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General Tours World Traveler: Legendary World Journeys

General Tours, founded in 1947, is one of America’s oldest tour companies. More than one million travelers have enjoyed General Tours' programs and small ship cruises to destinations including Asia, Japan, China, South America, Costa Rica, India, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Morocco, South Africa, Turkey and Egypt. By blending thoughtful and unique experiences with exceptional value, General Tours is able to offer terrific travel at great prices. Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Magazine has named General Tours as “One of America’s Top Travel packagers.” The New York Times, Travel + Leisure and the Los Angeles Times have all mentioned General Tours as a tour company that offers great travel values.

With General Tours, you will delight in the engaging, easy pace of their intimate small group travel. With never more than 20 tour companions, you’ll enjoy the carefree, enriching experience of fully escorted touring with expert guides…and without the crowd. General also offers small ship cruising with an all inclusive price. Just step off the ship to enjoy General’s included in-depth sightseeing, from the castles of the Rhine to the penguins of the Antarctic. General Tours is a founding member of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) and a staunch defender of consumers’ rights in travel.

Featured Destination

Delights Along the Danube

Experience The WorldAn extraordinary cruise on the Danube. Even a private concert by the Vienna Boys Choir. Join General Tours World Traveler's exclusive charter of the luxurious, former State Ship of Austria, the MV Mozart. The finest ship on the Danube is exclusively ours for an entire week as we sail through the historic lands of the glorious Habsburg Empire at the peak of Europe’s golden autumn season. One special departure: September 14-21, 2008; visits Munich, Durnstein, Germany; Vienna, Melk Austria; Esztergom, Budapest Hungary and Bratislava, Slovakia. All these exclusive features you won’t find anywhere else… *Private tour through the elegant 18th century palace grounds of the Spanish Riding School in the heart of Vienna. * A private concert by the Vienna Boys Choir, singing Austrian folk songs and works by favorite sons, Mozart and Strauss. * Journey into the Hungarian countryside to an elegant Baroque summer palace for a private champagne reception and a concert of operetta selections, performed in period finery. * Wine-tasting in Dürnstein on the castle terrace of Schloss Dürnstein overlooking the vineyard-laced hills of the picturesque Wachau Valley.