Editor’s note: I personally love Guatemala. Like our writer Sam Spector, I have been twice, and each time found amazing new things to see, including my own trips to Lake Atitlan and Chichicastenango, which you can read about by clicking the links. Sam’s Atitlan experience involves a different home base than mine did, and I’m…
Editor’s note: this article by Morgan is a dream for me, since I recently booked a trip to Egypt for the 2027 solar eclipse! You’ll hear much more about that as it gets closer, but for now, Morgan’s three (!!!) eclipse experiences offer some terrific insights into how to plan for such travel. For more…
I arrived at Velskov, about a forty minute drive outside of downtown Auckland, excited. Here, on a piece of land that was once pasture and is now - slowly - recovering as native forest, Mamakan Velskov treats visitors to a unique experience that she calls forest farming. She has planted 45 species of edible native…
New Zealand’s North Island doesn’t get the love that the South Island gets when it comes to natural beauty. The region around Auckland especially doesn’t seem to attract too many tourists. Those stay in the city, and leave it for a few special things: a glow worm cave perhaps (amazing experience, by the way, although…
“Sint Eustatius has the product. The challenge is getting people here.” For about the seventh time in the past hour, I repeat these exact words to Luceta. Luceta works for the government here on Sint Eustatius, or Statia as it’s normally called. Her portfolio involves tourism, and she is intimately involved in the island’s brand…
For most of us, travel to a beautiful Caribbean island is a life’s dream, something for which we save, for which we plan. We want it to be perfect, that island scene from the movies: clean white sands, beautiful turquoise waters teeming with life, a tropical drink and a sunset adding some color. We are…
Editor’s note: I first visited Yosemite as a child, and have been back close to a dozen times, including three since starting The Royal Tour. It is a place unlike anywhere I’ve ever visited, a place of dreams. (Also a place of crowds, but such is the trade off.) Here, Jackie adds her own experiences…
I would guess that in the seventeenth century, the completion of this ambitious project would be much like that of the Panama Canal about 250 years later. While the time saved was less, the more or less constant state of war - or at least competition - between European powers meant that for France, the…
Editor’s note: I’ve never seen an episode of Ozark, but I’m still always game for a beautiful lake and some cool caves. Our resident rock hound. Morgan, offers even more in this awesome glimpse at a place most of us have heard of, but few have visited. For more of Morgan’s writing, click here to…
This was a day that wasn’t supposed to happen. Today, I was meant to take the train from my base in Genoa to the town of Santa Margharita Ligure, a coastal city best known as the place one catches the bus to the luxury mecca of Portofino. I was going to remain in Santa Margharita…