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Private groups can
be accommodated on unpublished dates. Each tour leaves Tucson at 8 a.m. Friday and returns on Sunday by 5:30 p.m. During these three days, you will visit the mission churches at Cocóspera, San Ignacio, Magdalena, Tubutama, Atil, Oquitoa, Pitiquito and Caborca. The tour is limited to 32 people on the bus plus our staff. The cost is $450 per person/double occupancy (two beds), which covers transportation, two nights' lodging, beer and soft drinks, two margarita parties and all meals. Single supplement is $100. There is no smoking on the bus. Important: All tour members must bring with them documents to prove nationality - certified birth certificate, passport or voter registration card. Tourist cards will be obtained en route. During the tour, talks about the region are given by noted scholars. Thursday prior to departure, an orientation session is held at 7:00 in the evening at the tours' official hotel, InnSuites Hotels & Suites City Center Tucson, which is located at 475 N. Granada Ave.. To receive the special hotel rate, it is necessary to call directly to the hotel 520-622-3000 and identify yourself as a "Kino mission guest." Do make your hotel reservation early. Rooms blocked off for SMRC guests are held until one month prior to tour date. Reservations made after this date will be at group rates on space available basis only. On Friday morning, we meet and depart from the InnSuites Hotel at 8:00 a.m. Participants from Green Valley may be picked up by Compass Bank on Esperanza Blvd. If you are interested in participating in one of these tours, please complete the enclosed enrollment form and return it with a deposit of $100 per person. Balance is due two months in advance of your tour date. Once committed to your participation, the refund policy is: Fifty dollars ($50) of each person's deposit is non-refundable; any amount over fifty dollars will be refunded if the reservation is canceled more than two months prior to departure. If it is necessary to cancel the tour, the entire amount of each deposit will be refunded without penalty. Upon receiving your final payment, a second letter will be sent giving complete details of the tours along with a suggested reading list. Participants receive a copy of the book, THE PIMERIA ALTA: MISSIONS AND MORE, which has detailed information about each mission as well as about the region's natural history, and contemporary people. As these tours are popular and accommodations are limited, please reply promptly to:
Susan Smith, SMRC-Mission Tours For more information, or additional questions, write us at kinotours@southwestmissions.org |
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