Tours

13 days, 12 nights, Sept. 19-Oct. 1, 2021. Highlights: Bayonne, FRANCE, for Musée Basque/in San Sebastián, SPAIN, Plaza de la Constitución/boat ride on Bay of La Concha/in Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum/in Oñati, overnight in 13th-century tower/Pamplona/ferry from Hondarribia back to France/Château d’Abbadia in the French Pyrénées/shop for riverside picnic in St. Jean-Pied-de-Port/Bay of Biscay boat ride. $4,295 ppdo. Single supp., $550. Intimate France (Oakland, CA; 800/676-1247, www.intimatefrance.com).

12 days, 11 nights, Aug. 23-Sept. 3, 2021. Highlights: In Warsaw, Old Town, Museum of Polish History/in Lublin, Majdanek concentration camp/in Kraków, 16th-century Flemish tapestries in Wawel Royal Castle, Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory museums/sites of Ausch witz, Birkenau/Black Madonna of Częstochowa/in Gdansk, Museum of the Second World War/Wolf’s Lair at Kętrzyn/symbolic cemetery at Treblinka. $3,600 ppdo. Single supp., $800. Valor Tours (Sausalito, CA; 800/842-4504, www.valortours.com).

13 days, 12 nights. Departures April 14 & May 6, 2021. Group limit, 18. Highlights: Drive from Heraklion to Malia for Minoan Palace ruins/see white-sailed windmills on Lasithi Plateau/Byzantine frescoes at Church of Panagia Kera/Minoan palaces of Zakros, Knossos/wine tasting in Peza region/boat ride to ancient Lissos/Monastery of Agia Triada on Akrotiri Peninsula/ancient Eleutherna. £3,935 (near $4,906) ppdo. Single supp., £580 ($723).

15-day, 14-night arts and culture tour led by textile expert, Feb. 3-17, 2021. Highlights: In Accra, visit “fantasy” coffin-carving studio, dye your own batik fabric, tour Trashy Bags factory/in Kumasi, Manhyia Palace Museum, fabric market/Elmina and Cape Coast castles/visit Kente cloth-weaving workshop in Bonwire/in Odumase, make beads from recycled glass. $4,295 ppdo. Single supp., $550. Behind the Scenes Adventures (Santa Fe, NM; 707/939-8874, btsadventures.com).

9-day, 8-night archaeological tour led by Maya specialist in southern MEXICO, Jan. 30-Feb. 7, 2021. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In Mérida, Great Museum of the Maya World/Ek’ Balam for “winged warrior” sculptures/at Chichén Itzá, 9th-century temples, pyramids, ruins of El Caracol (observatory)/in Dzibilchaltún, Temple of the Seven Dolls. $5,695 ppdo (group of 7-9) or $5,195 ppdo (group of 10-12). Single supp., $685. Archaeological Institute of America (Walpole, NH; 800/748-6262, www.aiatours.org).

16-day, 15-night tour. Monthly, July-September 2020. Group limit, 8-16. Highlights: Train from Oslo to Lillehammer for Norwegian Olympic Museum, Garmo Stave Church/12th-century stave church in Lom/“easy”-level hike in small town of Aurland/Flåm Railway to Myrdal Station/in Bergen, board a Hurtigruten ship for Molde, Trondheim, Arctic Circle crossing/Viking museum in Stamsund/Tromsø. $6,626-$6,933 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $3,164.

6-day, 5-night, “moderate”-level walking tour in northern ENGLAND. Departures May-Aug. & Oct. 2020. Highlights: From base in Wooler, coastal path via Dunstanburgh Castle to Boulmer/Alnwick Castle, gardens/estate village of Hethpool/Chillingham Castle/village of Rothbury. From £659 (near $856) ppdo. Ramblers Walking Holidays (Hertfordshire, England, UK; info@ramblersholidays.co.uk, www.ramblersholidays.co.uk).

12 days, 10 nights in central FRANCE, with 6 nights on FC barge. Departures May, June & Aug.-Oct. 2020. Group limit, 12-20. Highlights: In Lyon, Fourvière Basilica, tromp l’œil murals/walled city of Beaune/MS Jeanine on Rhône-Rhine Canal for small town of Dôle/Burgundy Canal for Petit-Ouges commune, Dijon/high-speed train to Paris. $5,597-$6,297 ppdo, per departure city, dates. Land only, $4,795-$5,095. Single supp., $2,995.

14 days, 13 nights in eastern Russia, Aug. 4-17, 2020. Group limit, 6-16. Highlights: In Yakutsk, Mammoth Museum, visit to large producer of finished diamonds/cruise Lena River to Lena Pillars Nature Park/fly to Kamchatka Peninsula for chopper to Valley of Geysers, hiking on Avachinsky volcano. $7,695 ppdo. Single supp., $950. Internal air, $1,500. MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com).