Tours

June 2012 issue

Christmas In Salzburg

Six days/five nights in AUSTRIA, Dec. 23-28, 2012. Highlights: Christmas Eve dinner, midnight Mass/Christmas Day concert at the Mozarteum/Salzburg walking tour/“Salzburg during Mozart’s Lifetime” at Dommuseum/Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf. Land, $3,850. Single supp., $1,700. The Annemarie Victory Organization (New York, NY; 212/486-0353).

July 2012 issue

Best Of Japan

16 days / 14 nights. Highlights: In Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market, Ginza district / 40-foot-high bronze Kamakura Great Buddha/sightsee by boat on Lake Ashi / Takayama city in the Japanese Alps / 110 temples in Koya-san / o-inori Buddhist prayer service / Osaka Castle / monkeys on Miyajima Island / Hiroshima / Nijo Castle / Kyoto’s Gion Geisha district. Land, from $4,144. Single supp., from $474. Samurai Tours (Denver, CO; 866/316-7268).

March 2012 issue

Champagne Wine Tour

Five days/four nights in FRANCE, Nov. 14-18, 2012. Highlights: Three lunches with growers, featuring champagne/Montagne de Reims, home to Tattinger, Veuve-Clicquot, Krug, Mumm/learn about vinification, production and blending of champage/Epernay, home to Moët & Chandon/tour underground wine cellars storing millions of bottles/visit three producers in Côte des Blancs. Land, €1,560 ($2,056). Single supp., €120 ($158). BKWine Tours (Issy les Moulineaux, France; phone +33 1 58 88 04 66 or +33 6 80 45 35 70).

June 2012 issue

Rome & Amalfi

Nine days/seven nights in ITALY. Highlights: In Rome, Forum, Circus Maximus, Colosseum/in Vatican City, Sistine Chapel, “Pieta” at St. Peter’s Basilica/Pompeii/Amalfi Coast/sail Bay of Naples to Positano and Sorrento/tour a mozzarella factory/Blue Grotto on Isle of Capri. Land, from $3,490. Single supp., $1,000. Perillo Tours (Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 800/431-1515).

April 2012 issue

Scottish Islands

Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Sept. 17, 2012. Highlights: Edinburgh to Loch Lomond/Argyll/ferry to islands of Mull and Iona/boat to Staffa/Eilean Donan Castle/Portree on Isle of Skye/Loch Ness/on Orkney Islands, Skara Brae, stone circle at Brodgar/drive through Highlands to Loch Broom fishing village/Edinburgh. Land only, $1,899. Single supp., $220. Celtic Tours (Albany, NY; 800/833-4373, www.celtictours.com).

July 2012 issue

Romancing Africa

12-day / 10-night wildlife safari in SOUTH AFRICA and ZAMBIA. Highlights: In South Africa, Cape Town / 200 species, including the Big Five, at Sabi Sand Game Reserve / Shangan cultural village / in Zambia, Victoria Falls / canoe on the Zambezi River / floating candlelit dinner / Simonga village visit / elephants, leopards and buffaloes in Lower Zambezi National Park. Land and internal air, from $8,690. Single supp., from $1,500. Rothschild Safaris (Denver, CO; 800/405-9463).

January 2012 issue

Scotland & Ireland

14 days/12 nights, June 1-12, 2012. Highlights: In Glasgow, SCOTLAND, Necropolis, Cathedral/Stirling/Highlands/Isle of Skye/Loch Ness/ St. Andrews’ Old Course/Edinburgh/in Dublin, IRELAND, Book of Kells/fortified town of Derry/Connemara National Park/Aran Islands/Cliffs of Moher/in NORTHERN IRELAND, Giant’s Causeway. Land and Edinburgh-Dublin flight, $2,895. Single supp., $725. Exploring Europe (Middleburg, FL; 800/570-1351).

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March 2012 issue

Balkan Mosaic

14 days/13 nights or 20 days/19 nights, departing May 25 & Sept. 14, 2012. Highlights: Nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites/Belgrade in SERBIA/in BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Mostar, Sarajevo, Mount Zlatibor National Park/in MACEDONIA, 2,000-year-old Skopje and Ohrid, “City of 365 Churches”/in ALBANIA, Berat, Durres, Tirana/Riviera town of Buda in MONTENEGRO/For 20-day tour, CROATIA, including Dubrovnik, Split, Plitvice Lakes, Zagreb. Land price, 14-day tour, $4,785; single supp., $595. 20-day tour, $7,690; single supp., $850. Bestway Tours & Safaris (Burnaby, BC, Canada; 800/663-0844)....