As fall is fast approaching, we have been dreaming about our tour of the Dordogne and Southwest France. Pont Valentré, in Cahors, built in the 14th century with it’s 6 gothic arches and 2 remaining medieval towers (there were 3 when completed in 1368) is a beautiful place for a stroll. We will visit Cahor …
With Olde Ipswich Tours’ next small group tour embarking to Ireland & Scotland, what better time to post fun facts about these charming countries? Ireland 1) Life from a different perspective? Ask children on their birthdays! Irish tradition is to hold children upside down and bump them lightly on their heads for each year of their age for …
Thanks to Olde Ipswich Tour Leader, Vicki Parker, we’ve got plenty of photos to make you green with envy from our current small group tour along the Amalfi Coast. You will just have to join us for the tour next year and stay tuned for her upcoming post with more details! The Path of …
We just returned from a busy day: guided tours of villa cimbrone and Villa Rufolo in Ravello and then a delicious lunch of local specialties!– Vicki Parker, Olde Ipswich Tour Leader Amalfi Coast & Isle of Capri Olde Ipswich Tour Amalfi Coast & Isle of Capri Day by Day Itinerary
This article in the New York Times is great news for those of us who love wine and olive oil! So we suggest you not only follow the new diet, but follow us to the Mediterranean to try out the Mediterranean diet while enjoying the Mediterranean itself. Seven of our 2013 small group gourmet …
Why? Because I said so! (Didn’t your mother used to say that?) I’m Jean Moss, owner of Olde Ipswich Tours, and I have been planning perfect vacations for eighteen years. I know a lot about what makes a great travel experience, and Corsica is one of those heavenly destinations everyone who loves travel should not …
Today was a ride through some of the most gorgeous scenery on the planet: the Scottish Highlands. I was so excited to see the Harry Potter bridge! This is in Glenfinnan, where the movies show the train riding on a bridge over a spectacular gorge — it doesn’t even seem real! We took several little …
Everything is going wonderfully on our Ireland & Scotland tour. We are having perfect, sunny, blue sky weather, and meeting wonderful people. Yesterday one of the friendly women who works at the Hotel Eccles brought us to her sheep farm, where her husband Gerard showed us around. We got to meet his two awesome sheep …
Today was graduation day for several of the colleges that make up Cambridge University. It was really exciting being in the middle of all the celebrations! Our Blue Badge guide, David Berkeley, was a walking encyclopedia of Cambridge history and took us to several chapels and colleges where our Puritan forefathers attended school in the 1600s. Tomorrow we’re off to …
We had a wonderful visit to Colchester, England’s oldest town. (Although Ipswich has the right to say THEY are the oldest English speaking town. Colchester’s first inhabitants spoke Gaelic) Our friend and radio broadcaster Liz– who has been to our Ipswich, MA twice doing stories on Massachusetts– showed us around. It is a beautiful town …
