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For the past two decades our overriding mission has been to bring The Alki Tours Difference... joy to the lives of our customers. We have continued to expand and Alki vacations are highly inclusive–many travel expenses are covered in one upfront price. come up with more exciting trips including journeys by train, small river cruises and a partnership with Public Television. At-Home Pick-Up In this brochure we are including epic journeys from our sister company On tours with flights, we offer complimentary Great Train Escapes. I love the leisurely pace train travel provides. round trip shuttles from your home in the It is so awesome to experience scenery only accessible by train and to area to Sea Tac Airport. have the freedom to be as social or exclusive as you desire. On our trips, each new turn of the brings another heartwarming story Fabulous Hotels Our hotels reflect the region we visit. Historic, or historical tidbit from your charming guides. luxurious, or charming, your accommodations You step into the open air vestibule to taste the sweet mountain air. Claire Nolan will be one of the highlights of your holiday. Before you know it, you’re wrapped in conversation with one, two... President of three new friends. On each of our Great Train adventures, you will Mouth-Watering Meals Alki Tours, GTE Savoring local cuisine is important, so we offer travel by train during the daylight hours. As the evening sun casts & lifelong many included meals as well as freedom to a golden glow on the landscape, you climb off the train–and into a comfy hotel bed. Ahhhh, the serenity. World Traveller discover local dishes on your own.

At almost every destination, there’s an opportunity to experience Action-Packed Sightseeing Explore the key attractions, then go beyond to more. From trekking through ancient glaciers to helicopter tours, you’re cramming in more adventure than the Indiana Jones Trilogy. dine with native families, enjoy regional cook- ing classes, and other activities. Over the years, I’ve written lots of articles on “bucket list” trips. I know it’s an over-used term but I can’t help but gush about just Superb Tour Directors & Guides how incredible these trips are. Put them on your list and join us. Tour Directors help to ensure that your trip runs smoothly. Our English-speaking guides are destination residents. They’ll show you customs and hidden gems only a local would know. Claire Nolan Important Spontaneity–The Key to Your Journey We make sure that your travel experience is Message to seamlessly executed, but we’ll also take time to Our Great enjoy an unexpected wildlife sighting or a rare Train Escapes and beautiful sunset. Customers! Refund Guaranteed We offer a 100% refund if you cancel 76 days All included airfare prior to the departure. Good on all overnight pricing listed in tours except cruises and international travel. this brochure is for flights from Seattle Alki Tours is proud to be a partner with Public area. Please call Television and other community organizations! 800-895-2554 for We offer them very exclusive tours you will not find anywhere else–includ- airfare quotes from ing unique, private cruises and special-access events. Ask us about creating your city. a great vacation where a portion of the tour price goes to your group.

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I am in love with cities I’ve never RAIL JOURNEYS OCEAN/RIVER CRUISES been to and people I’ve never met. Colorado Trains 6 Scandinavia 10 Glacier Park 7 Greek Islands 18 Author John Green Rail Canadian Rockies 8 Vietnam & Cambodia 32 Scandinavia 10 Inside Passage 42 New Fall Foliage 16 Victoria to 43 New Balloon Fiesta 19 Seattle to 44 Smoky Mountains 20 Fly to Vegas/Cruise Home 50 Arizona Trains 21 Rail to Vancouver/Cruise home 51 Machu Picchu 22 to LA/Cruise 52 Rail 23 Portugal & Spain by 53 Jasper, Banff & Lake Louise 30 Portland Rose Festival 34 Columbia Gorge 35 Switzerland 37 Crater Lake 41 Copper Canyon 46 Leavenworth Lighting Festival 48 Alaska Northern Lights & Denali 49 Rail to Vancouver/Cruise home 51 Coast Starlight to LA/Cruise 52 Rail to Chuckanut Manor 54

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It’s included... It’s included... Trains across Colorado • Free at home shuttle from your Rail to Glacier Park • Transfers in the Seattle area Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport to King St. Station Fortune-seekers, loggers and dreamers The wheels turn and the train moves slowly • Round-trip air from Seattle to Denver • 2 nights Sleeper accommodations on streamed to Colorado after the discovery of forward as you wave goodbye and your Amtrak’s Empire Builder gold in 1859 and silver in the 1870s. Now you • 4 scenic train rides following historic wonderful rail journey begins. Explore one of can ride those historic routes of the Old West, routes of the Old West: Amtrak’s most legendary and scenic routes • 2 nights hotel accommodations in traveling on trains that remain 100 percent as we board the Empire Builder for our trip Glacier National Park – Royal Gorge Route Railway coal-fired, steam-operated and maintained in east through the soaring mountain ranges • 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts their original condition. – Cumbres & Toltec Scenic of the Big Sky Country. Enjoy dinner in the Railroad through the Rockies diner before nestling in for the night. See the • 1930s vintage jammer joy ride over Wind through breathtaking canyons and – Durango & Silverton Narrow feature film, “Glacier Park” in the lounge car the Going-to-the-Sun Highway remote wilderness in the San Juan National Gauge Railroad in anticipation of tomorrow’s adventure. As we Forest. Journey through the Rockies on the • Cruise on Swiftcurrent Lake leave Whitefish Montana, the train follows the railroad voted one of the “Top Ten Most Excit- – and Flathead River for eighty miles as it skirts the • Fully escorted and narrated so ing Train Journeys in the World” by the Society Devil’s Gate High Bridge southern boundary of Glacier National Park and you won’t miss a thing! of American Travel Writers. You’ll also visit a • Deluxe motorcoach transportation crosses the Continental Divide at Marias Pass, place called “Garden of the Gods” on this tour • Jeep ride up to Pike’s Peak the lowest rail crossing of the Divide in the Where you’ll stay... rich in geologic, American and transportation . history. • U.S. Air Force Academy 2 Nights Empire Builder Upon arrival at Glacier Park, our mode of 1 Night Many Glacier Lodge • Garden of the Gods Park Durango & Silverton RR transportation will change to a 1930s vintage 1 Night Glacier Park Lodge • Colorado Train Museum convertible touring bus to view the extraordi- • Denver city tour nary scenery offered on the Going-to-the-Sun The bottom line... Highway. The afternoon is exciting as we • 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 6 dinners DATES: July 17-21 OR ascend Logan Pass, surrounded by craggy July 24-28, 2019–5 days • Fully escorted and narrated mountains, glaciers, veil-like waterfalls, lush alpine meadows and wild life. Two nights are PRICE: Starting at $2199 pp/do spent in this glorious park before we board the SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $625 Where you’ll stay... train to Seattle. 1 Night Denver Available Upgrades: Deluxe Amtrak HURRY! Limited to just 16 passengers! 1 Night Colorado Springs Sleeper with private bathroom–$550 1 Night Alamosa per person 1 Night Durango Prices include airfare from Seattle. 1 Night Grand Please call for prices from your 2 Nights Denver home city.

ONLY The bottom line... Starting at $2499 pp/do DATES: June 1-8 OR $2199 pp/do September 14-21, 2019–8 days PRICE: $2499 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $587 Prices include airfare from Seattle. Please call for prices from your home city.

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It’s included... It’s included... Rail through the • Free at home shuttle from your The Big Apple– • Free round-trip shuttle from your Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport Canadian Rockies, • Round-trip airfare • Round trip airfare from Seattle Grizzlies, and sail the • Cruise on Alaska Marine Hwy “My kind’a town” to New York Inside Passage • 7 nights quality hotel Frank Sinatra himself claimed “If you can • 6 nights hotel accommodations to Alaska • Deluxe motorcoach transportation make it there, you’ll make it anywhere”–and • Fully escorted and narrated indeed New York lives up to all expectations. by a licensed NY guide • 6 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners From the moment you see the Manhattan A trip jam-packed with thrills rolls out like this... • Deluxe motorcoach transportation Fly to , and overnight. The next • Canadian Rockies including Calgary, Skyline silhouetted against the harbor–you’re day see the highlights of Banff National Park Banff and Jasper Snowcoach trip on hooked; an adrenaline junkie’s paradise. Join • 6 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners the Athabasca Glacier Alki Tours on an exciting trip to New York before heading through the Icefields Parkway. • 1 Broadway show There, you will board a snowcoach and ascend • 2 days rail Jasper to Rupert City. Stay 6 nights in a hotel in the heart a glacier 1000 feet thick. Next, overnight in of Time Square. Enjoy orchestra seats at an • Sightseeing includes: • Float plane and boat cruise majestic Jasper National Park. The following award-winning Broadway show, see some of - Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island to see the grizzlies afternoon board for a stunning two day the world’s greatest artistic achievements at - Wall Street & Ground Zero first-class rail journey to Prince George and Ru- • Inside passage cruise on the Alaska the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cruise to - Empire State Building & pert. After a lovely stay in Prince Rupert, take to Ketchikan with sightseeing! Ellis Island and see the Beacon of Freedom, Rockefeller Center a float plane to Khutzeymateen Wilderness the Statue of Liberty; wander along the wall - 9-11 Memorial Lodge, then take a boat cruise to the Valley of Where you’ll stay... of devastation at Ground Zero, get pumped the Grizzlies–home to the highest concentra- up at Wall Street, and visit the “Top of the 1 Night Jasper National Park Where you’ll stay... tion of Grizzly Bears in the U.S. Later, we will World” in the Empire State Building. We pull 1 Night Banff board the Alaska State Ferry for a scenic cruise out all of the stops on this seven day tour. 6 Nights 4-Star Hotel Mela 1 Night Prince George up the Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Alaska. 2 Nights Prince Rupert Watch for whales, eagles and porpoise. After 2 Nights Ketchikan The bottom line... visiting the fabulous sights of Ketchikan, we Subject to change due to DATES:August 24-30,2019–7 days will fly back home. Limited to 20 passengers Alaska Ferry service with exclusive float plane trip to the PRICE: $2899 per person/do largest Grizzly Reserve in North America! The bottom line... SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1249 Includes round-trip airfare DATES: July 17-24, 2019–8 days

PRICE: $2899 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $899 ONLY Prices include airfare from Seattle. $2899 pp/do Please call for prices from your home city. ONLY $2899 pp/do

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It’s included... Scandinavia and cruise through • Free round-trip shuttle from your home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport the Norwegian Fjords • Airfare from Seattle to and to Seattle Scandinavia is Western ’s most prosper- Railway to ’s wildest and most magnifi- ous, pristine, and progressive corner. Starting in cent fjords with rivers that cut through deep • 9 nights first-class hotels , our guide will show you some of the ravines, waterfalls the cascade down the side of • 7 dinners and 9 breakfasts top sights, including Copenhagen’s fun-loving steep, snow-capped mountains and mountain Norwegian Fjords pedestrian center and the Little Mermaid. Next farms that cling dizzily to sheer slopes. Try • Deluxe motor coach transportation we will board an overnight ferry for a spectacu- dried cod in the harborside towns while listen- • Highlights tour of Copenhagen lar cruise to see the Norwegian Fjords. Spend ing to lilting languages and Hardanger fiddles. three nights in the fjords of Norway. While • Overnight cruise to Oslo Finally see Stockholm’s impressive Vasa Ship there we will take an excursion on the Flam • Sightseeing tour of Oslo Museum, and the bay-and-moat-ringed Castle. Join us on this unforgettable trip to see • Sightseeing in the fjords region Western Europe’s least populated, most pros- including a cruise on the Sognefjord perous, most literate and most liberal corner. • Round-trip excursion on the famous We’ll expand your mind, take your breath away Flam Railway journey and show you just how great the “outdoors” can be. Stockholm • Scenic drive through the Swedish countryside to Stockholm • Sightseeing tour of Stockholm

Copenhagen wharf • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights Copenhagen 1 Nights Overnight ferry to Norway 3 Nights Norwegian fjords 1 Nights Oslo 2 Nights Stockholm The bottom line...

Copenhagen’s famous Mermaid DATES: September 7-17, 2019 –11 days PRICE: $3999 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $999 Prices include airfare from Seattle. Please call for prices from your home city.

ONLY $3999 pp/do For The picturesquemore info. Flan on Railway any tour please call 206.935.6848 or visit alkitours.com An overnight ferry to Oslo

10 11 SUMMER 2 0 1 9 SUMMER 2 0 1 9 It’s included... It’s included... Canyon de Chelly • Round-trip shuttle from your home River raft the HURRY! FEW • Free round-trip shuttle from your and Mesa Verde (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport SPOTS LEFT home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport Grand Canyon The American Southwest is home to some of • Round-trip airfare • Round-trip airfare from the most stunning natural landscapes imagin- • 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners Few adventures earn the moniker of “Trip of Seattle to Las Vegas able. Canyons, hoodoos, and dwellings left a lifetime” as regularly as rafting the Grand • Visit 4 remote National Parks & • 2 nights hotel accommodations in behind by ancient inhabitants are just some Canyon. Ironically, millions of people get the Monuments: Petrified Forest & Painted Las Vegas of the amazing things to do in the Southwest broad overview of the Canyon but only a lucky Desert, Canyon de Chelly Navajo Park, • Scenic flight trip to the Bar-10 Ranch and every last one of them is bucket list- few are able to raft it . This “soft adventure” 4 Corners, and Mesa Verde worthy. On this 5 day getaway you will visit canyon trip is the perfect experience for people Cliff Dwellings • Helicopter ride into the 4 remote National Parks and Monuments and of all ages–from 9 to 99. Your adrenaline-filled Grand Canyon drive on the famous Route 66 through New • Drive famed Route 66 thru NM & AZ holiday starts with a flight to Las Vegas. Spend • Two-day motorized raft trip Mexico and Arizona. • Spend 2 nights at Canyon de Chelly the night seeing the sights of the city that never in the famous Thunderbird Lodge sleeps. The next morning the excitement con- • Jet boat to Pearce Ferry Enjoy 2 fabulous nights in Canyon De Chelly tinues as we board a plane for a scenic flight to • 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches & 2 dinners at the renowned Thunderbird Lodge. While • Canyon de Chelly SUV tour the Bar 10 Ranch. A day filled with cowboys, there, we will take a 4 wheel drive SUV tour • Tour Acoma Sky City Pueblo campfires, skeet shootin’–it’s all included. • Deluxe motorcoach transfers to get up-close and personal pictures. Then • Visit Hubbell Trading Post & Tour the Acoma Sky City Pueblo. Sitting high The following morning begins with an exciting • Fully escorted and narrated so you Homestead helicopter trip to the bottom of the canyon won’t miss a thing! atop a mesa, commanding a view of the sur- rounding countryside, Acoma Pueblo Is the • Visit Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque to begin our river rafting journey. Our expert guides await to navigate the waters of the the oldest continuously inhabited community • Deluxe motorcoach with restroom Where you’ll stay... lower 100 miles of the canyon. Here, the Colo- in the United States, dating back to about 100 2 Nights Las Vegas • Dinner in historic Durango, CO rado River’s famous rapids, though still exciting, A.D., with some of the current adobe dwell- 2 Nights Grand Canyon ings more than 400 years old. Next we’re off • Guaranteed departure with our are a bit tamer. The scenery is astounding. to Durango, Colorado and finally see the Old TAP tour partner Massive sandstone cliffs conjure up imaginary

Town Plaza in Santa Fe. shapes. Hidden waterfalls and pools carve their The bottom line... Where you’ll stay... way down to the river. Wildlife is abundant, DATES: September 10-15, 2019– with sightings of Blue Heron, hawks, eagles 5 days 1 Night Gallup, New Mexico and majestic Big Horn sheep. At night, the can- 2 Nights Chinle, Arizona yon walls unveil a heaven of innumerable stars. PRICE: $2399 per person/do 1 Night Farmington, New Mexico To exit the canyon we will board a jetboat SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $179 for a thrilling trip into Pearce Ferry. Our final Includes 3 flights, helicopter, motorized The bottom line... night is spent in Vegas for a few more thrills raft and jet boat DATES: September 8-12, 2019– 5 days before heading back to Seattle. This incredible journey is tame enough for most adults but will PRICE: $1799 per person/do surely rank as one of the best trips that you will ONLY SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $239 ever experience. $2399 pp/do Includes round-trip airfare

ONLY $1799 pp/do

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It’s included... • At home pick up in the British Isles castles and countrysides– greater Seattle area , England, , and • Round-trip international air

Discover the history and charms of the British In the Lake District look for the elusive Loch • 10 nights lovely hotels Isles as you visit Scotland, England, Wales and Ness Monster. Time trip through castles in Ed- • Deluxe motor coach transp. Ireland. See historic royal castles, the beauty of inburgh, wander crooked lanes and get a sense England’s Lake District and Ireland’s country- of some hands-on history. For 10 days you’ll • All sightseeing as noted in the side…you’ll experience it all on this journey feel like one of the family in this very welcom- itinerary, including: through these four magnificent countries. ing corner of Europe. The Cotswolds – Visit Edinburgh, and Take a walk in the footsteps of kings and Blarney Castles , heroes and criminals, writers and – Sightseeing in the capital cities poets–this “best of” tour delivers. Slip into – Visit Gretna Green your kilt ‘cuz were heading to the land of – Scenic cruise on Windermere Lake in bagpipers and family feuds–Scotland. Sit England’s famed Lake District back and enjoy some hearty storytelling as we – Tour the medieval town of York travel through the Sherwood Forest legends of – Tour Shakespeare’s Robin Hood. childhood home in Stratford – See the Cotswolds Shakespeare’s home – Kiss the Blarney Stone – Tour County Cork County Cork • 10 breakfasts, 5 dinners, Edinburgh Castle including 2 dinner shows

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights Edinburgh, Scotland 2 Nights , England 2 Nights Cardiff, Wales 2 Nights Waterford, Ireland 2 Nights , Ireland

Cardiff Castle The bottom line... DATES: September 12-23, 2019– 12 days

PRICE: $3899 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1299

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It’s included... • 4 days sightseeing by train including: New England’s fall foliage by rail North Conway Scenic Railway, The problem with fall in New England is choos- and glittering oceans of Cape cod–you’ll see Mt. Washington Cog Railway, ing among the endless options of where to all of the distinctive regions in ways you never The Vermonter and Cape Cod enjoy it. So we’ve figured it all out for you on dreamed of. Central Railway this 8-day epic journey to see the highlights of • 4 days deluxe motorcoach As the train rounds a corner, a mountain rises all six new england states by motorcoach and sightseeing tours in , into view, painted with trees of autumn colors. daylight rail. The Breakers Kennebunkport, North Conway, You blink, and see a little white steeple church Stowe, Mystic Seaport, Newport, RI At almost every stop, there’s an opportunity to next to a placid lake with a moose grazing. As (including the Breakers Mansion) experience more. The diversity is endless. From the evening sun casts a golden glow on the and Cape Cod cosmopolitan Boston to the rocky shorelines of colored landscape, you climb off the train–and Maine; the colorful mountains of North Conway into a comfy hotel bed. Ahhhhh, the serenity. • 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches and and Vermont to the ancient maritime in If this isn’t on your bucket list you’ve missed 4 dinners including a New Mystic connecticut; mansions of Rhode Island the train. England lobster bake • Fully escorted and narrated so you COLORADO won’t miss a thing! Colorado Springs MAINE • Travel bag and MORE!

VERMONT Where you’ll stay... Grand Canyon Taos Stowe 2 Nights In the Boston area Gallup 1 Night Kennebunkport, ME Santa Fe 1 Night North Conway, NH North Conway Kennebunkport North Conway Train 1 Night Stowe, Vermont NEW Phoenix NEW 1 Night Mystic, Connecticut HAMPSHIRE MEXICO STOPS/ 1 Night Cape Cod, MA TRANSFERS ARIZONA

RAIL ROUTES MASSACHUSETTS The bottom line... MOTORCOACH Boston ROUTES STOPS/ DATES: September 22-29, TRANSFERS R.I. September 27-October 4, CONNECTICUT Hyannis/ RAIL ROUTES Cape Cod September 29-October 6, Newport MOTORCOACH ROUTES OR October 4-11 2019–8 days Mystic PRICE: $2699 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $595 Land only

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It’s included... It’s included... Athens and cruise • Free round-trip shuttle from your New Mexico’s • Free round-trip shuttle from your home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport the Greek Islands • Round-trip air from Seattle to Athens Balloon Fiesta, • Round-trip airfare to Life just keeps getting better as we fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico • 3 nights 4-star hotel in Athens with Taos and Santa Fe . Feel the pulse of the city as we spend daily breakfast buffet • 6 nights lovely hotel accommodations a few nights in history-filled Athens. Walk See the mother of all events as the New through the ruins and in the footsteps of • City tour of Athens, full day tour of Mexico sky is transformed into a kaleidoscope • International Balloon Fiesta Delphi via Levadia and Arachova, and of color at the International Balloon Fiesta. Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Among the sights • Sandia Peak Tram you will see, you’ll visit the Acropolis, located excursion in Ephesus Watch more than 1000 balloons in all shapes and colors float like a newly-opened toy box • Taos, New Mexico touring on a rocky promontory and dating to the • 7 night cruise on the Idyllic Aegean 5th century BC. From atop the Acropolis our dispensing it’s goods into space. Spend 2 • All meals and entertainment while nights soaking up historic Albuquerque before • Trip on the Cumbres and Toltec Grecophile guide will teach you how to sip onboard the ship scenic railroad ouzo, eat octopus in a taverna and show you weaving our way past artists living in isolated the highlights of this fabled city. • Ports of call in Athens, Mykonos, mountain villages and colorful adobe houses • Sightseeing in Santa Fe along the High to Taos. Get a glimpse Milos, Santorini, Crete, and Kusadasi • 4 dinners, 6 breakfasts Then enjoy the highlight of your vacation, a into the past at holy site Chimayo, and Taos • Welcome dinner overlooking the and 1 lunch 7-night cruise on the Aegean Sea cruising to Pueblo, a community that has been inhabited Acropolis and traditional Greek lunch some of the world’s most beautiful islands. by descendants of the same tribe for over a • All sightseeing as mentioned Cruise to Santorini, still an active volcano • Deluxe motorcoach thousand years. • Fully escorted and narrated so you offering one of the world’s most breathtak- • All sightseeing as mentioned After 2 nights discovering Taos, soak up the won’t miss a thing! ing panoramas, where you’ll see bright white buildings and cliffs rising from the Aegean Sea. • Fully escorted and narrated so you stunning southwest scenery on the Toltec Also cruise to Heraklion on Crete; Milos with its won’t miss a thing! and Cumbres narrow gauge railway. We save Where you’ll stay... the best for last as our travels continue with spectacular colorful rock formations and mag- 2 Nights Albuquerque 2 fantastic nights in Santa Fe. See the Loretto nificent beaches; and Mykonos, Greece’s jet-set Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights Taos Chapel with its miraculous staircase, St. island with its seafront village, sandy beaches, 2 Nights Santa Fe 3 Nights Hotel Divani Palace Acropolis Francis Cathedral and the colorful Town Plaza. and whitewash houses. Wander through the 7 Night cruise on the Idyllic Aegean picturesque alleys and narrow streets, take Sign up now because space is disappearing The bottom line... photos of the windmills that overlook the faster than the balloons. embankment, relax at a waterfront café. When The bottom line... DATES: October 5-11, 2019– 7 days not exploring an island, enjoy the ship’s many DATES: October 3-14, 2019–12 days ONLY PRICE: $2599 per person/do amenities. Sunbathe, sip a cool drink, splash in PRICE: $3699 per person/do $2599 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $899 the pool, and relax. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Call Prices include airfare from Seattle. Includes cruise and round-trip airfare Please call for prices from your ONLY home city. $3699 pp/do

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It’s included... It’s included... Smoky Mountains • Free round-trip shuttle from your Arizona’s trains Free round-trip shuttle from your home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport fall foliage rail, New • Round-trip airfare from Seattle to including the Grand • Round-trip airfare from Seattle with Orleans, Memphis and Knoxville to Seattle Canyon, Sedona and airport transfers & Nashville • 2 nights in the Great Smoky Moun- Verde Canyon • Experience two of Arizona’s scenic tains including a scenic ride on the rail excursions: Join us for an unforgettable fall trip through Great Smoky Mountain Railroad A good train ride provides stunning scenery, - The Grand Canyon Railway America’s musical heartland. Get all jazzed up high adventure and a bit of nostalgic romance. - The Verde Canyon Railroad as we head to New Orleans for two powerful • Sightseeing in Nashville including Sound good? Then join us as we visit the nights in this soulful city, filled with incredible the Country Music Hall of Fame, RCA highlights of the Grand Canyon State. Journey • Experience the breathtaking beauty cuisine, amazing jazz and unending nightlife. Studios and Studio B. aboard the Grand Canyon Railway to the of Grand Canyon National Park • Reserved seats at the Grand Ole Opry edge of this awesome Canyon so you can • Visit Montezuma Castle Next, we’ll make a pilgrimage to see Elvis experience the beauty of the National Park. National Monument Presley’s beloved home, Graceland. Dine on • Sightseeing tours in Memphis • Narrated tour of Sedona some typical southern cuisine on Beale Street • Stay at the Graceland Guest House Rail through Verde Canyon– billed as Arizona’s during our stay in colorful Memphis. You won’t longest running nature show–in first-class • Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff be singing the blues as you pack your bags for • Sightseeing in New Orleans including comfort aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad. your next leg of the tour. the New Orleans Cooking School and a See Montezuma Castle National Monument, • Tour the old mining town of Jerome paddlewheel cruise on the Mississippi an ancient Indian dwelling carved into a • 5 breakfasts, 3 dinners Welcome to the undisputed capital of Country • 7 breakfasts, 2 dinners limestone cliff. Explore the old mining town of Music–Nashville. This city is the home of RCA Jerome. Relax with a day at leisure in Sedona Where you’ll stay... Studios, Studio B, the Country Music Hall of for shopping and exploring on your own, or Fame and Opryland. The next day, depart Where you’ll stay... take an optional Jeep tour. A great vacation in 1 Nights Grand Canyon our hotel for a ride on The Great Smoky 2 Nights New Orleans the the historic Southwest. 1 Nights Williams, AZ Mountain Railroad through Nantaha Gorge 2 Nights Memphis 3 Nights Sedona along the Tennessee River with highlights like 1 Night Nashville Horseshoe Curve, Fontana Lake Trestle and 2 Nights Gatlinburg The bottom line... spectacular scenery during the height of fall colors. In 8 days, see some of the best fall DATES: October 20-25, 2019 –6 days foliage in the nation and discover the world The bottom line... PRICE: $2399 per person/do where Fats Domino, DATES:October 8-15, 2019–8 days SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $679 Elvis, Dolly Parton PRICE: $2599 per person/do and Patsy Cline all Prices include airfare from Seattle. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $599 made it big. Please call for prices from your Prices include airfare from Seattle. home city. Please call for prices from your ONLY home city. $2599 pp/do ONLY $2399 pp/do

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It’s included... It’s included... Rail to ’s • Free round-trip transfer from your Rail across Canada, • Free round-trip transportation Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport from your Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport Machu Picchu and • Round-trip airfare from Seattle to and sail Lima; Round-trip from Lima to Cusco Niagara Falls • International airfare from Seattle to Toronto, Canada Peru is a country oozing with passion. If you say • Deluxe motorcoach transportation For decades, one of the ‘must-do’ holidays on • 3 nights first-class hotel the word Peru slowly, it slides around in your • 6 nights superior first-class hotels every travelers list has been the legendary cross- mouth like expensive whisky; sweet, hot and Canada train trip, from Toronto to Vancouver, • 4 nights aboard VIA Rail– Silver & • Round-trip, first-class train from sensual. That’s how the country itself feels. This in vista-dome comfort. A trip packed with mon- Blue Class service with a sleeper Cusco to Machu Picchu fully-guided, eight day trip introduces you to umental thrills begins with a flight to Toronto section with upper and lower berths Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Spend • All transfers and entrance fees where you will spend a few action-packed days two days exploring this mountaintop village seeing the sights, sounds and history of multi- • All meals onboard the train • 2 dinners, 4 lunches and 6 breakfasts carved from stone, and see the remains of cultural Toronto. Then, enjoy a full day tour • Welcome reception and breakfast temples, houses and baths all surrounded by • All in-flight meals to mighty Niagara Falls. Get an up-close look at in Toronto indescribable scenery. A knowledgeable guide the Falls on the Hornblower cruise. • Locally guided • Toronto city tour brings the mountain fortress to life, detailing the history and culture of this ancient place. • Fully narrated and escorted Next, you’ll find yourself at the • Excursion to Niagara Falls awaiting your departure for a rail journey across • Hotel taxes & GST on applicable items The expedition highlights include: Lima’s Plaza Canada! Then the doors close, you’ll snuggle Mayor and Gold Museum: Cuzco, the Temple Where you’ll stay... into your accommodations and you’re off for of the Sun and the fortress of Sacayhuaman; 2 Nights Lima, Peru an epic adventure through a country that spans Where you’ll stay... 1 Night Cusco a train journey along the beautiful Urubamba 6 time zones. Enjoy incredible dining, and 1 Nights in Toronto 2 Nights Sacred Valley River on the way to Machu Picchu; and the gi- first-class service as you roll past picturesque 2 Nights Niagara Falls 1 Night Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu) ant stones of the Ollantaytambo fortress. villages, through cosmopolitan cities, across 4 Nights VIA Rail’s Canadian Ask about our 3 day extension to rolling prairies, over the Rockies and to the with sleeper Lake Titicaca. The bottom line... rugged Pacific Coast. Every day of this trip is a highlight. DATES: October 22-29, 2019-8 days The bottom line... PRICE: $2999 per person/do DATES: October 24-31, 2019–8 days SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $599 PRICE: $2899 per person/do Prices include airfare from Seattle. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $650 Please call for prices from your Upgrade to private berth starting at home city. $650 pp/do ONLY Prices include airfare from Seattle. $2999 pp/do Please call for prices from your home city.

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It’s included... It’s included... • At home pick up in the greater • At home pick up in the Best of Catalina, Seattle area Pre-Christmas in Halloween on the Seattle area to SeaTac Airport • Roundtrip airfare Branson and meet • Round-trip airfare from Queen Mary and • Motorcoach transportation Tony Orlando Seattle to Kansas City J Paul Getty getaway • Ferry fares Christmas is a magical time in the Ozarks and • 5 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners • J. Paul Getty Museum it’s even more exciting because we have some • All transfers A frighteningly fun getaway begins with a of the best seats in the house to the best shows. • Daily breakfast, 1 dinner • Deluxe motorcoach transport flight to California and ferry over to semi-tropi- Your days and nights are filled with incredible cal Catalina Island. Spend two nights seeing the • 2 nights Catalina entertainment, great food and glitzy displays. • Highlights Include: See some of the top performers and sights in – Tram ride through caverns highlights of this Hollywood haunt–lovers cove, • 1 night onboard the the world, including those mentioned at right- the pastel village loaded with boutiques, the Queen Mary – Mickey Gilley & Johnny Lee stunning countryside with roaming buffalo and you will even meet Tony Orlando! Five days – Step on guide of Branson • Fully escorted and narrated so you the historic, art deco Casino. filled with action-packed shows and 4 of the – Texas Tenors won’t miss a thing! nights at the wonderful Welk Resort! This trip – Heartland Country Next, ferry to the Queen Mary for a chance even includes most meals and your airfare. to sleep–if you dare. Everyone knows the ship Where you’ll stay... – The Haygoods Christmas is haunted and is no stranger to haunted hap- – Andy Williams Ozark penings. Throughout the years, Queen Mary 2 Nights Catalina Island Mountain Christmas employees, guests and visiting psychics have 1 Night On the Queen Mary – Yakov Smirnoff reported unexplainable events and paranormal – Jim Stafford Show activity aboard the ship. From the start, a thick The bottom line... – Shoji Christmas Show fog takes advantage of the Queen Mary’s DATES:October 29-November 1, – Daniel O’Donnell shipping port surroundings. The eerie effect 2019–4 days – Tony Orlando with meet and perfectly sets the overall “sea evil” maritime greet-our group onlyl madness tone. What better way to spend Hal- PRICE: Starting at $1299 per • Fully escorted and narrated so you loween? The grand finale is a trip to the J. Paul person/do don’t miss a thing! Getty Museum–rated one of the world’s best. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $499 Includes round-trip air, 3 nights lovely hotels, Includes round-trip airfare motorcoach, ferry fares, breakfast daily, wel- Where you’ll stay... come dinner and fully escorted and narrated so 1 Night Kansas City you won’t miss a thing! 4 Nights Welk Resort, Branson ONLY The bottom line... $1299 pp/do DATES: November 12-17, 2019–6 days

PRICE: $2399 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $699 Includes round-trip airfare!

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It’s included... It’s included... Thanksgiving in • Round-trip air from Seattle to NYC • Round-trip transportation from your Colonial Williamsburg Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport • Luggage handling the Big Apple at Christmastime • Round-trip airfare from • 5 nights at the 4-Star Hotel Mela Seattle to Richmond, VA Experience “the Big Apple” alive with the holi- in Times Square Christmas is a prime time of year to visit Colo- day spirit on this spectacular 6-day tour, with a nial Williamsburg, America’s largest interactive • 6 nights 4-star hotel stay at the hotel Mela, a boutique 4-star hotel • 6 breakfasts, 2 dinners history museum. In 2017, Architectural Digest • 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 3 dinners in Time Square! From Rockefeller Center to • Experience two Broadway shows called Colonial Williamsburg the best town Greenwich Village, New York City shines even in America for Christmas celebrations. The • Deluxe motorcoach transportation • Embark on a voyage to experience brighter during the holiday season. season comes to life with world-renowned “Lady Liberty” up-close • Sightseeing inlcudes: holiday decorations and 18th-century seasonal Spend five nights in the heart of Midtown close - Grand Illumination • Join a local guide for a tour of New programming. to Central Park’s skating rink and Times Square York City’s time-honored landmarks - Busch Gardens Christmas dinner all dressed up for the holidays. Take your seat This phenominal trip includes the epic Grand - Jamestown settlement tour and watch the curtain rise for an exciting •Enjoy breakfast at the famous Ellen’s Illumination Fireworks show and dinner at the - Christmas Parade in Merchant Square Broadway show. See the Christmas Spectacular Stardust Diner, featuring singing Historic Shields Tavern, a fireside holiday feast - Yorktown tour & historic homes wait staff at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the world at Busch Gardens, historic guided sightseeing - Riverwalk Landing famous Rockettes! Ferry to the Statue of Liberty • Fully escorted and narrated so you tours in Jamestown and Yorktown, the incred- - Yankee Candle Village and Ellis Island. See the Empire State Building ible American History Museum, an interactive won’t miss a thing! - American Revolution Museum and Central Park. Visit the poignant 9/11 Mu- Witch Trial, lunch at the old Chickahominy ...and more! seum and Memorial. Enjoy plenty of free time House; a wonderful holiday show, dinner on your own to shop and see the elaborate 5th Where you’ll stay... at Campbells Tavern, and the Grand Parade • Fully escorted and narrated so you Avenue holiday window displays. 5 Nights 4-Star Hotel Mela with costumed interpreters bringing to life won’t miss a thing! the history of this 301 acre revolutionary city. The bottom line... Luxuriate at at our 4-star resort hotel located in Where you’ll stay... the heart of Colonial Williamsburg. This is the DATES: November 27- 6 Nights Woodlands Resort Hotel perfect trip to usher in the holidays. December 2, 2019–6 days The bottom line... PRICE: $2699 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $999 DATES: November 29- December 5, 2019–7 days Includes round-trip airfare PRICE: $2499 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $600

ONLY Includes round-trip airfare $2699 pp/do

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It’s included... Exotic Thailand– • At-home pick up in Seattle area • Roundtrip international airfare from Hill Tribes, temples and elephants Seattle to Bangkok

There is certainly a lot to smile about when the famous Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, • Deluxe motorcoach transportation you vacation in Thailand. You’ll encounter an the historic River Kwai and the ancient city • Intra-country airfare from Bangkok ancient, fascinating culture; friendly, welcom- of Ayutthaya. to Chiang Mai ing people; gorgeous, peaceful countrysides and bustling, modern cities; and the most Next, you’ll fly to Chiang Rai, Thailand’s • 10 Breakfasts, 9 lunches, amazing shopping—unbelievable bargains northernmost city, and visit the Hill Tribes of 8 dinners including one Thai dance included! Start your journey in the capital city the surrounding region. Continue by road to performance of Bangkok, and then travel by motor coach to Chiang Mai, the “Rose of the North” and visit • Sightseeing included the working Elephant Village. In 13 magical (Highlights of Bangkok, Chiang Mai days enjoy fascinating sights, fabulous hotels, & Chiang Rai): exquisite food and great company. You will - Grand Palace not want to miss out on this trip of a lifetime. - Jim Thompson House - Nakhon Pathom - Ancient ruins of Ayutthaya - Wat Muang Temple - Oxcart ride to Wat Sri Chum - Chiang Mai Elephant Camp - Orchid Farm - Floating Market - Boat ride along the Kok River - Local English speaking guides • Fully escorted so you won’t miss a thing

ONLY Where you’ll stay... $2899 pp/do 4 Nights Bangkok 1 Night Pitsanuloke 1 Night Lampang 4 Nights Chiang Mai 1 Night Chiang Rai The bottom line... DATES: January 9-21, 2020 –13 days

PRICE: $2899 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $899 Includes round-trip airfare and 2 intra-country flights!

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It’s included... It’s included... Winter rail to Jasper, • Round-trip motorcoach Iceland, glacier walks • Complimentary at-home pick up in transportation from Seattle the greater Seattle area Banff and Lake Louise to Vancouver, BC and northern lights • Round-trip air Seattle to Iceland during the Interna- • 3 nights Via Rail Silver and Blue HURRY, SELLS OUT QUICK! • Transfers/luggage handling at hotel Class Section room accommodations tional Ice Festival It’s been called the most spectacular show on • Deluxe motorcoach transportation with upper and lower berth earth, and you can see it live in Iceland! We’re • 4 breakfasts Our snowy mountain holiday begins as we and shared bath talking about the northern lights–or board Via Rail for a stunning train trip into the • 3 nights deluxe hotel: 2 at Chateau borealis–those mysterious lights that dance • Highlights include: Canadian Rockies. Enjoy sleeping accommoda- Lake Louise, 1 in Banff across the night sky. With its proximity to the - Reykjavik City Tour tions, fabulous food and first-class service as Arctic Circle, Iceland is one of the best places - Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National Park • 2 full breakfasts, 2 dinners our train winds past the ice-choked Thompson on earth to witness this incredible phenom- and UNESCO World Heritage Site River, the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies, • Fully escorted and narrated so you enon. Although sightings can’t be guaranteed, - Gullfoss (the Golden Waterfall) and mountain vistas. Watch for large concen- won’t miss a thing! this 6-day escape will provide opportunities for - Strokkur, the Great Geysir’s little trations of elk, bighorn sheep and mountain adventures like snowmobiling or super-jeep brother - Geothermal power station goats as we enter the park boundaries. Disem- safaris while chasing the lights. The country’s Where you’ll stay... Hellisheiðarvirkjun bark in Jasper and board a deluxe motor coach winter nights are longer and darker than - Geothermal outdoor swimming pool for a remarkable trip through the Icefields 3 Nights Sleeping accommo- almost anywhere else in the world–the perfect in Laugardalur Parkway–one of the world’s most scenic drives. dations on train canvas for a mystical lights show. 1 Night Banff Springs Hotel - Reykjanes peninsula and the Spend two nights at Chateau Lake Louise, one Blue Lagoon of Canada’s most beautiful landmark hotels. 2 Nights Chateau Lake Louise You’ll explore Reykjavik, the northernmost During the festival, teams from around the capital in the world, with Center Hotel Plaza • Fully escorted and narrated world will have 53 hours to create ice master- The bottom line... as your home base. Despite the latitude, warm so you won’t miss a thing! ocean currents make the climate similar to New pieces which will last until April. Next, we’re DATES: January 24-30, 2020–7 days off to Banff. You’ll see a castle at the base of England’s. On a tour of the Golden Circle, stop Where you’ll stay... PRICE: $2599 per person/do to marvel at roaring waterfalls, bubbling hot Mt. Rundle–our hotel for one night. See the 4 Nights hotel in Iceland sites of this charming town and live like royalty SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1099 springs, and towering geysers—all the result of at the Banff Springs Hotel before departing to UPGRADES AVAILABLE: Private room Iceland’s unique geothermal activity. You’ll also Jasper for our rail trip home. with private bath $755 per person/do take a dip in the Blue Lagoon, which owes its The bottom line... striking color to volcanic minerals that turn the Prices include airfare from Seattle. DATES: January 25-30 hot spring water milky blue. Iceland’s astound- OR February 3-8, 2020–6 days Please call for prices from your ing natural phenomena and pitch-black sky will home city. redefine your idea of a winter wonderland. PRICE: $2199 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $499 Includes round-trip airfare Starting at ONLY pp/do $2599 pp/do $2199

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It’s included... Vietnam and Cambodia–Sail the Mekong • Complementary at home pick from your Seattle area home to SeaTac I just returned from an incredible river cruise in begins in the town of Siem Reap, where we airport (if you purchase group air) Vietnam and Cambodia. Prior to heading to explore the history and culture of the Khmer • 3 nights in a 4-star hotel seeing Cambodia and Vietnam my knowledge empire as seen in the breathtaking ruins of accommodation in Siem Reap was limited to of public television specials Angkor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. and travel articles. But I have always known • Cambodia’s Angkor Wat World We will also explore the natural environment that even though their culture is completely Hertage Archeology Site of the jungle that once hid these archeologi- different from mine, their history is ancient and cal treasures. From Siem Reap we cruise the • 7 nights cruising the Mekong fascinating. Mekong River down through remote villages, River on the RV Tonle Pandaw It has been my life philosophy throughout sighting the rare freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins • 2 nights 4-star hotel in Saigon 25 years of international trips that we enrich and witnessing the rural life of Cambodia. • All meals ourselves by encountering people from other cultures, enjoying their natural surroundings, Our river ship, the RV Tonle Pandaw, balances • All activities and entrance fees as and tasting their cuisine. We thereby come to traditional style with modern comfort. Our described in your itinerary appreciate the humanity in us all. journey culminates in the vibrant city of Saigon. We have chartered our gorgeous teak- filled • Guided tours with local experts We have planned this trip to be a journey ship that only carries 50 passengers. We • Special nature outing along the way you will never forget. From the awe-inspiring welcome you to join us on this journey of a • Talks on the history and ecosystem Angkor temples to the pulsating city of Saigon, life-time. of Southeast together we will experience the past, present and future of this vital region along its most • All shore excursions storied waterway, the Mekong. Our journey • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Saigon skyline Where you’ll stay... 3 Nights Siem Reap 2 Nights Saigon 7 Nights on the RV Tonle Pandaw

Starting at The bottom line... $4795 pp/do DATES: February 13-25, 2020–14 days PRICE: Starting at $4795 pp/do Angor Wat SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $2398 Land and cruise only

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32 33 sumptuous: two nights at Harrison Hot Springs Resort. Relax and unwind in the hot mineral pools at the resort, which was the first of its Unbelievable Deals on kind in . Trip includes trans- portation, 2 nights hotel, buffet breakfast each Long & Short Getaways morning, Afternoon Tea, a 5-course dinner in Most Alki Tours include round-trip airfare! the Copper Room and Hell’s Gate. Hell’s Gate is nature at its most magnificent. At peak spring levels, over 200 million gallons of water surge zero-entry pool; take a stroll through the Native through this 35 metre (110 ft.) wide gorge. Art Gallery, spoil yourself in the Angeline Spa June 1-8 OR Like to take This symbol will help you That is twice the volume of Niagara Falls! and dine in one of four incredible restaurants. September 14-21, 2019 Train Trips? find our fun-filled rail Rooms overlook either a sunny southern view journeys. Check out our of Agate Passage or a luscious landscape of Trains across Colorado train tours website at 8 days Northwest trees and vegetation. Tour includes greattrainescapes.com Starting at $2499 pp/do overnight at Clearwater and Point Casino Single supplement $587 Hotels, ferry fares, motorcoach transportation, Includes round-trip airfare celebrate the nation’s second largest floral pa- deluxe continental breakfast, gaming packages See page 6 rade. You’ll have a chance to wander amongst and sightseeing. the amazing floats, see the craftsmanship and

discover how they make them. Then we’re off June 17-19, 2019 June 7-8, 2019 to the Coliseum where we’ll watch the Grand Floral Parade from our reserved seats. Hurry, Mystery Overnight June 23-24, 2019 Rail to the Portland this trip sells out every year, so if you snooze, 3 days you’ll lose! $499 per person/do Rail & sail the Columbia Rose Festival Single supplement $189 2 days June 11-13, 2019 River Gorge-ous $389 per person/do Are you ready for a little mystery in your life? 2 days Single supplement $99 4-star overnight at This tour includes round- trip motorcoach $379 per person/do transportation, and some meals. Unpack once Single supplement $99 Whoever said “Life isn’t a bed of Roses”, Clearwater Resort & or twice at a premium hotel or resort in a great clearly hasn’t seen this tour. In 2019, the Rose All aboard for a scenic rail journey through Point Casinos! location. All “Must See” sightseeing included the spectacular Columbia River Gorge. The Festival will celebrate 112 years of tradition 3 days and no passport needed. Your trusted Tour Gorge is 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet $329 per person/do Manager will provide an incredible “mystery” deep and packed with scenic highlights. Take Single supplement $109 holiday destination experience! in gorgeous views of Beacon Rock, the second When you walk into Clearwater Casino Resort largest monolith next to the Rock of Gibraltar, you’ll notice that the standard rooms are really June 18-20, 2019 Multnomah Falls falling 620 feet, The Bridge not so “standard”. Trademarked-for-comfort of the Gods and 11,000 foot Mt. Hood–the bedding with 7 layers of luxury complete Canada’s Harrison highest peak in Oregon. We’ll disembark in with down bedding and 350-thread count Hot Springs Resort & Wishram and then spend the night in the linens, 32” LCD TVs, plush robes and walk in Dalles. The next morning, we’ll board the showers. The rooms have been built to achieve Hell’s Gate tram and innovation–an event like none other! A 4-Diamond status, although other amenities 3 days great overnight tour begins with a train trip to will woo you away from your room. Get your $439 per person/do Portland. Once in the city, enjoy a luncheon discount gaming package and find a seat at Single supplement $229 cruise along the Willamette River. Next, check one of the many table games including Pai Until George Clooney agrees to let you crash into our lovely hotel–centrally located so you Gow, Blackjack, Poker, Craps and Roulette at his 18th-century Italian villa (he hasn’t yet can enjoy the festivities in town! The next day, and more than 1300 video slots; swim in the responded to any of your e-mails regarding the For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com matter?–how rude), consider a getaway just as 34 35 Columbia Sternwheeler for a fabulous narrated world since there is no other scenery that can July 25-August 3, tions in Wengen, sightseeing, and transfers. brunch cruise. We’ll do some fun sightseeing in beat it. Conde Nast called this “One of the OR August 19-26, 2019 This tour will make you feel like are in a James Portland before our trek home. top 10 destinations to visit in the world”. It Bond movie. *Guaranteed departure offered takes a bit of effort to reach as it’s only acces- The alpine villages through our AFC Vacations partner. July 12-15, 2019 sible by boat or plane. In 3 days, you’ll take a of Switzerland motorcoach, ferry, private boat and sea plane! 10 days August 7-8, 2019 Sisters, Oregon Quilt Show Stay 2 nights on the Sunshine Coast. The next $3999 per person/do day, board a boat for a thrilling cruise through Single supplement $455 Another? mystery? & the best of Bend, Oregon fast rapids and marvel at granite-lined walls 4 days Includes round-trip airfare that stretch skyward from sea level to nearly overnight? tour? $599 per person/do 2 days seven thousand feet. At the heart of the inlet, You may think you have seen Switzerland, but Single Supplement $179 cascades of water descend thousands of feet you have not seen THIS part of the Swiss Alps. $329 per person/do Single supplement $99 Mountains. Sun. Small-town fun. You’ll find all down the granite walls, culminating in the What a wonderfully refreshing change from of this and more in beautiful Bend…it’s hope- boiling white water of Chatterbox Falls. Next, the busy, always moving schedule of most This could be one of the best travel holiday lessly addictive.”Whoever visits Bend, moves board a float plane for an incredible 20-min- tours. Fly round-trip to Zurich and unpack for presents ever—a magical journey into the to Bend,” people warn. Spend two wonderful ute flight. This will provide an overview of unknown for 2 days and 1 night. Enjoy guaran- nights at the Shilo Suites. The next day we will mountains jutting out of the sea, clusters of teed excitement and fun with friendly travelers head to Sisters, Oregon for the world-famous islands, channels and inlets. You’ll love this just like you! Includes transportation, superb 3-day getaway. hotel accommodations, breakfast, and dinner.

August 9-16, 2019 July 17-21 or July 24-28, 2019 Rail to Glacier Park Yellowstone & 5 days Mt. Rushmore Starting at $2199 per person/do 8 days Single supplement $625 $2999 per person/do Hurry–Limited to just 16 passengers! Single supplement $589 Quilt Show. Imagine a picturesque Western- See page 7 Includes round-trip airfare style town transformed into a patchwork From the Olympic sites to national parks to paradise. The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show July 17-24, 2019 the wild west atmosphere of South Dakota displays over 1,100 quilts under sunny summer and Cody, Wyoming–this is a true adventure skies. From barns to balconies, storefronts to Rail through the through the American West. After a fun night stairways, quilts from all over the world blanket Canadian Rockies, stay in Salt Lake City, we will take a scenic drive the town with splashes of color every year. to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The sights just get This trip has something for everyone. Grizzlies and sail the better as we head through the Grand Tetons to 6 nights at the 4-star Hotel Silberhorn in the Yellowstone National Park for a two night stay. Inside Passage to Alaska little village of Wengen. The town overlooks July 14-16, 2019 Next, your journey winds its way through the Hurry–Limited to just 20 the Lauterbrunnen Valley at 3800 feet, but territory of the Great Sioux Nation, stopping at Cruise Canada’s Princess passengers with exclusive surrounded by 10,000 foot mountains such float plane trip to largest Grizzly as Eiger, Monk, and Jungfrau. Enjoy breakfast Louisa Inlet by boat reserve in North America and dinner daily as you use your pass to ride on trains, gondolas, aerial trams, and lake steam- and float plane 8 days ers. Each day you will visit a different attraction 3 days $2899 per person/do and travel just like the local Swiss do! See $599 per person/do Single supplement $899 Grindelwald, Brienz woodcarvers, Interlaken, Single supplement $339 Includes airfare Lucerne, Bern, Trummelbach Falls, Grosse See page 8 Princess Louisa Inlet is so beautiful that once Scheidegg and Merrigen. Includes 14 meals–7 visited, you don’t need to see the rest of the breakfasts and 7 dinners, airfare, accommoda- 36 37 one of the country’s most famous landmarks, the wild west town Winthrop. This evening, this gorgeous 4-day getaway. Spend 3 nights Mount Rushmore, en route to Custer State we will head to Ladder Creek Falls. Begin with exploring by mail boat, Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. a huge, “Damn Good Chicken Dinner”, then train, ferry, and motorcoach! We’ll cruise on a a naturalist will give a stimulating show on the working freighter through the Broken Islands August 15-16, 2019 Skagit River Hydro-electric project. At twilight delivering goods, kayakers and passengers to we will head out to see the three rushing wa- remote villages accessible only by boat. Have North Cascades Highway, terfalls illuminated by multi-colored lights that your camera in hand to capture the stunning change by the minute. After a great sleep, we scenery and wildlife in the Pacific Rim. Bears, Winthrop & Leavenworth will stop at the Smoke Jumping Facility as we 2 days whales, sea lions, seals and more inhabit the make our way home through Leavenworth. $329 per person/do NEW! Each “mission” involves you walking along the region. Next board the Alberni Pacific Railway Single supplement $99 ridges and down through the valleys prioritiz- steam train for the ride to the McLean Mill August 19-24, 2019 ing whatever your interests are–be it a casual National Historic Site, home of Canada’s From the salty sea air surrounding the Puget mountain stroll, flowers and fauna, glaciers or only remaining steam-powered sawmill. The Sound, flowering fruit trees from Leavenworth, Heli-hiking in the towering spires. You can be any age and in surrounding community has been restored Wenatchee, acres of fresh cut hay and farm- Canadian Rockies any physical shape. This trip is for everyone- to what it was a century ago, giving visitors a land in the Methow and Skagit Valleys, and REGARDLESS OF YOUR FITNESS LEVEL. I took glimpse of what it was like to live and work as (Bugaboo Mountains) my family on this trip and my mother actually a logger and mill worker in the early part of the 6 days had 2 newly broken ribs at the time and still 20th century. You might even be held up by Starting at $3999 per person/do said it was one of the best trips of her life. A the notorious Beaufort Gang, train robbers on Single supplement $925 heli-hiking vacation combines adventure with horseback. The steam train also makes a stop Includes round-trip international airfare private rooms in remote, alpine lodges and at the Chase and Warren Winery for a tour & 10-12 helicopter rides fantastic food. It is unlike anything you’ve ever and tasting. Includes transportation, 3 nights THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST experienced before. Alki Tours and Canadian Vancouver Island, Pacific Rim National Park, TRIPS OF YOUR LIFETIME! Mountain Holidays have teamed up to provide Broken Island Mail Boat cruise, steam train ride, you with a hiking trip off the beaten path and ferry rides and some meals. miles upon miles of lush evergreen forest along So, what is heli-hiking? The way this works is accessible only to a lucky few. With comfort the Stevens Pass Greenway and North Cas- that the lodge is built way up in the mountains and safety as the highest priority, we hike dur- cades National Park. This is the road trip of a in the middle of nowhere (but actually in the ing the day in the Columbia Mountain range August 24-30, 2019 lifetime- we call it the “Golden Triangle”. Let’s heart of beauty) and you fly, by helicopter, each of British Columbia with our highly-trained head up the North Cascades and overnight in day to a new mountain range or panorama. guides and spend our evenings relaxing in New York City 7 days our lodge and enjoying each other’s company $2899 per person/do by the fireplace. There are 33 guests in the Single supplement $1249 lodge with 22 warm and friendly staff on-site. Includes round-trip airfare They were awarded the National Geographic Life is either an adventure ADVENTURE Magazine’s Best Heli-Adventure See page 9 or nothing at all. Company on Earth! Helen Keller September 1-7, 2019 August 21-24, 2019 –Unpack once Pacific Rim and cruise 7 days $2499 per person/do NEW! the Broken Islands Single supplement $550 4 days Includes round-trip airfare $899 per person/do Single supplement $329 Ask anyone on the street what he or she likes most about Chicago, and you’ll mostly likely Coast Starlight Rail & Sail Thrill to shipwreck stories. Probe the mysteries hear “the friendly people.” But what makes of the rain forest. Learn about the rich heritage Chicagoans so gosh darn friendly? Perhaps it’s of the Nuuchah-nulth First Nations people on For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com the camaraderie they form during the city’s 38 39 Highlights include an Access City Tour to visit roulette, craps and several styles of poker. Or, September 10-13, 2019 top attractions and behind-the-scenes-tours; grab one of the 1,000 seats in the expansive Eli Cheesecake factory tour; Wrigley Field Tour; bingo hall. The party on wheels continues as Rail to the Crater Lake Architectural River Cruise; “Untouchables” we continue to Quinault Beach Resort and Lodge and rim tour Gangster tour; Skydeck at the top of the Willis Casino for a four star overnight stay- which in- 4 days Tower; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park studio; cludes more gaming, more beaches and more $899 per person/do Art Institute of Chicago: Cantigney Park, Man- fun. Winners only please! Single supplement $289 sion; and WWII Museum; day trip to Racine, WI; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wax Headquarters 7,700 years ago, the 12,000 foot high volcano and Wingspread Home. Plus you will enjoy September 7-17, 2019 Mt. Mazama erupted in an enormous explo- harsh winters and blessed summers. Or maybe all breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners; deluxe Scandinavia and sion leaving nothing but a deep crater. Over it’s because this Midwestern giant has some of motorcoach transportation and fully escorted hundreds of years, the crater filled with rain the best museums, restaurants and architec- and narrated so you won’t miss a thing! Guar- cruise through the water and melted snow. At nearly 1,943 feet, ture in the world. See it all in 7 unforgettable anteed departure offered in conjunction with our TAP Partner. Norwegian Fjords days. Check into the Palmer House Hilton 11 days hotel and unpack once for the entire trip. NEW! $3999 per person/do September 2-4, 2019 Single supplement $999 Casino hopping Oregon Includes round-trip airfare We Love Groups! coast, Chinook winds and See page 10 Alki Tours offers lots of bonuses Quinault beach resort September 8-12, 2019 to groups of 15 or more, plus: 3 days • $469 per person/do Canyon de Chelly NEW! Maximum value, guaranteed Single supplement $149 and Mesa Verde it is the deepest lake in the U.S. A 33-mile drive prices & outstanding 5 days Lincoln City on Oregon’s central coast is around the rim offers glimpses of the intensely experience $1799 per person/do home to stretches of sandy beaches, craggy blue-colored water which is created by the clar- • Single supplement $239 shorelines and a year-round “Finder’s Keepers” ity and its depth. We’ll take a scenic train trip Round-trip transportation Includes roundtrip airfare event, where you can hunt for treasures of to Oregon, spend a night in Eugene and then to/from your group’s See page 12 pick-up location two nights at the Mazama Lodge. Park Rang- • ers give walks and talks at the lodge. Enjoy a We custom design fabulous guided tour of the rim, relax on the porch and September 9-11, 2019 itineraries listen as the rangers bring Crater Lake’s history • Salt Spring Island– and geology vividly to life. Want to travel for FREE? Get a group and call us to The San Juans of Canada September 10-15, 2019 find out how! 3 days $599 per person/do Single supplement $189 River raft the

This is a red hot deal. Two nights on gorgeous Grand Canyon 5 days Salt Spring Island at the Harbour House Hotel. artisan-crafted orbs along the shore. However, $2399 per person/do Meander the island visiting the Island’s brew- the beach isn’t the only place to look for trea- Single supplement $179 ery, local gardens and the colorful market. In- sure. You just might find yourself hitting the Includes 3 flights, helicopter, cludes deluxe motorcoach transportation, ferry jackpot at Chinook Winds Casino. This casino motorized raft and jet boat fares, 2 nights lovely hotel accommodations, 2 serves up more than 1,100 slot machines along See page 13 with dozens of gaming tables and three high- Breakfast, great sightseeing, fully escorted and stakes rooms. Try your luck at blackjack, keno, narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

40 41 September 11-16, 2019 September 14-20, 2019 September 25-29, 2019 “another round”. Includes a 3 night cruise, all of your meals and entertainment, 1 night at Alaska cruise the Inside North Carolina’s Outer Banks Cruise on the Golden Princess a wonderful hotel in San Francisco, all of your 7 days transfers and your flight home. Passage sampler– On sale $2349 per person/do to Victoria and San Francisco 5 days NEW! 5 days Single supplement $439 Starting at $899 per person/do Starting at $1229 per person/do Includes round-trip airfare September 27-29, 2019 Single supplement $749 Single supplement $649 NEW! The allure of the Outer Banks is so simple: they Includes cruise & airfare Portlandia and the Migrating wildlife, budding forests, northern offer a place to relax and enjoy the rhythms of lights, now crowds and spectacular savings… Admit it: We’ve all indulged in a little “vino- gorgeous Adobe Hotel nature and the sea. Wild horses, quaint villages, that’s what this trip is about. We will transfer therapy” after a long week at the office. It scenic lighthouses, windswept beaches and on the Oregon Coast you from Seattle to Vancouver, BC to board is after all what makes happy hours so darn scruffy crab shacks provide the backdrop for 3 days the gorgeous Island Princess. Unpack in your happy. But you’ve never been wined and $499 per person/do dined quite like you will when you take a cruise beautiful stateroom on the Island Princess and Single supplement $189 you will want to stay forever. The ship is flush on the Golden Princess to San Francisco. with amenities all at your beckon call. Enjoy Your five day getaway begins with a shuttle to Prepare to be introduced to the city of Port- fabulous food, fantastic shows and fun times as Vancouver BC where you will board Princess land. Enjoy a well-balanced overview of both we cruise the Inside Passage to Alaska. Ports of the downtown and surrounding area’s history, call include Ketchikan, Juneau and Vancouver. current events, and cultural diversity. Travel All meals and entertainment are included. through the various parts of the city from Downtown Portland to the Pearl District to Nob these four sleepy barrier islands. Though just Hill. After a fun tour, we will spend the night. off the coast of North Carolina, they feel like The next morning we’ll head to the Oregon they’re a million miles away from the “real” Coast. See the spectacular Newport Aquarium world. Swimming, sunning and water sports before we check into the 4 star Adobe hotel are what most visitors come here for, but overlooking the water. Dinner is fabulous. there’s also quite a bit of history to uncover The next morning we will head north along in these parts. Highlights include Raleigh city the coast and stop in Cannon Beach before tour, Beufort historic tour and cruise, Ocracoke Lines Golden ship for a 4 day Coastal cruise. Island tour, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Roanoke Whether your sipping cocktails by one of the Island with Fort Raleigh, Historic Corolla and pools, getting a salt scrub in the spa or fine nature safari, Nags head to Norfolk. A lovely dining–it won’t be long before you’ve left your holiday complete with beautiful hotels, great co-workers at home. Enjoy a day in charming meals and sightseeing. Guaranteed departure Victoria and a lovely night at sea before dock- operated by our TAP Partner. ing in San Francisco. The time just gets better with a night in San Francisco. Re-charge your September 12-23, 2019 batteries on a sightseeing tour of this electric September 22-29, Sept. 27-Oct. 4, city. By the trip’s end, you’ll be ready for British Isles castles and Sept. 29-Oct. 6, OR October 4-11, 2019 countrysides–Scotland, New England’s England, Wales, Ireland fall foliage by rail SAVE MONEY ONLINE! 12 days 8 days Book any 1-5 day tour online and save $3899 per person/do $2699 per person/do an additional $10. Book a tour 6 days or Single supplement $1299 Single supplement $595 www.alkitours.com Includes roundtrip airfare Land only longer and save an additional $50! See page 14 See page 16 *One-time discount only. Does not include Snow Train

For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com 42 43 heading back to Seattle. Includes transporta- November 6-8, 2019 tion, lovely hotels, 2 breakasts and 1 dinner October 8-15, 2019 October 20-25, 2019 and sightseeing! Casino hop–Silver Reef Smoky Mountains fall Arizona’s trains including and Swinomish Casinos October 3-14, 2019 foliage rail, New Orleans, the Grand Canyon, Sedona 3 days $379 per person/do NEW! Athens and cruise Memphis & Nashville and Verde Canyon Single supplement $129 8 days 6 days the Greek Islands $2599 per person/do $2399 per person/do Some vacations are lucky, some are smart and 12 days Single supplement $599 Single supplement $679 some have the good fortune of being both. $3699 per person/do Includes round-trip airfare Includes airfare Get ready to ante up on our trip south to Silver Single supplement: Call See page 20 See page 21 Reef Casino where an overnight stay is an ace Includes cruise and round-trip airfare in your hand that needs to be played. You’ll See page 18 feel like you’ve hit the jackpot at this luxurious October 22-29, 2019 resort. In the morning go double or nothing October 16-19, 2019 October 5-11, 2019 Rail to Peru’s Machu Picchu with the hotel’s silver signature breakfast. Grab New Mexico’s Whistler and your lady luck and we’re off to the Swinomish and sail Lake Titicaca Casino for another fun night. Take your $10 Balloon Fiesta, Harrison Hot Springs 8 days dollar promo play and $10 dollar dining offer 4 days $2999 per person/do and make a little moola. Taos and Santa Fe $599 per person/do Single supplement $599

7 days Single supplement $299 Includes round-trip airfare $2599 per person/do See page 22 November 12-14, 2019 Single supplement $899 What a combo. Join us for two of Canada’s biggies...Whistler Resort and Harrison Hot Watch storms smash Includes round-trip airfare October 24-31, 2019 See page 19 Springs. Spend 2 nights in the heart of Whis- tler; a village surrounded by mountain peaks stuff in Tofino, BC Rail across Canada, 3 days and packed with boutiques, entertainers, golf $699 per person/do courses, gondolas and walking trails. Next, Toronto and October 6-7, 2019 Single supplement $399 journey through the scenic Fraser River Canyon to Hell’s Gate where you’ll watch water tor- Niagara Falls Cruise from Seattle to 7 days The far west coast of Vancouver Island gets rent past the 100 foot deep narrows. Tonight $2899 per person/do truly freaky when big Pacific storms roll in and Vancouver on the indulge at Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Single supplement $650 the waves grow to nearly 30 feet, sand blows Spa. Schedule a spa appointment, soak in the Star Princess Private berth upgrade $650 pp/do in sheets, and big logs are tossed around. The 2 days mineral pools or crack open a book and relax. Includes rail and airfare best action takes place over by Tofino. Without Starting at $259 per person/do Dinner is included in the Copper Dining Room. a Starbucks in sight, Tofino takes pride in local See page 23 Single supplement starting at $99 shops, fantastic cuisine and environmentalism. Spend two cozy nights at the Best Western Tin Seattle has its fair share of people who live October 29-November 1, 2019 Wis, located on 8 acres of oceanfront property the life of the rich and famous--Russell Wilson where the waves and wind get vicious during and Bill to name a couple- but if you’re not Best of Catalina, Halloween a storm. There’s so much to see and do–or not so loaded that a loss of $7 million in one year on the Queen Mary and do, if your wish is to curl up by the fireplace, would be a minor blip on your financial state- enjoy a spa experience, read a good book ment, you can feel like a high roller for one J. Paul Getty getaway or watch the surfers navigate the waves–it’s night at least with a cruise on the Star Princess. 4 days all fabulous. Includes deluxe motorcoach With swimming pools, a health spa, casinos $1299 per person/do transportation, ferry fares, two nights hotel and Broadway shows this will be one enchant- Single supplement $499 accommodations, great sightseeing and some ing evening. All meals and entertainment are Includes round-trip airfare of your meals. included on the ship. The following day, we See page 24 will shuttle you back to Seattle. 44 45 November 27-30, 2019 H O T T O U R ! Ancient History Abounds Thanksgiving at the November 27-December 2, 2019

November 11-23, 2019 4-star Coeur d’ Alene Thanksgiving in Lake Resort the Big Apple Israel and Jordan 6 days 13 days 4 days NEW! $2699 per person/do $4849 per person/do NEW! $799 per person/do Single supplement $999 Single supplement $1199 Single supplement $299 Includes round trip airfare Includes round-trip airfare There’s no place like home for the holidays— See page 26 Journey to Israel, discovering some of the unless you can treat yourself to a four star hotel instead. Coeur D’ Alene Resort decks not only most significant sites of the ancient world November 29- December 5, 2019 including Bethlehem, Nazareth, Caesarea the halls, but just about anything else that gets and the oldest city in the world, the ruins of Colonial Williamsburg Jericho. “Float” in the tranquil, healing wa- ters of the Dead Sea or stop in the AHAVA at Christmastime 7 days Visitors Center and learn about the world- $2499 per person/do famous cosmetics that come from the Dead site, by cable car. Relax for five nights in the Single supplement $600 Sea. Visit UNESCO World Heritage sites holy city of Jerusalem. No matter where you Includes round-trip airfare such as Baha’i Shrine & Gardens, Acre, and look, the legendary stories of mankind’s Jerusalem’s Old City. Ascend the ancient collective history come to life. Guaranteed See page 33 walls of Masada, a UNESCO World Heritage departure with our TAP travel partner. December 6-7, 2019 Warm Beach holiday November 12-17, 2019 gineering feat within this defiant geography is the railroad which traverses it. Almost 100 overnight at the Branson pre-Christmas years in the making, the tracks climb from sea in their way, with show-stopping decorations, Lights of Christmas towering Christmas trees, and need-your- 2 days and meet Tony Orlando shades light spectacles sure to make your 6 days $359 per person/do spirits bright. Enjoy 2 incredible nights and a $2399 per person/do Single supplement $109 Thanksgiving Feast in 4 star elegance. Then, Single supplement $699 Christmas comes early as we board our boat Here’s a holiday deal that would make Clark Includes round-trip airfare and journey to the North Pole to see the largest Griswold proud (or perhaps extremely jealous). See page 25 on-the-water light display in America with Come and bask in the glow of a million bulbs over 1.5 million lights. On our journey home at The Lights of Christmas at Warm Beach, we will overnight in Spokane- see the Trees of a Christmastime mainstay and a dazzling November 15-24, 2019 Elegance at the Davenport hotel. Finally enjoy experience. We’re taking you to one of the top Mysteries of the Leavenworth’s Christkindlmarkt before heading 100 events in North America for a memorable Copper Canyon by rail over Stevens Pass home. overnight. We’ll head to Warm Beach Camp to 10 days level to nearly 8,000 feet, crossing some of the We comply with the Department of Transportation’s mandate that government $1999 per person/do highest bridges in the world and 87 tunnels in- taxes and all fees be included in advertised tour prices with airfare. Single supplement $500 International cluding a mile-long, 360 degree spiral. This rail Fuel Surcharges–With group air option you are reserving, not purchasing, Land only line is rated one of the most scenic train routes Travel Fees your space. Airlines reserve the right to change the surcharge at time of ticketing. Four times the size of the Grand Canyon, in the world. You’ll never forget this diverse trip Regulations. Since surcharges have been calculated in the ticket price, any additional surcharge Copper Canyon is one of the most dramatic from deserts to mountains, forests to tropical increases should be minor. Note: Country departure/entry taxes may not be included in some cases. panoramas in the world. Man’s greatest en- coastlines. Each day is a highlight. 46 47 experience a plethora of delights. Begin with December 10-11, 2019 over a million lights, then add 5 entertainment H O T T O U R ! ...In an Icy Wonderland stages, strolling Victorian carolers, holiday crafts The 5-star Empress and a fabulous dinner and theater show. This is Hotel and Buchart February 20-25, 2020 a sell out tour, so sign up early. holiday lights Alaska Northern Lights & 2 days December 6-8 OR 13-15, 2019 $429 per person/do Denali National Park Rail to Leavenworth Single supplement $159 6 days $2099 per person/do Lighting Festival All aboard for a wonderful way to usher in the Single supplement $329 holidays as we board the Victoria Clipper for Includes round-trip airfare overnight tour a memorable night at the renowned Empress 3 days The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, $499 per person/do have captivated northern-dwelling people Single supplement $160 for thousands of years. The electromag- netic light show occurs near the Arctic and Celebrate the Christmas season in style as we Antarctic circles, making Alaska a prime travel by rail on Amtrak’s Empire Builder over destination for viewing the aurora. This Stevens Pass to Leavenworth. Upon arrival a escorted package includes airfare from motorcoach awaits to whisk you away to 2 Seattle to Fairbanks and Anchorage back to view majestic Denali, the tallest mountain in nights at the Icicle Village Resort near the heart Seattle. You’ll spend 2 nights in Fairbanks, North America; board a scenic tram ride to of this quaint Bavarian village. The next morn- 1 night in Healy (Denali) and 2 nights in the top of Mt. Alyeska with amazing views ing enjoy breakfast at your leisure. Then spend Anchorage. Take a city tour of Fairbanks; of the Cook Inlet, and so much more. travel on the world-famous ; Visit www.alkitours.com for full itinerary.

January 9-21, 2020 January 25-30 OR February 3-8, 2020 Exotic Thailand–Hill Tribes, Iceland, glacier walks temples and elephants and Northern Lights 13 days 6 days $2899 per person/do Hotel. The Fairmont Empress sits majestically $2199 per person/do Single supplement $899 at the cornerstone of Victoria’s sparkling Inner Single supplement $499 Includes round-trip airfare Harbor. This Vancouver Island hotel is located Includes round-trip airfare See page 28 in British Columbia’s capital city and features HURRY, SELLS OUT QUICK! turn-of-the-century architecture, classic beauty See page 31 and an unrivaled location on the water. Since January 24-30, 2020 1908, it is Vancouver Island’s most celebrated February 12-25, 2020 resort and spa. Tonight, enjoy a fabulous trip Rail to Jasper, Banff and to see the holiday lights. Once a year, Butchart Lake Louise during the Vietnam and Cambodia– comes alive with spectacular illuminations, Sail the Mekong music and holiday festivities. Stroll through the International Ice Festival 14 days the whole day at the Leavenworth Lighting grounds and enjoy. The next day is yours to 7 days Starting at $4795 pp/do see the sights and do some holiday shopping. Festival. Enjoy chestnuts roasting on an open Starting at $2599 per person/do Single supplement $2398 In the early evening, reboard the Clipper for a fire, entertainment and strolling carolers before Single supplement $1099 Land and cruise only scenic cruise home. the town is magically illuminated at dusk! see page 30 See page 32 For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com 48 49 March 5-13, 2020 Square offers everything from hand-crafted May 9-15, 2020 NEW! turquoise jewelry and Western wear to the Pricebuster Costa Rica choicest local produce. Its included: Reserved Coast Starlight rail to LA, sail 9 days seats for the coronation of the Queen and $2599 per person/do the Pacific Princess home NEW! the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, City tour with 7 days Single supplement $579 the Alamo, IMAX movie, Buckhorn Saloon, Starting at $1899 per person/do Includes round-trip airfare San Jose Mission,Tower of the America’s 750’ Single supplement $1099 Lush forests and stunning waterfalls… rum- high view, private boat cruise of Paseo del Rio, All aboard for a spectacular trip on the Coast bling volcanoes and endless coastlines… Costa day trip to Austin with LBJ Library, day trip Starlight train to . The scenery Rica is a paradise teeming with exotic plants to Fredericksburg with LBJ Ranch and Nimitz along the way is unparalleled: snow-covered and incredible animals. Luxuriate at a resort for WWII Museum, spring wildflowers scenic country drive, baggage handling, and round- mountains, dense forests, fertile valleys and two nights in Manuel Antonio, known for its back days at sea so you can indulge and reeee- trip airport transfers. *Departure operated long stretches of Pacific Ocean shoreline breathtaking beauty and fine sandy beaches. lax. Incredible cuisine, fabulous entertainment, in conjunction with our TAP Partners. Spend two nights in Monteverde’s lush cloud spa services, gambling, dancing–it’s all there for forest. Travel Costa Rica and experience the for- you. On the 4th day, we’ll arrive in Vancouver, est canopy on your choice of a hanging bridges BC and shuttle you home to Seattle. May 8-9, 2020 nature walk or an exhilarating zip lining tour. NEW! Explore part of the 20,000 acre nature preserve April 22-26, 2020 Rail to Vancouver ,BC of Cano Negro on a river boat adventure. You will enjoy Roundtrip airfare from Seattle San Antonio Spring Fiesta and sail on the to San Jose, Costa Rica; Deluxe motorcoach 5 days Ruby Princess to Seattle transportation; 8 Nights fabulous hotel accom- $2599 per person/do NEW! 2 days modations with 2 night stays in San Jose, La Single supplement $599 $269 per person/do Fortuna (Arenal Volcano), Monteverde Cloud Includes round-trip airfare Single supplement $99 Forest, Manuel Antonio by the Sea; all of your True to the Mexican half of its Tex-Mex roots, sightseeing and wonderful meals. Seattle has its fair share of people who live San Antonio is like a piñata–chock-full of the life of the rich and famous. Feel like a

surprises and exploding with excitement. His- high roller for one fabulous night on the March 23-29, 2020 tory buffs, of course, will not want to forget Ruby Princess. With swimming pools, a Fly to Las Vegas, cruise the Alamo, but more contemporary travelers health spa, casinos and Broadway Style will find a host of modern attractions along entertainment- this will be one enchanting aboard the Emerald the city’s meandering River Walk-a tree-lined evening. Enjoy a scenic ride on Amtrak’s waterfront playground where cafes and clubs Cascade train to Vancouver BC. Then we Princess home virtually spill over the banks. Art galleries and will transfer to the terminal and provide a gorgeous backdrop for your journey. 7 days fusion restaurants are in no short supply, board the Ruby Princess. Snuggle into your After a fabulous dinner and wine tasting, Starting at $899 per person/do and the bustling open-air mercado at Market stateroom and enjoy the amenities of your snuggle into your bed and let the train rock you Single supplement: Call floating resort. All meals and entertainment to sleep. The next night, you’ll disembark in Includes airfare are included on the ship. Los Angeles. Upon arrival, we’ll transfer to The All aboard our shuttle to SeaTac airport for a quick flight to Vegas where you will spend 3 unforgettable nights on the Strip. There is no Time flies! Don’t missthese popular tours... shortage of things to do in the entertainment capital of the world. Next board a deluxe motorcoach to Los Angeles to board the spec- New England Fall Foliage Page 16 tacular Emerald Princess. This repositioning cruise is a tantalizing trifecta for cruisers, offer- Vietnam/Cambodia Page 32 ing tremendous value, a unique itinerary, 4 laid- Oberammergau Page 53 For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com 50 51 Queen Mary Hotel, former transatlantic ocean ing city where you can taste its famous wine, or as Lamego, Salamanca or Vila Real. Spend 2 liner, rich in history and tradition. Stroll the Guimarães, the beating heart of Portugal with nights in Lisbon and 7 nights cruising on the decks of one of the world’s most elegant ships. a remarkable history that gives it today all its Vasco da Gama. Tour highlights include shore During her 31 years at sea, she transported the charm. We will guide you throughout this jour- excursions; special guest lectures on food, wine rich and famous across the North Atlantic and ney through the unique landscapes of the Dou- and history of the areas; the formal gardens at during World War II, she carried more than ro River but also cities with a rich heritage such Mateus Palace, and much more. 800,000 soldiers some 600,000 miles. The next morning, enjoy a leisurely breakfast before boarding the Pacific Princessfor a fabulous cruise. Enjoy 5 nights of grand class cruising on this magnificent ship with swimming pools, a of the top places to see in the world. Here’s the health spa, caviar bar, gourmet dining rooms, thing: African wildlife safaris are really amazing, 24 hour meals service, Las Vegas and Broadway I mean mind-boggling fun, and they appeal to style shows and casino. Cruise along the coast just about everyone–even people who didn’t stopping in Victoria, BC and Vancouver. Upon think they would love safaris. Young, old, ac- arrival, we’ll transfer you from the ship to tive, lazy, urban, rural, couples, singles, families, Seattle. Trip includes a bedroom on Amtrak, it doesn’t matter: If this is not on your bucket 1 night Queen Mary; 4-night cruise on the list, you need to revise your list.You will see Pacific Princess. Plus all of your meals and South Africa’s cosmopolitan cities, expansive entertainment on the train and cruise. desert, magnificent wildlife and fertile wine H O T T O U R ! Only Once Every 10 Years! country. Explore Soweto, birthplace of Nelson Mandela. Search out the “Big Five” during September 28-October 6, 2020 May 19-30, 2020 FOUR safari game drives. Nearly 150 mammal species live in Krueger Park year round includ- 9 Day Oberammergau Spectacular South Africa ing more lion, leopard, rhino, & elephant than 12 days anywhere else on Earth. Travel the lush Garden with and $4299 per person/do 9 days NEW! Route between the mountains and the balmy Single supplement $699 $2999 per person/do Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope to NEW! Includes international and intra-country air Single supplement $899 view the huge penguin colonies on Boulder Scenic and historic Cape Town with 4 Land Only Beach. Visit a working ostrich farm. Relax Group air starting at $1399 game drives in Entabeni Safari Conser- among the vineyards in the winelands region. vancy; optional extension to Victoria Falls Spend 4-nights in Cape Town, one of the most Preparations are already underway for The South African sunrise unveils the pictur- beautiful cities in the world. You can also ex- the next Passion Play in the tiny Bavarian esque drama of trumpeting elephants, roaring tend your stay with a post-tour to Victoria Falls. hamlet of Oberammergau. Oberammergau lions, awe-inspiring rhinos, and sleek leopards was suffering from the Bubonic Plague. trolling across the savannah, all before you’ve October 21-31 2020 The surviving villagers appealed for Divine finished your breakfast. In 25 years of creating intervention to save their families. They Portugal and Spain vowed that if God were to spare them, accompaniment. The residents will again tours to incredible destinations, we can hon- NEW! estly say that South Africa has stood out as one by riverboat they would perform a Passion Play every perform The Passion Play in 2020. We will 11 days ten years. They say not a single person fell be there, sharing in the magnificence of Starting at $4399 per person/do victim to the Plague after that. Keeping this performance with an variety of itiner- their promise, the people of Oberam- ary that showcase the charm and beauty Single supplement: Call mergau performed the first play in 1634 of central Europe. Will you be there? This Land only Book by May 31st for a $500 and have continued to do so throughout trip includes 2 nights in Vienna, 2 nights in the centuries. Today, many of Oberam- Innsbruck and 1 night in the Oberammer- per couple discount! mergau’s residents still take part in this gau region. Special Features include: Visit Be carried away by the charm of these two powerful work of art featuring dramatic magical Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart and Mediterranean countries. From Portugal to performances, beautiful music and choral scene of the Sound of Music. Spain, you will visit Porto, a lively and fascinat-

52 53 Langley. If you haven’t been to Langley lately, rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships… you will be pleasantly surprised by the number until the world decides to call one “good,” and of artisan boutiques. Enjoy the ferry ride, a lus- the other one “wicked.” Includes dinner and Day Trips from Seattle cious lunch and sweet smelling flowers. transportation. Book a day tour online and receive an additional $10 discount for that booking!* June 19, 2019 July 4, 2019 *One tour discount only. Does not include Snow Train. 20 NEW NEW! TOURS SINCE Tour San Juan Island 4th of July WINTER $129 per person Lake Union cruise May 30, June 27, dogs competing. The course UPDATE! A fun day begins as we take a scenic ferry ride $149 per person July 25, OR August 22, 2019 takes places on 30 acres of beautiful through the San Juan Islands to Friday Harbor. EACH DATE IS A DIFFERENT rolling hills, as the sheepdogs take on the Enjoy lunch along the water and then take a Get a front-row vantage point to the famous DESTINATION, SO SIGN UP “Wiley Willamette Valley lambs.” But wait, narrated tour to see the highlights of the island. fireworks display at Gasworks Park on July 4th FOR ‘EM ALL! there’s more–artisan crafts, tons of options for After, we’ll reboard the ferry for a leisurely trip and avoid the traffic. Board the Queen Anne’s local fare, fiber arts and music! Includes trans- back home. Revenge and enjoy great music on our pre- Mystery Tours portation, ferry fare and the big show! mium sound system–the best on Lake Union! $119 per person Snacks and adult beverages (beer, seltzer and June 22, 2019 cider) will be available for purchase from the C’mon. Where’s your sense of adventure? June 9, 2019 NEW! These trips aren’t for control freaks–just fun Seattle Mens Chorus ship’s store on board. You must be 21 or over people that like a little mystery in their lives. If Rail to Chuckanut Manor to board. you love good food and good times– you will Summer of ‘69 at Benaroya delight in these tours. Includes transportation, for Sunday brunch $139 per person $139 per person sightseeing and lunch. Woodstock. The moon landing. Vietnam. All aboard the Cascades train for one of the Stonewall. In the summer of 1969, current June 7, 2019 nation’s most scenic rail trips. Upon arrival in events churned into a psychedelic era of rebel- Bellingham, a deluxe motorcoach will take you lion and change. SMC transports us back to Vashon Sheep Dog Classic to Chuckanut Manor for a fabulous luncheon. this vibrant year through the chart-topping, $79 per person Indulge in a feast while soaking up the out-of- culture-defining music that blared through Watch these skilled animals handle herds of this-world views of Samish Bay. Sunday brunch turntables and transistor radios. Joining with a sheep through a series of gates and into a features fresh fruit, a variety of salads, Eggs coalition of LGBTQ choruses across the country, holding pen. The expectation of each dog is Benedict, Chef’s Scramble, omelet & pasta sta- we also present a thrilling new musical theater the same: “To handle the sheep in a precise tion, cold poached salmon, grilled Samish Bay work that tells the stories of the Stonewall and efficient manner. The work of the dog Oysters, home fried potatoes, waffles, French riots and the birth of the struggle to live life should limit the stress of moving the sheep by Toast, crepes, cinnamon rolls, assorted desserts, out loud, a message that still resonates today. July 9, 2019 maintaining a calm and forthright style.” This bacon & sausage, carved roast beef and carved Includes transportation, Orchestra seats and a baked ham. fabulous lunch downtown. Picnic on Sucia Island is a national-level competition with over 600 $159 per person

June 15, 2019 June 23, 2019 One of the true gems of the San Juan Islands lies up north on the Canadian border. Spend 2 Whidbey Garden Tour Wicked at the Paramount hours on a scenic cruise to Sucia Island watch- $179 per person $119 per person ing for wildlife as your captain explains the A summer’s bounty of sumptuous private This Broadway sensation looks at what hap- natural history and imparts stories and tales of gardens are open for one day only! See an pened in the Land of Oz...but from a different this unique part of the San Juans. Once on the intimate retreat with water view, garden in the angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is island explore the fascinating geology, hunt woodlands, a waterfront native plant estate another girl, born with emerald-green skin— for fossils, and beach-comb your way around and a garden connoisseur’s delight. We’ll me- smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an the bays and coves. Enjoy a great picnic lunch ander from garden to garden and then stop in extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly in paradise. After, we’ll pack up and enjoy a blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial scenic cruise back. 54 55 July 14, 2019 jet boat through Deception Pass with a knowl- July 31, 2019 See it all from a front-row seat on the West edgeable park ranger interpreter. Coast’s only full-time pirate ship! 21 and older Legendary Sunday Crystal Mountain please. YARR! Brunch in Paradise July 20, 2019 brunch and nature walk $139 per person $129 per person August 5, 2019 Sequim Lavender Festival NEW! It doesn’t have to be lonely at the top. A great $109 per person A spectacular day awaits as we head to Crystal Diablo–A dam day in the mountains begins as we journey Mountain Summit House lunch. We’ll ride south to Mt. Rainier National Park. Rolling A fun day begins as we head to Sequim’s Lav- the gondola to the top where the views and good boat tour farmlands hide the violent past of Mt. Rainier ender Festival. In the shadow of the Olympic the food simply take your breath away. After, $99 per person Mountains lies sunny Sequim, its climate and and provide “in your face views” on the way you’ll have free time to walk about and see Enjoy a fully escorted Skagit City Light cruise soil are perfect for growing lavender. See up to Paradise Lodge. Two massive fireplaces the flowers and wildlife living in the subalpine aboard the Alice Ross III, plus lunch at the Envi- how this cottage industry is immerging as we zone. Bring your camera! ronmental Learning Center. Surround yourself tour local farms and watch demonstrations on with the natural beauty of the North Cascades. how these plants are used in perfume, cook- August 1, 2019 Cruise the Lake for stunning views of glaciers ing, oils and more. You would have to travel and cascading waterfalls. as far afield as Provence, for the same Black Diamond, Whistlin’ experience. Enjoy lunch on your own at the fair. Transportation, admissions and ferry fares Jacks, Chinook Pass are included. and Lake Tipsoo $119 per person warm the lobby, richly patterned Native July 25, 2019 Let’s beat feet to Black Diamond so we can American rugs bring color and texture to the NEW! sample some of those tasty baked goods log inn built in 1930. Enjoy a select, plated Wild Horse wind before continuing over Cayuse Pass to lake meal brunch in this historic setting before we farm and lunch Tispoo. Our trip continues to the east side of venture home. $129 per person Chinook Pass for an old-fashioned feast at Whistlin’ Jacks lodge over looking the river. En- August 11, 2019 NEW! You’ve seen them up on the hills, spinning July 18, 2019 joy the unique ambiance with a big river stone their blades from the famous wind we have fireplace, elk racks and white linen table cloths! Roald Dahl’s Charlie and Jet boat Deception Pass & here, but have you ever been up close and personal with one of those gigantic wind the Chocolate Factory– lunch at La Conner Prime August 4, 2019 turbines? Each turbine stands 351 feet NEW! National Tour Rib and Seafood Restaurant tall and weighs 223 tons (FYI: an elephant Blue Angels cruise $189 per person 6:30 show $129 per person weights about 8 tons,so that’s approximately $189 per person 28 elephants heavy!) This fun trip packs an A chocolate garden, an army of squirrels and Have you ever wondered what it would be like educational punch. It’s amazing what these Ahoy, mateys! Experience a Seattle tradition the curiously peculiar Oompa-Loompas must be to be smuggled into the US in a burlap bag? windmills can do, but even more amazing from a most unique perspective. Seafair has believed to be seen in this gigantic new musical In the early 1900s there were plenty of people how small you feel standing next to one. The been around since 1950, and the US Navy Blue that is choc-full of fantastical treats to dazzle who got to have that experience courtesy wind farm was built by Puget Sound Energy Angels, the world’s premier precision flight your senses. Includes transportation, Orchestra of Ben Ure. Find out what he did with his in 2006 and has since expanded to a total of team, is the thrilling highlight of the festival. seats and dinner downtown. cargo when he was outrunning the law on 149 turbines on 10,000 acres of land. Those your Deception Pass Tour aboard the Island turbines produce enough energy to power Whaler. The prison rock quarry operated from 80,000 homes! A guide will take us through 1910 through 1914, and its nearby barracks the facility complete with displays and videos REFER A FRIEND! housed some 40 prisoners, members of an explaining how energy is produced from wind And save $50 on your honors program out of Walla Walla Prison. and sun. After, we’ll go inside a tower and see Learn about Deception Pass, the Bridge and how it all works. The views are amazing. The next extended tour! surrounding area on this amazing tour aboard day includes transportation, tour, lunch and Call us for details. the Island Whaler. Enjoy the thrill of the fast wine tasting.

56 57 August 13, 2019 August 20, 2019 summer. Vintage tugs, retired or working, are farm––simply because these ring-tailed, NEW! moored at Olympia’s Percival Landing. Be on curious-faced monkeys from Madagascar are Lunch at the 59er Diner Hood Canal, Elandon hand Sunday as the tugs leave shore at noon to highly intelligent and likely to want to explore and Leavenworth Gardens & Alderbrook Resort participate in the annual World’s Largest Vin- other places if they had a chance to get free. $119 per person NEW! $149 per person tage Races & Show! The tugs race the The tour continues to the open realm of the deep channel of Budd Bay near Butler Cover. farm, past ducks, chickens and a tortoise to The ‘59er was full of 1950’s memorabilia. All Visit the waterfront gardens to experience the Transportation and a fabulous lunch are the kangaroos. Leading the tour, Ray Strom of the waitresses were called “Flo,” and the world-class bonsai collection and landscape included. introduces everyone to kangaroos, wallabies, place was famous for its milkshakes. We were artistry of along with the nursery, gift shop llamas, mini-horses and more! After, enjoy all devastated when it burned down but then and gallery filled with antiques and treasures September 4, 2019 lunch at the Farm House Inn. from Asia, Europe and North America. Next, enjoy a wonderful lunch overlooking the canal The land of the Plain People September TBA, 2019 at the newly remodeled Alderbrook Resort. $139 per person At the end of the day we’ll jump on the ferry Join us for an unbelievable trip back in time Broadway’s Chicago and head for home. Aaah, summer in the as we visit a Hutterite Colony in a small town NEW! Northwest… at the Paramount east of the mountains. See the land of the $TBA per person “plain people” where time has stood still for a September 1, 2019 NEW! hundred years. Distinguished by their German Set in the legendary city during the roaring Olympia Harbor Day speech and old-fashioned style of dress, the “jazz hot” 20s, Chicago tells the story of two ri- Hutterites cling tightly to their unique religious val vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook suddenly last year…Elvis was sighted again as Vintage Tugboat Festival and cultural traditions. Listen to their life stories County Jail. Nightclub star Velma’s serving time the new diner was built in and trucked $109 per person and have a homemade lunch at a typical Hut- for killing her husband and sister after finding to Leavenwoth. Enjoy lunch at the 59er diner. terite house before heading back to Seattle. the two in bed together. Driven chorus girl Then we will head to the quaint Bavarian Celebrate the return of the vintage of You’d have to travel as far away as the Pennsyl- Roxie’s been tossed in the joint for bumping off Village to do a bit of shopping and enjoy the Puget Sound to Olympia for a day of entertain- vania Dutch Country to see sights like this!! the lover she’s been cheating on her husband happenings in a darling mountain town. ment, food, art, history and a last farewell to with. Not one to rest on her laurels, Velma enlists the help of prison matron Mama Morton September 7, 2019 NEW! and slickster lawyer Billy Flynn, who turn Ellensburg Rodeo finals Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the- $119 per person week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s The Ellensburg Rodeo is one of the top rodeo got some of her own tricks up her sleeve… To travel by train is to see nature events in the country. With over 500 contes- Transportation, Orchestra seats and lunch and human beings, towns and tants and prize money in excess of $250,000, downtown are included. churches and rivers, in fact, today’s best riders and ropers compete. We have reserved seats for the Labor Day cham- to see life. Agatha Christie October 2, 2019 pionship. Enjoy lunch on your own at the fair NEW! and an exciting show! Wine Stomp $129 per person September 18, 2019 NEW! Leave the driving to us as we head over Chi- Kangaroos, nook Pass to see Yakima’s great wine harvest. Along the way, enjoy lunch at Whistlin’ Jacks Wallabies & Alpacas Lodge. Located in the mountains along the $109 per person Naches River, this is one of the most unique The Outback Kangaroo Farm is one of the places you will ever dine. After lunch, we’ll continue east to see the workers harvest grapes VIA Rail across Canada most entertaining and amazing farms in the Northwest. First stop is at the lemurs’ fenced in the fields and sample some of Washington’s habitat, the only totally secured area at the finest wines. For more info. on any tour please call 800-895-2554 or visit alkitours.com 58 59 October 12, 2019 Point; you will be able to capture views of “the Garden of the Gods” Pamper yourself in January TBA, 2020 NEW! both Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan, the most the 6 acre waterfront haven surrounded by tall Get Crackin’ at the photographed mountain in the United States. firs and fragrant cedars. The historic main lodge Broadway’s Fiddler on the Port Angeles Crab and A gourmet lunch is included! Mama Mia! with leaded glass windows and huge crackling Roof at the Paramount fire is where we will indulge in our dinner. Be $TBA per person NEW! Seafood Festival October 19, 2019 prepared for raspberry-glazed , country- $119 per person NEW! style stuffing, lodge potatoes, pan-roasted Fiddler on the Roof is a musical set in the Pale Oktoberfest in Leaven- vegetables, sweet potato rolls, homemade of Settlement of Imperial in 1905. It is Jump on a ferry for a scenic trip to Port Ange- pumpkin pie with whipped cream, mulled cran- based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye les’ scenic waterfront for the big show! Events worth, Suncadia Resort, berry cider and coffee or tea. Magnifique. the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem include cooking demonstrations, the “grab-a- Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, father of and three passes crab” crab derby, more than 50 local arts and five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his $129 per person December 7, 8,14,15, 21, OR 22, 2019 crafts booths, family activities, environmental Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside education programs, and great live music on Bring your sketchbook, your camera, and influences encroach upon the family’s lives. He the Festival stage. The highlight of Crabfest Leavenworth Snow Bus love of the mountains. Inspired by the grand $79 per person must cope both with the strong-willed actions is an old-fashioned crab feed complete with lodges of our National Parks, Suncadia’s Grand of his three older daughters, who wish to marry large kettles of fresh local Dungeness crab, Lodge’s classic gabled presence captures the Get in the holiday spirit as we travel over the for love – each one’s choice of a husband moves sweet corn and organic coleslaw. A wine and spirit of Washington state with magnificent mountains to Leavenworth’s annual Treelight- further away from the customs of their Jewish beer garden will offer tastings by the Olympic architecture and craftsmanship, while honoring ing Festival. Smell chestnuts roasting on an faith and heritage – and with the edict of the Peninsula Winery Association and a selection the beauty of its natural surroundings. Enjoy open fire, see carolers strolling through the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village. Price of Northwest craft beers. a lovely lunch, before our trip continues over streets and watch as the entire town is set includes Orchestra seats, transportation and Blewett Pass. Next we’re off to Leavenworth for ablaze with holiday lights. Enjoy shopping and lunch downtown. Oktoberfest. Enjoy the town that hasn’t lost its lunch on your own in this festive town. oom-pah, before heading over the pass home. April 19, 2020 NEW! November TBA, 2019 Hot show-Hot seats! Broadway’s Miss Saigon Jersey Boys at the 5th Ave. $199 per person at the Paramount NEW! Only 8 shows–get your tickets right now! $TBA per person October 15, 2019 NEW! They were just four guys from Jersey, until Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel they sang their very first note. They had a Leaf Peepers dream... Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by sound nobody had ever heard…and the radio Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It’s based on December 13, 2019 just couldn’t get enough of. But while their Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it and the Ring of Fire and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed Warm Beach holiday lights was a very different story. Go behind the music $119 per person romance involving an Asian woman aban- and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four doned by her American lover. Transportation, and dinner theater Seasons in this Tony Award®-winning musical Are you a leaf peeper but embarrassed to $119 per person Orchestra seats and dinner are included. admit it? Well, you can surround yourself with phenomenon. Price includes CENTER Orchestra More than ONE MILLION Christmas lights seats, transportation and dinner downtown. your own kind on this tour. In the middle of NEW! the fall peepers from all over the Northwest November 28, 2019 will be displayed in December, a spectacle creep out to see the foliage spectacle in the spread over 15 acres at Warm Beach Camp in Thanksgiving at Kiana Lodge Stanwood, WA. The Lights of Christmas is the Cascades. Up north there is a sleeping volcano $139 per person overrun with deciduous trees. You’re getting largest holiday light display in the Pacific North- excited aren’t you? Leaf peepers go mad over Thank the gods for this lovely feast as we travel west that combines live entertainment, food, the incredible display of colors, as we wind our by motorcoach to Kiana Lodge for Thanksgiv- holiday shopping and more. Finally settle in way along the Nooksak River to the Mt. Baker ing. Kiana Lodge is so gorgeous that many for an elegant 6-course dinner and a wonder- Visitor Center. Be sure to have your camera films and magnificent magazine shoots have ful holiday theater performance. Trip sells out loaded as we ascend the highway up to Artist taken place here in what Native Americans call quickly so don’t delay. 60 61 Airline Tickets 74-61 days prior to departure 75% refund 60-41 days Responsibility Tour Conditions Name changes or substitutions are considered cancel- prior to departure 50% refund 40-31 days prior to de- The Tours outlined herein will be carried out under the lations and penalty fees apply. Tickets are purchased parture 25% refund No refund for cancellations 30 days management of Alki Tours, Inc. (herein referred to as Office Hours Mon – Fri 9am-5pm PST. Dates closed in bulk and mileage may not be available on all tickets. or less to departure or non-appearance the day of de- “the Company”). The Company acts only as agent for in 2019­—May 27; July 4; Sept 2; Nov 28-29; Dec 25-26; Tickets are capacity controlled and may not be available parture. Phone fees for any kind of payments taken by hotels, carriers, independent contractors or suppliers to Dec 27-28, 31–limited office schedule; Jan. 1, 2020. at the advertised rate for late bookings. Alki Tours will au- phone are not refundable. passengers engaged in carrying, accommodations and tomatically request aisle and adjacent seats for those trav- providing other services to passengers. The Company Reservations eling together but cannot guarantee seat assignments. 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It is the responsi- travel itineraries and all of your travel details 7 to 14 days You are responsible for arriving at the airport in time to result you must book an extra hotel night all costs are bility of the passenger to obtain all the necessary travel prior to departure. make the flight. Changes to your pickup location made solely your responsibility, not Alki Tours Inc. or any other documents required for entry into any foreign country. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE PURCHASE OF TRAV- within 30 days of departure will result in a $25 fee per supplier. WE RECOMMEND THE PURCHASE OF TRAVEL PLEASE NOTE: MYSTERY TOURS MAY REQUIRE PROOF EL INSURANCE, medical and baggage insurance when change. INSURANCE. OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP. making the initial deposit for your tour, in order to give yourself peace of mind and to provide for any unforeseen Hotels Alki Tours reserves the right to withdraw, change, amend Tour Escorts circumstances. 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