【推荐2】Reserve seats on any 2017 Rick Steves tour today, and you’ll save $ 100 per person! To receive your early booking discount, you must reserve a 2017 tour by midnight on November 30, 2016. Discounts are for new bookings only and must be secured with a $400 per person deposit(订金).

See our Conditions:

Tour price guarantee: our tour prices do not include air tickets, and may be adjusted without notice due to possible changes in currency rates and trip costs. However, your price for the tour you’ve selected will be guaranteed the moment we receive your deposit.

Included in the price of each tour: Sightseeing tours by a Rick Steves’ Europe (RSE) guide, and local guides when appropriate, including all admission to sights seen as a group; all breakfasts and half of your dinners; accommodation each night; all transportation from the first hotel to the last hotel of the tour; all RSE guide, local guide and driver tips.

The plans of the trip may be changed: Europe is full of surprise, and we need to be flexible enough to take advantage of whatever comes along so that we may provide you with the best possible tour.

Tour payments: Your final tour payment must be paid at least 60 days before the departure. Missing the final payment deadline may result in your being removed from the tour! If you sign up for a tour less than 60 days before its departure, the entire tour price must be paid.

Transferring(改签) to another tour: Up to 60 days before your departure, you can transfer to any other tour in the same calendar year with seats available, applying your existing deposit and with no transfer fee. If you transfer to a different tour, the price of that tour will be applied, effective on the date we confirm your transfer. Transfers less than 60 days before your tour’s departure may not be possible.

【推荐1】Essay Competition

The aim of this contest is to encourage great student writers and to give them a leg-up in their studies.

Prizes

One Grand Prize winner will receive: $1,000 in cash; the essay published in our magazine’s May 2021 issue; an interview with our magazine’s author.

Ten First Place winners will receive: $500 in cash; their names and essay titles listed in our magazine’s May 2021 issue.

Fifty Honorable Mention Winners will receive:a$50 gift card to our online shop.

Requirements

＊The length of the essay should be between 500-700 words.

＊Write an essay on the topic of: How Food Affects Our Mood.

＊Please write about three reasons for believing in your thesis (论点) statement in the form of body paragraphs and back up your reasons with practical evidence from respected sources.

＊Do not write about yourself and don’t explain why you deserve to win the prizes.

Deadlines

Early-Bird Deadline: May 4,2020-Free for the entry.

Deadline: June 5,2020-$5 for the entry.

Extended Deadline: July 22,2020-$10 for the entry.

【推荐2】Visitors to Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas really follow the crowd. The park contains 47 hot springs. And tourists can take relaxing soaks at a bathhouse in the park that uses warm water from the nearby hot springs.

Great Springs

At 5,550 acres, Hot Springs National Park is the smallest national park in the United States. People have been coming to the area for hundreds of years to enjoy its natural hot baths. Starting in the 19th century, several bathhouses that offered baths with spring water opened in the region. Many visitors with illnesses went there, believing that the waters could help cure (治愈) them.

The area became a national park in 1921. People aren’t allowed to take baths directly in the springs. But you can still visit the one bathhouse that remains in operation at the park. You can also drink the spring water from special fountains (喷嘴式饮水器) around the park. And don’t worry about burning your tongue. When the water flows from the ground into the pools, it’s very hot. But it cools before reaching the park’s baths and fountains. 

Home at Hot Springs

Besides the springs, visitors to the park can also see some pretty cool wildlife. Sounds like there are a lot of ways to have fun at Hot Springs National Park!

Fees & Passes

There is no entrance fee for the park.

Camping Fees

Your stay is limited to 14 days at a time. Longer stays require you to move to a different campground outside of the national park. All sites can be used for tent camping. All sites are $30 per night or $15 per night with a Senior Pass or Access Pass card. Senior and Access passes can be bought at the park store.

【推荐3】English club

＊English training in four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

＊4-month (800 yuan), 6-month (1, 400 yuan) and one year (2, 500 yuan) courses.

＊Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon.— Fri.

＊All native teachers from Canada and Australia.

＊Tel: 8872806

＊Add: 306 Xinhua Road

Body-building Club

＊All facilities(设备) supplied.

＊On the top floor of Sunny Hotel.

＊Every evening from 6:00 to 9:00, Mon. — Sun.

＊Drinks and fruits ready for you during breaks.

＊Tel: 6353188

＊Add: 369 Zhuanghan Road

Piano Club

＊One-to-one training on Sat. & Sun. From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm (150 yuan per hour)

＊Experienced teachers.

＊Pianos supplied (提供) for free.

＊Convenient transportation.

＊Tel: 8756038

＊Add: 808 Park Road