Editor’s note: Morocco has been at or near the top of my travel wish list for years. In 2020, I was supposed to visit from Spain, but had to cut my trip short due to the emergence of Covid on the world scene. It is lovely to visit vicariously through Sam, and his experience in…
Editor's note: what a cool excursion Sam got to take from Israel. Along with visiting Petra in Jordan, I will add Sinai to my list of side-trips next time I'm in Israel - which will hopefully be soon. To read more of Sam's adventures, click here to visit his index. To say the least, I…
Editor's note: join Sam, our traveling rabbi, for this amazing look into Kenya. For more of his wonderful writing, click here. Before I even met my wife, I saved my travel points with one idea in mind: one day, I will treat my wife to the honeymoon of her dreams and it will all already…
Editor's note: it is my absolute pleasure to introduce you all to Sam Spector, our newest writer here at The Royal Tour. His travels read as a highlight reel of some of the most amazing places in the world, both on and off the beaten path. You can read more about Sam, and see all…
It's hard to believe my month here in Portugal is coming to an end in just a couple of days, especially when I will be posting articles from Lisbon and its surroundings for at least a few more weeks! But alas, the time on my blog doesn't always match my real life, and so I…
Editor's note: Sometimes it is wonderful to get a perspective that isn't my own. For the first time, I am publishing on The Royal Tour an article about a place I've never been, and in fact, had never heard of before reading. I met Madeleine through a mutual friend, another travel writer, and we quickly…
I spent the first three months of 2019 in France, living, exploring, and discovering both an amazing country and myself. I can't even begin to describe how life-changing of an experience it was, to realize that I am able to thrive in a foreign country with a language and customs different from my own. I…