1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We spent a week in each of the three UnTours sites in France: Provence, Alsace and Paris. We were by ourselves in Provence, but two friends met us in Strasbourg for the final two weeks in Alsace and Paris. The three regions were each…
Beer! photo courtesy of gina pina, via flickr.com cc Brewing goes back to Germanic tribes, and later to monks, so it follows a hallowed tradition. A trip to an atmospheric beer hall or garden is on many visitors’ to-do list when visiting our German UnTours, both the Castle UnTour and the Rhine. The secret of…
Here’s the second installment in a 9-week photoblog by Sonia Ratcliffe about her first trip to Andalusia. After Cordoba, I made my way to beautiful Carcabuey. Before entering the village: who would have thought that views from a junkyard would be pretty?! You can see the ruined castle in the top-left. View onto the…
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,…
Like many places I’ve never been to, I like to do my research (which happens to include lots of photo gazing) before I head out. As a newbie to Buenos Aires, I think this timelapse serves up some scrumptious photos for the gazing.
Apparently not! At least not when it comes to “crowdfunding,” which is the practice of funding a business or project by raising small amounts of money from large numbers of people. We think of it as a new idea, but the base for the Statue of Liberty is the result of crowdfunding, and I’m sure…
This is a favorite of ours and seemed worth revisiting as the first of two Palio days approaches in Siena on July 2. This historic horse race is a critical part of Siena’s culture, and a favorite spectacle for visitors to the Tuscan UnTour. All photos by Andrea Cancelliere. I arrive on the back of…
This series of posts was written by UnTours staffer Sonia Ratcliffe. I just got back from my first trip to the Andalusia region of Spain and, instead of writing a lengthy description of my travels, I wanted to just show you my favorite pictures from the trip! This week, we’ll start with my first stop…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. My wife, Joanne, and I travelled with our grandson Brian (then age 14) to Spain in June 2012. We decided that the ideal was to experience the Spanish countryside as well as the cities. UnTours has the perfect match for that. We did a…
For me, this week’s timelapse of Andalusia is one of the most enlightening I’ve come across, because I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting Spain myself. Not only is it filled with amazing visuals but, because it was created by spain.info, Spain’s official tourism site, every shot is nicely labeled so I can know what…