While I love traveling with my family, I recently spent 24 solo hours in Valencia, and it was satisfying to tear through the city at my own pace. I saw so much in a short amount of time. Las Fallas, a celebration of Saint Joseph that stretches for most of […]
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Worth the Splurge: Five Hotels That Are Easy on the Earth
These hotels, from luxury overwater villas in the Maldives to a hotel in a former ghost town, show how luxury and the land can live in harmony. If you are planning to see Maldives, there are beach houses in Maldives to where you can stay and have fun. Across the […]
How to Help Hotels During the Pandemic
Planning travel now can provide security for hotels and savings for you. Across the globe, hotels are stepping up to help local governments, healthcare workers and those suffering from COVID-19. Some have become hospitals. (The Israeli hotel group Dan Hotels has converted two hotels: Tel Aviv’s Dan Panorama and the Dan Jerusalem […]
Why You Should be Staying in London’s Holborn
I’ve stayed in edgy Shoreditch and aristocratic Kensington (I even lived in buzzy Oxford Circus for a semester in college), but the neighborhood I prefer to make home base when I visit these days is Holborn. Smack-dab in the middle of the sprawling metropolis, Holborn is like Midtown Manhattan making […]
Three Great Stays in Rome for Every Budget
I find it very difficult to go to Italy and not go to Rome. I’ve visited at least five times and I’d go again in a heart beat. If you love history like I do then there is hardly a more intriguing place. As I walk through sites like the […]
Family Friendly Winery to Know: Château Smith Haute Lafitte
With a Grand Cru classified red wine and vineyards dating back to the 14th century, Château Smith Haute Lafitte, located 20 minutes outside of the city of Bordeaux, is one of the region’s most prestigious wineries. You may be surprised to learn, it’s also among the most family friendly thanks […]