Wanderlust Tours

Our 2009 tours are ready for registration!

Wanderlust Tours combine educational classes with guided tours and independent travel. 

For more than a decade, travel writer and architectural historian, Shawnie Kelley has worked, studied and traveled abroad.  She currently writes for a national travel guide series and teaches travel and history classes in Columbus, Ohio.

Shawnie personally designs and leads each tour, focusing primarily on France and Great Britain.

Every tour benefits from her extensive travel experience and first-hand knowledge of the “in’s and out’s” of functioning in Europe. 

Wanderlust Tours are best suited for active, cultural-minded – and somewhat adventurous- travelers.

What makes us special?

Wanderlust Tours are informal, laid back sightseeing trips, with never more than 20 people.  The small group size allows for more individual attention and engagement. 

Independent travel can be worked into the itinerary in advance

Preliminary classes are provided to teach about the culture and history

The tours frequent independently-owned & operated businesses when possible

Historic hotels and inns of character are the accommodations of choice.

What is included?

Each traveler is responsible for getting themselves to the destination

Cost includes accommodations, attraction admission, ground transport, more specifically details in each tour description.

Scenic photo-ops are built into the itinerary

“Optional excursions" are not offered, but free time is scheduled each day to allow travelers to explore on their own, or not.

Some meals and entertainment are included in the price, while leaving a few meals for culinary exploration on your own.

With advance notice, every attempt is made to accommodate special dietary needs.   

2009 TOURS 

Laurel Highlands Adventure

Southwestern Pa.

May 2009

● Dinner at 5-diamond Lautrec & 5-diamond Aqueous

● Golf and/or Spa at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort

● Guided tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s

Fallingwater & Kentuck Knob

● Guided tour of Fort Necessity Battlefield

● Lunch at Century Inn in Scenery Hill, Pa

● Brunch at Chez Gerard in Hopwood, Pa

● Seminar: History & architecture of the Laurel Highlands

Scottish Highlands Adventure

                          

● Guided tours of castles: Edinburgh, Holyrood, Urquhart, Cawdor, & Fort George

● SAMPLE Tours of distilleries: Glenmorangie, Dalmore, & Dalwhinnie

● SAMPLE Golf: St. Andrews, Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Nairn Dunbar Golf Club

● Whisky Heritage Center, Loch Ness, Cullodan,Tartan Mill

● 3 pre-travel classes: History & architecture of Scotland

● Free time is built into the itinerary

● Optional excursions are organized for non-golfers

● Some meals are included; others are open for exploring on your own

Itinerary:

Winter in France: Holiday Market Tour

December, 2009

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