Trips Leaving Soon
Why spend months of anticipation when you could leave so soon? Here are some trips with an available spot or two. Inquire quickly. Blink and you might miss them. Click a trip for more details
The founder's favourites
George Butterfield, co-founder of Butterfield & Robinson, is a lawyer, Rhodes Scholar, lifelong traveller, environmentalist and philanthropist. When a guy like George opines on his favourite B&R trips, trust us, people listen. He has travelled EVERYWHERE. When George says “I still think Burgundy offers the best biking in the world,” you can be pretty darn certain it does. Here, then, are a few faves from the man himself. Click a trip for more details
Novel, fresh, ingenious
The time is NOW for these trips. These are innovative new journeys in emerging destinations. Get there before the travel magazines catch on and hordes of tourists descend. Click a trip for more details
Your adventure starter-kit
There’s a little bit of everything. Fresh air, fabulous fare, cultural insight, great locals—and you learn to keep a corkscrew handy. Click a trip for more details
Home sweet home-away-from-home
Great hotels have always been a hallmark of B&R. Not necessarily the grandest or flashiest, but the most intimate, unusual, and rich with history. Click a trip for more details
Gastronomy dominé
Calling all gourmets, gourmands, gastronomes, connoisseurs, foodies and chowhounds. These trips are for you. Get to the gastronomic heart of the matter. Click a trip for more details
Red, white & you
Wine is always a fixture of the B&R experience. Looking to delve a little deeper? These trips uncork the best. Click a trip for more details
The great outdoors
Beautiful. Remote. Logistically complicated. B&R can get you there in style. These trips don’t just get you closer to nature, they immerse you in it. Questions about the flora and fauna? There’s often a biologist standing right beside you. Click a trip for more details
Changing our planet, up close
Places on the Verge trips are a new venture for us at Butterfield & Robinson, designed to bring interested travellers to regions of the world under environmental strain. These trips offer a rare inside view of rapidly changing places, be they the Amazon rainforest or Athabasca Oil Sands. We get you in deep and up close, examining the challenges facing our planet, their roots and their myriad complexities. We engage an array of experts—scientists, business leaders, environmentalists—and we confront the issues head-on. Gain a new perspective on the world. It just might make a difference.
We're currently in the process of planning a Places on the Verge trip to Rwanda in 2011—check back soon for details.
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Travel with a favourite B&R guide
All of our guides are spectacularly creative and incredible compatriots for exploring the world but you may have one or two favourites from your past travels with Butterfield & Robinson (or a friend has gone on and on about the B&R guide on their last trip...). Here's the chance to make your next great escape with one of our highly-lauded guides! And we're adding more familiar faces each week...
 Thilo Erhardt
Longtime B&R guide Thilo returns to his childhood haunts around the Mediterranean whenever he can. He is also an economist with a passion for history who has guest lectured at Johns Hopkins University.
 Phil Haemmerle
Born and raised in Austria, Phil loves guiding our Prague to Vienna trip. As an avid biker, Phil completed a solo ride across the U.S. travelling 3,500 miles over 45 days.
 Nathalie St-Pierre
Born and raised in La Sarre, Québec, Nathalie spent most of her youth outdoors on cross-country skis, or on a bike. As a B&R guide for the past 8 years Nathalie has guided in France, Ireland and India and will be guiding in her native provence of Quebec this fall.
 Eve Macdonald
After guiding 60+ trips over the past 12 years, Eve has almost travelled around the whole of the Mediterranean, as a guide, an independent traveller, and an archaeologist. Eve's love of the Middle East is shown through her teachings at the University of Edinburgh, along with personal studies in Arabic.
 Agustin Calvetti
An Argentinean who has made Patagonia his home since 2000, Augustin has a background in anthropology and a passion for the natural and rugged beauty of Patagonia. He is B&R's Regional Director for Patagonia, and has also guided in Catalonia, the Galapagos Islands and France.
 Christina Cain
Born in Maryland and based alternately in North Carolina and by the sea in Italy, Christina has led almost 30 trips—Italy, Greece, Vietnam, etc. Her personal goal: to go 10 years without staying in the same place longer than three months—halfway there!
 Olivier Maillard
Starting out as a bike mech at B&R's atelier in Beaune, this Burgundian now has 80+ trips under his belt and is RD of Burgundy and Morocco. With just 5 minutes and a few ingredients, Olivier is known to put together a incredible 5 course meal or perfect picnic.
 Alice Van der Voort
The self-proclaimed “Flying Dutchwoman”, Alice has lived in many places around the world. Her incredible zest for life is contagious, and her penchant for dancing on tables is legendary.
 Nathan Lane
Nathan's passions are Roman history, anything to do with snow, cycling and sailing. He has guided more than 100 trips for B&R. Where? See list of the United Nations! He's a global nomad whose love of travel is infectious.
 Marya Dumont
In her eleven years with B&R Marya has guided 100+ trips all over the world. She highlights for travellers the scents and flavours of each region—from Dutch pannekoeken to Sicilian fish couscous.
 Karen Normandy
Karen now calls the Loire Valley home—to be exact, the stunningly restored farmhouse La Blanchière. Active in the local community, her friends and connections make your trip unforgettable!
 Courtney Mundy
Passionate for all things Italian, she loves to show off her adopted homeland. When you travel with Courtney you quickly learn she doesn’t just know the locals, she IS a local.
 Annik Boulva
Annik always has EVERYTHING under control and possesses great spirit—perfect traits for a B&R guide. She is happiest in the great outdoors with the wind at her back.
 Dana Quinn
After being in the world of insurance consulting for 10 years Dana realised that she was on the wrong path and would much rather spend her 9-5 days walking, biking, enjoying good food, and travelling the world. As a B&R guide for more than 10 years, Dana has guided over 100 trips, including our Amalfi Coast, Dolomites and Vietnam trips.
 Lewis Evans
In his pre-B&R days Lewis studied comparative American history in Ecuador, but realized his true calling years ago. While sampling authentic gelato with travellers in Palermo he had an epiphany—astronaut? No! B&R Guide? Yes!
 Monika Duskova
A native of Cesky Krumlov, Monika studied philosophy and cultural anthropology in Belgium. She winters in Costa Rica, returning to Bohemia and Austria to share her passion with B&R travellers.
 Giacomo Fano
A certified sport climbing instructor, with a specialty in teaching children, Giacomo has been a B&R guide since 2008. A rarity as a true Venice native, Giacomo can be found guiding throughout Italy–Puglia, Tuscany, Piemonte, the Dolomites and Venice.
 Erik Rutherford
Living in Paris for 8 years, Erik says he turned into an "eternal Francophile," though he now lives and works in Toronto as a freelance writer and editor for the literary website ryeberg.com. Erik has guided B&R trips in the Loire Valley, Provence, Burgundy, and Morocco.
 Marco Nojaim
Known in B&R circles as “the mayor of Puglia”, Marco has expanded his sphere of influence to guide Vietnam, Ireland, Greece and Croatia. He also loves to spend time with his new son.
- Puglia Biking Sep 8-14; Sep 22-28; Sep 29-Oct 5; Oct 6-Oct 12; Oct 17-23
 James Boyd
An avid rockclimber and incredible photographer, James is always on the lookout for beautiful rock formations to hone his technique. Why does he like to guide? “Because it keeps me moving and discovering, not only places but people too.”
 Kyl Chhatwal
Kyl has helped design B&R trips in Sweden, the Berkshires, and France. In his other life he is a fiction writer and newspaper editorialist in Toronto.
 Nancy Towns
Nancy pays painstaking attention to detail. Like all guides, it’s in her DNA. Her co-guides love Nancy for baking incredible alfajores, (even by Argentinian standards) and her great singing voice!
 Fanny Viret
Swiss-born and obsessive about the outdoors, Fanny prefers two-wheels to four any day. Her unquenchable curiosity means she is always looking for intriguing people and places to take her travellers.
 Sakis Mitsoulis
Enthusiastic, energetic, spontaneous—Sakis is an amazing comrade to have when travelling afloat on the Mediterranean. His love of the Med, and specifically the Greek Isles, is obvoius.
 Cindy Drukier
After 7 years of living in Asia, and 2 years in Poland, Cindy has put her language skills in Thai, Japanese, Indonesian, French and Polish to good use as a B&R guide. Over the years Cindy has guided B&R trips in Oman, Japan, Thailand and Indochina.
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