Family photo courtesy of Carl Peters Each of our UnTours has something for everyone. It is hard to narrow it down to 10, but here are our favorite spots for a multigeneration vacation. 1. Swiss Heartland and Swiss Oberland You mean the photo isn’t enough? Then consider the endless hiking trails, mountain peak vistas, picturesque…
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman (left) presided over judging and participated in the award ceremony. Gabriel is second from the right. ……….Wash Cycle Laundry yet again! This time it has won first place and a $25,000 prize in a business competition sponsored by the Blackstone Group. We met Wash Cycle Laundry founder and CEO Gabriel Mandujano when he…
Multigenerational travel is endlessly rewarding for kids and their travel companions. Rather than simply seeing a place, you are sharing an experience and making family memories that will outlive you. Sharing a special place with young ones not only enriches them, but it can help you discover new dimensions of a place you think you…
Sue Baker enjoyed sharing Tuscany with her kids when they were teenagers. They’ve grown up since, and Sue has very recently become a grandma. We hope she’ll get to take her grandson to Italy some day. In the meantime, Sue’s observations remain relevant today. I have always loved to see my children in awe…
Above: Cathrin (center, in black skirt) in the newsroom in East Berlin, circa 1989 Cathrin Baumbach has worked for UnTours for over 10 years and runs our programs in Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Greece. Cathrin grew up in East Germany and was living in East Berlin when the wall fell, 25 years ago. Here…
Friendly dogs and sandy beaches aren’t the first things that come to mind for me when I think of Nafplio and our Greek UnTour. My 14-year-old daughter opened my eyes to new sides of this lovely seaside town when we visited Greece this summer. Anna didn’t join me on a work trip to Greece to see…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose to go there? My son and I did one week on the Rhine and one week at the Castle in Germany and one week in Salzburg in Austria. Our most exciting thing we wanted to see was Neuschwanstein Castle and…
Switzerland is where UnTours started, 40 years ago! Our Heartland and Oberland programs are the originals, steeped in the mountainside traditions of Heidi. Ticino rounds out our offerings there perfectly, adding southern flair with its Italian food and language. Its lakeside towns are filled with brightly colored houses, narrow picturesque lanes, and inviting trattorie….
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTours. Recently we took two UnTours. The first was in October 2012, when we returned to Quebec City where we had spent our honeymoon 50 years ago. It was as delightful as we remembered it. Definitely deserves a return visit. It’s a great UnTours North…
At last count, Germany has 39 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its borders, making it one of the world’s top five countries for UNESCO-recognized riches. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its mission, in brief, is to foster dialogue and understanding among different cultures, civilizations and people. With their World Heritage…