Tours

June 2009 issue

Bike & Cruise In Provence, France

9 days/8 nights, Sept. 4-12, 2009. Highlights: Embark MV Princesse de Provence in Lyon/wine tasting in Burgundy, Beaujolais and at Châteauneuf-du-Pape/six cycle excursions, including Arles, Avignon, Vienne. From $3,467. Bike & Cruise Tours (Naples, FL; 239/431-6219, www.bikeandcruise.com).

August 2009 issue

“Toucans To Quetzals”

9-day/8-night birding tour of COSTA RICA, Feb. 27-March 7, 2010. Highlights: In the Sarapiqui lowlands, explore bird habitats ranging from rainforest to pasture. More than 400 bird species live there, including parrots, hummingbirds, raptors, tanagers, toucans and the resplendent quetzal. Land only, $3,055. Single supp., $485. Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (Austin, TX; 800/328-8368, www.ventbird.com).

April 2008 issue

“Out Of Context” Tours In Europe

Themed walking seminars in six cities: London, Paris, Rome, Naples, Florence and Venice. Examples follow. Vasari Corridor (FLORENCE), April 25, May 23, June 13 & July 11, 2008, 3:45-5:45 p.m., at €110 (near $165) including Uffizi Gallery admission. The Vasari Corridor was built in the 16th century to allow the Medicis passage from the Uffizi to the Pitti Palace without having to mingle with commoners.

Walk it with an expert in Florentine history and enjoy the art and architecture. Jan Fabre at the Louvre (PARIS), June 18, 7-10 p.m., at €55 ($82). This contemporary Belgian artist...

CONTINUE READING »
July 2009 issue

“Food, Wine & Art In Madrid”

SPAIN — 5 days/4 nights. Highlights: Tapas tour/Prado Museum/gourmet markets/cooking class/wine tasting/in medieval Toledo, art by El Greco, Van Dyck and Goya. Land only, from $1,760 if 6-7 members, $1,980 if 4-5. Single supp., $380. Epicurean Ways (Charlottesville, VA; 866/642-2917, http://epicureanways.com).

January 2008 issue

“Le Corbusier”

9-day/8-night tour of the architect’s works in FRANCE and SWITZERLAND, May 8-19, 2008.

Highlights: London to Paris by train; in Paris, Fondation Le Corbusier, Maison Cook/Cubist villa Stein/in Besançon, Cité du Refuge (the Salavation Army hostel), Cité Universitaire hall of residence/Nôtre-Dame-du-Haunt chapel at Ronchamp/Corbusier’s birthplace, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SWITZERLAND/his first commission, Villa Fallet/Corbusier archive/in Lyon, France, La Saline Royale, Lyon opera house/Firminy-Vert l’Arbresale, a town designed by Corbusier/Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.

£2,090 ($4...

CONTINUE READING »
February 2008 issue

“German Heritage Special”

13 days/11 nights through October 2008.

Highlights: In Munich, Gothic Frauenkirche, Olympic Stadium/drive the Romantic Road to medieval Rothenburg/War Documentation Center, Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg/Peasants’ Museum in Kleinlosnitz/Zwinger Palace and Green Vault (August the Strong’s Treasury) in Dresden/explore lives of writers Schiller and Goethe in Weimar plus German writer of American Westerns, Karl May, in Radebeul/900-year-old Warburg Castle in Erfurt/Bremerhaven Emigration Center museum/in Hamburg, St. Michael’s Church, Jungfernstieg, harbor cruise/half-timbered houses...

CONTINUE READING »
May 2008 issue

Viet Nam & Mekong River

14-day tour includes 10-night cruise aboard the new 48-passenger RV Indochine. Discount of $500 per person for inaugural tour, Oct. 27-Nov. 9, 2008.

Highlights: In Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM, Cu Chi Tunnels, rickshaw to Chinese Market, Notre Dame Cathedral/ Mekong River cruise to CAMBODIA, with excursions to snake farm, bonsai seedbed, floating market, temples and a Cham community/Phnom Penh, and the “Killing Fields”/three nights’ Siem Reap to explore Angkor Wat and other Khmer sites.

Land/cruise from $2,499 (from $2,099 on Oct. 27 departure). Port charges, $120. Viet Nam...

CONTINUE READING »
September 2008 issue

“India Shining”

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: Delhi’s Qutab Minar, Red Fort/pink city of Jaipur/Amber Fort/Agra’s Taj Mahal/Khajuraho Temples/Hindu holy city of Varanasi. From $3,890 out of JFK or LAX; single supplement, from $950. Worldview Tours (Newport Beach, CA; 800/373-0388, www.worldviewtours.com).