June 2008

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11 days/10 nights in North and South Korea, Sept. 19-29 & Oct. 3-13, 2008.

15 days/13 nights, Oct. 17-25, 2008 & March 5-14, 2009.

14 days/13 nights.

Highlights: In Helsinki, FINLAND, tour includes Church in the Rock, historical center/medieval Porvoo/ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA; 13th-century Dome Church, Rocca Al Mare open-air museum, baroque Kadriorg Palace/historical manor houses in Lahemaa National Park/Turaida, LATVIA, with its walled castle and “Folk Song Garden”/Art Nouveau architecture in Riga/in LITHUANIA, Hill of Crosses, Thomas Mann House in Nida, seaport of Klaipeda/14th-century Trakai Castle, now the National Art Museum/Vilnius’ Old Town.

Land only, $3,945. Single supp. $665.

8 days/7 nights, Dec. 1-8, 2008.

Highlights: From Cordon Bleu chefs, learn to prepare and enjoy regional Tuscan dishes such as taglierini alla cerrettiera (carters’ pasta), panzanella (bread salad) and castagnaccio (chestnut cake)/Florence museums, shopping, 19th-century synagogue/Siena day tour.

Land price including class, $3,095. Noncooking spouse, $2,995. Single supp., $550.

CookEuro (New York, NY; 212/794-1400, www.cookeuro.com).

7 days/6 nights, Oct. 12-18, 2008. Longest walking day: six hours, 10 miles (alternate transportation offered).

Highlights: Walk along the River Fowey to Polrun village/coast walk to Menabily estate, inspiration for Manderlay in Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca”/follow Smugglers’ Path in Lansallos to fishing village of Polperro/from Durgen, ferry to Helford, a village with many thatched cottages, and walk along Frenchman’s Creek/follow Lizard Peninsula to Kynance Cove.

 Land only, $3,500. Single supplement, $275.

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 28 destinations: Burundi, Lebanon, Syria, Haiti, Yemen, Eritrea, Algeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Kenya, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Sudan, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Côte d’Ivoire, Somalia, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Pakistan and Iraq.

For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html.

The Department of State continues to caution against traveling to Burundi.

At press time, Zimbabweans were still awaiting the results of the March 29 presidential elections. Security forces as well as war veterans were creating a climate of intimidation and fear across the country. There were attacks on opposition supporters, renewed farm invasions and arrests of election officials.

The Department of State recommends that American citizens defer nonessential travel to Yemen. Nonemergency American employees of the U.S. Embassy were ordered to depart following the April 6, 2008, attack on the Hadda residential compound in Sanaa in which three explosive rounds were fired into the compound. A mortar attack on the embassy on March 18 injured several Yemeni citizens in the vicinity.