Insight Vacations

Highlights

• San Francisco: Enjoy a delightful Welcome Dinner with your fellow travellers and Travel Director.
• Santa Barbara: Savour a delicious dining experience at one of sunny Santa Barbara's local restaurants.
• Grand Canyon: Enjoy dinner with an incredible view at the Thunderbird Room, overlooking the South Rim.
• UCross Ranch: Savour a hearty ranch style Highlight Dinner, prepared by your local hosts.
• Custer: Toast to the finale of your trip at your Celebration Dinner served at your lodge within Custer State Park.

Highlights

• Venice: With your Travel Director cruise to St. Mark's Square and see the Doge's Palace, Bridge of Sighs and St. Mark's Basilica.
• Rome: Discover the history, the construction and the legends of the iconic Colosseum as you stroll around the exterior of this amazing structure.
• Florence: Join a Local Expert to view the multi-colored marble cathedral, bell tower and baptistery, adorned by Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise. Visit the political heart of the city, Signoria Square. See the area around Santa Croce Basilica, famous for the quality of its luxury goods.
• Florence: See the historic neighborhood of the Santa Croce Basilica and witness local craftspersons at work during a gold and leatherwork demonstration.
• Lucerne: See the emotive Lion Monument, Jesuit Church and Chapel Bridge.

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• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Prague: Stroll through the Jewish Quarter with your Local Expert to hear how the Jewish community has shaped the history of Prague.
• Prague: Visit the imposing St Vitus Cathedral and explore the atmospheric courtyards of the historic Prague Castle with your Local Expert.
• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Vienna: Listen to the musical masterpiece of Mozart and learn the Viennese Waltz, in an inclusive workshop designed to support the visually impaired community. Unique to Insight Guests, ‘Dancing without Barriers’ takes place in the dark, in a specially designed sensory studio, and will be a unique experience for all your senses. This specifically designed workshop focuses on inclusion and education around the topic of visual impairment. Through their foundation the organisation supports children from disadvantaged family and children with a visual impairment.This experience advances UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.Alternatively, visit a traditional Viennese café to enjoy local specialties of coffee and sachertorte.

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• Choose between two carefully selected activities
• Bilbao: Visit the architectural landmark Guggenheim Museum and see works of contemporary art by Spanish and international artists.
• Bilbao: Join your Local Expert for sightseeing and take the funicular to Mount Artxanda to enjoy panoramic views of the town below.
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• Madrid: Join the female pillars of the local community on a neighborhood walking tour and learn the history of the women's movement in Spain, firsthand.This experience advances UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.Alternatively, explore the main historical areas of Madrid with your Local Expert.

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• York: In the evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner and the chance to get to know your fellow travellers.
• Dining Summary: 4 Breakfast (B), 1 Dinner with Wine (DW)
• Stratford-upon-Avon: Learn about the life of William Shakespeare, arguably history's most famous writer, when you visit his birthplace. Then enjoy some time to explore this pretty town with its iconic Tudor houses.
• York: Your Travel Director will show you the York Minster, the city walls and the medieval Shambles during you orientation of the city.
• Jedburgh: See the Abbey, now in ruins.

Highlights

• Lucerne: Join your Travel Director and fellow travelers for your Welcome Dinner served with wine.
• Lake Geneva: Visit Domaine Wannaz, a family-run winery overlooking Lake Geneva. After a tasting enjoy delicious Farm-to-Table fare, of course accompanied with these local wines.
• Zermatt: Choose between fine local restaurants, with an option to experience the typical Swiss meal of fondue, on your Dine-Around Evening.
• Zurich: Raise your glass and enjoy a delicious dinner at a local restaurant for your Celebration Dinner.
• Dining Summary: 13 Breakfast (B), 5 Dinner with Wine (DW)

Highlights

• Venice: With your Travel Director cruise to St. Mark's Square and see the Doge's Palace, Bridge of Sighs and St. Mark's Basilica.
• Ljubljana: Explore this elegant capital with your Local Expert, to see the castle City Hall, Cathedral of St Nicholas and Triple Bridge.
• Maribor: Led by your Travel Director, explore this charming city, the second largest in Slovenia. Take a moment to appreciate the blend of old and new architecture.
• Vienna: Visit Capuchins' Crypt - the burial place of the Habsburg family in Vienna.
• Vienna: Walk through the first district, Inner Stadt, as your Local Expert reveals why this is the historic core of the city. You will also tour the Ring Road to see the Hofburg Imperial Residence, Opera House, Parliament Building and Karlskirche.

Highlights

• Madrid: See the highlights of the city with your Local Expert. Visit the Old Town, traveling along the elegant Paseo de la Castellana, past the fountain in the Plaza de Cibeles, the Cervantes Monument and Royal Palace, before crossing the Puerta del Sol.
• Avila: Explore within the ancient walls of this unique town.
• Salamanca: See the golden stone and arcades of Plaza Mayor, and learn about the unique traditions of this historic university city.
• Fátima: Join the faithful at one of the world's holiest sites and pay homage at the Chapel of the Apparitions and see the basilica.
• Lisbon: Explore with your Local Expert, from the Lower Town, beneath the hilltop Bairro Alto to the Terreiro do Paco. Visit the Belém Quarter to see the modern Monument to the Discoveries and the medieval Belém Tower.