Travel Planner January 2020 A PROGRAM OF THE STANFORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Experience the extraordinary. Whether you are returning to a favorite destination or visiting a place anew, when you travel with Stanford Travel/Study you embark on a journey of discovery. Our programs are designed for explorers looking not just to see but to experience the world, who are driven by a deep commitment to understanding how the world works. For more than 50 years, Travel/Study has worked in close partnership with Stanford scholars and with travel experts from around the world to create remarkable educational journeys. Join us and experience the extraordinary. 2 ALU.MS/GOTRAVEL What’s inside: Current journeys 4–19 Stanford Family Adventures 20–21 Up next: trips in development 22–27 Current journeys at-a-glance 28–29 Private Editions 30 Program information 31 ALU.MS/GOTRAVEL 3 Browse current journeys. How to choose an adventure: ACTIVE ADVENTURES How do you want to travel? 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PrimaryPrimary rout rrouteoutee South ExtensionPrimaryPrimary rrouteoutoutee China Extension route Sea PRIVATE EDITIONS ExtensionExtension route route RailExtensionExtension rrouteoute I NDONESIA Choose your dates and destinations—either RailRail RailRail Java a variation of one of our group departures or Borobudur Yogyakarta Bali Labuan Bajo Melo a custom journey designed just for you and Maps without routing lines signify a trip that utilizes Rinca Flores the people you choose. See page 30. one or more cities as a base for daily excursions. I n d i a n O c e a n 4 FOR ITINERARIES, INCLUSIONS AND MORE, VISIT: ALU.MS/GOTRAVEL Spice Islands Sicily Walk Piemonte and the and Beyond APRIL 15 TO 26, 2020 (12 DAYS) Italian Riviera APRIL 7 TO 22, 2020 (16 DAYS) Lace up and head out. With Professor Elaine APRIL 16 TO 26, 2020 (11 DAYS) Treharne and trail expert Peter Watson, explore this Dynamic duo. Travel with two (!) top-notch faculty historic island the way the ancients did, on foot. Living la bella vita. Enjoy the good life as we delve leaders, and , as into these two alluring regions with political journal- Rob Dunbar Bill Durham, ’71 Nexus of the known world. Discover Sicily’s wealth we sail among the Maluku Islands and the 1,500 of archaeological remnants, left in turn by the many ist Roberto D’Alimonte, dean of political science islands of the extraordinarily biodiverse Raja Ampat peoples who conquered the island: Phoenicians, at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, and enjoy archipelago off New Guinea, home to more than Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, special access through our Stanford connections. 75 percent of the earth’s coral and fish species. Germans, Savoyards, French, British and finally, Riviera reverie. Walk along the hiking trails of the Easy rider. Cruise aboard the intimate, nimble, Italians (the Romans again!). Cinque Terre, five pastel-hued, cliffside fishing state-of-the-art excursion vessel, Coral Discoverer, villages, and check out charming Portofino and Bag a volcano, or three. Stroll below rumbling enjoying quick and easy access onto and out of Stromboli or climb to its summit; spend a day on nearby Santa Margherita. Indonesian waters via the ship’s hydraulic lifts. the slopes of Mount Etna, Europe’s most active Culinary treasures. After touring Turin, sample Tropical treasures. Snorkel, dive or use our ship’s volcano; and travel to Vulcano to climb to the top world-class wines and feast on farm-fresh meals glass-bottom boat to view amazing marine life that of the eponymous volcano. in Piemonte’s vineyard-carpeted Barolo region, dwells amid colorful coral in the reefs. Italy’s “slow food” and fine wine capital. Aphrodite ate here. Pay tribute to the ancient Paradise found. Stop at the tiny Lucipara Islands, world’s capital of agriculture, dining on local seafood And earthy pleasures. Visit an award-winning an exquisite, isolated group of islands and atolls in and sweet dolci washed down with Sicily’s crisp and pecorino cheese farm, and accompany a truffle- the middle of the Banda Sea. flinty red and white wines. hunting dog as he sniffs out the prized delicacy. COST: from $14,995 COST: $8,695 COST: $9,395 Reserve your spot today! Stromboli RAJA AEOLIAN Panarea Turin AMPAT Arguni Tyrrhenian ISLANDS I TALY Lipari I TALY Sea Vulcano I TALY Triton Bay Milazzo NEW Palermo Barbaresco GUINEA Cefalù LUCIPARA BANDA KAI Bra Canelli Alba Segesta Cherasco Gunung Api Banda Sea Mount Taormina Barolo Etna Alor S Genoa I NDON ESIA t r SICILY a Ionian PIEMONTE it Santa Margherita o Camogli n f LIGURIA P a c i f i c O c e a S Sea Portofino ici ly Timor Pantalica Ligurian Siracusa Cinque Terre Sea A USTRALIA M e d i e a Monti FRANCE Sea Darwin t e r r a n e a n S Iblei RESERVE SPACE AT: ALU.MS/GOTRAVEL 5 Focus: Vienna Barcelona to Slovenia and APRIL 18 TO 26, 2020 (9 DAYS) Valencia Food Croatia Rock me, Amadeus. Walk with former Vienna APRIL 30 TO MAY 13, 2020 (14 DAYS) resident Bert Patenaude, MA ’79, PhD ’87, on and Wine the streets where Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and APRIL 28 TO MAY 8, 2020 (11 DAYS) Dalmatian Coast. With Professor Scott Pearson, sail leisurely down the Croatian coast from Rovinj Schubert once walked, and meet with a current Mediterranean meccas. Travel with historian Peter to Dubrovnik aboard the 18-cabin yacht, Queen member of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Mann, PhD ’12, and wine expert Jeremy Shaw Eleganza, calling at more than half a dozen unique Coffee klatch. Savor a slice of apple strudel and to Spain’s Catalonia and Valencia regions to learn and charming port towns. a mélange (the Viennese equivalent of cappuccino) about the culture, art and, of course, food and wine. Slovenia mania. Begin the trip with an explora- at one of Vienna’s famous kaffeehauses. Menus for the ages. From paella and artisan tion of Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana; venture out Revelations. Discover Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) cheese plates to inventive tapas, enjoy many to Lake Bled; and check out the Lipica Stud Farm Vienna, gaining special entry to Otto Wagner’s exquisite meals paired with award-winning wines. where Vienna’s famous Lipizzan horses are bred. Kirche am Steinhof and attending a private viewing Visions of Valencia. Soak up the sights, sounds Days of Rome. Marvel at the well-preserved ruins of Gustav Klimt’s remarkable Beethoven Frieze on and smells of Valencia as we take guided museum of Roman Emperor Diocletian’s palace in Split and display in the Secession Building.