Teen Summer Travel Tennis in Europe and North America and Australia and Hawaii

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TRIP FOR YOU!: European teams and The Down Under Team are composed of 12-15 players and 2 full time tennis professional/chaperones while North American teams have 14-20 players and 2 or 3 full time coaches. The itineraries listed below are tentative and will be finalized in the spring when we receive the tournament schedules. THESE PRICES ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
WHEN NOT ON THE COURTS: TENNIS:EUROPE doesn't stop when we're off the court. Generally, we go sightseeing two to four afternoons each week. Carefully chaperoned by our staff, our goal is to give our players an overview of the major sights in the areas and to familiarize our teams with the local "flavor" of each location.
GO FOR THE GOLD - GET THE GRANT: A little bit of motivation can save you big bucks. TENNIS:EUROPE offers a total of $5,000 in grants each summer—up to $1,000 per person. If you raise money for your desired TENNIS:EUROPE trip, we’ll match that amount (maximum matching amount is $1,000 per person). You can fund raise through letter-writing, getting a job, running a tennis clinic or another creative tactic. Once we approve your money-making method, all you have to do is show us records of your fund-raising efforts. Grants are given out on a first-come, first-serve basis. Deadline for notifying us is April.
Prices Include: Breakfast and dinner each day, housing, travel between tournaments, entry fees, practice courts, liability insurance, services of professional staff, locker fees, pre-trip mailings, selected sightseeing.
Not Included: Airfare (we will arrange for team flights at the lowest available scheduled fares), lunches, pocket money and personal expenses.

Mallorca/Barcelona Team visits F.C. Barcelona Stadium

COTE D’AZUR / ESPANA TEAM
June 26th to July 22nd (27 days) -- $8350
Spectacular settings are the trademark of this trip, which begins on the beautiful French Riviera with a tournament in Cagnes Sur-Mer between Nice and Cannes. Practice courts are nearby. We then travel to the Barcelona area where we play one or two Spanish Federation tournaments as well as practice our Spanish language skills with the local junior players. Switzerland is the setting for our final sanctioned tournaments, first in Lausanne and then in the spectacular Alpine resort of Zermatt, where we play in the shadow of the Matterhorn. We conclude with 2 days of sightseeing in Paris, the “City of Light,” with visits to the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Norte Dame and Roland Garros.

MALLORCA / BARCELONA TEAM
June 25th to July 21st (27 days) -- $7450
We fly to the scenic beachside islands of Mallorca and Minorca for the 21st Balearic Islands Circuit. Each tournament has under 16, under 18 and adult singles – qualifiers and main draws – as well as practice sessions and a friendly match or two for those eliminated early. We house in 3 and 4 star hotels near the beaches. Sightseeing ranges from the capital of Mallorca, Palma, to the island’s second largest city, Alcudia, to the beaches and cathedral of Ciutadella, Minorca. The trip concludes with several days in Barcelona, home of Gaudi, the Ramblas and modern harbor area. Practice your Spanish and improve your tennis!

Beautiful Biarritz, site of one of the tournaments for the 2006 Common Market Team

Beautiful Biarritz, site of one of the tournaments
for the 2007 Common Market Team

COMMON MARKET TEAM
June 24th to July 16th (23 days) -- $6450
London, Amsterdam, Paris and the spectacular scenery of Switzerland: this itinerary has it all! We begin with a day at Wimbledon for the round of 64 or 32, seeing a number of top matches throughout the grounds. We also see the major sights of the British capital for two days. Crossing the Channel, we play our first tournament either on the outskirts of Amsterdam or The Hague, with two singles and a doubles on red clay. We will visit the Anne Frank House and either the Riks or Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Our second tournament will take us to the shores of Lake Geneva, for age group singles and consolation singles in Gland, Switzerland, with sightseeing at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Our final weekend tournament is high in the Swiss Alps at Scuol, with singles, doubles and mixed doubles. The trip concludes in Paris, “the “City of Light”, with two days to see the Louvre, Notre Dame, Champs Elysee and Roland Garros. We celebrate Bastille Day, the French 4th of July, with a fireworks show at the Eiffel Tower!

FRENCH MED / ESPANA PLUS TEAM
July 4th to July 29th (26 days) -- $6950
We start our European journey on the French Riviera, home of scenic beaches and life style of the rich and famous. Our first tournaments will be at two nearby tennis clubs in Nice, Capital of the French Riviera. We will play at least 2 singles in these tournaments, while visiting sights from the Royal Palace in Monte Carlo to the white, sandy beaches of Cannes, home of the annual film festival. From France, we travel to Tarragona, Spain, a world heritage city, which combines Roman ruins with beautiful beaches just a short walk from the Tarragona Tennis Club, which will be hosting us. We will play one or two tournaments in the area, each with age group singles. We hope to have a brief one day stopover in Barcelona to see the Gaudi church, the Familia Sangrada and the Ramblas walking street in this former Olympic City. Practice your Spanish! Our final week will be at a Dutch tournament, featuring 2 singles and a doubles, social activities and possible host tennis families. We also visit Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank house and Riks or Van Gogh Museum. We conclude with one day in Paris, with visits to the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee and some last-minute shopping.

Benelux Team in front of Eiffel Tower at sunset

COSTA DEL SOL / RIVIERA TEAM
June 27th to July 21st (25 days) -- $7250
Plenty of tennis in these dynamic international resort areas! For the first 13 days of our trip, we are based at a prominent tennis academy in Murcia or Marbella playing friendly matches, a Spanish tournament, and practice sessions on both red clay and slow hard courts. We also explore the scenic, whitewashed Spanish coast. Speak Spanish non-stop with our Spanish junior tennis friends. Flying to the French Riviera, we play a singles tournament in Monte Carlo, followed by a doubles and mixed doubles round robin tournament in Beaulieu, near Nice. The trip concludes with two days in Paris, the “City of Light”, including the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre and more.

BENELUX SPAIN TEAM
June 27th to July 21st (26 days) -- $6450
This popular trip combines the beauty of Spain with major cities in Belgium and Holland. We fly to Barcelona and then play our first tournament either to the north on the Costa Brava or to the south in Tarragona or Valencia. We will play junior and/or adult singles. We then fly to Holland where we play a Dutch tournament in Arnhem, with 2 singles and 1 doubles with the friendly Dutch. During the week, we visit Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank house and the Riks or Van Gogh Museum. After a short drive South, we play our final tournament in Brussels,, the Belgium capital, which has the Grand Place, one of Europe’s most beautiful squares. We will enter 2 singles and possibly one doubles in this French speaking city. The trip concludes with a day for sights in Paris – The Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysee and more.

COSTA BRAVA TO FRENCH PYRENEES TEAM
July 2nd to July 23rd (22 days) -- $4950
This tennis circuit combines a scenic beachside resort on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, with a small-town setting in Southwest France by the Pyrenees, home to friendly people and historic medieval sites. We begin with a Spanish Tennis Federation junior tournament on red clay, located just a short distance from white, sandy beaches. Besides the tournament, we may also play a one night singles double elimination tournament. Several hours down the road, we play a French Federation tournament with adult singles, junior singles and doubles on a hard court surface. Located just 20 minutes from Carcassonne on one side and Narbonne on the other, there will be plenty to see and do off court, as we celebrate Bastille Day, the French 4th or July, during our visit. Carcassonne is a medieval walled city, which was made a UNESCO World Heritage site several years ago. We begin our sojourn with a day for sightseeing in Barcelona and finish with 1 ½ days to see Paris, the “City of Lights.”