You may not have heard of Rhino Foods, but if you’ve enjoyed a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, you have likely consumed some of their delicious ingredients. They specialize in cookie dough and other goodies that are mixed with ice cream, and they also make cookie ice cream sandwiches. Rhino’s founder and president, Ted Castle,…
Richard and Maria Talarigo have traveled with us on multiple UnTours in various destinations. Their most recent UnTour was in Central Scotland, a place they loved. And on their way, they met up with family! Here’s their tale. When we travel, it is extremely important to us to interact with the people, not just see…
Earlier this month, we celebrated the third UnGala, an almost-annual party thrown by the UnTours Foundation to celebrate fair trade, innovative business, travel, and microenterprise. Aside from raising money for the foundation, it connects entrepreneurs, UnTours staff, funders, investees, foundation board members, and other members of the community for a night of food, conversation, and…
London is an amazing city and one of our most popular UnTours destinations. What you may not know is that London is a sublime destination for families. Kids stay free on our London UnTour. Here are 10 more reasons to take your (grand)kids to London. The London Eye What could be better than 443-foot-tall ferris…
When most people think of Rome, they think of big city crowds and chaos, and surely there is that. It is all part of the fun and real life of a busy city. But the MacPhersons found another side of the Eternal City on their Rome UnTour, and they captured it well in their entries…
…Shy David, submitted by Nancy and Paul Gongloff. The Gongloffs have taken many UnTours with us. Their most recent, of course, was a trip to Florence, where they encountered Michelangelo’s masterpiece David at the Galleria dell’Accademia. They have also joined us for UnTours in Barcelona, Holland, Paris, Salzburg, the German Rhine, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna…
Sometimes in life, and especially on vacation, the journey is its own reward. This is especially true in Switzerland! The train ride on the Luzern-Interlaken Express is a perfect example, linking two spectacular destinations. Passing through UnTours’ Swiss Heartland villages, it also happens to take in some of the country’s most impressive Alpine panoramas, turquoise…
The Douro river valley is one of Portugal’s most gorgeous regions, a place to be savored. Whether you explore it on an UnTour from your comfortable home base in Porto, or opt to see it on a Ventures river cruise, you should not miss it! Here are some of the memorable things you can see…
Here at UnTours HQ, we live for this sort of thing. After all the work and planning, we love to know our guests are having fun. So our new UnTours Photo Contest has brought us pure joy. For much of spring and summer, we have received brilliant photos from Europe, each reflecting the joy, wit,…
UnTourist Kemp Plugh first fell in love with Switzerland on a Swiss UnTour. He has returned to Switzerland many times since, capturing the landscape with his keen eye and photography skills. In those years, he has also become a regular supporter of the UnTours Foundation, donating annually. Here he shares some of his best landscape…