Tours

November 2009 issue

“Scotland’s Highlands And Islands”

9-day/7-night cruise-tour aboard M.V. Lord of the Glens. Highlights: Sail Caledonian Canal to Loch Ness for kayak excursion/Great Western Railway to Glenfinnan/medieval abbey on Iona/Duart Castle/Isle of Skye. Land and cruise, from $5,990. Single supp., from $1,345. Round-trip airfare, New York-Inverness, $1,040. National Geographic Expeditions (Washington, DC; 888/966-8687, www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com).

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

“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).

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).