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EGYPT & NILE ADVENTURE: 11-night Cruise Tour
(4-night Land and 7-night Cruise aboard Sonesta Star Goddess)
March 5 - 17, 2010
Our 11-nt. journey encompasses the most renowned sites of ancient Egypt: the awe-inspiring Great Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, the temples at Luxor and Thebes, and the nearly lost Abu Simbel temples. Sail aboard the Sonesta Star Goddess, outfitted with only 33 luxurious balcony suites, she is the most elegant ship sailing the Nile. In Cairo, our 5-star accommodations include the Mena House Oberoi pre-cruise and the Conrad Hotel Cairo post-cruise. All tours escorted by accredited, English speaking, Egyptologists, most meals, intra-Egypt air and land transfers, and exclusive ROmanCE VOYAGES events and amenities are complimentary. This is simply no better way to experience this ancient land. |
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To Russia with ROmanCE: 7-night Land Tour:
May 1 - 8, 2010
ROmanCE VOYAGES begins your journey in Moscow touring Red Square, St. Basel’s, the Armory Museum, and the Arbat shopping district for a stroll through Gum, Russia’s largest department store. Travel on to Tver, the ancient trading post located at the confluence of the Volga and Tversta rivers and home to Putevoy Dvorets, Catherine the Great’s resting spot on her journeys from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Next is Novgorod, the ancient capital of Russia famous for the Novgrod Kremlin and St. Sophia Cathedral. Spend three days and two nights in imperial St. Petersburg for an in-depth look at this 18th C bastion of Romanoff excess. Tours include Peterhof, the grand palace and gardens, the Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress and St. Isaacs, just to name a few. Hotels include the 5-star Marriott Grand in Moscow, the Beresta Palace in Novgorod, and the Sokos Olympic Garden in St. Petersburg. Land package includes hotel, airport and intra-Russia transfers, all sightseeing entrance fees, and most meals. |
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In Search of Spirits: 8-night Land Tour
June 11-19, 2010
Spirituality, mystery and a little bit of outer-space highlight this ROmanCE VOYAGE land tour. Begin in Lima with a tour of this historic city. Inhabited as far back as 1000 years before the city proper was founded by the Spanish in 1535, as La Ciudad de los Reyes, or “The City of Kings”. Travel on to Cusco and the monuments of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the fantastic Pisac Market. Travel by Vistadome train from Cusco to Aguas Calietes just below Machu Picchu. A mini-bus will take us the last few miles to this mystic place. Enjoy a guided tour, lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge, and overnight at the Hotel Sumaq, just a few miles from the Citadel. The next day you will have time to explore on your own. Return to Cusco in the late afternoon and overnight in Cusco. Enjoy a half day tour of Cusco and the surrounding countryside. The next day, return to Lima. Travel down the coast to Ica, the wine capital of Peru. From Ica, soar in light aircraft over the mysterious Nazca lines. Finish off this journey with a visit to the Paracas Peninsula for a boat ride to the Ballestas Islands, known as Peru’s Galapagos. See flocks of boobies, pelicans, sea lions and the comical Humboldt penguins. From the islands, you will have a spectacular view of the ancient geolyph, the Candelabra Lines, attributed to the Paracas Culture of the first millennium BCE. Land package includes hotel, airport and intra-Peru land and air transfers, all sightseeing entrance fees, and most meals.
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A Greek Odyssey : 10-night Cruise Tour
August 17 to 27, 2010
The perfect summer getaway! Our 10-nt. package begins with two nights in Athens at the Athens Gate Hotel. You will be within walking distance of the Plaka, the Acropolis, and the temple of Olympic Zeus. We include a guided half-day city tour of all the highlights: the Royal Palace and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Acropolis, and the Monastiraki Flea Market, just to name a few. We have also incorporated plenty of free time to explore and shop on your own. We depart Athens for Marina Zea and board the 25 cabin sailing ship Panorama. All accommodations are outside staterooms. Sail 7-nts. to Hydra, Poliegos or Kimolos, Santorini, Mykonos, and Sounion. The best feature of this exclusive all-gay sailing is two full days and nights in the gay mecca, Mykonos. Our Cruise/Tour package includes hotel accommodations, ship accommodations, airport and intra-Greece transfers, all sightseeing entrance fees, and most meals. |
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Journey Down The Amazon: 7-night Cruise Tour:
October 6 - 13, 2010
ROmanCE Voyages takes you down the exotic Amazon River for 4 days and three nights of awesome natural beauty. Start your 7 night journey in Lima. Explore the vast history and modern pulse of this very metropolitan city. After two nights in Lima, we fly to Iquitos, the remote yet surprisingly gay friendly city in the rainforest. Enjoy one night exploring Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest. The next day we board the m/v Delfin II for an amazing three night sailing on the Amazon. The Delfin II is a floating 5-star hotel with modern amenities you would find at the most posh hotel. Veteran guides take you where few have gone before. You will be some of the few people in the world to visit the remote Pacaya Samiria Reserve, five million acres of protected, flooded forest. You will see the amazing exotic flora and fauna of the most pristine rainforest on earth: monkeys, alligators, giant lily-pads, baby caimans, anacondas, boas, gray and pink river dolphins and a mind-boggling assortment of exotic birds. The natural beauty of the Amazon River is unequaled anywhere in the world. Throughout, gourmet chefs translate an exotic blend of Peruvian, Brazilian, and Colombian food with influences from the Andes and the Pacific Coast into works of modern culinary artistry. Dining aboard the Delfin II is an amazing experience. |
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