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Welcome to BET

Last Revision: May 26, 2012
Barker’s European Tours is a small operation. I organize three to four group tours a year while living in Sarnano, Italy, and Sara Lewis serves as Administrative Assistant in Seattle. At the core of BET is the loyal customer base. Twenty-two people have been on ten or more tours, with nine of those having participated in more than twenty. The tours are Eurocentric for the most part, though in recent years we have explored parts of the old Roman empire that extended into North Africa and Asia Minor. In 2008, we traveled twice to China and included SE Asia and South Africa in 2010. Depending on the nature of the tour, the enrollments vary from 12 to 30, with an average size of 20. I’m along on every tour to help solve any problems that might arise. When you arrive on your first BET tour, it will seem that everybody knows everybody else. Not to worry--they will take you in and by the end of the tour you will be a true BETVet!

What's new

Come visit my part of Italy, Le Marche. Like the better known region of Toscana, Le Marche has rolling hills dotted with olive groves, vineyards, checkerboard farmland and great food. However, it does lack the hoards of tourists. I guarantee you will be the first kid on your block to visit this beautiful area.
South Africa has been changed to Zambia, Zimbabwe, & Victoria Falls. You can see a very preliminary itinerary sketch now,

Tour Lineup

• Russia & the Ukraine (St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, & Yalta) August 27-September 11
  
• Le Marche October 4 - 15
  In the works: (click here to see signup list)
• Barcelona CityWeek, March or April 2013
• Up North - from the Beatles to Hadrian's Wall, with Dr. Thomson, July
• Zambia, Zimbabwe, & Victoria Falls, August 5 - 19 (tentative)
  
• CityWeeks:--Berlin-Prague-Vienna, October