UK and Ireland

16 days, 14 nights, Sept. 14-29, 2015. Lodging in historic country houses, inns. Highlights: In Edinburgh, city tour, whisky-tasting lesson/Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness/in Glasgow, Stirling Castle, Glengoyne distillery/Belfast tour/Glenveagh National Park/Cliffs of Moher/Ring of Kerry, Killarney National Park/in Kenmare, Bronze Age stone circle/Blarney Castle. From Boston or New York, $6,599 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $1,064. Olde Ipswich Tours (Ipswich, MA; 877/356-5163, www.ipswichtours.com).