Staying Places: The Magnolia Hotel & Spa
WHEN I HEARD that TripAdvisor readers voted Victoria’s Magnolia Hotel & Spa the #1 hotel in Canada in 2020, I knew I had to experience it.On a side street just off the Inner Harbour, it’s perfectly placed to explore Victoria...
The Maritimes: When You Must Go Down to the Sea Again – A Photo Essay
With his vibrant images, Maritime-born photographer Dan Galbraith offers a compelling argument for adding Canada’s Maritime provinces to the top of our travel wish list.Come for thousands of kilometres of spectacular coastlineFrom the world’s highest tides in New Brunswick, to...
Mount Fuji and 3 Other Mountains You Need to Visit in Japan
France has the Eiffel Tower. The U.S. has the Statue of Liberty. But the visual shorthand for Japan is not man-made. It’s Mount Fuji.The Japanese archipelago is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Chains of volcanic mountain ranges form the spine of...
Cruising Again by November? Industry Association Lays Out Formula to Start Sailing
You might be on a cruise in the Caribbean before the holidays. Cruising in the Americas – that’s the cruise region for the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America - could begin again in about a month’s time, if significant industry...
3 New, Impossibly Picturesque Boutique Hotels That Make it Easy to Dream About Your Next Trip to Europe
France. Italy. Spain. If you’re imagining traveling again to Europe, you’ll have no problem picturing yourself in any of three independent boutique hotels that have just opened in spectacular historic properties. All three belong to the Small Luxury Hotels of...
Revealed for the 1st Time: This Hotel’s Famous Cookie Recipe
Challenging times call for fresh-baked cookies. For your COVID-19 #StaySafeStayHome pleasure, a cookie recipe for all the home baking and snacking we hear everyone is enjoying during lock down.Not just any cookie recipe. These are cookies of legend.They are the welcoming...
Santa Fe: Falling in Love with the Many Charms of “The City Different”
IT DIDN’T TAKE US LONG to realize why Santa Fe is dubbed, The City Different. For starters, it is an old city — older than the USA itself. And, at 7,000 feet, the nation’s highest state capital. Here, the history...
Soaring on the Slopes
Where the snow is perfect, the hills are fabulous and the après ski fun is as hot as the snow is cold: Park City, Utah; Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Whistler, British Columbia. Park City Perfection IF YOU LOVE SKIING but don’t want...
O:LV Fifty Five & O:live Boutique – Stylish, fashionable luxury in San Juan
These sister hotels in the upscale Condado neighbourhood of San Juan offer two unique styles, featuring stunning art and design with gorgeous rooms and divine public spaces. Just a block apart, and owned by an award-winning husband and wife design...
Cruising with History on Sea Cloud
At sea on the 64-guest windjammer Sea Cloud you might find yourself wishing the walls could talk. Built as a yacht by a cereal heiress nearly 90 years ago, the ship hosted heroes and despots, royalty and celebrities, and a...
Staying Places: Hotel X – A Modern, Urban Resort Hotel in Toronto
Toronto has a hip new hotel close to Lake Ontario within the historic Exhibition grounds, offering guests an urban vibe, a luxe sensibility as well as fantastic city views, gorgeous rooms, and varying dining options. Hotel X, the first Toronto...
A Safari with Significance
TRUE DARKNESS has just taken over, the last streaks of the sunset fading from orange, to pink, to blue and then– inky black. The Sundowner drinks have been packed away, the limes stowed, the biltong back in its container, and...
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