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And the Unny winners are…

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March 3, 2014 by Nickfortunatus

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…  

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Here come the Unny Awards!

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February 23, 2014 by Nickfortunatus

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…  

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ABCs of Istanbul

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Istanbul Turkey

February 6, 2014 by Andrea Szyper

M is for minarets, a dramatic part of Istanbul’s skyline, especially at night. Istanbul marks Untour number ten for Sandra Kohler and Walt Hagenbuch. They were captivated (and occasionally overwhelmed) by their experiences in Istanbul. As a poet, Sandra has a keen eye for detail, and here her experience finds an outlet in this thoughtfully…  

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Untourists of the Week: Rebecca and Eric Houghton

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Turkey

August 14, 2013 by Mtaussig

Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. We combined two fascinating destinations into a marvelous, once-in-a-life time adventure. We began with two weeks in the old-section of Istanbul (as the first-ever Istanbul UnTourists) and concluded with a week in a wonderful apartment in Venice.What made you choose these particular destinations?A dozen years…  

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Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald

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March 21, 2013 by Mtaussig

Ray leaving old Chapel with 15th century fresco on Wanda’s farm in Umbria. (inset is their photo of the fresco inside) 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. It was a dream vacation: 8 days on the Variety Voyager, the sleek 73-passenger yacht that put us ashore at the fabled ports…  

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Istanbul was Constantinople was Byzantium

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Istanbul Turkey

November 20, 2012 by Andic

This is post number 2 of 6 in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. I had no idea what to expect of the city that spans two continents, neither as I was planning nor as we made our bumpy…  

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