Tours

September 2015 issue

“The Italian Lakes”

 8-day, 7-night gourmet walking tour of northern ITALY, May 18-25, 2016. Five days of walking (average of 8 miles a day). Highlights: In Milan, private tour of “Last Supper”/boat touring on Como, Maggiore, Orta lakes/walk through hamlets to Torno/climb to ridge of Triangolo Lariano/in Locarno, SWITZERLAND, ride funicular to start hike/on Isola Bella, 17th-century villa/climb Monte Mottarone/Basilica di San Giulio. Land, €2,895 (near $3,167) ppdo. Single supp., €275. Hedonistic Hiking (P.O. Box 200, Porepunkah, Victoria, 3740, Australia; phone +61 [0] 3 5755 2307, www.hedonistichiking.com....

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December 2014 issue

“Exploring Crete: Archaeology, Nature & Food”

 12 days, 11 nights on GREECE’s largest island, April 24-May 6, 2015. Highlights: In Heraklion, Minoan Palace of Knossos/in Phaistos, view Mt. Ida/Roman ruins of Gortyn/on Akrotiri Peninsula, monastery of Gouvemeto/in Venetian city of Rethymno, stay in 16th-century palazzo/wine tastings. Land, £3,295 (near $5,302) ppdo. Single supp., £475 ($764). Peter Sommer Travels (Chippenham House, 102 Monnow St., Monmouth, NP25 3EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220 or, in US/Canada, 855/443-3027, www.petersommer.com).

March 2015 issue

“The Wonders of Brazil”

12-day, 12-night trekking tour for women over age 30. Highlights: Manaus city tour/board luxury-class riverboat Amazon Clipper/Anavilhanas National Park, home to toucans, sloths/in ARGENTINA, Iguazú Falls/motorboat through Lower Canyon of Iguazú River/in Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, cog train through Tijuca rainforest up to Christ the Redeemer statue/hike Sugarloaf Mountain. $6,895 ppdo plus group air from Miami, $1,895 pp. AdventureWomen (Bozeman, MT; 800/804-8686, www.adventurewomen.com).

October 2015 issue

“Super Tulip Tour”

8-day, 7-night, Level 1 (“easy,” average 28 miles a day) bicycle tour in the NETHERLANDS. Departures April, May 2016. Highlights: Ride 18-person barge from Amsterdam to Spaarndam/Haarlem/80 acres of tulips and other flowers at Keuk­enhof/Aalsmeer Flower Auction/Alkmaar, cheese city/17th-century Beemster Polder. Cabin, €780-€1,020 (near $877-$1,147) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single, €1,020-€1,474. Bike rental, €50-€140 per week. Age 3-11, 30% less. Cycletours Holland (Buiksloterweg 7A, 1031 CC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; phone +31 20 521 84 90, www.cycletours.com).

June 2015 issue

“Ultimate East Africa”

CORRECTION: Single supplement prices for this 23-day, 22-night safari to KENYA and TANZANIA should have been listed as follows: Land (June-Oct.), $7,286 ppdo, with single supp. $1,388, or (Nov.-Dec.) $7,172, with single supp. $1,054. Also, the correct toll-free number for V.J.’s Exotic Safaris (Winfield, KS; www.vjsexoticsafaris.com) is 800/392-9678.

November 2014 issue

"Patagonian Overland Odyssey"

15-day, 14-night “easy-to-moderate” trek from CHILE to ARGENTINA; departures Jan., Oct. and Nov. 2015. Highlights: From Santiago, CHILE, fly to Puerto Montt/in Frutillar, music theater on Lake Llanquihue/ferry on Camao Fjord, home to dolphins, kingfishers/from cabins in Pumalin Park, hike to waterfall/in ARGENTINA, Perito Moreno Glacier, Lake Viedma, Condor’s Lookout. Land and internal air, $5,190 ppdo. Single supp., $990. Wangulen Odyssey Tours (Puerto Rosales 46, Casilla 404, Puerto Varas, Chile; phone +569 7519 3259, www.wangulen.com).

December 2008 issue

Painting In France

9 days/7 nights, June 30-July 10, 2009. Highlights: In Dordogne region, stay in Antibes for six 3-hour morning painting classes — one-on-one instruction in water media, acrylic, mixed media, collage, earth pigments/excursions to Matisse Chapel, Picasso Museum, historic Grotte farmers’ market, Château de Monbazillac, Moulin de Larroque art paper shop. Land price, $3,100. Single supplement, $550. Art Treks (Bolinas, CA; 415/868-9558, www.arttreks.com).

April 2015 issue

“Splendors of St. Petersberg”

“SPLENDORS OF ST. PETERSBURG” — 8 days, 7 nights in St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, Sept. 11-18, 2015 (reserve by April 30). Highlights: Scene of artist Nicolai Fechin’s studies at Imperial Academy of Arts/artists’ workshops/Peter & Paul Fortress/Menshikov Palace/mosaics at Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood/rococo-style Catherine Palace/dinner cruise on Neva River. Land, €5,500 (near $6,235) ppdo plus $500 museum fee. Single supp., €770 ($873). Taos Art Museum at Fechin House (Taos, NM; 575/758-2690, ext 105, www.taosartmuseum.org).

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