Destinations
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Lyon, France | The City of Lights
Perhaps no city will be more memorable than Lyon as one of your ports of call on any south of France river cruise that sails the Saone or Rhone rivers. From river bank to the rising hillsides beyond, the pastel colors and ...
Guernsey | White Houses, Witches, and the War
If you have ever read the novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Schaffer and Annie Barrows, you will be intrigued by both this delightful book and by the thought of visiting its setting, Guernsey.
Greenland | The “Land of The People”
This is one part of the world largely forgotten by many travellers compared to the much advertised destination at the opposite pole, Antarctica. Greenland is the largest island on earth ...
Madeira
Madeira is an archipelago situated in the Atlantic Ocean about 500 kilometers from land, in this case the continent of Africa. It’s about a thousand or so miles south from Portugal.
Southampton, UK
You are booked on a cruise that begins or ends in Southampton, England. This is a busy port city of a million plus inhabitants. It is situated on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. Let’s look at ...
Silversea Baltic Cruise Review | with Barbara Young
Barbara Young, owner operator of Cruise Holidays of Port Coquitlam, joins Ken of Ask A Real Travel Expert for a review of her recent Baltic cruise, Copenhagen to Copenhagen roundtrip, with Silversea Cruises aboard the stunning Silver Moon.
Málaga, Spain
Málaga is the capital city of the Spanish province of the same name. It lies in the Andalusian region of Spain on the southern coast bordering the Alboran Sea, which is part of the Mediterranean. It is about ...
The Lofoten Islands
You might be forgiven if you have never heard of this archipelago of six larger islands, and many more smaller ones, in Norway. It’s not on the usual cruise lists of ports of call, or in the glossy brochures ...
Trieste | Little Vienna On The Sea
Trieste is an important seaport in the Gulf of Trieste at the head of the Adriatic. It is the capital of the Friuli Venezia Guilia region of Italy bordering on Slovenia and Croatia.
The Caribbean Grenada | 12 Interesting Facts
There are many, many island getaways in the world and everyone has their favourites. Grenada in the Caribbean is often one of these favoured vacation spots. The name refers to both the country, ...