Tours

A selection of tours and cruise-tours

“CAMINO DEL NORTE”

14-day, 13-night pilgrimage walk in SPAIN, June 30-July 13, 2017. Highlights: Shuttle from Bilbao to medieval town of Santillana del Mar for replica of Cave of Altamira/walk coastline to Ribadesella for prehistoric Cueva de Tito Bustillo/in Lourenzà, 10th-century Benedictine monastery of San Salvador/arrive at cathedral in Santiago de Compostela from Monte do Gozo. €3,500 (near $3,916) ppdo. Single supp., €500 ($560). Spanish Steps (Aspen, CO; 877/787-9255, www.spanishsteps.com).

“MONARCH BUTTERFLY SANCTUARIES”

7-day, 6-night tour in Sierra Madres of Michoacán, MEXICO, Feb. 23-March 1, 2017. Highlights: El Rosario and Sierra Chincua butterfly sanctuaries/in Morelia, city tour, five nights in 18th-century hotel/in folk art villages of Pátzcuaro, Tzintzuntzán and Santa Clara del Cobre, see hand-loomed fabrics, straw sculptures, hand-carved wooden furniture. $2,095 ppdo. Single supp., $450. S&S Tours (Sierra Vista, AZ; 866/780-2813, http://ss-tours.com).

“MEKONG GRAND JOURNEY”

10 days, 9 nights, Feb. 1-10, 2017. Highlights: In Luang Prabang, LAOS, bike along Mekong River/boat to Pak Ou Caves/Tad Kuang Si waterfalls/fly to Siem Reap, CAMBODIA/at Angkor Wat, temple of Ta Prohm/in Phnom Penh, board 5-star Aqua Mekong for 4-day, 3-night Mekong cruise to Tan Chau, VIETNAM/ride skiff to Binh Thanh Island. From $19,495 ppdo. Butterfield & Robinson (70 Bond St., Third Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 1X3, Canada; in No. Am., 866/551-9090, www.butterfield.com).

“TRIBES OF NORTH EAST INDIA”

21 days, 20 nights, Nov. 27-Dec. 17, 2016. Highlights: Arrive Kolkata/in Manipur, floating Keibul Lamjao National Park, home to over 450 types of orchids, 100 bird species/in Imphal, Kangla Fort and Imphal War Cemetery/in Kisama Heritage Village, tribes perform at Hornbill Festival/at Jorhat, begin 7-night cruise on Brahmaputra River/Sibsagar, former capital of Ahom kingdom/in Kaziranga National Park, boat safari and elephantback game drive. $5,695 ppdo or $8,185 single. A Classic Tours Collection (Redondo Beach, CA; 888/605-8687, www.aclassictour.com).

“WINTERTIME QUEST FOR THE SNOW LEOPARD”

17 days, 16 nights in Ladakh, northwestern INDIA, Feb. 10-26, 2017. Highlights: Fly from Delhi to Leh for Leh Palace, Victory Peak/hike along Zingchen gorge to base camp for 10 days of tracking the endangered snow leopard/Hemis National Park, home to blue sheep, Tibetan wolf/Himalayan homestay/at Likir Monastery, attend Dosmoche Festival. $4,875 (group of 4-7) or $4,650 (8-9) ppdo. Single supp., $500.

“BALKAN AESTHETICS”

12 days, 11 nights, May 22-June 2, 2017. Led by Joseph Benatov, expert on Balkan culture. Highlights: In Bucharest, ROMANIA, open-air National Village Museum/Sinaia Monastery/cross Danube into BULGARIA/in Veliko Turnovo, working artisans/Etara open-air crafts museum/in Plovdiv, ancient Roman theater, 14th-century mosque/in Sofia, Museum of Socialist Art/in Thessaloniki, GREECE, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art/in Vergina, tomb of Philip II. $3,750 ppdo. Single supp., $650. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (Brattleboro, VT; 802/257-0124, ext.

VALLETTA BAROQUE FESTIVAL

8-day, 7-night music festival, Jan. 14-21, 2017. Highlights: Throughout MALTA, see concerts and recitals by local groups and soloists/in Mdina, Palazzo Falson/on island of Gozo, megalithic G˙gantija Temples /in Birgu, Malta at War Museum. £2,390 (near $3,153) ppdo. Single supp., £295 ($389). Ciceroni Travel (2 The Square, Aynho, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX17 3BL, U.K.; phone +44 1869 811167, www.ciceroni.co.uk).

“BEST OF VENICE, FLORENCE & ROME”

10 days, 9 nights in ITALY. Departures Feb.-April 2017. Highlights: In Venice, St. Mark’s Square and Accademia Gallery/in Florence, city tours, Palazzo Davanzati, Uffizi Gallery, cooking class/in hills of Umbria, tasting at winery/in Rome, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Vatican museums. $2,395 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $725. Rick Steves’ Europe (Edmonds, WA; 425/771-8303, www.ricksteves.com).

“Argentina & Patagonia”

14 days, 13 nights, Nov. 1-14, 2016. Highlights: In Buenos Aires, Metropolitan Cathedral, Teatro Colón, El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore/in Santa Susana, gaucho show, traditional barbecue/fly to Salta to visit MAAM archaeological museum, ride cable car to top of San Bernardo Hill/Nahuel Huapi and Los Glaciares national parks/in El Calafate, Glaciarium Museum/sheepshearing demo. $6,190 ppdo. Single supp., $950. EastWest International Tours (Laguna Beach, CA; 800/359-6719, www.eastwest-tours.com).

“Cuba Under Sail”

17-day, 16-night cruise on Le Ponant, March 29-April 14, 2017. Highlights: Charter flight from Miami, then tour Old Havana/tobacco-growing region of Pinar del Rio/embark ship/at Cueva del Indio, subterranean cruise/Zodiac ride to Cayo Guillermo for snorkeling, diving/in Santiago de Cuba, Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum, San Juan Hill/town of Trinidad/disembark in Cienfuegos for city tour. Cabins from $17,380 ppdo. Zegrahm Expeditions (Seattle, WA; 855/241-7748, www.zegrahm.com).

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