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Italy:
*Luxury Custom Culinary & Wine Tours of Italy: Enjoy a luxurious, private culinary vacation of Tuscany, Cinque Terre villages, Piedmont, Veneto, Marche, Umbria, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily...choose your focus on wine, cooking classes, local markets or specific foods such as truffles, chocolate, cheese, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pastries, saffron and other delicious choices! You'll be shown Italy's most facinating cities, extraordinary places closed to the general public as well as little known local secrets and authentic spots. Discover the soul of Italy! Day trips, weekends, up to week long adventures are available. Private chauffeur-driven tour packages available when you want them! Contact us for further details: specialgrouptours@yahoo.com
Barges in Italy -- Cruise the Venetian Lagoon and the Brenta River (with the feel of a canal in France!) in and around Venice, Italy, aboard La Dolce Vita! The most unique travel experience in Italy ... with Italian chef and crew to show you the most captivating side of Venice few have ever seen.
Belgium & Holland:
August 2010, see the Grande Palace Flower Carpet. Next viewing of the Grande Palace Flower Carpet is 2012. There are several food and beer festivals to enjoy throughout the year in Belgium!
*Holland Tulip Time Barge Cruise: 7 days, Haarlem, Holland to Brugge, Belgium; Multiple Departure Dates; Tour the Low Countries in style on this gourmet, luxury barge, the Marjorie II. For garden lovers, Holland’s famed bulb fields, Keukenhof gardens & Aalsmeer Flower Auction; fans of art & artists, there’s Haarlem, Leiden, Delft, Antwerp, Ghent and Brugge to enjoy. A feast for all!
*Barge Cruising through Belgium and Holland: most 7 days days/6 nights; Multiple Departure Dates; From the end of March through May, luxury barge cruises accommodating from just 4 - 12 guests offer the most unique and pampered way to visit Belgium and Holland. With a knowledgeable crew to cater to your every need, you can relax and enjoy a week of cruising and leisurely paced, personalized touring to places such as the tulips of Keukenhof, the artist cities of Ghent, Antwerp, Delft and Amsterdam, cheesemaking in Gouda. Experience exceptional cuisine prepared by a master chef, fine wines and walking or cycling through the countryside dotted with windmills and flower fields. A cruise on the luxury hotel barge is quite unlike any other way to travel!
*Gastronomic Flanders: 4 days from/to Brussels; Discover the culinary delights of Flanders; visit breweries, discover Jenerver, sample fine wines and experience world class, unique cuisine. Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
WHY NOT INCLUDE A COOKERY CLASS TOO?
*Exploring the Low Countries: Flemish Artists and Culinary Delights: 12 days from Brussels; Masterpieces of art - amazing blossoms and blooms, fine cuisine and beers plus the works of the Masters, Rubens, Vermeer, Van Gogh and Rembrandt. Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
*Medieval Belgium: 4 days from/to Brussels or Lille; The best of Belgium, art galleries, cobbled streets, awe-inspiring cathedrals and an amazing selection of world class chocolates and beers! Visit Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Louven, the mediaeval towns of the ancient land of Flanders. Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
*Holland's Art Cities: 5 days from Amserdam; 2010 is the year that several of Holland's cities become art galleries! Visit Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam plus Delft, Leiden and Haarlem. Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
Multi-Country Europe Tours:
*Both Sides of the Channel: 14 days from/to London; 4 countries, each with its own unique culture and traditions! The counties of Suffolk, Cambridgshire and Kent in England, Holland, Belgium and Northern France - regions of Gainsborough, Vermeer, Rubens and Rembrandt to name a few. Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
*Channel Islands and Normandy: 14 days; this relaxed itinerary combines the very best of British and French culture, and delivers an interesting and contrasting balance of history, nature and tradition (from/to London) Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
*Austria, Germany, Switzerland: 14 days, Join us visiting lands of fairy-tale castles, ancient mediaeval cities, cow bells, stunning countryside and scenery dotted with impossibly pretty villages not to mention the snow capped Alps. Includes Salzburg, Liechtenstein, Lucerne, Interlaken and more (from/to Munich) Private chauffeur-driven tour package available when you want it!
Barges in Europe, Danube Cruises -- Join the 88-passenger River Cloud II as it cruises between Hungary and Germany on glorious 3 or 4-country Danube River cruises. The River Cloud II offers a delightful and elegant alternative to larger river cruisers. Also cruises in Amsterdam at the beginning of the season, and on the Rhine River between Amsterdam and Basel mid-year.
There is also the choice of Trans-Europe, Multi-Country barges aboard the Marjorie II, Savoir Faire, La Nouvelle Etiole and River Cloud II. Spoilt for choice for Barge Cruising in Europe!
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