Tours

Nine-day/eight-night tour of southern ITALY, Sept. 29-Oct. 7. Highlights: Byzantine-Norman style Swabian Castle, Bari/trulli in Alberobello/market day in “white town” of Ostuni/cooking lesson/Castellana Grotte karst caves/12th-century “Tree of Life” mosaic in Otranto/Castel de Monte in Corato. Land, $3,240. Single supp., $340.

Serious Traveler (Placerville, CA; 800/762-4216).

Eight days/seven nights. Highlights: Based in Asturias Mountains, northern Spain/yoga classes morning and evening/hike Somiedo National Park, Quiros River Valley and along the Cantabrian coast. Land, €1,200 ($1,637). Single supp., €200 ($272).

Spanish Steps (Aspen, CO; 877/787-9255).

Eight-day/seven-night cruise-tour, Aug. 26-Sept. 2. Highlights: Sail on MS Amadeus Royal to ports in GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SLOVAKIA and HUNGARY. 12 concerts, with a focus on lieder by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler and more. Cruise plus air from London, from £3,300 (near $5,327). Single supp., from £690 ($1,113).

Martin Randall Travel (Voysey House, Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4GF, U.K.; toll-free from US, 800/988-6168).

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: In IRELAND, Dublin/Jameson whiskey tasting/Ring of Kerry/Glenveagh Castle/Neolithic tombs at Knowth/in NORTHERN IRELAND, Ballygally and Belfast/Land, from $2,175. Single supp., $599.

Pat and Mike’s Travel Company (Portland, OR; 800/898-9963).

14-day/13-night cruise-tour of CHILE and ARGENTINA. Highlights: Tour of Santiago/Magellanic penguins at Seno Otway (October-March)/Torres del Paine National Park/hike to Salto Grand waterfall/catamaran Lago Grey/look for Patagonian foxes, flamingos/embark ship in Punta Arenas/elephant seals in Ainsworth Bay/Pia Glacier/Cape Horn National Park/disembark in Ushuaia/hike Moreno Glacier/fly to Buenos Aires. Land and cruise, $6,595-$8,295. Single supp., from $2,000. Internal air, $1,100.

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: Fly to Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, then to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve/game drives for the Big Five/in MOZAMBIQUE, stay in beach resorts in Pembo and on Matemo Island and Medjumbe Island. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $7,299. Single supp., from $1,640.

Lion World Tours (33 Kern Rd., Toronto, ON, M3B 1S9, Canada; 800/387-2706).

Ten days/seven nights includes four-night Nile cruise. Highlights: In Cairo, Sphinx, Pyramids at Giza, mummies at the Egyptian Museum/cruise the Nile and visit Luxor, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo. Land/cruise, from $2,395 (Deluxe) to $4,395 (Luxury). Single supp., $875-$1,895. Internal air, $225.

African Travel, Inc. (Glendale, CA; 800/421-8907).

11-day/10-night tour includes four-night Yangtze cruise. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City/Great Wall/hutong tour by rickshaw/embark cruise ship in Yichang/Three Gorges/sampan excursions to see hanging coffins, minority villages/in Shanghai, the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens, Children’s Palace. Land plus cruise, $1,699-$2,099. Single supp., add 50%.

Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633).

13 days/12 nights, Oct. 9-21, 2011. Highlights: Mosaics, ancient sculpture, Berber jewelry in the Citadel in Tripoli/Roman city of Leptis Magna/caravan city of Ghadames/Hellenic Cyrenaica/50 Byzantine floor mosaics in Qasr Libya/Cyrene/Apollonia. Land, $4,980. Single supp., $1,210.

Distant Horizons (Long Beach, CA; 800/333-1240).

15-day/14-night tour of Umbria, ITALY, July 27-Aug. 10, includes 30 hours’ art instruction from Carol Duchamp in watercolor, fluid acrylic, image transfer and collage. Highlights: Paint in a former chapel of a monastery, now La Romita School of Art/visit Todi, Spoleto, San Gemini, Narni, Assisi. Land, $3,495. Single supp., $400.

Art Trek (Bolinas, CA; 415/868-9558).