FRANCE Provence and the Alps June 21 - 29, 2008 French cuisine and art of living, Chateauneuf-du-Pape winery, Provencal markets, Avignon with Benezet Bridge, Roman Lyon, spa at Aix les Baines, splendor of the Alps with Chamonix, Lake Annecy and pretty Alpine villages.
HUNGARY Budapest and the Transdanubia July 11 - 20, 2008 Champagne cruise on the Danube, gilded baroque palaces and frozen in time villages, ancient thermal baths and lavish spas, Hungarian cooking lesson, wine tour, horsemanship show and an opera performance.
CZECH REPUBLIC The Golden Prague July 20 - 24, 2008 Medieval winding lanes, stone bridges and delicate spires of the Old Town, Prague Castle, Renaissance palaces, Gothic cathedrals and Art Nouveau marvels, Mozart opera in the original setting, Jewish Josefov.
POLAND Krakow and the Tatra Mountains August 15 - 24 Renaissance palaces and medieval castles, Chopin's piano recital and Klezmer music concert, world-class art, communism utopia tour, Tatra Mountains hiking, Highlander dance lesson and the ever-present history.
CROATIA Dubrovnik and the Dalmatian Coast September 7 - 16, 2008 Marble city of Dubrovnik, cruise on the Adriatic Sea, Emperor's Diocletian Palace, Mestrovic sculptures, Plitvice's blue-green lakes and waterfalls, Hvar's lavender fields, red-roofed towns spilling to the sea, silk weaving.
ITALY Venice and the Veneto September 24 - October 3, 2008 Mysterious beauty of Venice seen from a gondola, Venetian art tour, opera at La Fenice, Giotto's frescoes in Padua, Palladian villas, Roman Verona, wine tour, spa in Abano Terme.
October 4 - 13, 2008 Glorious beaches rimmed with golden cliffs, Moorish and Knights Templar castles, baroque palaces, Manueline masterpieces, fado music, amazing seafood and wines, ceramic tile painting, walled town of Obidos.
The Amazon Expedition Cruise January 25 - 31, 2009 Join a small expedition of the earth's mightiest river and explore pristine areas penetrated by only a privileged few: orchid-festooned rainforest, remote villages, rare birds, pink dolphins, monkeys. Take guided walks in the Amazon wilderness as you travel on an elegant ship in the style of steamers that cruised these waters in the 19th century.
USA Art and Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC April 2 - 6, 2009 Cherry Blossoms Festival, Potomac River cruise, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian museums, colonial Old Town Alexandria, top of the Washington Monument, Roosevelt and Lincoln Memorials, Spy Museum, designer shopping, fine international dining.
Acropolis, Parthenon and the antiquity monuments of Athens. Black sand, azure seas and spctacular sunsets of Santorini, Minoan civilization and wines of Crete. Follow the epic tales and monumental history, then kick back and swim, dance, hike, eat and shop.
RUSSIA White Nights in St. Petersburg June 1 - 9, 2009 Splendor of the White Nights, canal cruise at twilight, opulent tsarist palaces and ornate gardens, golden domed Orthodox cathedrals, Hermitage Museum tour and Kirov ballet, caviar and vodka reception.
TURKEY From Beaches to Antiquity September 13 - 25, 2009 Monuments from antiquity and early Christianity, Istanbul's Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Grand Bazaar, Bosphorus cruise, Turkish Baths, Aegean Sea beaches, mineral mud spa, Ephesus and Pergamum.
2009 Paris with Notre Dame, Louvre, dancing fountains in Versailles, shopping at Galleries Lafayette, cruise on the Seine, Moulin Rouge show and dining atop Eiffel Tower, the romantic chateaux in the Loire Valley.
All tours include fine amenities, special services and unique experiences at prices which are much lower than at other highly-regarded tour companies.
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To assure the best possible experience, personalized service and support, we limit the number of tour participants to sixteen (16) women.
CUSTOM TOURS
We organize custom designed tours. If you are interested in a specific itinerary (religious, cultural immersion, crafts, bird-watching or genealogy), please let us know and we will address each inquiry individually.We also organize Mother-Daughter Tours, Graduation Tours, Pilgrimage Tours, and Girl Scouts Tours.
Please contact us for more information and, as always, we welcome your suggestions!
