Tours

11 days, 10 nights. Departures Oct. 5 & Dec. 7, 2017, and Jan. 25, Feb. 8 & March 15, 2018. Group limit, 24. Highlights: In Casablanca, Hassan II Mosque/in Meknes, ruins of Volubilis/in Fes, Medersa Bou Inania, Jewish Quarter, Medina/MonkeyWatch and Barbary macaques/in Erfoud, fossil factory, museum/bake bread in nomad camp/in Marrakech, culinary and henna workshops, royal Saadian Tombs. Ppdo from SFO, $3,899, or from SMF or RNO, $3,999. Single supp., $700. Collette (Pawtucket, RI; 800/611-3361, www.gocollette.com).

 7-day, 6-night, “enthusiast”-level bike tour of the South Island, Nov. 12-18, 2017, and Jan. 21-27, 2018. Highlights: From Christchurch, bike through Canterbury Plains to Southern Alps/sheep farm/Lake Tekapo/in Mackenzie High Country, Lake Pukaki/town of Wanaka/Queenstown. From $5,995 ppdo. Single supp., $1,000. Butterfield & Robinson (70 Bond St., 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 1X3, Canada; in No. America, 866/551-9090, www.butterfield.com).

11 days, 10 nights. Departures till October 2017. Highlights: In Tashkent, Hast Imam Complex, Chorsu Bazaar/fly to Khiva for blue-tiled Kalta Minar, Kunya Ark Citadel, Juma Mosque/at yurt village, picnic in chaikhana (teahouse)/in Bukhara, 17th-century Labi Khaus complex, folklore show/in Samarkand, Registan Square, Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble necropolis/Shakhrisabz, birthplace of Tamerlane. Land and internal flights, $3,479-$3,587. Single supp., $475. Silk Road Treasure Tours (Chester, NJ; 888/745-7670, www.silkroadtreasuretours.com).

7-day, 6-night art tour, with lecturers, in SPAIN, Oct. 23-29, 2017. Highlights: In Madrid, Prado Museum (Spanish and Flemish collections), Baroque church San Antonio de los Alemanes, Royal Palace, Royal Academy of Fine Arts/Royal Monastery in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Land only, £2,295 (near $2,855) per person, double occupancy (ppdo); from London Heathrow, £2,395 (near $2,979). Ciceroni Travel (2 The Square, Aynho, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX17 3BL, U.K.; phone +44 1869 811 167, www.ciceroni.co.uk).

12 days, 10 nights, May & September-December 2017. 5-star hotels. Highlights: In Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda/Ha Long Bay overnight cruise/in Hoi An, Japanese Covered Bridge, Chinese Quarter/Hue, home to Imperial Citadel’s palaces, temples, gardens/in Saigon, Binh Tay Market. Land only, $1,299-$1,499 ppdo. From New York or San Francisco, $1,799-$2,099 ppdo (per dates). Single supp., from $550. World Spree Travel (Bellevue, WA; 866/652-5656, www.worldspree.com).

15-day, 14-night photography tour in the Caucasus, Sept. 16-30, 2017. Highlights: In Tbilisi, Georgia, 4th-century Narikala Castle, frescoes of Sioni Cathedral/in Kutaisi, 11th-century Bagrati Cathedral/in Yerevan, Armenia, Genocide Museum/Church of Khor Virap at the foot of Mt. Ararat/Tatev Monastery/ancient Noratus Cemetery. From New York (via Munich), $5,995 ppdo. Single supp., $1,150. In Focus with Michele Burgess (Huntington Beach, CA; 714/536-6104, www.infocustravel.com).

22 days, 21 nights, May 27-June 17 & Sept. 10-Oct. 1, 2017. Highlights: In Sarajevo, BOSNIA & HERZOGOVINA, War Tunnel/in Mostar, Stari Most (16th-century bridge)/medieval Kotor in MONTENEGRO/Illyrian Rozafa Castle in Skhodër, ALBANIA/in Berat, Onufri Museum, walled citadel/in Apollonia, medieval monastery, odeon (theater)/Butrint/Ohrid,  MACEDONIA/14th-century monastery in KOSOVO/Belgrade, SERBIA. May: $5,390 ppdo; single supp., $645. September: $5,495 ppdo; single supp., $655.

11 days, 10 nights in southern ITALY. Departures Oct. 6, Oct. 20 & Nov. 4, 2017. Highlights: Drive from Catania to Mondello/in Palermo, Norman Palace, La Martorana/Monreale/Valley of the Temples in Agrigento/Syracuse/Taormina/on Aeolian island of Lipari, Neolithic and Bronze Age remains/at Mt. Etna, train ride and wine tasting. From £2,540 (near $3,124) ppdo. One Traveller (Unit 5-6, Green Way, Swaffham, England, PE37 7FD, U.K.; phone +44 1760 722 011, www.onetraveller.co.uk).

 9-day, 8-night, moderate-level trek (5-8 miles a day), Sept. 23-Oct. 1, 2017. Highlights: Meet in Hondarribia, Spain/clifftop walk by Bay of Biscay/hike through fishing villages to San Sebastián/views of Pyrenees on GR11 path/witch lore in Urdax/Basque village of Sare, France/at Bidarry, climb to 3,000 feet/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in Pyrenees foothills. $4,595 ppdo. AdventureWomen (Watertown, MA; 800/804-8686, www.adventurewomen.com).

8-day, 7-night mountain bike tour in NW Canada, July 8-15 & Aug. 19-26, 2017. (“Intermediate” level; five days’ biking, averaging 16 miles a day.) Highlights: At ranch between Whitehorse and Carcross, hot tub, barbecue/descend from Mt. McIntyre to Whitehorse/follow Mountain Hero Mine trail to Windy Arm Lake/canoe on Yukon River/from Carcross, ride lower Montana Mountain trails/bike past Canyon City. From $2,535 ppdo. Single supp., $630.