Tours

November 2015 issue

“Slovenia Photography Tour”

8-day, 7-night, small-group (3-6 people) photo workshop, May 16-23, June 28-July 3 & Oct. 16-23, 2016. (“Should have a good level of fitness.”) Highlights: In Ljubljana, Baroque churches, Ljubljana Castle/sunrise shoot at Lake Bled/Bled Castle/Vintgar Gorge, Lake Bohinj/WWI remnants along trail in Triglav National Park. Land, from €1,850 (near $2,064) ppdo. Single supp., €250 ($279). Luka Esenko Photography (Ljubljana, Slovenia; phone +386 41 561 020, http://lukaesenko.com).

July 2016 issue

“A Magical Christmas In Old Québec City”

6-day, 5-night women’s tour in Québec, CANADA, Dec. 21-26, 2016. (Group limit, 10.) Highlights: Old Québec/Notre-Dame Basilica/Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupré/Montmorency Falls/food walking tour/at Château Frontenac, private tour and dinner in Grand Ballroom. CAD1,480 (near $1,130) ppdo. Single supp., CAD400 ($305). Today’s Woman Traveller (1049 Sydenham Rd., Kingston, Ontario, K7M 3L8, Canada; 888/830-5324,  https://todayswomantraveller.com).

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May 2016 issue

“8-Day Heart of Wales & England”

8-day, 7-night coach tour. Through October 2016. Highlights: In London, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London/Stonehenge/Brecon Beacons National Park/Oxford/Stratford-upon-Avon/Windsor Castle/in Wales, take narrow-gauge train in Snowdonia National Park/13th-century Caernarfon Castle/Llangollen. $1,993-$2,168 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). CIE Tours International (Morristown, NJ; 800/243-8687, www.cietours.com).

March 2016 issue

“KI Food Safari”

8 days, 7 nights with cook and TV host Maggie Beer on Kangaroo Island, off South AUSTRALIA, Aug. 20-27, 2016. Based at lodge, visit farms and have chef-prepared dinners. Highlights: At sheep dairy, hands-on ricotta making/oak-barrel-wine tasting/lunch with family who coordinates farmers’ market/at Flinders Chase National Park, Remarkable Rocks/tea at Island Beehive/abalone farm. AUD7,700-AUD14,700 (near $5,455-$10,415) ppdo. Single, from AUD13,300 ($9,423). Southern Ocean Lodge (Kangaroo Island, South Australia; phone +61 2 9918 4355, http://southernoceanlodge.com.au).

June 2016 issue

“Greek Cooking Odyssey”

8 days, 7 nights on island of Poros, GREECE (through October 2016). Hosted by chef Katerina of the Odyssey Centre. Highlights: Transfer from Athens to Poros/prepare meal from fish bought at market/visit island of Hydra/cooking lessons and ingredients farm visits. $2,550-$2,750 ppdo. Groups of 3 or more, $150 less per person. Noncook price, $400 less. Single supp., $200. The International Kitchen (Chicago, IL; 800/945-8606, www.theinternationalkitchen.com).

November 2015 issue

“Sultanate of Oman”

13 days, 12 nights, March 12-24, 2016. Highlights: In Muscat, Grand Mosque, Muttrah Souq, Bait Al Zubair Museum/Seeb Fish Souk/Nakhal Fort/Wadi Nakher, Wadi Ghul/17th-century Nizwa Fort/300-foot-high dunes at Wahiba Sands, home to Bedouins/Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve/in Salalah, Prophet Job’s tomb/in Dhofar, tomb of Bin Ali. From New York City, $4,995 ppdo. Single supp., $995. Spiekermann Travel (Eastpointe, MI; 800/645-3233, www.mideasttrvl.com).

July 2016 issue

“Flight of the Condor”

12 days, 11 nights in PERU. Highlights: Lima city tour/fly to Arequipa/Pampa Cañahuas National Reserve, home to vicuñas, alpacas/see condors from Cruz del Condor point/from Puno, visit floating islands of the Uros in Lake Titicaca/Cusco/Sacred Valley/Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu. From £1,330 (near $1,917) ppdo, incl. internal flights. Single supp., £399 ($575). Peruvian Secrets (Penycwm, Tyn-y-Gongl, Wales, LL74 8RG, U.K.; sales@peruvian secrets.co.uk, www.peruviansecrets. co.uk).

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January 2016 issue

“Expedition To Greenland” —

 9-day, 8-night hiking tour, July 23-31 & Aug. 6-14, 2016. “Moderate level”; one- to 5-hour walks on varying terrain. Highlights: In Nuuk, Greenland National Museum, ruins of Viking settlement/hike Ukkusissat Mountain/Inuit barbecue by the sea/hike ice cap at Kangerlussuaq/Kanga Fjord/midnight cruise near Sermeq Glacier/lunch with local family/Sermermiut, ancient Inuit settlement. Land only, $6,295 per person, double occupancy (ppdo) (group of 10-12), or $6,795 (group of 6-9). Single supp., $810; “forced single” supp., $610. Wilderness Travel (Berkeley, CA; 800/368-2794, www....

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