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Mention the fact that you're a senior when you first make your travel reservations. All major airlines and many Italian hotels offer discounts for seniors.

Members of AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons), 601 E St. NW, Washington, DC 20049 (tel. 888/687-2277; www.aarp.org), gets discounts on hotels, airfares, and car rentals. AARP offers members a wide range of benefits, including AARP: The Magazine and a monthly newsletter. Anyone over 50 can join.

Many reliable agencies and organizations target the 50-plus market. Grand Circle Travel (tel. 800/959-0405 or 617/350-7500; www.gct.com) offers package deals for the 50-plus market, mostly of the tour-bus variety, with free trips thrown in for those who organize groups of 10 or more. Elderhostel (tel. 877/426-8056; www.elderhostel.org) arranges study programs for those ages 55 and over (and a spouse or companion of any age) in the U.S. and in more than 80 countries around the world, including Italy. Most courses last 5 to 7 days in the U.S. (2-4 weeks abroad), and many include airfare, accommodations in university dormitories or modest inns, meals, and tuition. INTRAV (tel. 800/456-8100; www.intrav.com) is a high-end operator that caters to the mature, discerning traveler, not specifically seniors, with trips around the world that include safaris, polar expeditions, private-jet adventures, and small-boat cruises down jungle rivers.

European Walking Tours, 1401 Regency Dr. East, Savoy, IL 61874 (tel. 800/231-8448 or 217/398-0058), sponsors walking tours for the mature traveler in Italy. The operator, Jacqueline Tofte, is a native of the Swiss Alps, and has charted specially discovered routes across alpine meadows, remote valleys, and over mountain passes or alongside serene lakes. The search is for wildflowers, birds, and mountain animals, with lessons in local architecture, traditions, and history thrown in as well. For more information on the Web, contact www.walkingtours.com. Vantage Deluxe World Travel, 90 Canal St., Boston, MA 02114 (tel. 800/322-6677 or 617/878-6000), for more than 2 decades has taken thousands of mature travelers on extraordinary travel experiences in various European countries, including Italy. Travel is on river cruises and fully escorted land tours. Groups are deliberately kept small. For more details, contact www.vantagetravel.com.

Recommended publications offering travel resources and discounts for seniors include: the quarterly magazine Travel 50 & Beyond (www.travel50andbeyond.com); Travel Unlimited: Uncommon Adventures for the Mature Traveler (Avalon); 101 Tips for Mature Travelers, available from Grand Circle Travel (tel. 800/221-2610 or 617/350-7500; www.gct.com); and Unbelievably Good Deals and Great Adventures That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're Over 50 (McGraw-Hill), by Joann Rattner Heilman.

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