It is hard to imagine a better location for a seaside stay in Cascais than the VillaCascais Guesthouse. Step out the front door to the Bay of Cascais breakfront bordering the popular Praia da Ribeira Beach and the central square…
Tucked into the Hotel Miragem in Cascais, on the Lisbon Coast, you will find Coral a Sushi Concept. We went for lunch and were absolutely delighted by both the food and the service. The ambience is quite modern, and there is…
My first thought upon arrival at The Arch London was ‘What a Lovely Hotel’. It has a simple elegance that says, we have no need to be pretentious. Located in a residential area only blocks from the iconic Marble Arch,…
I had the good fortune of being pampered in luxury at the stunning Hotel Cascais Miragem. The moment you walk in the door of the lobby with its high ceilings and stunning décor you know you are in for a unique experience.…
Altis Avenida Hotel combines a great location in Central Historic Lisbon with stylish design and exceptional service. I was a media guest for one night when I arrived in Lisbon to start an extended stay in Portugal. The Altis Avenida…
“Happy is the man, I thought, who before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea” quoted Nikos Kazantzakis, the author of Zorba the Greek. On a recent Mediterranean cruise, my hubby and I had the opportunity to…
One of the wonderful short trips offered by Cambodia’s Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation is an early morning outing on the Mekong River, with some very special river denizens: the Irrawaddy Dolphin and the Mekong Wagtail, among other specialties.…
“You have to go to The Office” proclaimed a gentleman at our vacation villa’s swim up pool bar. “We’ve been coming to Cabo for 10 years and this place is awesome”. We were vacationing with family in Cabo San Lucas,…
Bird conservation in Cambodia takes a new and unusual twist with their Vulture Restaurant at the village of Veal Krous. Old World vultures are in crisis because they are being poisoned by Dicloflenac, a chemical used in Asian cattle dips,…
Any traveler focusing on wild nature in Cambodia must visit Tmatboey in the Northern Plains, the country’s showcase for conservation of rare species. In Tmatboey, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its Cambodian partner, Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation…