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SMALL GROUPS Collette Vacations (www.collette vacations.com, 800-340-5158) launched a small-group product earlier this year, Explorations by Collette. The escorted “Italy’s Treasures”—traversing the lakes region, the Riviera and Tuscany—is limited to 24 passengers per departure and features such activities as a cooking class in a Florence restaurant, a walk through the Chianti countryside to a winery and a boat ride on Lake Orta to San Giulio island. The tour includes a ride aboard the Centovalli express train into Switzerland for sightseeing in Locarno and a welcome dinner on one of the Borromean islands. Rates run from $2,799 to $2,999. LUXURY Travcoa’s (www.travcoa.com, 866-5910070) “Umbria & Puglia: The Heart & Soul of the Italian Peninsula” is an ultra-deluxe journey from Rome to Bari priced from $10,795 that visits such spots as Castel del Monte, an octagonal castle erected in the 1240s; the caves of Castellana; Alberobello, celebrated for its trulli, white stone houses with conical roofs; and Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage town located within a mountain. The tour features three meals daily with dine-around privileges and five-star accommodations, including a converted 17th-century manor in Torgiano, a hilltop town overlooking the confluence of the Tiber and Chiascio rivers; a beach resort on the grotto- studded south Adriatic coast; and a Relais & Chateaux member property. Other tour operators with programs In Italy include Abercrombie & Kent (www.abercrombiekent.com, 800-5547016); Backroads (www.backroads.com, 800-462-2848); Central Holidays (http:// agents.centralholidays.com, 888-4825887); Cosmos (http://agents.globusand cosmos.com, 800-221-0090); Doorways (www.villavacations.com, 800-261-4460); Gate 1 Travel (www.gate1travel.com, 800-682-3333); go-today.com (www. go-today.com, 800-227-3235); Insight Vacations (www.insightvacations.com, 888-680-1241); Trafalgar Tours (www. trafalgartours.com, 800-854-0103); Travel Bound (www.booktravelbound.com, 800-808-9541). —AO $599 IMAGINE WAKING UP IN ITALY FOR $599** ROME, NAPLES, BOLOGNA AND PESCARA FROM $599* PALERMO, LAMEZIA AND BARI FROM $699* We still pay commission on all bookings. Direct flights to more Italian cities than any other airline. euroflyvacations.com Eurofly is part of the Meridiana Group. For more information, please call: 800-459-4980 *Prices do not include $260 fuel surcharge and US/foreign taxes/fees up to $86 per person including Sept. 11th Security Fee. All flights are operated in code-share with Meridiana Airlines. JULY/AUGUST 2008 Home-BasedTravelAgent 57 http://www.collettevacations.com http://www.travcoa.com http://www.collettevacations.com http://www.abercrombiekent.com http://www.backroads.com http://agents.centralholidays.com http://agents.centralholidays.com http://agents.globusandcosmos.com http://agents.globusandcosmos.com http://www.villavacations.com http://www.gate1travel.com http://www.go-today.com http://www.go-today.com http://www.go-today.com http://www.insightvacations.com http://www.trafalgartours.com http://www.trafalgartours.com http://www.booktravelbound.com http://euroflyvacations.com http://euroflyvacations.com

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