Tours

April 2009 issue

“Food & Wine In Andalucía”

6-day/5-night tour of SPAIN includes cooking classes. Highlights: In Seville, “tapas crawl,” Jewish Quarter, wine tasting/two classes on cooking local specialties/sherry bodegas in Jerez/vineyard tours/Arabic baths in Ronda/Iberian ham tasting. Land only, from $2,050. Single supplement, $325. Discount if not participating in cooking classes. Epicurean Ways (Charlottesville, VA; 866/642-2917, http://epicureanways.com).

July 2009 issue

“Quest For Rare Birds And Mammals”

14-day/13-night nonsmoking tour of ARGENTINA, May 4-18, 2010. Highlights: Fly from Buenos Aires to Salta in the Andes/Huaico Reserve cloud forest/Los Cardones National Park, home to guanacos, condors/jaguars, river otters, rare birds in El Rey National Park/on the Chaco plain, anteaters, caby­baras, howler monkeys maned wolves. Land only, $4,850. Single supp., $900. Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris (Saratoga, CA; 800/527-5330, www.cheesemans.com).

January 2009 issue

“A Week In Bavaria, Dolomites & Venice”

8 days/7 nights, May-August 2010. Highlights: In Munich, GERMANY, Old Town, Marienplatz, Frauenkirche/attend Passionsspiele (Passion Play) in Oberammergau, performed in High German (English libretto supplied); 2,000 townspeople are the actors, musicians and technicians/in Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, Hapsburg-era architecture/in Bolzano, ITALY, dine in 13th-century Castle Katzenzungen/cable car through snowcapped Dolomite Mountains/Limone sul Garda on Lake Garda/in Venice, St. Mark’s Basilica, Doge’s Palace. Land price, from $4,357 triple, $4,490 double, $4,997 single. Tauck World Discovery (...

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February 2009 issue

“Basque Country Culinary Tour”

9-day/9-night tour in France and Spain, Oct. 3-11, 2009. Highlights: In FRANCE, explore Biarritz’s Les Halles marketplace with a chef; learn to cook Basque specialties/in Bayonne, visit a chocolatier/go wine tasting/shop in markets of St. Jean Pied du Port and St. Jean du Luz/in San Sebastian, SPAIN, do a “tapas crawl.” Land price, $3,695. Single supplement, $400.

Your Great Days In Paris (Medford, MA; 781/391-6183).

May 2009 issue

Myanmar Leg Rower Festival

10 days/9 nights, Oct. 3-12, 2009. Highlights: In Yangon, golden Sule Pagoda, crafts and gems at Bogyoke Market/boat excursion on Inle Lake/Jumping Cat Monastery/Phaung Daw Oo Festival includes leg rower races/Mt. Popa, home to 37 nats (spirits)/three royal capitals: Amarapura, Sagaing and Inwa. Land only, from $1,550. Single supp., $575. Round-trip air from Los Angeles, from $875. Ceylon Express International (Huntington Beach, CA; 800/423-9566, www.ceylonexpress.com).

September 2009 issue

“The Path Of The Crusades”

15 days/17 nights, Sept. 1-17, 2010. Highlights: In Istanbul, TURKEY, mosaics in Kariye Museum/ in Aleppo, SYRIA, Great Mosque and souq/HQ of Knights Templar in Tartous/in JORDAN, Ajlun Castle/in ISRAEL, Roman city of Caesarea/Jerusalem’s Tower of David, Al-Aqsa Mosque. From New York, $9,995. Single supp., $1,295. Far Horizons Inc. (San Anselmo, CA; 800/552-4575, www.farhorizons.com).

March 2009 issue

“Clare & Burren Cycling Tour”

8-day/7-night cycling tour of IRELAND (“moderate” — four to six hours of cycling per day). Highlights: From Ennis, cycle to Spanish Point/Cliffs of Moher/stone crosses at Kilfenora/cycle coastline with views of Galway Bay and Aran Islands/5,000-year-old dolman at Poulnabroune on the limestone moonscape of the Burren/Burren Perfumery/Corafin, site of the battle of Dysert O’Dea. Land only, $1,395 (bike rental included). Single supplement, $400.

Active Journeys (4891 Dundas St. W #4, Toronto, ON, Canada M9A 1B2; 800/597-5594, www.activejourneys.com).

October 2009 issue

Iran

15 days/14 nights, May 6-20, 2010. Highlights: 6,000-year-old pottery in Archaeological Museum, Tehran/Sa’ad-Abad Palace/Persepolis/pink-tiled Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque, Eram Garden, nomads’ market in Shiraz/Pasargadae, built by Cyrus the Great/Isfahan’s Ali-Qapu Palace. Land only, $3,525. Single supp., $650. Caravan-Serai (Seattle, WA; 800/451-8097, www.caravan-serai.com).