Tours

Six days/five nights in ITALY, July 23-28, 2010, hosted by Salvatore Ferragamo. Highlights: Attend tenor Andrea Bocelli’s last concert in his hometown of Lajatico/private tour of Uffizi Galleries in Florence/tour and taste at the Frescobaldi wine estate in Castiglioni/shop with Tini Ferragamo at their flagship store in Florence. Land, $5,950. Single supp., $1,500.

AuthentEscapes (Sarasota, FL; 866/994-9814).

13 days/12 nights. Highlights: In Vienna, AUSTRIA, Belvedere Palace, St. Stephen’s Cathedral/in Budapest, HUNGARY, Castle Hill, Parliament/Kraków, POLAND: Wawel Castle, Cloth Hall/Black Madonna of Czestochowa/Chopin Monument in Warsaw/Berlin, GERMANY/in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, Old Quarter, Jewish Ghetto. Land, single room, $3,561 or double, $5,054.

Tradesco Tours (Bonita Springs, FL; 800/448-4321).

Eight-day/seven-night, “easy”-level (moderate daily distances, mostly flat) cycle tour of AUSTRIA. Departs June 27, Aug. 15 & Sept. 12, 2010. Highlights: Cycle to the source of Krimml Waterfalls/Zell am See/forest trail along the Saalach/bike tour of Salzburg. Land, $3,589. Single supp., $600. 

Classic Adventures (Hamlin, NY; 800/777-8090).

Four-day/three-night tour of the south of FRANCE. Highlights: Lavender Museum in Coustellet/visit L’Occitane skin-care factory/village of Moustiers Sainte Marie, famous for earthenware/Mount Ventoux. Land, $1,680 (with four participants). Single supp., $1,200.

France Cruises (San Antonio, TX; 866/498-3920).

10-day/nine-night culinary tour with “Eat Smart Guide” author Joan Peterson, Sept. 14-23, 2010. Highlights: ceramics, textiles, gold, erotica in Larco Herrera Museum, Lima/pisco tasting in Ica/boat tour to Ballestas Islands, where sea lions, penguins and flamingos live/Vistadome train to Machu Picchu. Land only, $2,969. Single supp., $525.

Joan Peterson (Madison, WI; 608/233-5488).

Seven days/six nights. Highlights: from Banff, Alberta, travel to Bobbie Burns Lodge/helicopters transport you to remote parts of the Bobbie Burns and Bugaboo ranges of the Columbia Mountains. Hike at your own pace. Land/helicopter price, $4,853. Single supp., $539

Eldertreks (Toronto, Ont., Canada; 800/741-7956).

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: in Arusha National Park, colobus monkeys, 575 bird species/mangrove swamps in Tarangire National Park/meet schoolchildren/Ngorongoro Crater/leopards, lions, cheetahs, migrating wildebeest in Serengeti National Park. Land only, from $4,990 adult or $4,390 child under 12. Single supp., from $590.

Thomson Family Adventures (Watertown, MA; 800/262-6255).

Nine-day/seven-night family-focused tour of EGYPT. Highlights: Egyptian Museum in Cairo/Giza pyramids/Nile cruise to Temple of Philae, Kom Ombo, Luxor’s Valley of the Kings/12th-century Citadel of Salah el-Din. Land/cruise, from $4,530 adult or $3,790 child under 12. Internal air, from $630.

Abercrombie & Kent (Downers Grove, IL; 800/652-7963).

12 days/11 nights, April 26-May 7 and Nov. 8-19, 2010. Note: participants should be able to walk five miles per day. Highlights: Xi’an Terra Cotta Warriors/in Foping Nature Reserve, track wild pandas/Beijing and Great Wall. Land only, $5,999. Single supp., $1,000.

Terra Incognita Ecotours (Tampa, FL; 866/463-9756).

19-day/18-night tour of RUSSIA and the BALTICS. Departs May 10 and Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: in Kiev, UKRAINE, Chernobyl Museum/Kremlin diamonds, Fabergé eggs in Moscow, RUSSIA/Amber Room in St. Petersburg/in Vilnius, LITHUANIA, former KGB HQ/Riga, LATVIA’s, Opera House/torchlight monastery tour in Tallinn, ESTONIA. Land only, from $11,925. Single supp., $3,800.

Exeter International (Tampa, FL; 800/633-1008).