READERS RECOMMEND

INDONESIA

Toraja-savvy

“Tour guide Stanislaus Sandarupa, who hails from culture-rich, mountainous Toraja, is an expert on Toraja and has a travel agency. There is no better guide to that area.”

Torindo Tours and Travel Services, South Sulawesi; 011-62-411-587-534, www.toraja -travel.com, e-mail torindo@indosat.net.id. Five-day tours from $275 per person.

Toke Hoppenbrouwers Calabasas

ITALY

Historic find

“On my trip to Florence, I had the good fortune to find out about this historic building and museum. The Ospedale Degli Innocenti was the first orphanage established in Europe. . . a truly worthwhile historic site.”

Ospedale Degli Innocenti, 12 Piazza Santissima Annunziata, Florence.

Small entrance fee.

Laura Marlowe

Tarzana