Hooked on Trout in Rocky Mountains

Fish for 25-inch rainbow trout in Colorado on a three-day weekend fly-fishing trip Aug. 23 to 25. Participants meet in Denver and are transported to their cabin, which has a view of the Rocky Mountains. Fishing begins on Lunker Lake for rainbow and brook trout. Guests will also fish in a stretch of Colorado River for 15- to 22-inch brown trout and travel through Rocky Mountain National Park to stop at places to fish for cutthroat.

Cost: $750 per person, including cabin, airport transfers, meals, fishing license and rod fees, instruction and equipment (rods, reels, lines, flies and float tubes). Air fare to Colorado is not included. Contact: Chuck Prather, Flyfishing Services, 7925 W. Layton Ave., No 523, Littleton, CO 80123; telephone (303) 979-3077.

Wine-Tasting Tour

Austria, sharing the same latitude as the Burgundy and Champagne regions of France, is well-suited to growing wine grapes. A 10-day Waltz With Wine excursion, departing May 23, visits the eastern provinces of Burgenland and lower Austria, as well as Vienna. Participants will get a taste of history and culture as theysample the region’s wines and learn about the grapes, soil and climate needed to produce them.

Cost: $2,355 per person, double occupancy, including round-trip air fare from New York, accommodations, most meals, motor-coach transportation, a steamship ride on the Danube and Vienna sightseeing tour. Contact: Herzerl Tours; tel. (800) 684-8488.

Mountain Getaway

For a short vacation with lots of adventure, Canadian Mountain Holidays is offering quick trips, four nights and 2 1/2 days of guided heli-hiking in the mountains of eastern British Columbia. Tours are available June 1 to Sept. 15.

Cost: $1,597 per person, double occupancy, including round-trip air fare from L.A. to Calgary; airport transfers; four nights of accommodations, one night in a hotel in Banff and three nights in a mountain lodge; and motor coach and helicopter transportation. Also included are all meals, a hot sauna,whirlpool and all hiking equipment. Contact: Canadian Mountain Holidays; tel. (800) 661-0252.

Italy, Greece, Turkey

Istanbul, the Greek Isles and Italy are combined on a 14-day cruise-tour led by Mesa College philosophy professor Albert A. Benzie on July 16.

Benzie will lecture during the tour as participants visit Istanbul and Ephesus, Turkey; Delos, Mykonos, Santorini, Greece; and Taormina, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Positano, the Amalfi Drive and Rome, Italy. Extras include a Turkish bath with a belly dancing show in Istanbul, a donkey ride in Santorini, a tarantella show in Sorrento and a dinner in Rome.

Cost: $2,914 per person, double occupancy, including a seven-day cruise on Orient Lines’ Marco Polo, three nights in a first-class hotel in Istanbul and two nights in Rome, all meals during the cruise, a welcome dinner in Istanbul and a farewell dinner in Rome, port charges and airport taxes, airport transfers, luggage handling and city tours.

Contact: Albert Benzie, Mesa College, Philosophy Department, 7250 Mesa College Drive, San Diego, CA 92111; tel. (619) 454-1434.

Saddle Up in Florida

Eight-day horseback-riding treks across Florida, Oct. 18 to 25 and Nov. 1 to 8, begin at Jensen Beach, Hutchinson Island, on the Atlantic Ocean. Riding venues include the Florida Cracker Trail, orange groves, a Seminole Indian reservation, a 90,000-acre cattle ranch, sugar cane fields, a subtropical botanical garden, a National Audubon sanctuary, Florida’s largest dairy, a wildlife management area, a rodeo arena, and beaches on either side of the state.

Travel is by quarter horse, swamp buggy, boat and van.

Overnight stays--all in hotels--are in Okeechobee, La Belle, Lehigh Acres and Fort Myers Beach. Rides conclude at the Gulf of Mexico. Along the trail, guests sample such Florida treats as alligator tail, guava cobbler, Gulf pink shrimp, Okeechobee catfish and coconut cream pie. Riders will see wildflowers at their peak, butterflies, alligators, white-tailed deer, feral pigs and Osceola turkey.

All ages and riding abilities are accommodated. Trail boss Gordie Peer leads a group of no more than 12 riders, including staff.

Rides are broken up with stops for lunch and tours. A passenger van and horse trailer stay close enough to allow riders to opt for a softer seat.

Cost: from $2,070 per person, including hotels, gear, equipment, some meals and tours. Air fare is extra. Contact: Royal Palm Tours; tel. (800) 296-0249.

Florence Influence

Spend a month in Florence learning art history or Italian. The study-tour, June 27 to July 26, is offered through the L.A. Community College District. The art history classes will be on the streetsand in the museums of the city. Participants can also focus on the Italian language program taught by Italian professor Damiano Marano. The group will also attend three evening cultural performances.

Cost: $2,800 per person, including an apartment in Florence or a home stay; tuition at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci; day excursions to Siena, San Gimignano and Verona; a three-day sojourn in Venice; all museum entrance fees; tours of Florence and daily breakfasts for those in home stays. Air fare is not included. Contact: L.A. Community College District; tel. (213) 891-2282.

Tennis in Spain

Karin Huebner, head coach of the women’s tennis team at Santa Monica College, will lead a group of novice tennis players to Spain and Morocco for 18 days departing May 24. There will be five doubles tournaments--two in the South of Spain and three in Morocco.

In between will be sightseeing--at Malaga and Mijas in Spain, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar by ferry, the medina at Fez, a bus trip through the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, and Casablanca and Rabat.

There is tennis instruction and doubles play and a chance to play tennis with the locals.

Cost: $2,995 per person, double occupancy, including air fare from Los Angeles, hotels, all breakfasts, 12 dinners and five lunches, tennis instruction and touring. Contact: Community College Tours; tel. (800) 527-3137.

Singles to Russia

A tour to Russia for singles runs June 30 to July 12 and is escorted by Bob Feldman, retired professor of Russian history at Cal State Fullerton and a frequent visitor to Russia for the past 23 years. Sites scheduled are the Hermitage, Catherine’s Palace at Pushkin, Peter the Great’s Summer Palace in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin Armory and Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Home visits, meetings with political and cultural leaders, and discussions on Russian history and contemporary events are planned. A city tour of Helsinki, Finland, is planned.

Cost: $3,695 per person, including air fare from Los Angeles, all ground transportation, hotels, all meals, sightseeing, ballet and folk dance performances, and the Moscow Circus. Contact: East-West International Tours, 1248 Montevideo Ave., Placentia, CA 92870; tel. (800) 359-6719.

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