At last count, Germany has 39 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its borders, making it one of the world’s top five countries for UNESCO-recognized riches. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its mission, in brief, is to foster dialogue and understanding among different cultures, civilizations and people. With their World Heritage…
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Support a foundation loan recipient with your vote!
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The UnTours Foundation loan recipient, EcoZoom, has been nominated by Smithsonian and Cooper Hewitt for the People’s Design Choice Awards. People’s Design means that we, the people, get to vote! If you’re already on board, please do vote for them right here, every day! The dirty story of cookstoves As I’ve gotten to know EcoZoom and…
Cruise Q&A with Dee
Dee McConnell just celebrated her 20th anniversary with UnTours, and over those decades, she has worn many hats here. She is our air specialist and works hard to find and ticket good airfares, monitor schedule changes, and help out in the occasional crisis. I’ve always admired her chutzpah, never more so than when I’ve watched…
Margaret & Charles Oliver, Untourists of the Week: Sunrise on the Wetterhorn
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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 Margrit—where 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”…
Kathy Raines, Untourist of the Week: Alsace + Tuscany
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. My last UnTour was to Alsace and Tuscany. Alsace was beautiful and we loved the little villages. Tuscany is simply amazing. 2. Why did you choose to go there? I chose Alsace as I had never been to that region of France. I chose…
Timelapse of the Week: Philadelphia
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Although we don’t have a Philadelphia UnTour, we have a soft place in our heart for the big city next door. Take a look at this amazing timelapse of Philadelphia, painstakingly crafted by photographer Nathaniel Dodson. I hope you like it! Here’s the link to the original video, by Nathaniel Dodson.
Above Tuscany: Fly over Le Chiuse farm with us!
Of course I am partial after 15 years of working on UnTours’ Italian team, but Le Chiuse is one of my favorite spots in all of Europe, not just Tuscany. I love the setting and scenery, love the character and age of the stone buildings, love the family who owns and nurtures it. I’ve watched…
Christine Berry, Untourist of the Week: You just don’t have to follow the pack
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. My most recent UnTour was to Quebec. The people, history, scenery, and food were all UnTour-worthy! Quebec is a wonderfully walkable city. One thing I especially liked: all the charm and feel of Europe without the transatlantic flight! 2. Why did you choose to…
Andalusia for the first time: Part 5
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Here’s the fifth installment in an 8-week photoblog by Sonia Ratcliffe about her first trip to Andalusia. I’m just about halfway through my trip in these pics, taken in and aroud Ubeda and Baeza. The Plaza Vázquez de Molina featuring the parador and Chapel of the Savoir, examples of Ubeda’s Renaissance architecture Salmorejo, a…
Jim and Marlene Cable, Untourists of the Week: Two weeks are better than one
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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…