9-day, 8-night hike, Dec. 7-15, 2014 & Feb. 1-9, 2015. Moderate-energetic pace; up to 12 miles a day. Highlights: Start and end in El Calafate (flights from Buenos Aires)/glaciers at Mt. Fitz Roy and Laguna Huemul/cruise to foot of Perito Moreno Glacier/Los Glaciares National Park/Anita Valley, home to flamingos, guanacos, hares/Peninsula de las Colonias, home to condors and rheas. Land, $5,795 (2014) or $5,895 (2015). Single supp., $1,275/$1,295.

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8 days, 7 nights. Departures Dec. 18 through Dec. 25, 2014. Highlights: In Krakow, regional food, hot mulled wine, handcrafts in UNESCO-listed medieval Market Square/make pierogi with private chef, ride a sleigh, tour glass factory. In Warsaw, see pottery, crèches, gingerbread ornaments/sample traditional dishes in Polish family’s home/midnight Christmas carols. Land, $3,395. Single supp., $495.

MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com).

12 days, 11 nights; Oct. 1-11, 2014. (Departures after Oct. 11, call for new rates.) Highlights: In Athens, Acropolis, Syntagma Square, National Library, Hadrian’s Arch and Panathenaic Stadium/fly to Mykonos, island of narrow streets, windmills/overlook ancient caldera on Santorini/hydrofoil to Crete and see Minoan palace at ancient site of Knossos/walking tour of Heraklion. Land, double from $3,871 (4-star) to $4,797 (5-star); single $4,886 (4-star) to $6,410 (5-star).

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