Tours

13 days/11 nights in PERU and BOLIVIA.

Highlights: In Lima, PERU, walking tour, Herrera Museum/Ica, wine capital of Peru/fly over Nazca Lines/cruise to Ballestas islands for sea lions, penguins, boobies/fly to Cuzco/Pisac market day/train to Urubamba Valley/Machu Picchu/at Cuzco, Incan sites of Puca Pucara, “House of the Sun”/from Puno, hydrofoil to Huatajata, BOLIVIA/Kallawaya medicine doctor museum, Tiwanaku ruins/La Paz for Museum of Archeology, witch doctor market.

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7-day/6-night walking tour of 2,000 years of Parisian architecture, hosted by author Rachel Kaplan (“Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris”) and architectural historian Arthur Gillette, Sept. 10-17 and Oct. 23-30, ’04.

Among highlights: Gallo-Roman baths, gladiatorial arenas/Art Nouveau district of Hector Guimard/Modernist buildings of Le Corbusier and Mallet-Stevens/buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Christian Potzemparc, Philippe Starck and Renzo Piano/meetings with...

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4-day/3-night tour in southern GERMANY includes 2-day “test drive” of a Porsche 911 or Boxster S (two people per car). Departures August-October ’04.

Tour begins and ends with free days in Stuttgart. On days two and three, drive a high-performance Porsche to country towns, through the Black Forest and on the Autobahn. A travel host accompanies the self-drive group. Meet for gourmet meals and three nights in fine hotels, including the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe Hotel resort near Baden-...

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30-year art teacher and acclaimed artist Jon Neuse leads this workshop, Oct. 16-24, ’04.

Five days’ painting (in your medium of choice) in Segovia and Avila plus visits to Madrid’s Centro de Arte Reina Sofia National Museum (home of Picasso’s “Guernica”) and the Museo de Picasso in Buitrago del Lozoya. $2,595, land only.

Hellenic Adventures, Inc., 2940 Harriet Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55408-2237; phone 800/851-6349 or visit www.hellenicadventures.com.

13-day tour of INDIA departs Nov. 14, ’04.

Among highlights: Thousands of camel traders, singing and festivities on the desert sands of Pushkar during the annual fair (two days)/Taj Mahal/abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri/bird sanctuary at Bharatpur/elephant ride to Jaipur’s Amber Fort/in Udaipur stay at Shiv Niwas Palace, the residence of the Maharana.

$1,795 excluding international air.

Big Five Tours & Expeditions, 1551 SE Palm Ct., Stuart, FL 34994; phone 800/244-...

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Nov. 18-27, ’04. Among highlights: Ancient Timbuktu/travel by camel in the Sahara Desert/commercial center of Mopti/Djenne’s mud mosque and Monday market/meet Dogon tribesmen/colonial architecture in Segou/artisan market in Bamako — leather products, Tuareg jewelry, artifacts, mud cloth and woven baskets.

$2,669 from New York. Single supplement, $300. Optional extensions to Burkina Faso and Benin.

Spector Travel of Boston, 581 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116; phone 617/351-...

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10-day/8-night “moderate” walking tour for women 30 and over, Sept. 15-24, ’04.

Among highlights: Meet in Paris, FRANCE, and ferry from St. Malo to the island of Guernsey, ENGLAND, to wander through wildflower fields and explore WWII bunkers, 14th-century castle and Victor Hugo’s home/ferry to island of Sark to walk in formal gardens of feudal estate plus villages, beaches, caves/ferry to Normandy, France, and tour Mont-Saint-Michel/Omaha Beach and American Cemetery/Bayeux Tapestry/...

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8-day/7-night “moderate-level” walking tour of coast between Amalfi and Sorrento, ITALY. Departures through Oct. 24, ’04. Limit, 15.

Among highlights: Pickup at Naples airport/fishing town of Minori/in Ravello, Moorish Villa Rufolo, Villa Cimbrone’s grottoes and temples/Amalfi’s Pathway of the Gods/Aragonese castle in Annunziata/Sorrento’s “Land’s End”/optional day tour to Pompeii and Herculaneum.

From $2,077, land.

Breakaway Adventures, 1312 18th St. NW, Ste. 401,...

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