Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
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WINTER 2015/2016 DREAMSCAPES 59 T ickets go on sale in early April 2016 for next summer's 27 th annual Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver. Audience favourite Romeo and Juliet opens the festival on June 3 on the BMO Mainstage. It alternates with an award-winning and "re-imagined" production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, set in 1968 Windsor, Ontario. On the Howard Family Stage, veteran Bard actor Bob Frazer will direct a provocative new Othello, its action unfolding during the American Civil War. The festival runs until September 24, and celebrates the 400 th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. bardonthebeach.org R efresh and rejuvenate this holiday season with the new Essential Plus Retreat at Red Mountain Resort in St. George, Utah. Enjoy comfortable temperatures, crisp air and stunning views of southwestern Utah's red bluffs. The Retreat, starting at US$290/person/night, includes a choice of deluxe room or villa, healthy meals, hiking, unlimited fitness classes and a daily spa treatment or per- sonal training session. Red Mountain is located 30 minutes from St. George Municipal Airport and two hours from Las Vegas airport. redmountainresort.com BARD ON THE BEACH RED MOUNTAIN RESORT ALOFT HOTELS HIGHWAY 1 DISCOVERY ROUTE S tarwood's modern, tech-savvy Aloft Hotel brand is on the move, with eight additional hotels set to open by the end of 2015. Alofts opened recently in Manhattan; Santa Clara, California; Stuttgart and Munich, Germany; and Col- lege Station, Texas. Innovations include the new Emoji room service menu in Manhattan, which allows guests to text their requests to the front desk, and the industry's first Smart Check-In system, using a guest's smart phone as a key. alofthotels.com/experience M agical hikes and exceptional guided walking tours await visitors along California's Highway 1 Discovery Route along the Central Coast. Each town's website on the route—midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco—offers maps detailing local points of interest. Click on the map and a special page pops up, perfect for printing or sending to your mobile device. You can also join the locals in more than 70 "feel-good" Stewardship Traveler activities, per- haps planting native seedlings, cleaning up a beach or helping out at a historic lighthouse. highway1discoveryroute.com