Tours

June 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Rome & Amalfi

Nine days/seven nights in ITALY. Highlights: In Rome, Forum, Circus Maximus, Colosseum/in Vatican City, Sistine Chapel, “Pieta” at St. Peter’s Basilica/Pompeii/Amalfi Coast/sail Bay of Naples to Positano and Sorrento/tour a mozzarella factory/Blue Grotto on Isle of Capri. Land, from $3,490. Single supp., $1,000. Perillo Tours (Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 800/431-1515).

June 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Levada Trails Of Madeira

8-day/7-night, “moderate” walking tour (five to seven hours’ walking per day, with demanding ascent or descent for up to 800 meters per day) in PORTUGAL. Highlights: Funchal/clifftop walk at São Lourenço/follow the levada (irrigation channel) path to Florenças/Balcony Walk between the peaks Arieiro and Ruivo. Land, from $810. Single supp., $190. Explore! North America (Oakland, CA; 800/715-1746).

June 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Epic Poem Of Vietnam

11 days/9 nights. Highlights: Hanoi’s 11th-century One Pillar Pagoda, stelae at Temple of Literature/view karst formations during cruise on Ha Long Bay aboard a wooden junk/Hue’s Imperial Citadel, Thai Hoa Palace/Lang Co fishing village/in Da Nang, Cham Museum/visit potters and woodcarvers in Hoi An/Binh Tay market, Cu Chi Tunnels in Saigon. Land, $1,880. Single supp., $773. Orient Odyssey (Point Roberts, WA; 800/637-5778).

June 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Ultimate Namibia Safari

13 days/12 nights. Highlights: Windhoek city tour/encounter cheetahs, leopards at AfriCat Foundation/Etosha National Park, home to lions, elephants, giraffes, ostriches/visit a Himba settlement/Desert Rhino Camp/Twyfelfontein rock engravings/cruise to see Cape fur seals, dolphins, birds in Swakopmund/world’s highest dunes. Land, $8,450. Single supp., $1,000. EverGreen Escapes (Seattle, WA; 866/203-7603).

June 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Chile & Patagonia

17 days/16 nights, Oct. 26-Nov. 11, 2012. Highlights: Santiago city tour, Pablo Neruda’s house/Pucon in the Lake District/Villarrica Volcano/cruise fjords on catamaran Patagonia Express /Punta Arenas/Torres del Paine National Park/Viña Concha y Toro winery/El Pueblito de Los Dominicos handicraft market. From Los Angeles, $7,390. Single supp., $1,290. EastWest International Tours (Laguna Beach, CA; 800/359-6719).

May 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Scotland: Mysterious Alba

Seven-day/six-night private tour; departures through October 2012. Highlights: Edinburgh / Scone Palace / lunch cruise on Loch Ness past Eilean Donan Castle, Urquhart Castle / Dunvegan Castle on Isle of Skye / whisky tasting at Talisker Distillery / on Isle of Mull, Tobermory fishing village / Iona, whence Christianity spread in Scotland / Gleneagles golf resort/Stirling Castle / Bannockburn, where Robert the Bruce defeated the English. Land, from $7,536. No single supp. Cox & Kings (Los...

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April 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Scottish Islands

Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Sept. 17, 2012. Highlights: Edinburgh to Loch Lomond/Argyll/ferry to islands of Mull and Iona/boat to Staffa/Eilean Donan Castle/Portree on Isle of Skye/Loch Ness/on Orkney Islands, Skara Brae, stone circle at Brodgar/drive through Highlands to Loch Broom fishing village/Edinburgh. Land only, $1,899. Single supp., $220. Celtic Tours (Albany, NY; 800/833-4373, www.celtictours.com).

April 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Tuscany And Cinque Terre

Eight-day/seven- night culinary tour in ITALY. Departures through Oct. 20, 2012. Highlights: In Florence, dine on the Arno; visit the Uffizi, “David” and an art-restorer’s workshop/Carrara marble quarry/walk or take train through the Cinque Terre villages/in Lucca, pasta class; wine and olive oil tasting. Land, $4,290 Single supp., $777. Tauck (Norwalk, CT; 800/788-7885, www.tauck.com).