a. Bike trip and rent rooms at AirBNB locations.
b. A Combination of Rick Steves tours back to back
| Best of Eastern France in 14 Days - $4,295 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | tour starts at 5pm; orientation walk + dinner |
| 2 | Reims | gothic cathedral, champagne tasting |
| 3 | Reims | Verdun; Alsatian dinner in Colmar |
| 4 | Colmar | half-timbered houses and canals; Unterlinden museum |
| 5 | Colmar | visit winery and Albert Schweitzer’s home |
| 6 | Colmar | drive to Burgundy, visit medieval charity hospital |
| 7 | Beaune | morning outdoor market, afternoon wine country |
| 8 | Beaune | Mont Blanc |
| 9 | Chamonix | free day French Alps |
| 10 | Chamonix | drive to Provence |
| 11 | Vaison la Romaine | Roman mansion and ampitheater |
| 12 | Vaison la Romaine | picturesque villages, Côtes du Rhône winery |
| 13 | Vaison la Romaine | morning travel to Marseille; afternoon explore |
| 14 | Marseille | tour over |
| Loire to the South of France in 13 Days - $3,795 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | tour starts 5pm, orientation walk + dinner |
| 2 | Chartes | explore town, visit cathedral |
| 3 | Chartes | drive to Loire Valley, visit Amboise (Leonardo's home) and Château de Chenonceau |
| 4 | Chinon | Château de Villandry (photography!) then Liore Valley excursion |
| 5 | Chinon | Dordogne picnic, WWII martyr village, dinner in Sarlat |
| 6 | Sarlat | Rouffignac cave art, canoe river |
| 7 | Sarlat | day off to explore Sarlat |
| 8 | Sarlat | cross Lot and Tarn river valleys, canal barge, Carcassonne medieval town, dinner in Arles |
| 9 | Carcassonne | drive to vineyard then Pont du Gard aquaduct |
| 10 | Arles | Roman arena, theater, van Gogh, free time |
| 11 | Arles | hill town of Les Baux & views Provencal countryside, travel to Nice |
| 12 | Nice | city market, Italianate Old City, Matisse Museum, beach |
| 13 | Nice | tour over |
| Best of Rome in 7 Days - $2,095 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | begin at 3pm, stroll thru heart of Rome seeing Piazza Navona and pantheon |
| 2 | Rome | morning San Clemente, afternoon Forum and Palatine Hills |
| 3 | Rome | see regular Rome |
| 4 | Rome | St. Peter's Basilica, home to Michelangelo's Pietà, Vatican Museum, afternoon free |
| 5 | Rome | Day Trip to Ostia Antica |
| 6 | Rome | Borghese Gallery masterpieces by Bernini, Canova, Caravaggio, Titian and Raphael |
| 7 | Rome | Arrivederci, Roma! |
| Best of Paris in 7 Days - $2,195 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | begin at 3pm with panoramic tour of the City of Light aboard a private bus followed by dinner |
| 2 | Paris | Notre-Dame Cathedral and Sainte-Chapelle; afternoon, Cluny National Museum of the Middle Ages |
| 3 | Paris | morning, Montmartre; free in afternoon |
| 4 | Paris | morning, Marais District; afternoon, Carnavalet Museum; evening, the Louvre |
| 5 | Paris | Château de Versailles |
| 6 | Paris | morning, Orangerie Museum; afternoon, Rodin Museum or Orsay Museum followed by dinner |
| 7 | Paris | Merci et au revoir! |
| Heart of Italy in 9 Days - $3,195 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | begin at 3pm with panoramic tour of the City of Light aboard a private bus followed by dinner |
| 2 | Rome | St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum |
| 3 | Rome | ancient Rome, Colosseum, Forum then drive to Tuscany |
| 4 | Volterra | explore the town and Etruscan Museum |
| 5 | Volterra | town of Lucca, home town of Puccini then drive to the Italian Riviera |
| 6 | Cinque Terre | "vacation from your vacation", hike famous cliff-side paths |
| 7 | Cinque Terre | drive to Florence and walk city center, Brunelleschi's cathedral dome |
| 8 | Florence | Uffizi Museum see Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo, etc. Afternoon to browse |
| 9 | Florence | Arrivederci |
| Best of Italy in 17 Days Tour - $5,295 | ||
| Day | Begins In | Activities |
| 1 | arrive | Lake Como village of Varenna |
| 2 | Varenna | cruise Lake Como and explore Bellagio |
| 3 | Varenna | medieval center of Verona, Dolomite Alps |
| 4 | Alpe di Siusi | hike Dolomite Alps |
| 5 | Alpe di Siusi | Balzano museum prehistoric European life |
| 6 | Venice | Doge's Palace, St Mark's Square |
| 7 | Venice | drive to Florence, Brunelleschi's cathedral dome, Accademia Gallery |
| 8 | Florence | Uffizi museum, Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo |
| 9 | Florence | drive to Cinque Terre with stop in Pisa. Pesto making lesson |
| 10 | Monterosso | Mediterranean coast of Cinque Terre |
| 11 | Monterosso | drive to Tuscan hill town Sienna |
| 12 | Siena | explore Sienna |
| 13 | Siena | Assisi |
| 14 | Orvieto | Umbria's hill town Orvieto |
| 15 | Orvieto | drive to Rome |
| 16 | Rome | St Peter's and Vatican Museum |
| 17 | Rome | ciao |
