Press Release - Eastern Europe Escapes

Romania-Czech Republic-Croatia-Poland

Pure Adventures Offers Guided Cycling & Hiking Tours in Eastern Europe
Scottsdale, AZ, December 2004 – Proving once again some of the most exciting – and affordable—travel destinations are yet to be discovered by North Americans, Pure Adventures is offering a spectacular deal on brand new guided cycling and hiking tours in Eastern Europe. Pure Adventures, a boutique tour operator, created from the highly successful sister company Discover France, now enters its second season with new guided cycling and hiking tours in Romania, Czech Republic, Eastern Croatia, and Poland. Pure Adventures cycling and hiking itineraries allow you to venture off the well-beaten tourist path and experience the country in a more personal fashion, meeting the locals and seeing the sights through their eyes.

Pure Adventures presents Eastern Europe as a great investment for your travel dollars. Colorful, inviting, full of charm and history, Eastern Europe offers travelers a fresh look at a Europe that has kept its culture intact even as their cities transform into western style business centers. Depending on where you go, you’ll find rivers, lakes, beaches and seas for water sports and mountains for climbing or hiking, narrow cobblestone streets for exploring, as well as a variety of fantastic foods. This is just the thing for the traveler who enjoys a less touristy travel experience. Eastern Europe is the new frontier in travel.

Carpathian Mountains/Transylvanian Treks – 8 days, 7 nights from only 650 Euros!
In 2005 Pure Adventures will have 2 walking tours in Romania that explore both the culture and the countryside. Each guided tour offers you the opportunity to explore spectacular mountains, picturesque villages, and historic sites such as Dracula’s Bran Castle. Both tours are rated moderate level, recommended for fit walkers, and follows a well developed and maintained trail system that lead you to spectacular views. The tour price is, per person, double occupancy, and includes all lodging, all meals, most transfers, and guide services. A minimum of 6 persons is required for the 650 Euros rate.

Czech Republic Cycling Tour/Vienna to Prague – 8 days, 7 nights from 960 Euros!
The Czech Greenways is a newly designated corridor of 100-year-old hiking trails stretching for 250 miles from Vienna to Prague along the Dyje River. It connects beautiful countryside with cultural monuments, historic towns and villages with restored castles and churches. This self-guided tour allows you start your tour at anytime from April through October and includes all lodging, breakfast daily, luggage transfers, local emergency support, cell phone rental, and bike with GPS. This tour can also be done with a guide and support van, with a minimum of 4 persons, for 1270 Euros per person, double occupancy.



Dalmation Islands & Dubrovnik Cycling Tour – 8 days, 7 nights from 1180 Euros!
Croatia is one of Europe’s most beautiful and under-appreciated travel destinations. Located on the northeastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, across from Italy’s east coast, Croatia is known as Europe’s most beautiful garden. With thousands of miles of coastline and an abundance of architectural and cultural history it is an ideal destination for the adventurous traveler. Tour includes lodging, breakfast daily, luggage transfers, guides and local support, guided visits of Dubrovnik and Trogir, rental bike, and all ferry tickets and transfers. Rates are all per person, double occupancy.

Masurian Lakes Guided Cycling Poland – 11 days, 10 nights for only 1645 Euros!
While this tour will begin and end in the capital city of Warsaw, your cycling adventure will take place in the Masurian Lakes region of northern Poland, which has a varied and gently undulating landscape, relatively well forested and covered by several thousand post-glacial lakes. The main lakes, Sniardwy and Mamry, are linked by a series of rivers and canals to form an extensive system of waterways. Tour includes all lodging, Warsaw transfers, luggage transfers, bike rental, admissions to sites visited as part of the tour, lake cruise with lunch, breakfast and dinner daily, and guided tour of Warsaw. With a minimum of 8 persons, the guided tour can be done for only 910 Euros per person, double occupancy! This is also available as a self-guided tour, minimum 2 persons, for 1095 Euros per person, double occupancy.

About Pure Adventures
Pure Adventures is a creation of the highly successful Discover France, now in its 10th year. The tour format is the same: small and intimate tours that give vacationers a low-cost, high-quality alternative to large group tours. Pure Adventures applies the proven Discover France tour model of soft-adventure activities like cycling and walking to interesting, unique destinations inside and beyond France. A "Pure Adventure" is one that gives tourists the independence to move about their destination and interact with local people as they see fit. This approach to touring also results in "pure savings" to the traveler. Because the tours don't involve expensive guides, tour busses and other overhead, Pure Adventures can pass the savings on to tourists – making more of their vacation dollar available to them.

For reservations or additional information, contact Pure Adventures, tel: 800-960-2221; Web site: www.pure-adventures.com