Educational Travel

Fifty-plus and ready for a deeper appreciation of Italy? Try a senior-friendly language learning program in Taormina, Sicily, a beautiful historic setting with active volcano, Mount Etna sighing in the background.
Active adventure travel writer, Margie Goldsmith, spends a day far north of the Arctic Circle with a Lapland reindeer herder, 21st century-style, and learns about the traditions and challenges of this declining profession in northern Finland.
Explore Alberta's Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, a "living museum" east of Edmonton, as well as other natural and cultural attractions in the region known as Kalyna Country.
Escape the beach crowds to explore Maui’s Upcountry Agri-Tourism includes a winery, a goat farm and a lavender farm …. Each with spectacular volcano views.
Lanai is least visited of Hawaii’s big six islands despite its well-known history as “The Pineapple Island”. Enjoy a unique introduction by two of Lanai’s favorite sons.
Experience the famous Molokai Mule Ride down a 1,700 foot cliff with 26 switchbacks to the former Kalaupapa leper colony to learn about the settlement’s infamous past and compassionate present. Father Damien becomes Saint Damien in October 2009, perhaps leading to some new pilgrimage travel there?
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, features endangered birds, plants, marine wildlife, and significant US military history in the Pacific.