1. What is your favorite UnTours memory? Waking up in Meiringen to crystal blue skies and seeking the sun rise on the Wetterhorn Mountain. Chalet Margritβwhere they stayed 2. How is taking an UnTour different from other ways of travelling? An UnTour gives a traveler a chance to get settled and to feel “at home”…
Category Archives: Heartland
Jim and Marlene Cable, Untourists of the Week: Two weeks are better than one
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. This was the Swiss Oberland tour which offered and fulfilled the hope of covering points west and south that seemed a bit out of reach on our other Swiss visits. 2. Why did you choose to go there? We had done the Swiss Heartland…
Phil and Jane King, Untourists of the Week: Kids relive first trip to Switzerland
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent, and I believe our 14th, UnTour was to the City of Light, Paris. This was our fourth trip to Paris and our third UnTour there. It is an unbelievably beautiful city and so enjoyable to walk, both day and night. Plus,…
Dennis and Anne Carpenter, Untourists of the Week – Support without the mush
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Two years ago, we visited Frau Von Moos in Giswil. We lucked into a great music festival at Ballenberg, a great concert at a church in Meiringen and, did I mention Shoenbuel, Planplatten, the Aare Gorge and the multitude of spectacular views? In Luzern,…
Paul and Michaela Gardiner, Untourists of the Week, three generations in Kandersteg
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. All our UnTours have been fabulous, but our favorite was the time we took our children, their spouses and our grandchildren to Kandersteg. 2. Why did you choose to go there? We wanted to share our favorite memories with our children. Plus, Switzerland has…
Lloyd Shaw and Mary Renfro (Untourists of the Week), Swiss Oberland fanatics!
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. This past summer, Mary and I spent two weeks in the Esther apartments in Frutigen. This was the third year for staying in this apartment. This year, our guests were our daughter and her family, including two children, ages seven and five. Our purpose…
James and Susan Bach (Untourists of the Week), passing the Untour habit down the family line
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Ticino Region. We haven’t departed yet but are equally excited to go in less than three weeks. 2. Why did you choose to go there? We have researched the area for places and things to experience in conjunction with the UnTours On-site Guide Book…
And the Unny winners are…
Photo by UnTourist Ron Anderson As you may know, we had the inaugural Unny Awards just recently. These awards are our way of recognizing the regions which have welcomed UnTours all these years. The Unnies are fun and lighthearted and that’s how we like things around here. We like to think of them as the…
Here come the Unny Awards!
Since I started working here way back in 2011, the UnTours regions have been calling on me to give them some attention. Actually, not just attention, but distinction. Now, I know they are all big enough to speak for themselves. They don’t need you to tell them they’re great; we all already know that. What…
Monica & Pete Petersen (Untourists of the Week) Italo-philes extraordinaire
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We went for a month: two weeks in Tuscany and two weeks in Switzerland Oberland. We have made several UnTours to these places as we cannot seem to get these beauties out of our system! From the minute we arrive in Montalcino to Le…