The Traveling Professor

Small manageable groups of like-minded adults, culturally enriching, educational, and enjoyable at exceptional value.

Does this sound like you? Actually it describes most of the trips available on the Women Travel Tour Calendar, especially if you add on the phrase – run for and by women.

The quote above comes from the website of the Traveling Professor founded by Steve Solosky, and Women Travel has included some of his tours led by women in their listings of women focused tour companies around the world.

Professor Elyse Rivin – leads tours in Paris and Toulouse, France

Professor Rivin has degrees in art and art history, is a gourmet, a wine lover and an aficionado of all things French. Her passion and enthusiasm, as well as her knowledge of the region and its history, are imparted in every itinerary.

Professor Rivin will take you to well known and out of the way places. She has the ability to bring an aspect of Paris to life that will make a visit to The City of Light more vivid and enlightening than you could imagine.

Each encounter is engaging, fun and informative, a reflection of the pleasure she takes in sharing her interests and passions with others.

Whether interested in art, history, architecture, food, society, culture, or in just soaking up the atmosphere of Paris, Professor Elyse Rivin adds to a Paris experience that will remain long after you have journeyed home.

Lisa Mastropieri – leads tours in Rome, Florence, Venice

Behind her pleasant demeanor is a vast storehouse of knowledge. Lisa weaves the art, history, and culture of Renaissance Florence is into the personalities of the era like the Medicis, Michelangelo, Dante, Da Vinci and Galileo making Italy come alive . You won’t feel as if you have toured Renaissance Florence with Lisa, it will be as if you lived through it.