Tours

August 2010 issue

“Cyprus & Malta: Historic Isles”

14 days/12 nights, April 10-23, 2011. Highlights: Neolithic round houses in Khirokitia, CYPRUS/Roman ruins, mosaics in Kourion/painted Byzantine churches in Troodos/in MALTA, Baracca Gardens in Valletta/5,000-year-old Hagar Qim temple/ferry to Gozo; Neolithic site of Ta’ Cenc. From New York, $9,995. Single supp., $595.

Far Horizons (San Anselmo, CA; 800/ 552-4575).

June 2011 issue

“Unexplored Gujurat”

16-day/15-night tour of western INDIA; departures through Dec. 31, 2011. Highlights: From Mumbai, fly to Bhuj, Gujarat, for craft markets/tribal villages/Great Rann (desert) of Kutch, home of foxes, deer, birds/in Gondal, visit an ayurvedic pharmacy and Bhuvaneshwari stud farm/Buddhist caves in Junagadh/lions in Gir National Park/Portuguese fort on island of Diu/Bhavnagarh/6,000-year-old site of Lothal/Little Rann of Kutch/Sun Temple of Modhera/Ahmedabad. Land, $4,995 (7-12 people), $5,495 (4-6 people) or $6,995 (2-3 people). Single supp., $810. Internal air, $545.

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November 2010 issue

“Inside Cambodia: Meeting The People…”

13 days/12 nights, Jan. 17-29 and Nov. 23-Dec. 4, 2011. Friendship with Cambodia sponsors students, a street children’s shelter, a Women’s Crisis Center, a land mine survivors’ rehab school and more; meet with the people your tourism dollars help. Also visit Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Bantey Srey, Ta Prohm. Land price of $2,500 includes donation to humanitarian projects. Single supp., $250.

Friendship with Cambodia (Eugene, OR; 541/752-3959).

April 2011 issue

“Best Of Ireland”

 — 14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Book of Kells in Dublin, IRELAND/Rock of Cashel/Killarney National Park/traditional music in Dingle/in NORTHERN IRELAND, Derry/Dunluce Castle and Giant’s Causeway/Belfast. Land, $3,595. Single supp., $625.

Europe Through the Back Door (Edmonds, WA; 425/771-8303).

Note: To encourage “travel virgins,” in his “No Passport? No Problem!” program, Rick Steves will pay the cost of a first-time passport application ($135) for anyone who signs up for one of his tours in 2011.

July 2011 issue

“Great Canadian Train Ride”

13-day/12-night tour includes hotel stays and four nights aboard the Canadian; Oct. 4-16, 2012. Highlights: From Toronto, cross Canadian Prairie/ascend the Rocky Mountains to Jasper/Maligne Lake, Spirit Island/ride a “Sno-Coach” on the Columbia Icefields/Banff Hot Springs/gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain/Yoho National Park/Vancouver. Land, Pullman berth, $4,695. Roomette, $4,995. Single accommodations, $6,995.

Uncommon Journeys (Oakland, CA; 800/323-5893).

January 2011 issue

“British Panorama”

Nine days/eight nights in ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and WALES. Highlights: London/Cambridge/medieval York/in Scotland, Hadrian’s Wall/12th-century Melrose Abbey/Edinburgh/Royal Yacht Britannia/back in England, Stratford-upon-Avon/in Wales, Cardiff Castle. Land, from $979. Single supp., $405. Cosmos (Littleton, CO; 800/276-1241, www.cosmos.com).

August 2014 issue

“Persian Treasures Of Iran”

16 days, 15 nights, Oct. 23-Nov. 7, 2014 & April 16-May 1, 2015. Highlights: In Tehran, the Archaeological, National Jewels, Glass & Ceramics, and Carpet museums/Grand Tehran Bazaar/in Shiraz, Eram Garden, teahouse/in Persepolis, remains of palaces of Darius the Great and Xerxes/in Yazd, Zoroastrian Fire Temple/in Isfahan, Cathedral of Vank, Friday Mosque/in Kashan, garden of Fin. Land, $4,560. Single supp., $566. Airfare Tehran-Shiraz, approx. $175. (New prices in 2015.)

Original World Travel (San Rafael, CA; 888/367-6147).

February 2011 issue

Scotland & Ireland

11 days/10 nights, July 3-13, 2011. Highlights: In SCOTLAND, Glasgow city tour/coastal Oban/Glencoe and Fort William in the Highlands/in Stirling, Bannockburn battlefield/Edinburgh Castle/fly to Dublin, IRELAND, for Dublin Trinity College, Book of Kells/Kilkenny/Blarney Woollen Mills/Dingle Peninsula/Cliffs of Moher. Land, $2,579. Single supp., $325.

David McGuffin’s Exploring Europe (Middleburg, FL; 800/570-1351).