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   Antarctic Dream Ship
   Great Southern Ocean
   Antarctica

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   Antarctica

   
   

   Dream Voyage

   By: Bruce Northam
   My quest to behold every country on earth normally bars repeats unless a place is indescribably astonishing. From the moment I left the Antarctic Peninsula in 2005 and returned to the southern tip of South America, I vowed to revisit that crystalline quartz otherworl .... read more

   
   
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   Great River Journey
   
   Canada

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   Yukon River

   
   

   Great River Journey

   By: Laurie Gough
   Few places in the world exist where there were once many people and now there are none. All along the Yukon River are the rotting and rusting relics of a population long since disappeared.  In the gold rush to the Klondike thousands used the river like a highway .... read more

   
   
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   Escape to Gotham
   Overnight Getaways
   New York, NY

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   Escape to Gotham

   
   

   Overnight Retreats

   By: Malerie Yolen-Cohen
   Just because you live a half-hour from midtown Manhattan doesn’t mean you shouldn’t indulge in an overnight stay every once in a while; especially now, when, according to a recent New York Magazine article, “hotels have become a cultural force in .... read more

   
   
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   Royal Caribbean
   Rhapsody of the Seas
   Alaskan Cruise

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   Royal Caribbean

   
   

   Alaskan Cruise

   By: Will McGough
   This winter, Rhapsody of the Seas spent a month (and $54 million) at a dry dock to undergo a makeover and some on-board improvements. In May, I had the opportunity to set out on its second sail of the season to Alaska from Seattle, with stops in Juneau and Skagway. H .... read more

   
   
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   Cristal Room Baccarat
   Baccarat Mansion
   Paris, France

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   Cristal Room Baccarat

   
   

   Paris, France

   By: Danielle deBenedictis
   My husband and I have had a pied a terre on the left bank in Paris for twenty eight years. I fancy myself a Paris cognoscenti, but somehow I missed Baccarat’s Museum and headquarters in the sixteenth on the Rue des Etats Unis until my recent fall trip for the f .... read more

   
   
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   Fiesta Am Condesa
   Mexican Riviera
   Cancun, Mexico

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   Fiesta Americana Condesa

   
   

   Cancun, Mexico

   By: Amy van Arsdale
   The popular epitome of Location, Location, Location rings true for the discriminating luxury traveler too. If you’re considering a getaway vacation with the family the Fiesta Americana Condesa in Cancun is situated on prime oceanfront real estate and is worth p .... read more

   
   
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   Viking River Cruising
   Prestige Launch
   Amsterdam

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   Viking River Cruises

   
   

   Amsterdam

   By: Barbara Barton Sloane
   Biking, busing, tramming or hoofing it, Amsterdam is a city easy to get around.  It has beauty, charm, and hundreds of canals connected by 500 pretty bridges - and flowers everywhere! These 17th century canals enjoy the honor of having been added to the UNESCO W .... read more

   
   
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   Embankment Festival
   Frankfurt, Germany
   

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   Frankfurt, Germany

   
   

   Life After Lederhosen

   By: Barbara Barton Sloane
   Lucky me! In August of last year, I found myself in Germany - Frankfurt, Bad Nauheim and Kassel to be precise - a propitious, tourist-perfect time.  The very weekend I was in Frankfurt, the city was playing host to its annual arts and culture happening - the Mus .... read more

   
   
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   Black Forest
   Black Sea
   Danube River

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   AmaWaterways

   
   

   Melodies of the Danube

   By: Barbara Barton Sloane
   The Danube River does, indeed, drift - for almost 1,800 miles - from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. For millennia the legendary Danube has been the main waterway through Central and Eastern Europe. Picture the spires of castles and 13th century cathedrals hoverin .... read more

   
   
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    The Ritz Carlton
    Rocky Mountains
    Beaver Creek, CO

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    Beaver Creek & Vail

    
    

    Holidays in the Mountains

    By: Chuck Taylor
    The Park Hyatt Resort & Spa is located in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The property was renovated in 2006 and has 190 guest rooms and suites. The bellman got me settled into a corner room on the second floor. It had a great view of the ice rink and a peeking view .... read more