Bales celebrates 50 years of touring

Next year marks 50 years since Bales took its first group tour to the Holyland, and the operator is celebrating its anniversary with the launch of a new?Escorted Small Groups and Tailor Made Holidays Brochure for 2011/12.

p> Next year marks 50 years since Bales took its first group tour to the Holyland, and the operator is celebrating its anniversary with the launch of a new?Escorted Small Groups and Tailor Made Holidays Brochure for 2011/12.

?The?programme covers 50 destinations throughout Asia, Africa, the Orient, Latin America, Egypt and Arabia, India and Canada & Alaska, while Australasia has a dedicated online brochure. A few countries are making a return including?Sri Lanka and Myanmar and a number of new tours?and suggested journeys, as well as the new?Heritage Collection?which gives travellers a taste of the company's most iconic escorted tours, are featured.?

 

As an example of prices, an eight-day?Heritage Tour of Jordan?departs on September 10, 2011 and includes stays in Amman, Petra and a private desert camp at Wadi Rum.

The itinerary includes visits to the Royal Society of the Conservation of Nature, a cocktail reception and a preview of the new Jordan Museum, dinner at a winery in Amman and a farewell meal with local dignitaries. It costs ?1,995 per person and includes transfers, sightseeing, flights, accommodation and most meals.?

?For more information visit?www.balesworldwide.com/journeyguides?or call 0845-057 0600.