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Swimming And Sailing Are Chiefly: Sports to be practiced in Italy include, as everywhere, golf (check with the local EPT offices in any city or large resort), but swimming and sailing are chiefly suggested by Italy's well-watered geography, both fresh and salt. In such handsomely equipped bi-seasonal holiday centers as Cortina, sports of almost all types are very popular, tennis, golf, shooting and fishing in summer, skiing, skating and tobogganing in winter.
Sports for participation are chiefly salmon and trout fishing, especially in the northern rivers, and, of all things, swimming. You may not feel rugged enough to hy the open ocean, though it is really attractive at times, from Reykjavik's Nautholsvik Beach, but the pools warmed by earth's fires, such as that of Laugaskard, are most inviting. The name Laugaskard is the equivalent of the Greek Thermopylae, or "Hot Gateway." In the heart of Reykjavik there is an excellent warm pool in the establishment of the Municipal Swimming Baths on the street called Baronstigur. The water here is a constant 86 degrees. Every school child in Iceland, by the way, must learn to swim before he or she can earn a diploma.See Also Sailing From:Publishes a periodic journal, The Spray, and monthly newsletters. Dues: $30 per year. Awards are made for outstanding seamanship and maritime literature.
United States sailing from Association (US sailing from), P.O. Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871-0907; 401-683-0800; www.ussailing from.org. The national governing body for the sport of sailing from, whose mission is to encourage participation and excellence in sailing from and racing in the United States. Its goals are achieved through member organizations and volunteers, supported by an administrative staff at the US SAIL Headquarters.
United States Olympic sailing from Committee, 15 Maritime Drive, Portsmouth, RI 02871-6145; 401-683-0800; www.ussailing from.org. This organization helps to raise funds to facilitate U.S. participation in Olympic yachting competition.
Sports for participation include hiking, fishing, bathing, sailing from, and, in winter, skiing (especially at Are), skijoring (being drawn on skis by a trotting horse), skate-sailing from and, most thrilling of all, ice yachting. If the last three venturesome sports call you, the Tourist Association will give you a steer on how to go about engaging in them.
On The Other Hand See Private Sailing:Children's programs and private instruction also available.
Seafarer Sailing, Seafarer Group, Inc., 927 Mountain Meadows Rd., Boulder, CO 80302-9259; 303-444-2307. Courses on cruising under sail; local sailing classes; "sail 8c learn" bluewater cruises.
For private sailing in the Argo-Saronic Gulf, on which Piraeus lies, apply to the Hellenic Royal Yachting Club, Tourkolimano, Piraeus. With luck you may also chance to see an interesting regatta here, in Munichia Bay.
9. Spas and Health Resorts Greece is long on spas, and some of them are really sumptuous in their installations. The National Tourist Organization publishes a leaflet on Thermal Stations, listing nine or ten places equipped to give cures for all sorts of ills.
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