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A free 64-page brochure listing attractions and activities in the Plymouth County, Mass., area is now available. The pocket-size guide includes facts of historic interest and provides information on major attractions, motels, campgrounds, beaches and restaurants.

Tourist attractions in Plymouth, Mass. include: “the rock,” a full-scale replica of the Mayflower, a recreation of the Pilgrims’ 1627 settlement, the nation’s oldest public museum, a reconstructed 1636 grist mill, the nation’s only cranberry museum, six historic houses, a wax museum and a cranberry winery.

For a free copy of the guide, write to “Hospitality Guide,” Plymouth County Development Council, P.O. Box 1620, Pembroke, Mass. 02359.

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Part II of a free travel lecture on national parks in the West will be presented by Charles W. Noah at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Burton Chace Park community building on Mindanao Way in Marina del Rey.

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Royal Jordanian airlines has increased the number of flights it has to Europe and Amman through Sept. 31. Two new non-stops will operate on Mondays and Fridays from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Amman. Flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays operate via Amsterdam, while those on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday stop in Vienna. From Los Angeles, Royal Jordanian offers three flights a week to Amman via Vienna. For more information, call toll-free (800) 223-0470 or (213) 215-9627.

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Travel photographer and lecturer Mort Loveman will give a presentation on game-tracking in Botswana and Zimbabwe on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Roxbury Park club house, 471 S. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills. Admission is free. For additional information, call (213) 550-4761.

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A free slide show on “Historic America” will be shown by Carol Cohn of the Fullerton Travel Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Fullerton Savings branch, Brookhurst and Orangethorpe, Fullerton. Call (714) 879-9400 for more information.

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“How to Market Your Travel Photographs” is the title of a series of seminars to be given by photographer Dave Wyman at the University of Southern California on three consecutive Tuesday evenings, June 6, 13 and 20. The 7:30 p.m. classes will cover selection, preparation and submission of photos for magazine publication. Cost is $58. For more information, call (213) 743-7084.

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The Warwick in New York is offering a “no frills” summer rate of $99 per night, single or double occupancy, between July 1 and Sept. 10, subject to space availability.

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The 62-year-old Warwick, a 500-room hotel in midtown Manhattan at 54th Street and Avenue of the Americas, is within walking distance of Broadway theaters, restaurants, museums, Fifth Avenue stores, Rockefeller Center and Central Park. For more information, call toll-free (800) 223-4099.

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For the record: To order a free accommodations directory for the Cape Cod area, contact the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Junction of Routes 6 & 132, West Barnstable, Mass. 02601, (508) 362-3225. The address and phone number were incorrectly listed in the May 21 Travel Section.

A two-day seminar in free-lance travel writing will be conducted by Charlene Faris on Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton, 5711 Century Blvd. The seminar, which will show participants a step-by-step approach to getting articles and photographs published, lasts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and costs $125. For more information, call (818) 341-7241, evenings only.

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The Los Angeles Council of American Youth Hostels will hold a budget travel workshop at noon Saturday, at the AYH Travel Centre, 335 W. 7th St., San Pedro. A $3 donation is requested. Special emphasis will be given to travel in Eastern Europe, including hosteling and inexpensive transportation. For more information and a free brochure, call (213) 831-8846.

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A multimedia presentation on tented safaris in Africa, with special focus on Kenya and gorilla tracking, will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Park Newport Clubhouse, MacArthur Boulevard and Jamboree Street, Newport Beach. The program is free. For additional information, call Escapes Unlimited at (714) 771-3154.

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