc a few selections from the Many programs offered. Beautiful Stuttgart features the major attractions of the City. The two hour bus tour encompasses the inner City and the television Tower the three hour trip highlights the inner City and neighbouring bad Cannstatt with a wine tasting in soul tart Ohlbach on sundays the television Tower is substituted for the wine tasting. The two hour tour costs 17 Marks about si.40 for adults 10 Marks s5.50 for children apes 6-15. The longer tour costs 20marks s11 fora dulls and 11 Marks s6.10 for children. Group and family discounts Are available for both trips. Tours run throughout the year the daily schedule until sept. 30 is 10 . And 2 ., beginning and ending at the Hindenburg Bau across from the main train station. Tickets Are available at the station s tourist information Booth. Stuttgart nights gives a sampling of Stuttgart s night life. Tours Start at the television Tower. After dinner in a swabian wine cellar the hours continue to a dance club and two nightclubs featuring strip lease shows. Price is 95 Marks $531, including dinner Ami a drink. Tours Are held year round on wednesday. Friday and saturday nights from 7 30  To 1 30 . Sign up is at the information Booth at the train station minimum number for the Lour is 12. Stuttgart overflights Circle the areas of Vaihinger Kylle Bergand Necka Hafen. Flights last approximately 12 minutes. The Price is 35 Marks s19.50 per person with a minimum of three passengers. Departure Point is Stuttgart Airport. The City tourist office maintains a Complete listing of City sponsored Tours with descriptions and information on Dales and prices. Stop at the tourist information Booth at the train station for the listing or Call the City tour office at 07121-2228240 or 241. Holiday inn special rates the Holiday inn hotel Chain is offering a special Deal throughout the year for military id card holders slaying Over a i riday saturday or sunday in one of 19 hotels in West Germany. The charge is 75 German Marks $42 per person per night for double room accommodations including breakfast Buffet. Single room supplement is 30 Marks $16 per night. The Price includes use of swimming Pool and fitness equipment. Children up to lil years old slay free when sharing their parents room and cribs Are free of charge. The weekend Rales apply every Day during july and August and special weekday discount rates Are available from individual hotels. An enormous figure of a French revolution period woman dominates visitors to the Paris fair. Participating Holiday inn hotels Are in the cities of Augsburg Baden Baden Cologne Disseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hannover Heidelberg Mannheim City Center Munich Passau Stuttgart Sindel Fingen Wiesbaden Anil Wolfsburg. Holiday inns in Amsterdam Netherlands Leiden Netherlands London and Paris also offer discounts to military . Card holders. Check with the hotels for prices. For More information Call the International Holiday inns reservations office at 0130-5678. Italian Beach vacations clean water and gently sloping Sand make Babione Italy a pleasant spot for vacationers. The resort Between tries and Venice on the Adriatic sea. Offers Tennis courts swimming pools min Golf Beach games boat rental and Many other act Vilu a. There Are nightclubs and discos or evening entertainment. The town has a Large selection of italian handicrafts and Small shops and is famous for its venetian dishes and venetian and Friuli wines. Organized hours of the area Are available As Well. The air Force morale welfare and recreation division s outdoor recreation office Aviano a offers rental apartments at Babione Beach. The apartments Are available from May 27 through sept 30. Rental begins on saturday at noon and continues through the following saturday at 10 . The Price is $207 per week for a one bedroom apartment sleeps four and $238 for a two bedroom apartment. Each apartment includes a Kitchen bathroom and Balcony or Patio. Not provided Are air conditioning linens food and 110-Voll transformers. A 50 percent Deposit must be paid no later than two weeks from Date of reservation. Deposits Are non refundable except in Case of an emergency and must be paid in dollars. The balance is paid Al outdoor recreation Aviano a prior to departure to Babione. Out of country reservations require a letter of intent accompanying the Deposit confirming Dales and size of apartments include Complete mailing address. The italian visitors tax must be paid in lira by each person for the period of stay. Payment is due on receipt of apartment keys. These rates Are 2,7 10 lire s2 for adults and children Over 12 years of Ige 1,350 lire $1 for children Ages 3-12. There is no charge for children under 3. Call Aviano military 632 2633 or civilian 0434-651141 ext. 2633 for More information. Trout fishing in Austria the Weissensee in the Carinthia a Region of Austria offers some of the Best Lake Trout fishing in the area. The Angling season which opened May 10, spotlights an International fishing com Elilion May 26, 27, and continues until oct. 20. For information on fishing accommodations or the Region Contact the Harnisch Region Verk Ehrsam a 9762 Weissensee Austria. Telephone from West Germany 0043-4713-22200. Buckenberg Cavern open House the 3rd French Husare regiment Al Ika Kenberg Cavern Pforzheim West Germany invites the Public loan open House May 27 and 28. The open House w ill provide the Public an Opportunity to Lour the Cavern. Among the events and exhibits planned Are a display of French and German weaponry and French German precision parachuting. Games entertainment Pony Riding or children refreshments and a healthy helping of French food will be on hand As Well. Pforzheim is situated Between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart on autobahn 8. Buckenberg Cavern is located at St. Georgen Sleigh outside the City. For More information about the open House Contact the Cavern at 07231-62400. It s the year of the anniversary especially in France if you had to define 19r9 in five words or less a Good bet would be year of the  anniversaries of cities and great events Are being observed in various places on the continent and in Britain this year. Bonn the West German capital is celebrating its second millennium. The West German runner up is Hamburg which celebrates its 800th charter year. Savon Linna Finland reaches the Ripe old age of 350. 1 he most somber event being marked is the 50lh anniversary of the Start of world War ii. Directly linked to the War s aftermath is another anniversary lht-40lh year of statehood for West Germany. Across the Channel Britain celebrates the 300lh anniversary of the glorious revolution that led to the Bill of rights in 1689. But this year s biggest anniversary is the Bicentennial of the French revolution. The French have pulled out All the slops for their Bicentennial celebrations exhibitions and spectacles Lake place in Paris and surrounding areas throughout the year. Even seemingly unrelated events Are adopting the revolutionary theme. Visitors to the Paris Spring fair were greeted with a towering inflated revolutionary period woman looming from the rafters. The 24-hour be mans Auto race bids spectators to visit in the year of the  liven the opera festival of Versailles is being billed As the High Point of the 200th anniversary of the French  surprisingly though one of the most elaborate and expensive spectacles dedicated to the French Bicentennial is in Brighton England. The result of several years preparation and an investment of More than 1 million pounds about s1.7 million tale of two cities Al the Corn Exchange tells the Story of the French revolution through the eyes of a Young englishman who poured France in 1789. 1 through a series of Tableaux the animated head of Arthur Young describes the events leading up to the revolution and its aftermath both in France and England. The exhibit features models of the court of Versailles and the More austere English court. Tableaux of taverns in both country capitals show the reactions of common people to news of the revolution. The culmination of the spectacle comes at the end of the walk through exhibit. As visitors near the last scene of the show the lights dim. Echoes of a noisy mob become louder and a spotlight illuminates a working Guillotine Complete with executioners and victim. Note a Tje of two cities is at the Corn Exchange next to the Royal Pavilion Brighton England until july 1. The show is open monday saturday 10 . To 6 ., wednesday 10 . To 8 ., and sunday noon to 6  Admission is 3 pounds s5.10 for adults 1.50 pounds $2.55 for children. The exhibit will move to the o d Koyal Hall Royal horticultural society Vincent Square London from july 24 to sept. 15, after september the show is expected to move to Paris. May 11, 1989 to trips Magazine 21