August 2010

10 days/eight nights includes three-night Nile cruise. Highlights: King Tut’s treasures in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum/Great Pyramids at Giza/cruise the Nile to Abu Simbel/Valley of the Kings/Coptic monasteries at Wadi El Natrun/National Museum in Alexandria. Land, $1,965-$2,150. Single supp., $410.

Trafalgar Tours (Anaheim, CA; 866/544-4434).

14-day/13-night tour of AUSTRALIA. Highlights: Walk in the Bunya Mountains/view nocturnal wildlife at Carnarvon Gorge/Aboriginal rock art/Undarra Volcanic Lava Tubes/tropical Daintree Wilderness. Land, $5,791.

Around the World Adventures (Safety Harbor, FL; 888/430-3535).

14 days/12 nights, Oct. 29-Nov. 10, 2010. Highlights: In Tokyo, boat ride to Hama-rikyu garden/cruise Lake Ashi, near Mt. Fuji/wild monkeys at Jigodudani Yaen-Koen/17th-century home of Lord Takayama/in Kyoto, Kyomizu-dera Temple, Nijo Castle. From Los Angeles, $3,580. Single supp., $950.

Hermes Travel & Tours (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; 310/791-5556).

14 days/12 nights, April 10-23, 2011. Highlights: Neolithic round houses in Khirokitia, CYPRUS/Roman ruins, mosaics in Kourion/painted Byzantine churches in Troodos/in MALTA, Baracca Gardens in Valletta/5,000-year-old Hagar Qim temple/ferry to Gozo; Neolithic site of Ta’ Cenc. From New York, $9,995. Single supp., $595.

Far Horizons (San Anselmo, CA; 800/ 552-4575).

16-day/14-night river cruise visits five countries (March through November). Highlights: Antwerp, BELGIUM/windmills in Kinderdijk, NETHERLANDS/Roman ruins in Trier, GERMANY/winery tour in Bernkastel/Rhine castles/canal tour in Strasbourg, FRANCE/Basel, SWITZERLAND. $2,495-$4,295 from New York. Single supp. $1,045.

Grand Circle Travel (Boston, MA; 800/959-0405).

Seven days/six nights. Highlights: In Copenhagen, DENMARK, Amalienborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace, “Little Mermaid”/train to Stockholm, SWEDEN/City Hall, site of the Nobel Prize banquet/ferry to Helsinki, FINLAND/Finlandia Hall, President’s Palace. Land, from $1,599. Single supp., from $820.

General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216).

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