Top 28 Destinations: Cities Plus Culture

The TravelSquire editors recently organized their picks for the top 28 destinations for the upcoming year in travel. The list includes every continent and there is something for every travel style. You’ll find the complete list here and you’ll find Part 1, Top Urban Destinations here. Now we want to … Read more

2017 Urban Destinations

Top 28: Urban Destinations

We just announced our picks for the most intriguing destinations for the upcoming year in travel. The list, which will be divided into 4 segments, includes every continent and something for every travel style. You’ll find the complete list here. First, we focus on seven thriving urban destinations:  Chicago, Hamburg, … Read more

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Top 28 Destinations for 2017

It’s that time of the year when our editors weigh-in on the most intriguing destinations for the upcoming year in travel. With so many intriguing places on this planet, it’s not an easy task. Our criteria for is unbiased and our 2017 choices cover a diverse geographic wish list that includes … Read more

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The Mission Inn

Be enchanted by the history and the ambiance of The Mission Inn of Riverside, California.

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The Holiday Foods of Tokyo   

Food is central to every holiday celebration and Japan is no exception. The fresh, seasonal ingredients, precise preparation and the complete visual aesthetic—color, balance and design—of traditional Japanese cuisine represent thousands of years of traditions, stories and symbolism.  But it’s not just traditional Japanese foods that make this country a … Read more

Maritime Flair in Hamburg

Fish, and the waters where they swim, both come to mind when I think of Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city and largest port.  Although the waters of the North Sea are 65 miles from this maritime city, it is water that imbues the city with a distinctive, enticing flair. It … Read more

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Hotel La Bourdonnais, Paris

Expect the unexpected in this boutique hotel in Paris. From the decor to the design, it’s all about romance.

Cruising the Mediterranean

It’s not that high I tell myself after committing to be the first to climb a rope ladder to the crow’s nest of a tall sailing ship – my home on water for a week. Not one to break my word (at least not with so many witnesses), I’m secured … Read more

Essential London Food & Lodging

London is hopping during the summer. There are numerous choices for where to bunk from The Rosewood and Claridges to the Hotel Café Royal and the Ritz. I can personally recommend all of the above but let’s take a deeper dive into Andre Balazs’ Chiltern Firehouse and the refurbished Goring, … Read more

Le Boutique Hotel, Bordeaux, France

The first thing on my mind after stepping foot into Le Boutique Hotel in Bordeaux, France was that I had walked onto a location set for the movie, “Les Miz”. The little property nestled among the narrow streets of a city set in the 1800’s was seriously channeling the past.  … Read more

Incredible India

Intriguing and Incredible India

In April I joined a small group of German tourists (12) on a 15-day tour of northern India and Kashmir.  An ad campaign for the destination touts the country as “Incredible India.”  It is – as well as intriguing.  Following are some aspects I found incredibly intriguing during my travels. … Read more

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Latvia: Jewel of the Baltics

Latvia offers everything: wild shorelines, dense forests, deep blue lakes, to cities rich in history, architecture and culture, it’s the jewel of the Baltics.

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Norderney, Queen of the North Sea

Nordeney, Germany, proudly called “The Queen of the North Sea” by the Germans is not known to foreigners who do not venture off the beaten track in Germany.