Selected Destinations
and Itineraries
"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment."
—Hilaire Belloc
Italy
The Renaissance in Florence + Hill Towns of Umbria
An incomparable treasury of art, plus lovely hill towns of an unspoiled region.
The Glory of Rome + the Amalfi Coast
The first city of Europe from antiquity to Baroque, plus Pompeii, Capri and the sea.
Italian Villas & Gardens
From Rome to Florence in the footsteps of Edith Wharton.
Cucina Romagnola
Great food and wine in the breadbasket of Italy.
Opera in Northern Italy
La lirica in Parma, Bologna and La Scala!
ALSO: VENICE • SICILY • FOOTSTEPS OF SAINT FRANCIS • THE PIERO TRAIL
France
Paris & Provence
The City of Lights and a poetic land of great food, perched villages and sunny landscapes.
D-Day in Normandy
Battlefields, memorials and monuments along a magnificent coastline. Plus WW II sites in Paris.
The Chateaux of the Loire
The favorite palaces of the Bourbon Kings of France.
ALSO: BRITTANY • GREAT WINES OF BURGUNDY • MARCIAC JAZZ FESTIVAL
Central Europe
Hapsburg Vienna, Prague & Budapest
Music, monuments and fine dining in three beautiful capitals
Berlin: Capital of the New Germany
Rediscovery of an exciting and provocative city of art & culture
Treasures of Saxony: Dresden, Leipzig & Weimar
Rebirth & renovation in the world of Goethe & Bach, Schiller & Wagner.
Mozart in Salzburg & Vienna
Retracing his steps in the cities of his birth and artistic flowering.
ALSO: WARSAW & CRACOW • LEGENDS OF THE RHINE • MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE ALPS
Spain
Don Quixote’s Spain & the Spanish Renaissance
Cervantes and the world’s favorite knight with Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces of historical Castilla and La Mancha.
Barcelona
A spectacular modern capital of art, architecture and fine cuisine.
A Medieval Pilgrimage
Paris to Santiago de Compostela: a spiritual journey and the rise of the Romanesque.
ALSO: ANDULUCIA • MALLORCA • SAN SEBASTIEN & BILBAO GUGGENHEIM
Great Britain
Masterpiece Theatre
Shakespeare and the classics on the West End and in Stratford
The Edinburgh Festival & the Scottish Highlands
The world’s best arts festival, castles, lochs, and Scotch.
Literary England
The Romantic poets, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Dickens and the Brontes.
ALSO: ROMAN BRITAIN • BOSWELL & JOHNSON IN THE HEBRIDES
ALSO: GODS AND HEROES OF ANCIENT GREECE • AMSTERDAM • BRUSSELS & BRUGES • MANY MORE!
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