Tours

18 days/16 nights includes 4-day cruise. Departures through Feb. 16, 2009.

18 days/16 nights, Oct. 25-Nov. 12, 2008.

19-day/18-night tour of NEPAL, May 13-31, 2009, includes 3-day festival. “Challenging” level of hikes (daily in rough terrain).

Highlights: In Kathmandu, Monkey Temple, ancient city of Patan, Old Bazaar/fly through Kali Gandaki gorge in Himalayas to Jomson/trek along Kali Gandaki river to Kagbeni/cross plains to Mustang village of Tanbe/walk canyons, fields and forests of Northern Mustang to Lo Manthang/1,000+ Mustang tribal members reenact Tiji Festival rituals, including dances, horse racing and tug-of-war/return via herding trails in Lo Gekar/two days’ Kathmandu.

8-day/7-night walking tour (longest walking day, 7½ miles) of Tenerife Island, SPAIN. Departures through March 24, 2009.

Highlights: From the Arenas Negras (black sands), ascend El Volcán Negro to picnic in pine forest/on Degollada de la Mesa ridge, walk through limestone peaks, laurel forests/skirt Caldera of Mount Teide, walking through lava flows and pumice/ocean views, rock pools, whitewashed houses along Masca Gorge/El Palmar Valley to hamlet of Teno Alto, then atop La Gomera for views.

Land only, from $2,344. Single supplement, $609.

15 days/13 nights, April 23-May 7, Sept. 3-17, 2009.

Highlights: From Shannon, travel through County Clare to Killarney/Ring of Kerry/Blarney Castle and Woolen Mills/in Cobh, Heritage Centre, Titanic Trail/Castle of Cahir, Rock of Cashel/Viking town of Waterford, crystal factory/Book of Kells at Trinity College/ancient burial ground at Newgrange/coastal Donegal/in Clifden, archaeology lecture/Burren to the Cliffs of Moher.

Land only, $4,595 April, $4,995 September. Single supplement, $1,095.

11 days/10 nights in North and South Korea, Sept. 19-29 & Oct. 3-13, 2008.

15 days/13 nights, Oct. 17-25, 2008 & March 5-14, 2009.

14 days/13 nights.

Highlights: In Helsinki, FINLAND, tour includes Church in the Rock, historical center/medieval Porvoo/ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA; 13th-century Dome Church, Rocca Al Mare open-air museum, baroque Kadriorg Palace/historical manor houses in Lahemaa National Park/Turaida, LATVIA, with its walled castle and “Folk Song Garden”/Art Nouveau architecture in Riga/in LITHUANIA, Hill of Crosses, Thomas Mann House in Nida, seaport of Klaipeda/14th-century Trakai Castle, now the National Art Museum/Vilnius’ Old Town.

Land only, $3,945. Single supp. $665.

8 days/7 nights, Dec. 1-8, 2008.

Highlights: From Cordon Bleu chefs, learn to prepare and enjoy regional Tuscan dishes such as taglierini alla cerrettiera (carters’ pasta), panzanella (bread salad) and castagnaccio (chestnut cake)/Florence museums, shopping, 19th-century synagogue/Siena day tour.

Land price including class, $3,095. Noncooking spouse, $2,995. Single supp., $550.

CookEuro (New York, NY; 212/794-1400, www.cookeuro.com).

7 days/6 nights, Oct. 12-18, 2008. Longest walking day: six hours, 10 miles (alternate transportation offered).

Highlights: Walk along the River Fowey to Polrun village/coast walk to Menabily estate, inspiration for Manderlay in Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca”/follow Smugglers’ Path in Lansallos to fishing village of Polperro/from Durgen, ferry to Helford, a village with many thatched cottages, and walk along Frenchman’s Creek/follow Lizard Peninsula to Kynance Cove.

 Land only, $3,500. Single supplement, $275.