We miss travel. We miss France. We miss the the vineyards of Southern France. Our UnTours at Home series has helped us bridge the time until we can return to Europe. Our Provence UnTour staff person Anne Plomb has helped bring France to us on Zoom. Before travel was suspended, Anne hosted Wine and Food…
We see new optimism among UnTourists as more and more Americans are vaccinated. All that we are reading and hearing encourages us to get ready for fall travel in 2021 and to prepare for possible summer trips as well. We hope to reopen all of our UnTours for travel this year! At the same time,…
The Sierras Subbéticas literally form the backyard for our Andalusia UnTour hometowns. Though central and wildly beautiful, this area is largely untouched by tourism. It is at the very center of our rural Andalusia UnTour. The Sierra Subbética, la Subbética for short, is a strikingly beautiful, rugged park located in the triangle that forms between…
Our popular Nafplio UnTour may be one of the first UnTours to resume operations, based on some early opening plans in Greece. As we track news closely and stay in touch with Christos, one of our most beloved European staffers, we are getting excited. Our Nafplio UnTour puts guests within striking distance of Athens, but…
Yes, cue the question mark clip art and stock photos for our most FAQ: Will we be able to travel in Europe this summer? At the moment, UnTours destinations are not open to leisure travelers without quarantining, and they are not easily visited. Of course the situation is changing by the day, but at the…
This guest post by Carol Yee is adapted from her book book Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citizen of the World. When one thinks of Tuscany, one may think of Florence, the leaning tower of Pisa, and the Palio in Siena, but also of pasta, wine, and gelato. And this is…
Did you know that UnTours was the first certified B Corp in the world? We are a small company with a big footprint in the realm of progressive business; our late founder Hal Taussig helped shape the movement to make business a force for good. In honor of B Corp Month, we’ll look back at…
UnTours blog readers know that we like to talk about green travel in the ecological sense, but for St. Patrick’s Day, we are taking Green literally. Tourism Ireland’s fun Global Greening (#GlobalGreening) initiative invites public spaces, famous buildings, and historic landmarks around the globe to light up in green for St. Patrick’s Day. Iconic places like…
It doesn’t happen very often, so when it does, the Dutch get excited. This winter sustained cold temperatures froze some of Holland’s ubiquitous canals to solid, safe roads of ice. When this happens, the Dutch tie on their skates and take to the most natural of outdoor skating rinks. Our Dutch UnTours staffer Marlous sent…
It pains me to think that I spent more than half of my life laboring under the delusion that Swiss cheese had anything to do with those shrink wrapped plasticky yellow bricks from the supermarket dairy case. I fondly remember the first time I smelled apenzeller. After experiencing the smells of the cows and the…