Daniel Boulud Talks Travel, Toronto, and Why NYC is Home
Tweet He is a New Yorker and a Michelin-rated Chef, a Frenchman and a father with an unrelenting zest for cooking. His satisfying food has soul and creativity, a foundation of tradition and his own...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Packing Guide for Europe
Tweet Summer is Europe’s peak season. We are already daydreaming about leisurely alfresco lunches and sunbathing along the Mediterranean with the locals. And then we screech back to reality when it...
View ArticleFodor’s Travel Tastemaker: Francophile and Design Guru Erin Swift
Tweet Erin Swift holds many titles: set designer, interior decorator, prop stylist, magazine market editor, and now author. The common denominator? They all point to her incredible sense of style and...
View ArticleDiscovering Victor Hugo’s Isle of Jersey
Tweet Our house, as you know, Fantine, faces the ocean. Upstairs in my room, it is as if I am perched on the very tip of a precipice with the great foaming waves beneath my window. I wrote in a letter...
View ArticleWhere to Eat, Sleep, and Play in Cannes and Beyond
Tweet It’s festival time in Cannes, so whip out your shades—and your platinum card—and head to La Croisette to bask in the rays of the Riviera sun and the Hollywood glitterati, who descend from the...
View ArticleNancy Bean Toasts to the 2013 Nantucket Wine Festival
Tweet Hop on the train, catch a ferry, or just pop over in your private jet to Nantucket for the Nantucket Wine Festival’s grand annual 5-day wine and food fete. From May 15th to 19th, you’ll be...
View ArticleWhat to Pack: Corsica
Tweet Once a sleepier isle, Corsica has been heating up lately with fashion-forward tourists visiting its stunningly craggy setting (it’s the most mountainous island in the Med) and enjoying its...
View ArticleViking to Launch Ocean Cruise Line in 2015
Tweet There has been a trend in recent years for cruise ship sizes to grow exponentially into mega-ships that cater to thousands of passengers. It’s more cost effective to produce one thing for...
View ArticleAirline Uniforms Get a Fashion Update
Tweet Since the halcyon early days when passengers and crew members alike dressed their best to fly, the airline industry has had a close relationship with fashion’s top designers and houses. Some of...
View ArticleCosta’s First World Cruise to Sail from China in 2014
Tweet If you’ve ever dreamed of taking a world cruise, consider this new—albeit unusual—option: Costa Atlantica‘s first world cruise departing Shanghai, China in March 2014. While the 83-day voyage is...
View ArticleNibbling encouraged along the Sonoma Marin Cheese Trail
PETALUMA, Calif. — As you drive north of San Francisco into Marin and Sonoma counties, the countryside begins to unfold before you. Green pastures, oak and chaparral-covered hillsides and small...
View ArticleFodor’s Travel Tastemaker: Art-World Jetsetter Rebecca Taylor
Tweet Rebecca Taylor knows art. She knows it. She literally travels the world for art, whether it’s a work trip, a festival, or a personal art pilgrimage. And she’s been invited into the private inner...
View ArticleMarriott Launches Brand to Target Younger Travelers
Tweet If you haven’t heard of Marriott’s newest hotel brand—AC Hotels— you’re not alone. Since it launched in 2011 it’s only been featured in Europe: in 79 different locations throughout Spain,...
View ArticleWeekend Escape: Family time in Santa Barbara
Way back in the 20th century when life was simple, my wife, Mary Frances, and I lived in Carpinteria, swooping in and out of Santa Barbara without a second thought. Nowadays, returning as Angelenos...
View ArticleUltimate Europe Road Trip: France, Italy, Switzerland
Tweet The sun-splashed coasts of the French Riviera attract tourists like flies to honey. The Cote d’Azur’s picturesque seaside and azure waters draw yacht-owners and yacht-watchers by the thousands,...
View Article4 Reasons to Go to Belgium
Tweet Bordered by France, Germany, and the Netherlands, little Belgium is often overlooked. Yet it manages to squeeze an amazing amount into a landmass that’s only about the size of Maryland. These...
View Article6 Reasons to Go to Switzerland this Summer
Tweet Switzerland’s frosty summits, glittering glaciers, and photogenic ski resorts have launched 1,000 postcards, solidifying the country’s image as a winter playground in the process. But don’t get...
View Article5 Reasons to Visit the Dordogne
Tweet La Belle France isn't the world's number one travel destination for nothing. But with such a plenitude of riches, how does one begin to choose? Here are five compelling reasons why travelers who...
View Article10 must-see destinations in Europe this year, from Lonely Planet
Portugal’s wine-making city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley top Lonely Planet’s list of 10 European destinations to see this summer. Budapest, Hungary; Northern Iceland; Cinque Terre, Italy;...
View ArticleParis Opens Pedestrian-Only Stretch of the Left Bank
Tweet If you thought drinking wine along the Seine was fun, how about a private party in a teepee? Thanks to a plan initiated by Mayor Bertrand Delanoe of Paris, visitors can now do this—and more....
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