Tours

May 2016 issue | Appears on page 50

“Focus on Malta”

8-day, 7-night photography tour, Oct. 22-29, 2016. Nature photographer Gilbert Vancell shares techniques. Highlights: In Gozo, Citadel, Mgarr ix-Xini Fjord, ancient salt pans/Mdina/Rabat/shoot the Milky Way/private visit to 16th-century St. John’s Co-Cathedral. €2,875 (near $3,260) ppdo. Single supp., €490 ($555). Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay (St. Julians, STJ 3301, Malta; phone +356 2137 4114, www.corinthia.com).

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May 2016 issue | Appears on page 50

“Legends of Lake Baikal & Tuva”

13-day, 12-night tour in southern Siberia, RUSSIA, July 31-Aug. 12, 2016. Max. group, 12. Highlights: Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal/in Irkutsk, concert in Decembrist Museum, concert of chimes at Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross/fly to Kyzyl, Tuva/in Tuva, visit nomadic steppe family, private throat-singing lesson/Arzhan 2 excavations in Turan/folk performance in Abakan, Khakassia. $6,495 ppdo. Partial single supp., $695 (may need to share in some...

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May 2016 issue | Appears on page 50

“Alberta Family/ Banff to Jasper”

6-day, 5-night family adventure trip in two national parks in CANADA, July through August 2016. Easy-to-moderate hiking, biking. Up to 6 guests per guide. Highlights: From Calgary, Alberta, bike ride in Bow Valley Parkway, Banff National Park/Silverton Falls/hike over Sentinel Pass/next to Jasper National Park, hike Athabasca Glacier/hike around Lake Louise/white-water rafting on the Kanana­­- skis/bike in Sundance Canyon. $2,898, adult, and $2,318-$2,608, child, ppdo. Single supp...

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April 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Legendary Rhine & Moselle”

13-day, 12-night river cruise on Rhine and Moselle rivers. Through October 2016. Highlights: In Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, tour Van Gogh Museum or Rijksmuseum/in GERMANY, Cologne’s Old Town, tours of Trier and village of Boppard/in LUXEMBOURG, WWII cemetery, Grand Ducal Palace/Strasbourg, FRANCE. Cabins, from (category 5) $5,389-$6,299 to (suite) $8,894-$9,394 ppdo. Uniworld (Los Angeles, CA; 800/355-7078, http://uniworld.com).

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April 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Show Songs Singing Holiday”

8 days, 7 nights in Lectoure, FRANCE, Aug. 22-29, 2016. Group members sing pop, light opera and show songs in 4-part harmony. Highlights: Sing in hotel most mornings/afternoons in Condom-en-Armagnac and Fleurance/Domaine d’Arton winery. £1,599 (near $2,265) ppdo. Single supp., £210 ($298). Nonactivity discount, £250 ($354). Authentic Adventures (Bonds Mill, Bristol Rd., Stonehouse, England, GL10 3RF, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1453 823 328, www.authenticadventures.co.uk).

April 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Assisi & Rome”

9-day, 8-night pilgrimage tour in ITALY, Aug. 29-Sept. 6, 2016. Ends with attendance at canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Min. group size, 25. Highlights: From Rome, transfer to Assisi to see basilicas of San Francisco and St. Clare/Mass at nearby San Damiano/in Rome, Colosseum, Mamertine Prison, San Pietro in Vincoli church/in Vatican City, St. Peter’s Cathedral; see works by Michelangelo, Raphael/on Sept. 4, canonization event. $2,399 ppdo. Single supp., $500. Ed-Ventures, Inc. (...

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April 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Active in Slovenia”

8-day, 7-night, moderate-level biking-and-hiking tour. May-September 2016 and 2017. Highlights: In resort town of Bled, city tour/cable car to top of Mt. Vogel for hiking/mountain biking along Radovna River in Triglav National Park/soak in thermal pools at Ziva Wellness Centre/seaside town of Piran/raft trip on Sava Dolinka River. From $1,360 ppdo. Single supp., $310. Intrepid Travel (Petaluma, CA; 800/970-7299, www.intrepidtravel.com).

April 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Laos & Cambodia Mekong Discovery”

16 days, 15 nights. Max. group, 16. Highlights: In THAILAND’s Golden Triangle, cruise two days on upper Mekong River/around Luang Prabang, Laos, jungle elephant trek, Pak Ou Caves, cooking class, picnic at Kuang Si Falls/fly to Vientiane/visit Patuxai Victory Monument, COPE Visitor Centre for UXO survivors/fly to Pakse/Wat Phou/in Cambodia, take boat from Kratié to seek Irrawaddy dolphins/in Phnom Penh, Silver Pagoda, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Killing Fields/fly to Siem Reap for...

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