Tours

March 2011 issue

“Laos And Myanmar”

12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In Luang Prabang, LAOS, Wat Xieng Thong monastery/boat ride to Tham Pak Ou caves/weaving village of Ban Phanom/National Museum, Vientiane/fly to Yangon, MYANMAR/Sule Pagoda, Shwedagon Pagoda/11th- to 14th-century temples in Bagan/visit a lacquerware workshop/in Mandalay, Golden Teak Monastery/world’s biggest book/Inle Lake for floating gardens, market. Land, $3,039. Single supp., $740.

Third Eye Travels (Fremont, CA; 800/456-3393).

June 2010 issue

“Connemara, Aran Islands & The Burren”

Eight-day/seven-night walking tour of IRELAND (“moderate level”; longest day, four to six hours). Departures through Oct. 2. Highlights: Cliffs of Moher/walk along “Famine Trail”/prehistoric forts on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Land, $2,095. Single supp., $325.

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

October 2011 issue

“Basque In The Glory”

Nine-day/eight-night walking tour of SPAIN (three to nine miles per day; support van provided), June 27-July 5, 2012. Highlights: Walk the northern part of Camino de Santiago from Hondarribia to Deba/vineyard tour and wine tasting in La Rioja region/Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Land, €2,800 (near $4,034). Single supp., €350.

Fresco Tours (Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; phone, in US, 866/698-7563 or, outside US, +34 626 40 09 81).

August 2010 issue

“Born Free Wildlife Expedition”

10 days/nights in KENYA; departures Oct. 30, 2010, and Oct. 30, 2011. Highlights: Game drives for the Big Five in Amboseli National Park/balloon ride in Maasai Mara/visit Born Free Trust conservation project. Land, $5,891 (through Dec. 21, 2010). Single supp. on request.

Baobab Expeditions (Lake Success, NY; 516/622-2279).

June 2011 issue

“Canadian Rockies & Glacier Park”

Nine days/eight nights; departures through Oct. 3, 2011. Highlights: Calgary/Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta/Glacier National Park, Montana/float trip on Bow River, Banff/Icefields Parkway, home to bears, moose, elks, caribou/ATV on the Athabasca Glacier. Land, from $1,095. Single supp., from $600.

Caravan Tours (Chicago, IL; 800/227-2826).

July 2010 issue

“Tsars And Sultans”

Eight-day/seven-night tour of UKRAINE and TURKEY, Oct. 1-9, 2010. Highlights: In Kiev, St. Sophia Cathedral, Pechersk Lavra Caves Monastery/Livadia, Nicolas and Alexandria’s palace in Yalta/in Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace/fairy chimneys in Cappadocia. Land, $8,200. Single supp., $2,850.

Exeter International (Tampa, FL; 800/633-1008).

November 2011 issue

Ireland

14 days/13 nights, departing May 14, July 30 & Sept. 17, 2012. Highlights: Dublin city tour/Waterford/Killarney/Ring of Kerry/Dingle Peninsula/Cliffs of Moher/Galway/Derry, NORTHERN IRELAND/Belfast. Land, $4,350. Single supp., $1,048.

Adventures Abroad (Blaine, WA; 800/665-3998). 

June 2014 issue

“Victory In Europe”

9 days, 8 nights, Sept. 9-17, 2014, in London, ENGLAND, and Normandy and Paris, FRANCE. Highights: In London, American Memorial Chapel/private tour of Cabinet War Rooms/Chartwell, Churchill’s art studio/D-Day Museum. English Channel ferry. In Bayeux, Memorial de Caen/Ste.-Mère-Église/Brécourt Manor/Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach/Normandy American Cemetery. In Paris, learn of the final details of the Allies’ war campaign. Land, $6,995. Single supp., $1,795.

National WWII Museum Tours (New Orleans, LA; 877/813-3329).