Tours

June 2009 issue

New Zealand Walking Tours

10- and 14-day tours of South Island. Highlights: Day cruise, trek Abel Tasman National Park/wine tasting in Blenheim/seals in Kai­koura/on 14-day tour, add Doubtful Sound, Mt. Cook, Christchurch. Land only for 10-day tour, NZ$4,200 (near US$2,366), or 14-day tour, NZ$5,400 (US$3,043). Single supp. for both, NZ$875 (US$493). New Zealand Travellers (169 Cable Bay Rd. RD-1, Nelson, New Zealand; phone 64 3 545 2546, www.nztravellers.co.nz).

April 2009 issue

“Fairy Tales & Symphonies”

9 days/8 nights, June 18-26 & Aug. 20-28, 2009. Highlights: In Munich, GERMANY, city tour and BMW plant/in Bavaria, visit Neuschwanstein and Linderhof castles/Oberammergau, home to the Passion Play/in Salzburg, VIENNA, walking tour includes Mozart’s birthplace, Mirabell Castle, “Sound of Music” locations/Bad Ischl and Hallstatt in the Lake District/in Vienna, Stephansdom, Hofburg Palace, Spanish Riding School, Hapsburg treasures, Schönbrunn Palace. Land only, $7,950 (June departure) or $8,200 (August). Single supplement, $2,750. Exeter International (Tampa, FL; 800/633-1008, www....

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July 2009 issue

“Culinary & Safari Tour, South Africa”

10 days/9 nights. Highlights: In Cape Town, enjoy seafood at Black Marlin and fusion cuisine at Ginja/wine tasting the Western Cape, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek/game drives in Kruger National Park. Land only, from $6,995. Single supp., $1,815. Safari Ventures (Tampa, FL; 888/341-7771, www.safariventures.com).

January 2009 issue

“Come Back To Erin”

15-day/14-night tour of IRELAND, May-September 2009. Highlights: Dublin tour/Boyne Valley and Newgrange/Wicklow’s Mt. Usher Gardens/sixth-century monastic settlement in Glendalough/Waterford Crystal Factory/medieval Kilkenny/Blarney Castle/Lakes of Killarney/Dingle Peninsula and Slea Head/jaunting cart through Killarney National Park/Muckross House museum of 18th-century life/Cliffs of Moher/fly to Insihmore island/”Twelve Bens” mountains/in Drumcliff, Yeats Center/13th-century Boyle Abbey/return via Dublin. Land only, $5,299. Single supplement, $929. Journey Through Ireland (University...

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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

“Holland At Tulip Time & The Passion Play”

10 days/9 nights, May 8-17, 2010. Highlights: 6-night river cruise aboard M/S Casanova, beginning in Rotterdam and Delft, HOLLAND/visit windmills of Kinderdijk/in BELGIUM, medieval Bruges/Antwerp/Brussels/100 varieties of tulips and more at Keukenkhof Gardens near Amsterdam/fly to Munich, GERMANY/2,000 performers recreate Christ’s Passion in Oberammergau. Land/cruise, from $5,299. Single supplement, $900.

General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.generaltours.com).

May 2009 issue

“Royal Rajasthan With Pushkar Mela”

22-day/18-night tour includes Pushkar Camel Festival and two days of volunteer work at village school. Highlights: In Delhi, Qutab Minar, Red Fort/ride camels into the dunes near Kanoi/dancers, artisans and thousands of camels at the Pushkar Mela (livestock fair)/in Jaipur, Amber Palace, Palace of Winds/Taj Mahal by moonlight in Agra/return via Delhi. $4,950 from Vancouver. Single supp., $1,475. Bestway Tours & Safaris (8678 Greenall Ave., Ste. 206, Burnaby, BC, Canada; 800/663-0844, www.bestway.com).

September 2009 issue

“The European Reformation, Plus Oberammergau”

10-day/12-night cruise-tour. Departures May 17-Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: In SWITZERLAND, Geneva, Zürich/in GERMANY, sites in life of Martin Luther, including Wittenberg, Worms/day cruise past Rhine castles/Oberammergau Passion Play. Land/cruise only, $2,869. Single supp., $354. Globus Religious Travel (Littleton, CO; 866/313-2855, www.globusfaith.com).