Dear Traveler,

As most of you may know, after we complete our fall 2005 trips, we have decided to discontinue our Cobblestone Tours business. We have provided luxury small-group and private tours to Northern Spain for 16 years - tours that have earned rave reviews for our guides and our cultural focus.

But our loss can be your gain. Our excellent Spain-based destination management team continue to offer the same great tours. You can find them here. Among the adjectives our clients use to describe Cobblestone guides are magnificent, knowledgeable, accommodating, friendly, and fun. You can read more about them at our Web site. They are trusted business associates as well as good friends; we highly recommend their services.

“Everything was excellent. Wonderful hotels and restaurants. Your people in Spain are more than “guides”.”

Carmen Romo of Romotur and her staff are located in the dynamic city of Bilbao. They are well-positioned by geography and by experience to handle all aspects of travel for your clients in the Basque Country and beyond. Our regular itineraries included all Basque provinces in Spain and France as well as Barcelona, the vineyards and villages of La Rioja and Portugal. Custom and private tour arrangements covered Northern Spain from Galicia to Catalunya and down to Madrid; special interest tours included food & wine, art & architecture, nature, family heritage, and more.

We have worked with Carmen to develop off-the-beaten-track itineraries, hire and train excellent guides, arrange luxury accommodations and offer first-class dining experiences. Romotur has also handled all transfers and logistics for our highly personalized tours since 1993. In recognition of their professionalism and expertise, Carmen and her staff were recently selected by the Tourist Office of Bilbao to operate their booking service.

For more information about what Carmen and her staff can offer to your travelers, visit www.5sens.es, e-mail Carmen@romotur.com or call 011-34-94-443-3463.

We wish you continuing success - and enjoyable travel.

Paulette Hurdlik
Cobblestone Tours
www.cobblestonetours.com