Riley Chervinski is a storyteller for social good. She writes about the essential connection between tourism and conservation and is passionate about sustainability, slow travel, ecotourism, and wildlife. Riley is also an UnTours UnFluencer. UnFluencers are writers, photographers and videographers who spend their lives unlocking the hidden gems in your favorite destinations and championing a…
As the original slow travel company, UnTours proudly introduces a new breed of travel ambassador: the UnFluencer. UnFluencers are writers, photographers and videographers who spend their lives unlocking the hidden gems in your favorite destinations and championing a better kind of travel that preserves and protects. Raised in the US, but living in the Netherlands,…
UnTourists have basked in the magic of slow travel since 1975, when Hal and Norma Taussig founded this revolutionary travel company. Our community is going on 50 years of understanding the allure of settling into a cozy chalet, apartment in the midst of city life, or country villa—not a hotel—to spend a week or more living…
Scotland is a land filled with dramatic landscapes, ancient castles, and warm-hearted people. It’s a world where you can immerse yourself in food, culture, and history while letting time slip through your fingers. With so much to see and experience, a single week simply won’t do. That’s why we highly recommend combining our Scottish Highlands…
UnTourist Jerry Nolan shares with us his memories of The Four Pass Tour in Meiringen, Switzerland. Many years ago when Sandy and I were making our first forays into Switzerland under the care of UnTours (which turned into a multi year love affair with the country and the company) we noted ads for something called “The Three…
At the end of October 2022, we got the sad news that our long-time Vienna colleague, Claudia Prieler, had passed away. Claudia helped us start the Vienna UnTour in the late 1980s, making her our longest continually active UnTours representative. She met her last UnTourists in July 2022. One of her clients had a life-threatening…
With explosions of color and soft floral aromas, spring in Europe is a festival for the senses. There is a long list of options when it comes to celebrating this season of rebirth—some well-known, others off the beaten path. Here are some of our favorites. The Patios Festival in Cordoba, Spain For one week…
I like wine. And when the cork on a bottle of wine is popped in Provence, it’s an occasion. The moment is made. I also like to travel. New places, new friends, new tastes and smells. It brings my senses to the surface and makes my brain buzz with delight and curiosity. Traveling to a place…
As long as there has been a Paris, there has been life on the Ile de la Cité. Though many of the buildings on the island were demolished during the Haussmann era, vestiges of the foundations and walls from homes dating back 2,000 years can be found in the crypt just near the Notre Dame…
One of Tuscany’s wealthiest and most graceful cities, Lucca is a gem not to be missed. It’s worth a visit from your UnTour in Florence or even our rural Tuscany UnTour, based in the southern part of the region. Colonized by the Romans in the 2nd century BC, this otherwise flat Tuscan “hill” town still…