Tours

April 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

SLOW FOOD TOUR: PIEDMONT TO ITALIAN RIVIERA

8 days, 7 nights in northern ITALY, Sept. 2-9, 2018. Group limit, 6-12. Highlights: Wine-growing areas in Langhe-Roero and Monferrato/Castle of Barolo wine museum/cheese, hazelnut tasting/pesto-making lesson/walking tour of historical Genoa/in Cinque Terre, Manarola and Vernazza, wine tasting/cooking lesson in Portofino garden. €3,700 (near $4,540) ppdo. Single supp., €490 ($600). BeautifuLiguria (Vico degli Indoratori, 10, 16123 Genoa, ITALY; info@beautifuliguria.com,...

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April 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

VILLAGE TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
Azerbaijani shepherd watching his flock. Photo by Ana Filonov/ MIR Corporation

21 days, 20 nights, July 29-Aug. 18, 2018. Group limit, 4-12. Highlights: In AZERBAIJAN, Baku’s medieval Old Town, family meal in Lahij/14th-century architectural preserve of Sheki/in GEORGIA, Pheasant’s Tears Winery, 4WD into Tusheti Mountains/in Tbilisi, 4th-century Narikala Fortress/Svaneti region/Vardzia cave monastery/Phoka Nunnery of St. Nino/in ARMENIA, visit master coppersmith in Gyumri/in Yerevan, visit duduk (double reed) instrument studio. $7,995 ppdo. Single supp., $...

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April 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

INDIA’S GARDENS & PALACES

12-day, 10-night deluxe, gluten-free tour, Sept. 21-Oct. 2, 2018. Highlights: In New Delhi, sound-and-light show at Red Fort/express train to Chandigarh for Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, Le Corbusier Centre/in Jaipur, Hawa Mahal (Pink Palace), Jantar Mantar observatory/Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary/ghost town of Fatehpur Sikri/Taj Majal in Agra. From JFK (on Emirates), $5,880 ppdo, or, land only, $4,900 ppdo. Single supp., $1,995. Pacific Delight Tours (Flushing, NY; 800/221-7179, www....

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April 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

HISTORICAL CHINA, TIBET + THE YANGTZE

16 days, 15 nights. Highlights: Shanghai Museum, Yu Yuan Garden/board 124-passenger Yangzi Explorer in Yichang (4 nights)/Three Gorges Dam/fly to Lhasa, Tibet, for Potala Palace, Jokhang Monastery, visits with a family, doctor, artist/Chengdu panda sanctuary/Terracotta Army in Xi’an/Great Wall/Beijing. $7,099-$8,799 ppdo (per cabin and dates). Alexander+Roberts (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.alexander roberts.com).

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April 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

MOROCCO METEOR SHOWER

9 days, 8 nights, Dec. 10-18, 2018. Highlights: In Marrakech, Jardin Majorelle, Berber Museum, medina/cross High Atlas range to fortified village of Aït Benhaddou/Ouarzazate/Todra Gorge/in Sahara Desert, Geminid meteor shower with astronomer, Berber camp overnight/8th-century Fes el-Bali/Roman ruins of Volubilis/imperial city of Meknes/in Rabat, Chellah necropolis/Casablanca. $1,385 ppdo. Single supp., $310. On the Go Tours (68 North End Rd., West Kensington, London, England, W14 9EP, U.K.;...

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March 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

DANISH PALACES & COUNTRY HOUSES

9-day, 8-night historian-led architectural tour, July 26-Aug. 3, 2018. Highlights: From London, fly to Billund, DENMARK/in Aarhus, Den Gamle By open-air museum/Rosenholm mansion/in Jutland, Clausholm Castle/Odense/on Tåsinge, Valdemar’s Castle/on Ærø, medieval churches/Copenhagen/in  Helsingør, Kronborg Castle. Return London. £3,175 (near $4,497) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £480 ($680). ACE Cultural Tours (Stapleford Granary, Bury Rd., Stapleford...

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March 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

OKTOBERFEST

12 days, 10 nights, Sept. 22-Oct. 3, 2018. Highlights: In Berlin, GERMANY, Brandenburg Gate/in Dresden, Zwinger Palace, dinner in Eckberg Castle/in Munich, Marienplatz, BMW Museum, Oktoberfest/in Berchtesgaden, Eagle’s Nest/in Salzburg, AUSTRIA, Mirabell Palace gardens/in Vienna, concert, Schönbrunn Palace/Wachau Valley river cruise. $3,790 ppdo. Single supp., $1,320. Insight Vacations (Rye, NY; 888/971-6788, www.insightvacations.com).

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March 2018 issue | Appears on page 49

CROATIA-HUNGARY-UKRAINE

18 days, 17 nights, June 6-23 & Aug. 9-26, 2018. Highlights: In Dubrovnik, 15th-century Orlando’s column, Sponza Palace/Split/Trogir/Plitvice Lakes/Zagreb/in Budapest, Buda Castle, St. Stephen’s Basilica, Jewish Quarter/in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, medieval castle/attend wedding in Carpathian Mountains/in Lviv, performance at century-old Theatre of Opera & Ballet. $3,525 ppdo. Single supp., $700. Cobblestone Freeway Tours (10515 111 St., Edmonton, AB, T5H 3E8, CANADA; 855/787-...

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