Missing Italy? Here’s a little glimpse of one of our favorite towns in Tuscany. A short taxi or bus ride from the city center of Florence, Fiesole doesn’t feel quite as ambitious as a day trip. Yet its history is distinct and important. No trip to Florence is complete without a side trip up into…
Our Provence On-Site representative, Anne Plomb, is also a highly trained wine guide who leads winery tours in the region for us and others. She is an expert on all things wine and food in Provence and will be hosting a wine chat as part of our upcoming Virtual Event Series: Artists and Flavors of…
Anyone who has been following our exciting Virtual Events on Zoom knows that our Tuscany UnTour staff person Tracy has become a regular. As she teaches the Italian classics in fun lessons broadcast live on Zoom from her kitchen, she has developed a loyal following. You can check out her upcoming classes here. In the…
If Italy is the king of wine in Europe, then Tuscany is the jewel in its crown. Tracy Hyde is our on-site staff person for the Tuscany UnTour. She is also our cooking teacher for UnTours at Home Virtual Events, with a loyal following of Zoom students. But better still, she is a wine expert and…
Welcome to the world of Portuguese wines! Our Porto UnTour on-site staff person, Marta Ferreira, also serves as our wine expert in Portugal. She has lead our Virtual Weekend in Portugal wine groups with great success. Marta is also widely knowledgeable about Port. She runs our private Port tasting lessons, a fun Zoom event you…
Wine is on the agenda for our upcoming Weekend in Spain event! Our very own wine expert in Spain, Isa Calviche, will walk guests through a primer on Spanish wines, along with some tasting notes as guests sip along. Here is the list of wines she recommends. We’ve included links to wine.com. Some may also be…
Dreaming of France? No place could be dreamier than Chantilly, a nice day trip from Paris, with something for everyone. It is home to horse racing, featuring the world’s most ornate stables and a château that rises from a lake, giving it a dream-like quality that is especially appealing to children. Indeed, Château de Chantilly…
With borders closed, and no European travel in the near future, many of us are enjoying photos and memories of past UnTours travels. Vickie Kelber is a loyal UnTourist and frequent contributor to the UnTours blog. She has shared her insights on London and fond memories of Switzerland. This week on the blog, she shares…
As most of you know, the UnTours Foundation is the brainchild of our late founder, Hal Taussig, who used profits from his travel company to seed his vision of microenterprise and an inclusive economy. The UnTours Foundation owns UnTours, and its work overlaps with the guiding principals and progressive business practices of UnTours, whose employee…
Flamenco is the sound of Spain, a tradition of music and dance that was developed in the 18th century and that remains popular in Spain today. It originated in Andalusia, home of our Cordoba and rural Andalucia UnTours, though it grew to be embraced all over Spain and is performed widely to this day. The…