Tauck's Authentic Small Group Travel Experiences

TAUCK'S AUTHENTIC SMALL GROUP TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

People choose to see the world with Tauck because they want a deeper, more authentic travel experience and many guests are drawn to the specialist operator's small group trips.

As with all Tauck experiences, these journeys are seamless and all-inclusive, with all the details taken care of and no hidden extras, so guests can relax and enjoy exclusive, extraordinary moments they can only experience through Tauck.

Tauck offers many ways to travel in in a more intimate number of between 20 and 25 guests from select departures of classic land journeys and Tauck Bridges family adventures, to trips designed expressly for small groups, including culturally immersive, hands-on journeys, popular African safaris and private groups where guests can buy out a departure of a Tauck trip and travel exclusively,

Wherever Tauck travels, guests will explore the world's treasure, discover people and cultures they may not have known even existed and experience extraordinary, life-changing moments.

Tauck's drivers, local experts and guides are caring, top of the line professionals and problem solvers who take care of everything, including collection and delivery of luggage throughout, so all guests have to do is sit back and enjoy an amazing, seamless and
worry-free trip.

No tours head off at the crack of dawn and there is plenty of time for a leisurely breakfast in preparation for the activity in store. Throughout the trip, guests will select all meals a la carte – no group meals.

Tauck small group trips take in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia and will again feature an array of enticing itineraries in 2019 including:

CLASSIC ITALY, SMALL GROUPS

Tauck's 14-day Classic Italy, Small Groups is a grand Italian holiday, small group style. Averaging 24 Tauck guests, this intimate travel experience is an Italian best-seller at small, chic hotels in the heart of Sorrento, Rome, Venice and Florence, in the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's vast painted drama on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, for a Tauck Exclusive, after-hours visit, along the blue expanse of the Mediterranean traversing the Amalfi Coast or Cinque Terre, in the lavish halls of the Doge's Palace in Venice, and in that city's great St. Mark's Basilica, site of another Tauck exclusive after-hours visit, at the haunting ruins of the Colosseum, in the passion of Renaissance scenes in the Uffizi, in the panorama of rolling vineyards from the heights of Orvieto, in a country village under the Tuscan sun, or at the first taste of Umbrian cuisine, unhurried and unherded.

Classic Italy, Small Groups is priced in 2019 from $11,990 per person twin share.

In 2019 Tauck is offering guests who pre-stay or arrive early in Sorrento an Optional Sightseeing Tour of the Island of Capri on Day 1 costing $360 per person including a private transfer from Tauck's hotel to the pier in Sorrento and back, transportation by hydrofoil from Sorrento to Capri and back, a tour of Capri by minibus and funicular and a full day with an English-speaking local guide, visits to the island's main towns of Anacapri and Capri, lunch and a visit to the Blue Grotto (weather permitting), or alternate sightseeing.

Tauck Exclusive Ferragamo Departures are priced from $14,090 per person twin share on selected tours in May, June and September 2019, including a special evening in Florence featuring a private Ferragamo wine reception on Day 10 in Florence. This exclusive Tauck experience will be hosted by a member of the family of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo and feature a visit to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum and a tasting of locally produced Ferragamo wines.

PARADORS OF NORTHERN SPAIN

Blessed with landscapes lush and lovely, Northern Spain entices with culinary specialities locally grown, cultural charms, unique to the region, and a history of paradors and pilgrimages continuing today.

Tauck's 14-day Paradors of Northern Spain discovers an eclectic mix of Gaudí's whimsical sites and Gothic grandeur in Barcelona, a mountain monastery in Montserrat and medieval menus in La Seu d'Urgell.

Guests will see where the bulls run in Pamplona, the surfers ride in San Sebastian and art goes wild in Balboa.

Food and wine entice in Oviedo and in Santiago de Compostela, spiritual stories are the draw.

A drive across the border to Portugal will take guests to sample port in Porto, college days in Coimbra and life in Lisbon before this two-week journey ends.

Special Tauck experiences include a choice of spa treatment or cooking demonstration at El Castell de Ciutat, a 7-course feast set within a medieval castle, a visit to the monastery atop Montserrat, a wine tasting and lunch at a Porto winery and a cruise aboard a Rabelo boat.

Paradors of Northern Spain is priced in 2019 from $8090 per person twin share.

Bookings are to be directed to your travel agent or Tauck Australia on 1300 732 300 or reservations@tauck.com.au

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