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Samuel Amago
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Samuel Amago (Ph.D. University of Virginia) teaches courses on modern and contemporary Spanish literary history, cinema, and culture at the University of Virginia. He has served as Chair of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at UVA and, previously, of the Department of Romance Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 2003 to 2010 he taught at the University of Notre Dame. His current scholarship centers on waste and space, memory and modernity in post-dictatorship Spanish culture, with a focus on photography, documentary, literature, comics, film and television. He is a native of Madrid, Spain, and grew up in Pasadena, California.
What Our Travelers Say
- Suzanne M., Spain's Andalusia: A One Week Stay in AntequeraHe was very informative, and also was a pleasure to travel with!
Upcoming Tours
Portrait of Portugal: Lisbon, Porto and a Douro River Cruise
12 days
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Starting at: $6,285
Apr 30, 2025 - May 11, 2025
Aboard the 132-guest Gil Eanes or Amalia Rodriguez
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Across Northern Spain and Portugal: Lisbon to Barcelona
17 days
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Starting at: $7,174
Sep 30, 2025 - Oct 16, 2025
Featuring Historic Paradores and Pousadas
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France and Spain's Basque Region: A One-Week Stay at the Parador de Hondarribia
9 days
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Starting at: $4,990
Apr 25, 2026 - May 3, 2026
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Treasures of Southern Spain and Portugal
15 days
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Starting at: $6,374
Sep 28, 2026 - Oct 12, 2026
Featuring Historic Paradores and Pousadas
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