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Taste Of Wales & Ireland
Tours, December 2012 issue.
12 days / 11 nights. Highlights: From Dublin, IRELAND, tour Wicklow Mountains / ferry to Holyhead, WALES / medieval Conwy / Caernarfon / ride Snowdonia Railway / Harlech Castle / ghost walk in Tenby / St. David’s / Waterford, Ireland / Killarney / Bunratty Castle. Land, from $2,046.

Treasures Of Italy
Tours, December 2012 issue.
12 days / 11 nights. Highlights: Venice / Roman Arena in Verona / “David,” Baptistry, artisans in Florence / Siena / wine tasting in Chianti / Rome / Villa d’Este / Pompeii / Isle of Capri / day cruise along the Amalfi Coast. Land, from $4,045. Single supp., $932.

Europe distilled
Sampling Europe’s regional spirits and liqueurs can be a cultural experience and
Columns, December 2012 issue.
Distilled spirits — the popular “national” drinks of several countries

South Devon’s ‘secret’ Blackpool Gardens
Sir Geoffrey standing near the green door to the Secret Seaside Gardens of Black
Columns, December 2012 issue.
Touring the Secret Seaside Gardens of Blackpool Sands — Devon, England

Palaces of Sintra
Façade of the Tivoli Palácio de Seteais in Sintra.
Columns, December 2012 issue.
A look at three royal palaces in Sintra (2 of 2 
on Portugal)

Important Eurail changes
Travel Briefs, December 2012 issue.
• Turkey will join the list of countries valid for Eurail Global and Eurail Select Pass travel when TCDD, the Turkish railway company, becomes a member of the Eurail-pass system on Jan. 1, 2013.

Thames cable car
Travel Briefs, December 2012 issue.
Named for its sponsor, Emirates Air Line (or visit www.tfl.gov.uk) is a new cable car system across the Thames in London.

Barcelona restaurant. Dubrovnik driver. Beer house in Tallinn. Restaurant in Split.
Report Cards, November 2012 issue.
ON CROATIA & SPAIN…

'Beehive' houses in Harran, Turkey
"Beehive" houses in Harran in southeastern Anatolian region
Where in the World?, February 2012 issue.
What’s made of mud, stays cool in the hottest weather and boasts a design that hasn’t changed in 3,000 years? The subject of December’s photo, the “beehive” houses in Harran in the southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey, very near the border with Syria. Since the Assyrians first built them, people lived in houses like this in Harran until the 1980s; today, they remain as tourist exhibits.

Island of Hvar, in Adriatic Sea off Dalmatian coast of Croatia
Island of Hvar, in Adriatic Sea off Dalmatian coast of Croatia
Where in the World?, January 2012 issue.
“When I think of our day on Hvar, I am reminded of the smell of lavender,” wrote Bonnie Floyd of Sacramento, California, the winner of this month’s drawing. She, along with many of the twenty-eight other readers who sent in correct answers, had been to the subject of November’s photo, the island of Hvar, in the Adriatic Sea off the Dalmatian coast of Croatia.