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Exploring lost cities in Turkey, Greece

One of the most charming ways to sail the Mediterranean is by a Turkish gulet, a traditional wooden schooner that deftly navigates coasts, coves and bays. Classic Cruises is offering October sailings with seven-day itineraries that start from $1,350. Among the routes to choose from are Exploring the Lost Cities, a history-focused journey that stops at off-the-beaten track Marmaris and Fehiye in Turkey. Kos to Kos, meanwhile, is a sail through Greece's Dodecanese Islands. For more information or to book, e-mail info@classic-cruises.net.

Discounts at Four Seasons Bangkok

The Four Seasons, Bangkok, is a steal when you factor in a free night after booking two. The "French colonial hotel with gardens, hand-painted silk ceilings, and the city's largest lap pool" has "free poolside services, like sunglasses cleaning and frozen fruit," "an air-conditioned outdoor lounge" and deluxe-view rooms that are "some of Bangkok's biggest." Booking by Dec 20 will get you a good deal from $263 per night. For more information or to book, log on to www.fourseasons.com/bangkok.

October is pumpkin month

In the resort of Jackson in the US state of New Hampshire, visitors can take in a whole lot of carved pumpkins. In the annual Return of the Pumpkin People, some 50 hotels, inns and bed-and-breakfasts will be displaying the creative things done with the orange squash, the New England Tourism Office reports. More info: www.discovernewengland.org.

Playmobil Museum opens in Norway

A new Playmobil museum has just opened in Norway, and by its own account is the first one of its kind in the world. Located in the former post office of the harbor town of Kragero, the museum houses, among other creations, entire farmsteads, police stations and space centers with moving parts driven by 76 motors, the Visit Norway tourism office says. The Playmobil world is founded on the collection of Erik Skaarup, who received his first Playmobil truck as a present at the age of three. The museum also has an exhibition of early sketches and designs. See more at www.playmobilbutikken.no.

(China Daily 09/25/2011 page16)