Travel Briefs

A free walking tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site town of St. George’s, Bermuda, is given 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Mon., Tues., Wed. & Thurs., beginning at the town hall.

The Firenze Card provides a visitor to Florence, Italy, free admission to 33 museums, including the Uffizi and the Accademia, with entry to their permanent collections, special exhibitions and scheduled activities. While its price of €50 (near $71) may seem steep, cardholders can avoid queues and booking limitations and may use public transportation for free within the city.

Located in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the new Hepworth Wakefield (phone +44 [0] 1924 247360) is England’s largest art gallery outside of London.

Visitors to the UK can enjoy savings of 50% on meals throughout the country with a new dining card, the Tastecard. Valid at over 5,000 restaurants, the 14-day Tastecard costs £25 ($40) and covers two people.

It is available at the Encore desk of the Britain & London Visitor Centre (1 Regent St., London). A list of participating restaurants is at www.tastecard.co.uk.

The iPilot Flight Simulator Experience at Munich Airport lets you “pilot” a Boeing 737 Next Generation with a fight instructor, choosing from 500 routes (such as flying over Hong Kong or from Munich to Innsbruck over the Alps).

A simulation flight costs €69 (near $96), half hour, or €129 ($178), one hour. Open 10 to 9 daily on the arrival level of Terminal 2. For reservations, phone 089 97583700 or 0162 8477738 or visit www.flyipilot.de.

The restored remains of ancient Roman houses uncovered beneath the 16th-century Palazzo Valentini in Rome are now on permanent display.

Departing from Stanley, Hong Kong, 30-minute sailings in a 28-meter junk around Victoria Harbour are run by Aqua Luna (Pier 1, near the Cultural Center, & Pier 9, Central Ferry Terminal; phone +852 2116 8821).

Afternoon sailings (HKD150, near $19) Tues. & Fri. at 1:30 & 2:30 p.m. Evening sailings (HKD190) daily every hour from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with “Symphony of Lights” harbor show sailing (HKD240) at 7:30.

On Grand Cayman, the Cayman Motor Museum (864 North West Point Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-1202, Cayman Islands; phone, in the US, 345/947-7741), near Boatswain’s Beach, has 80 vintage vehicles on display. This private collection includes the “very first automobile ever produced,” an 1886 Benz, and the original Batmobile from the 1960s television show.

Open 9-5 Mon.-Sat. $15 adult or $7.50 child under 12.

Showing the evolution of video games, the Computerspielemuseum (Computer Game Museum, Karl-Marx-Allee 93a, 10243 Berlin, Germany; phone +49 30 60988577) has opened in Berlin, featuring over 300 games, interactive installations, computer hardware and art. Among exhibits are about 50 influential gaming machines, a 3-D simulator and a restored prototype virtual-reality system. Open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. except Tuesday. €8 ($11.30) adult or €5 senior.

Rome’s Museo Missionario di Propaganda Fide (Via di Propaganda, 1/C), housed in the 17th-century Palazzo di Propaganda Fide (designed by Bernini and Francesco Borromini), contains documents, sculptures and photographs that recount four centuries of missionary work by the Catholic church. Visitors also have access, for the first time, to the halls and chapels of the Baroque palazzo. €8 ($11.75). Museum open 2:30-6 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.