Tours

Nine days/seven nights in ITALY. Highlights: In Rome, Forum, Circus Maximus, Colosseum/in Vatican City, Sistine Chapel, “Pieta” at St. Peter’s Basilica/Pompeii/Amalfi Coast/sail Bay of Naples to Positano and Sorrento/tour a mozzarella factory/Blue Grotto on Isle of Capri. Land, from $3,490. Single supp., $1,000. Perillo Tours (Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 800/431-1515).

Six days/five nights in AUSTRIA, Dec. 23-28, 2012. Highlights: Christmas Eve dinner, midnight Mass/Christmas Day concert at the Mozarteum/Salzburg walking tour/“Salzburg during Mozart’s Lifetime” at Dommuseum/Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf. Land, $3,850. Single supp., $1,700. The Annemarie Victory Organization (New York, NY; 212/486-0353).

7-day/6-night canal cruise and walking tour, Sept. 30-Oct. 6 and Oct. 21-27, 2012. Highlights: Champagne-and-canapé welcome/Renaissance castle Château de Tanlay/lunch, wine tasting in Chablis/gardens and Cistercian architecture at Abbaye de Fontanay. Cruise, $4,650. Single supp., from $1,750. The Wayfarers (Newport, RI; 800/249-4620).

8-day/7-night cruise of northern SCOTLAND and islands aboard the 50-passenger Hebridean Princess, April 30-May 7, 2013. Highlights: Embark Oban/Isle of Muck/in Inverie, Scotland’s most remote pub/Tanera Mòr island/bird-watch at Balranald Nature Reserve, Uist. Cabins, $4,900-$8,040. Single cabins, $5,250-$7,350. Hebridean Island Cruises (Ft. Lauderdale, FL; 877/600-2648).

Seven-day/six-night private tour; departures through October 2012. Highlights: Edinburgh / Scone Palace / lunch cruise on Loch Ness past Eilean Donan Castle, Urquhart Castle / Dunvegan Castle on Isle of Skye / whisky tasting at Talisker Distillery / on Isle of Mull, Tobermory fishing village / Iona, whence Christianity spread in Scotland / Gleneagles golf resort/Stirling Castle / Bannockburn, where Robert the Bruce defeated the English. Land, from $7,536. No single supp. Cox & Kings (Los Angeles, CA; 800/999-1758).

Seven days/six nights. Departures July 1-Nov. 30, 2012. Highlights: Visit Mayan ruins with an archaeologist/swim into Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave/ride on horseback to Xunantunich/3,000 Mayan structures at Tikal/snorkel coral reef off St. George’s Caye/canoe in Barton Creek Cave. Land, from $5,840. Single supp., $2,160. Big Five Tours & Expeditions (Stuart, FL; 800/244-3483, www.bigfive.com).

Four-day/three-night, women-only trip in the Bobbie Burns Mountains, western CANADA, Aug. 23-26, 2012. Highlights: Daily yoga lesson/helicopter into mountains with guide for hiking/cooking class/lodge with spa. Land, $2,615. Single supp., $300. Canadian Mountain Holidays (Banff, Alberta, Canada; phone 800/661-0252, www.canadianmountainholidays.com).

Eight days/eight nights. Departures through Sept. 30. Highlights: In Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo/ride camels at the pyramids/in Aswan, Philae Temple/temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel/Edfu/Kom Ombo/Valley of the Kings/Karnak/Luxor. Land, from $1,895. Single supp., $387. Egypt Magic (Maplewood, NJ; 888/575-6941, www.egyptmagic.com).

Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Nov. 8, 2012. Highlights: In Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Bastakiya district; ski in the Mall of the Emirates/in Bangkok, THAILAND, 700-year-old Golden Buddha at Wat Trimitr/boat in the klongs (canals)/Damnoen Saduak floating market. From Los Angeles, from $2,389. Save $300 if book by April 18. Single supp., $499. Friendly Planet Travel (Jenkintown, PA; 800/555-5765, www.friendlyplanet.com).

Eight-day/seven-night village-to-village walking tour of “Little Tibet” in northern INDIA; stay in traditional Ladakhi homes. Through September. Highlights: Walk with guides and porters across high plateau (11,500 feet)/Stok Palace/Hemis Monastery/raft down Zanskar River/painted caves at Saspol/Himalayan capital of Leh. Land, $3,898. Shakti Tours (Guragon, India; phone +91 124 456 3899 or, in the US, 866/401-3705, www.shaktihimalaya.com).