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Alumni & Friends Tour

This summer, there is a tour to Scandinavia. For summer 2026, we will be traveling to Switzerland. Highlights are listed below. We hope you are able to join us!

With tour host, Stephen Varvis, Ph.D., professor of history emeritus, you will have the opportunity to share experiences, learn from others, be a part of the extended 天美传媒 community, renew friendships and gain new ones all while being inspired by the creativity, history and spiritual experience of the art, architecture, culture and people you meet.

June 2026

Highlights of Switzerland

This is a custom designed private tour for 天美传媒 Alumni, family, and friends. We will visit many historic, cultural, and contemporary sites, including:

  • Gronergrat open-air cog railway
  • Lindt Home of Chocolate
  • Trachselwald Castle and Mennonite Museum
  • Chillon Castle
  • Visp, Zermatt with view of the Matterhorn, weather permitting
  • Omega Watch Museum
  • Basel and Bern Old towns
  • Gruyere cheese tasting
  • Interlaken and Harder Klum Funicular
  • Lausanne Olympic Museum
  • Optional Heidelberg and Rhine Valley Extension

Plus, free time at each stop

Tour Dates

June 14-26, 2026, plus optional extension to Heidelberg, June 26-28.

Included

  • Handpicked Hotels
  • Daily breakfast
  • Five Dinners, some traditional Swiss
  • Ten sightseeing tours
  • Expert tour director and local guides
  • Three train rides
  • Private deluxe motor coach
  • Free time to explore on your own

Optional Extension

We will travel to Heidelberg and the Rhine Valley

Costs*

  • Land tour: $5,974
  • Flight from Fresno: $2,250
    • Flights from other cities can be arranged (costs may differ) and travelers can book their own flights
  • Total: $8,224
    • Check with Go Ahead for any available discounts and interest free payment arrangements
  • Optional Extension to Heidelberg: $894

*Cost subject to change. For current costs check at

Full details, itineraries and registration

June 2025

Scandinavia鈥擳he Capitals & the Fjords

We will visit many historic and cultural sites, including

  • Historic Bergen
  • Norway鈥檚 fjord country and Fram Museum
  • Copenhagen鈥檚 Nyhavn district
  • Stories of Danish writers including Hans Christian Andersen and Soren Kierkegaard
  • Stockholm鈥檚 Old Town
  • Finnish cooking class and visit to Temppeliaukio Church
  • Optional excursions to Elsinore (known from Shakespeare鈥檚 Hamlet), Uppsala, Drottingholm, and Tallinn in Estonia
  • Optional extension to Iceland

Plus, free time at each stop

Tour Dates

June 17-30, 2025, plus optional extension to Iceland, June 30-July 3

Included

  • Daily breakfast
  • Handpicked Hotels
  • Six Dinners
  • One cooking class
  • Two nights aboard a cruise ship
  • Expert tour director and local guides
  • Guided sightseeing tours
  • Private deluxe motor coach
  • Free time to explore on your own

Optional Extension

We will travel to Iceland!

Costs*

  • Land tour: $5,689
  • Flight from Fresno: $2,010
    • Flight from other cities can be arranged (costs may differ) and travelers can book their own flights
  • Total: $7699
    • Check with Go Ahead for any available discounts and interest free payment arrangements
  • Optional Extension to Iceland: $1,779

*Cost subject to change. For current costs check at

Full details, itineraries and registration

 

Request Information

Or contact Steve directly at steve.varvis@fresno.edu, 559-453-7155 (work) or 559-906-5545 (cell)