Tours
“Culinary Tour To Turkey”
Ten-day/seven-night tour with Eat Smart guides author Joan Peterson, Aug. 17-25. Highlights: Cooking class, Istanbul/Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace/Spice Bazaar/boat trip to Princess Islands/Troy/Pergamum/Ephesus/fairy chimneys in Cappadocia/underground city of Kaymakli. Land, $2,950. Single supp. $520.
Luxury Wildlife Safari
14-day/12-night tour of INDIA. Highlights: Boat trip from Mumbai to Elephanta Island Caves/Elephantback wildlife viewing in Pench National Park/leopards, barking deer, jungle cats, pythons in Kanha National Park/Panna National Park and Tiger Reserve/temple city of Khajuraho/Delhi. Land, $6,750. Single supp., $3,655.
“Yoga & Hiking In Spain”
Eight days/seven nights. Highlights: Based in Asturias Mountains, northern Spain/yoga classes morning and evening/hike Somiedo National Park, Quiros River Valley and along the Cantabrian coast. Land, €1,200 ($1,637). Single supp., €200 ($272).
“All Of Ireland”
13 days/11 nights. Highlights: In IRELAND, Dublin/Jameson whiskey tasting/Ring of Kerry/Glenveagh Castle/Neolithic tombs at Knowth/in NORTHERN IRELAND, Ballygally and Belfast/Land, from $2,175. Single supp., $599.
“Precious Stones Of Apulia”
Nine-day/eight-night tour of southern ITALY, Sept. 29-Oct. 7.
“Dolphins, Koalas & Islands”
Seven-day/six-night tour of AUSTRALIA. Highlights: From Brisbane, ferry to Moreton Island and Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort/feed dolphins, snorkel, hike/in the Glass House Mountains, stay on a working farm/at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, cuddle koalas, feed kangaroos. Land, $1,675. Children under 12, $1,070.
“Champagne & Lorraine, France”
12 days/12 nights, Sept. 18-30. Highlights: Champagne tasting, vineyard visits/Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born/Nancy, center of Art Nouveau/Château Lunéville/Underground Citadelle and battlefield at Verdun/Château Chantilly. Land, $3,895. Single supp., $450.
“In The Wake Of Magellan: Patagonia”
14-day/13-night cruise-tour of CHILE and ARGENTINA.
“Mixed Media Dell’arte Umbria”
15-day/14-night tour of Umbria, ITALY, July 27-Aug. 10, includes 30 hours’ art instruction from Carol Duchamp in watercolor, fluid acrylic, image transfer and collage. Highlights: Paint in a former chapel of a monastery, now La Romita School of Art/visit Todi, Spoleto, San Gemini, Narni, Assisi. Land, $3,495.
“Royal Egyptian”
Ten days/seven nights includes four-night Nile cruise. Highlights: In Cairo, Sphinx, Pyramids at Giza, mummies at the Egyptian Museum/cruise the Nile and visit Luxor, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo. Land/cruise, from $2,395 (Deluxe) to $4,395 (Luxury). Single supp., $875-$1,895. Internal air, $225.
Scotland & Ireland
11 days/10 nights, July 3-13, 2011. Highlights: In SCOTLAND, Glasgow city tour/coastal Oban/Glencoe and Fort William in the Highlands/in Stirling, Bannockburn battlefield/Edinburgh Castle/fly to Dublin, IRELAND, for Dublin Trinity College, Book of Kells/Kilkenny/Blarney Woollen Mills/Dingle Peninsula/Cliffs of Moher.
“Libya: Lost Cities Of The Greek & Roman Empires”
13 days/12 nights, Oct. 9-21, 2011. Highlights: Mosaics, ancient sculpture, Berber jewelry in the Citadel in Tripoli/Roman city of Leptis Magna/caravan city of Ghadames/Hellenic Cyrenaica/50 Byzantine floor mosaics in Qasr Libya/Cyrene/Apollonia. Land, $4,980. Single supp., $1,210.
“The Magic Of Mozambique”
13 days/11 nights. Highlights: Fly to Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, then to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve/game drives for the Big Five/in MOZAMBIQUE, stay in beach resorts in Pembo and on Matemo Island and Medjumbe Island. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $7,299. Single supp., from $1,640.
“Irish Heritage”
Nine days/seven nights. Highlights: Medieval-style dinner at Bunratty Castle/Cliffs of Moher/Ring of Kerry/Cobh Heritage Centre/Waterford/Kilkenny Castle Rose Garden/Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens in Kildare/Dublin. From New York, from $1,700. Single supp., $647.
Southeast Asia
12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In VIETNAM, Hanoi cyclo tour of the “36 streets”/cruise Halong Bay/Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap, CAMBODIA/Angkor Wat/Ta Prohm/Bangkok, THAILAND. Land, from $2,299. Single supp., $699. Air from West Coast, from $999.
Easter Island
Four-day, three-night tour of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), CHILE. Highlights: Orongo ceremonial village/Ana Kai Tangata Cave/west coast of island with its petroglyphs, caves and moais/Matato’a music-and-dance show/15 standing moais of Ahu Tongariki/artisans’ market.
“Battle Of The Bulge & Eagle’s Nest”
Ten-day, nine-night tour of WWI and WWII sites, June 8-17, 2011. Highlights: Reims, FRANCE, site of Eisenhower’s SHAEF HQ/Maginot Line/Bastogne battle site, BELGIUM/American Cemetery in LUXEMBOURG/Dachau concentration camp, GERMANY/Munich/Berchtesgaden/Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, AUSTRIA. Land, $2,995.
“Tanzania Expedition”
15 days/14 nights, July 17-30, 2011. Join a seven-day nontechnical climb of the Machame route up Mt. Kilimanjaro (summit 19,345 feet)/on Zanzibar island, take part in a four-day project building a sustainable farm for primary school students. Land and internal air, $5,195.