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Tours

A selection of tours and cruise-tours

CORSICA & SARDINIA

11 days, 10 nights on islands in Tyrrhenian Sea. Departures April 24 & Aug. 28, 2022. Group limit, 6-12. Highlights: In Corsica, FRANCE, Cap Corse peninsula; Citadel of Calvi; Scandola Nature Reserve; in Ajaccio, Maison Bonaparte, Fesch Museum; Bonifacio/in Sardinia, ITALY, walled city of Alghero, Bronze Age ruins at Nuraghe Palmavera, UNESCO site Su Nuraxi di Barumini/Cagliari, dating to 8th century BC. $5,710 ppdo. Single supp., $1,175.

DANUBE CRUISE & OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY

11 days, 10 nights (cruise is 6 nights), May 16-26, 2022. Highlights: In Budapest, HUNGARY, 500-year-old St. Matthias Church, board ship/in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, 13th-century castle, medieval Michael’s Gate/in Vienna, AUSTRIA, Hofburg Palace, Vienna State Opera, Ringstraße/Wachau Valley/in 2,000-year-old Passau, GERMANY, Europe’s largest church organ in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, disembark/Munich/Passion Play/Linderhof Palace in Ettal.

SCOTLAND & IRELAND

15 days, 14 nights, Aug. 27-Sept. 11, 2022. Highlights: In Scotland, whisky-tasting lesson in Edinburgh/Urquhart Castle at Loch Ness/Eilean Donan castle on Isle of Skye/Glenfinnan Viaduct/Oban/Glasgow/ferry, drive from Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Dublin, Ireland/Rock of Cashel/Blarney Castle/Kenmare/Ring of Kerry, Killarney Nat’l Park/Cliffs of Moher/in Doolin, traditional music in pubs. $7,699 per person, double occupancy (ppdo).

GREENLAND

8-day, 7-night voyage aboard 12-passenger Arctic research vessel, June 19-26, 2022. Group limit, 12. Highlights: Transfer from Kangerlussuaq to Camp Lloyd to board ship/in Sisimiut, museum with historical & cultural exhibits/Disko Island for icebergs/from Ilulissat, options to hike to Sermermiut valley, kayak, fish/at Aasivissuit-Nipisat, Inuit hunting ground, prehistoric camp sites. From €15,000 (near $17,340) per person.

CULTURE TOUR OF PERU

9 days, 8 nights. Group limit, 2-4. Highlights: In Lima, Larco Museum for pre-Columbian art/fly to Cusco for Sacred Valley/Pisac Archaeological Park/Pumamarca ruins near Ollantaytambo/in Chinchero, Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco/Vistadome train from Cusco to Machu Picchu for hike on Inca Trail/free afternoon in Cusco. From $5,495 ppdo. Latin Excursions (Miami, FL; 866/626-3750, latinexcursions.com).

GHANA TEXTILE & ARTS TOUR

15 days, 14 nights, Feb. 3-17, 2022. Highlights: In Accra, batik printing workshop/near Accra, Trashy Bags NGO factory, art coffin-carving studio, former slave dungeons in 15th-century Elmina Castle/meet kente cloth weavers in Bonwire/make glass beads with artist Cedi in Odumase Krobo/in Kumasi, workshop for adinkra printing, fabric market tour. $4,395 ppdo. Single supp., $550. Behind the Scenes Adventures (Santa Fe, NM; 707/939-8874, www.btsadventures.com).

HIKE THE LYCIAN WAY

8-day, 7-night “moderate”-level trek in coastal region of southwest TURKEY. Departures May-June, Aug.-Oct. 2022. Avg. 5 hours’ hiking per day (over 5 days). Group limit, 14. Highlights: Walk from Fethiye to Telmessos for Tomb of Amyntas, Roman theater/ghost town of Kayaköy/villages of Alınca, Gey/Gökçeören village on the Felen Plateau/Simena village for castle ruins/Kas¸. From $1,090 ppdo. Intrepid Travel (New York, NY; 855/299-1211, www.intrepidtravel.com).