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Elderhostel USA
 
Overview
 

For more than 20 years University of South Alabama Elderhostel has been offering stimulating, exciting, educational and fun programs. Designed for students age 55 and older, these affordable travel adventures are thought-provoking and challenging. Field trips to memorable area sites enhance classroom activities. There are no prerequisites, tests, grades, or homework. Tuition includes lodging, food, classes, field trips and extra-curricular activities. Scholarships (hostelships) are available.

 

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Interact with friendly, interesting people and dynamic and knowledgeable instructors. Relax and let Elderhostel staff handle all of the arrangements for your stay at any of our delightful locations, keeping your comfort and enjoyment in mind. Private bathrooms are included at all our sites.

 
Program Locations
 
Enjoy an Elderhostel Adventure at any of USA's unique sites...
Holiday Inn Express, Orange Beach, Ala.
Hilton Garden Inn, Orange Beach, Ala.
Beckwith Episcopal Camp & Conference Center, Fairhope, Ala.
Marriott Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Ala.
USA Brookley Conference Center, Mobile, Ala.
Gulf Hills Hotel, Ocean Springs, Miss.
Hampton Inn, Pensacola, Fla.
 
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Parental Consent Form - Intergenerational Programs Only
 
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Classes & Field Trips
 
Experience Southern hospitality while enjoying classes including: Sailing and Navigation, The Middle East, Story Telling, Humor & Comedy, Writers Workshop, Golf, Historic Architecture, Big Band, Swing & Jazz, Poetry, Dixieland Jazz, Art, Astronomy, Gulf Coast Artists, Birding, Opera, Global Issues, Comparative Religions, Dance, Local History, Intergenerational, Marine Ecology, Civil War and many other diverse and exciting courses.


Field trips include: Mobile's Historic Homes and Museums, Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Battleship USS Alabama, Africatown, Weeks Bay Estuary, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Historic Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, and Fort Conde, local Art Studios, Art Museums, Historic Churches, Seining in Estuaries, Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Moonlight Sailing, Shrimping, Stennis Space Center, Ship Island, Mardi Gras Festivities, and much more!

 
Be a Day Student!
 
Seasoned hosteler or still waiting to take the plunge? Take advantage of this special opportunity to enjoy the outstanding classes offered at all University of South Alabama Elderhostels.

Join any of USA's exciting Elderhostel programs as a day student /commuter. Live at home or in your condo and participate fully in any class you choose, on a space available basis, of course.

Call our office at (251) 431-6535 for more information. There is a modest tuition charged for each class. Meals are extra.

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Catalogs:
 
Current Elderhostel catalogs are available at all public libraries and on-line.
Mail: Elderhostel, 11 Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, MA 02110-1941
Telephone: (877) 426-8056
Elderhostel on the web – visit www.elderhostel.org
 
Contact Elderhostel USA
 
Telephone: (251) 431-6535
Email: elderhostel@usouthal.edu
Center for Continuing Education and Conference Services
2001 Old Bay Front Drive
Mobile, AL 36615-1427
Tel: 251-431-6535
FAX: 251-431-6408
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