Tauck, the ultra-luxury tour and cruise operator, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025 with new land tours in some of the most popular European destinations: Italy, France, England and Switzerland. In all, Tauck will offer 39 land tours to Europe in 2025, including 5 Tauck Bridges itineraries designed specifically for families.
The quartet of new itineraries includes “A Week In… Piedmont” and “A Week In… Switzerland” (both additions to the company’s popular “A Week In…” collection of eight-day tours) as well as two longer tours, “England and the West Country” (11 days) and “Paris, Dordogne & Bordeaux” (14 days).
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In recent years Tauck has actively reduced the average group size of its land tours in Europe (and elsewhere), with the introduction of its popular Small Group departures averaging 24 guests each, and more recently, with its Smaller Group trips averaging just 15 guests. With the reduced group sizes, Tauck guests are able to enjoy more intimate and interactive engagement within the destination and have access to people, places and experiences unavailable to larger groups.
Also for 2025, Tauck is boosting its ‘shoulder season’ departures, primarily during October and November. More and more travelers are discovering autumn is a wonderful time to visit Europe, as temperatures are cooler and crowds are fewer.
It’s also a win-win for local communities. Along with the advantages to Tauck’s guests, adding departures during the shoulder season also benefits local communities in Europe, as destinations are far better able to welcome additional visitors in the fall and spring versus during the peak summer travel season.
Tauck’s four new European land tours are:
A Week In… Piedmont (8 days from $6,990 USD / $9,290 CAD)
Accommodations:
Nights 1 & 2: Principi di Piemonte in Turin
Nights 3-5: Il Boscareto Resort & Spa in Serralunga d’Alba
Nights 6 & 7: Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees & Spa in Stresa
Itinerary highlights:
A wine tasting, cooking demonstration and lunch at the Slow Food University in the Langhe Hills, where the natural slow food movement began
A truffle-hunting excursion with specially trained dogs, followed by a chef-hosted cooking class amid vineyards and nut trees. A wine-tasting lunch in the Gavi region, in the cellar of an award-winning Piedmont winery
A Week In… Switzerland (8 days from $7,590 USD /$9,990 CAD)
Accommodations:
Nights 1 & 2: Lausanne Palace in Lausanne
Nights 3-5: Grand Hotel Beau Rivage in Interlaken
Nights 6 & 7: Mandarin Oriental Palace, Luzern in Lucerne
Itinerary highlights:
A visit to Europe’s highest peak, Jungfraujoch, to savor panoramic views and enjoy lunch
A rail excursion aboard the Golden Pass Train through the breathtaking Swiss Alps
A walking tour and chocolate tasting in Lucerne’s picturesque Old Town, followed by a wine tasting at a nearby vineyard
England and the West Country (11 days from $8,790 USD / $11,690 CAD)
Accommodations:
Nights 1 & 2: Estelle Manor in Eynsham
Nights 3 & 4: The Gainsborough Bath Spa in Bath
Nights 5-7: Fowey Hall Hotel in Fowey
Nights 8 & 9: Bovey Castle in Newton Abbot
Night 10: Fairmont Windsor Park in Windsor
Itinerary highlights:
A guided tour of Chavenage House, a 400-year-old Cotswold manor home
A visit to the Morgan Sports Car factory for a guided tour, and a chance to pilot one of the high-performance sports cars produced there
A private cooking class at the Philleigh Cooking School
Paris, Dordogne & Bordeaux (14 days from $11,790 USD / $15,690 CAD)
Accommodations:
Nights 1-3: Sofitel Paris Baltimore in Paris
Nights 4 & 5: InterContinental Lyon – Hotel Dieu in Lyon
Nights 6-8: Hotel les Glycines in Dordogne
Nights 9-11: Hotel Burdigala by Inwood Hotels in Bordeaux
Nights 12-13: Hotel du Palais Biarritz in Biarritz
Itinerary highlights:
An early-opening private visit to 12th-century Chateau de Beynac, one of the best preserved and most famous feudal castles in Perigord
An expert lecture, accompanied by aperitifs, on the Dordogne’s prehistoric sights, followed by dinner prepared by a chef from a Michelin-starred restaurant
A private tour and tasting at historic Chateau de Ferrand (dating back to 1702)
More About Tauck:
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025, Tauck is a world leader in upscale guided travel, with more than 150 land tours, safaris, river cruises, small ship ocean cruises and family travel adventures to 70+ countries and all seven continents.
*** Prices quoted are per person, double occupancy, excluding airfare.
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