Tours

12-day/11-night tour of seven countries, with advice from a professional photographer, Aug. 8-19, 2012. Highlights: Canal cruise in Amsterdam, the NETHERLANDS/Rhine cruise in GERMANY/King Ludwig’s castle/Innsbruck, AUSTRIA/Brenner Pass into ITALY/Verona/Venice/in SWITZERLAND, Valley of Waterfalls/Lucerne/in Paris, FRANCE, Notre Dame and the Louvre/Eurostar to London, ENGLAND. Land, $3,840. Single supp., $1,084. Insight Vacations (Rye, NY; 888/680-1241, www.insightvacations.com).

Eight-day/seven- night culinary tour in ITALY. Departures through Oct. 20, 2012. Highlights: In Florence, dine on the Arno; visit the Uffizi, “David” and an art-restorer’s workshop/Carrara marble quarry/walk or take train through the Cinque Terre villages/in Lucca, pasta class; wine and olive oil tasting. Land, $4,290 Single supp., $777. Tauck (Norwalk, CT; 800/788-7885, www.tauck.com).

Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Sept. 17, 2012. Highlights: Edinburgh to Loch Lomond/Argyll/ferry to islands of Mull and Iona/boat to Staffa/Eilean Donan Castle/Portree on Isle of Skye/Loch Ness/on Orkney Islands, Skara Brae, stone circle at Brodgar/drive through Highlands to Loch Broom fishing village/Edinburgh. Land only, $1,899. Single supp., $220. Celtic Tours (Albany, NY; 800/833-4373, www.celtictours.com).

$600-per-couple discount on any of 70 tours, if paid in full by Aug. 31, 2012. May be combined with other discounts. Examples (price is per person before discount) — “Across the Andes,” 10 days/nine nights, from $5,499. “From Japan’s Inland Sea to the Alps,” 11 days/10 nights, from $4,799. “A Week on the Emerald Isle,” eight days/seven nights, from $3,299. “South Africa & Botswana Explored,” 14 days/13 nights, from $7,399. General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216).

Seven-day/six-night cycling tour, easy to moderate pace (mostly flat; 25-45 miles per day), in CANADA, departing July 29 & Aug. 5, 2012. Highlights: Cycle along the Ile d’Orleans (Orleans River)/ferry on St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Chaudiere-Appalaches/apple wine tasting at La Pomme St. Laurent/taste wild berry wine at Le Ricaneux winery/Quebec City walking tour/cycle to Montmo­rency Falls. Land, $2,889. Single supp., $600. Classic Adventures (Hamlin, NY; 800/777-8090).

11 days/nine nights. Highlights: From Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, fly to Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/rainforest walk, sunset river cruise/game drives in Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/in the Linyati Delta, view elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, zebras. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $6,599. Single supp., from $1,130. Lion World Tours (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/387-2706).

18-day/17-night tour of five Silk Road countries. Highlights: 2,750-year-old Samarkand in UZBEKISTAN/Tashkent/living museum city of Khiva/ancient Khodjent in TAJIKISTAN/in TURKMENISTAN, Bukhara/ Blue Mosque in Ashgabat/Bronze Age Anau-Depe/Almaty in KAZAKHSTAN/in KYRGYZSTAN, Bishkek, Issy Kul Lake, 11th-century Burana tower. Land, $5,999 low season or $6,499 high season. Single supp., $769. Silk Road Treasure Tours (Chester, NJ; 888/745-7670).

14 days/13 nights or 20 days/19 nights, departing May 25 & Sept. 14, 2012. Highlights: Nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites/Belgrade in SERBIA/in BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Mostar, Sarajevo, Mount Zlatibor National Park/in MACEDONIA, 2,000-year-old Skopje and Ohrid, “City of 365 Churches”/in ALBANIA, Berat, Durres, Tirana/Riviera town of Buda in MONTENEGRO/For 20-day tour, CROATIA, including Dubrovnik, Split, Plitvice Lakes, Zagreb. Land price, 14-day tour, $4,785; single supp., $595. 20-day tour, $7,690; single supp., $850.

Five days/four nights in FRANCE, Nov. 14-18, 2012. Highlights: Three lunches with growers, featuring champagne/Montagne de Reims, home to Tattinger, Veuve-Clicquot, Krug, Mumm/learn about vinification, production and blending of champage/Epernay, home to Moët & Chandon/tour underground wine cellars storing millions of bottles/visit three producers in Côte des Blancs. Land, €1,560 ($2,056). Single supp., €120 ($158). BKWine Tours (Issy les Moulineaux, France; phone +33 1 58 88 04 66 or +33 6 80 45 35 70).