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DRIVING TOURS
Touring Tuscany, Italy •
Thames Valley Antiques Shops •
Extremadura, Spain •
Cornwall, Great Britain •
Baja Peninsula, Mexico •
Touring Provence, France •
New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, Canada •
The Watch Valley of Switzerland •
Across the Pyrenees of France and Spain •
Franschhoek, South Africa
COTTAGES FOR RENTAL
Hamoa Bay Bungalow - Maui, Hawaii •
Alice's Hideaways - Tasmania •
Woodlands Resort & Inn - Charleston, South Carolina •
Moorings Village - Islamorada, Florida •
Pink Beach Club - Bermuda •
Auberge des Templiers - Les Bezards, France •
Oberoi - Bali •
Gallaghers (a dining cottage) - Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland •
Mangapapa Lodge - New Zealand
SHOPPING FOR ANTIQUES
Causewayside - Edinburgh •
Le Cong Kieu - Saigon •
Notre Dame Street - Montreal •
Conde de Aranda - Madrid •
King Street - Charleston, S.C. •
Jalan Hang Jebat and Jalan Tun Tan Cheng - Melaka, Malaysia •
rue Auguste Comte - Lyon, France •
The Swan at Tetsworth - Thame, Oxfordshire, England
ENJOYABLE AFTERNOON TEAS
The Beaufort - London •
Schneider - Davos, Switzerland •
ITC Hotel Sonar Bangla Sheraton - Kolkata •
Charleston Place Hotel - Charleston, S.C. •
Alter Mundi - Paris •
Yaffa's - New York City •
Green T - Rome •
Huntington Gardens - Los Angeles •
Provobis Sergel Plaza Hotel - Stockholm •
Willow Tea Room - Glasgow
DESSERTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
15 ria - Washington, D.C. (passion fruit bread pudding drizzled with white chocolate) •
Anacreon - Paris (tiny crepes dotted with crunchy beads of caramel and filled with pineapple)
Gigina - Bologna (zuppa inglese)
Tony's Jacal - San Diego (deep-fried ice cream, banana chimichangas, sopaipillas served with honey, flan and buñuelos with sugar and cinnamon)
A La Bastille - Quebec City (Marjolaine made of layers of vanilla and praline butter creams and dark chocolate separated by crushed almond and hazelnut succès biscuit)
La Belle Vie - Stillwater, Minnesota (cranberry clafouti or pumpkin-Roquefort mille feuille with pistachio gelato)
Fraser's - Perth, Australia (fig-and-ginger pudding with butterscotch ice cream)
Radius - Boston (bittersweet chocolate cake with caramelized bananas)
Acqua Negra - Rome (combination of tiramisu and mille foglie they call tiramifoglie)
NATIONAL PARKS
Kenai Fjords National Park - Alaska •
Ranthambore National Park - Rajasthan, India •
Arikok National Park - Aruba •
Pacific Rim National Park - Vancouver Island •
Kenting National Park - Taiwan •
Avila National Park - Caracas, Venezuela •
Royal Chitwan National Park - Nepal •
Hakone National Park - Honshu, Japan •
Malindi/Watamu Marine National Park - Mombasa, Kenya
TAPAS BARS
La Boveda - Majorca •
Bodega Montana - Valencia •
Serantes - Bilbao •
Ciudad Condal - Barcelona •
Cunini - Granada •
Tapas Brindisa - London •
Bar Jamón - New York City
NEW TRAVEL READING
Scribbling the Cat - Alexandra Fuller (Southern Africa) •
Maximum City - Suketu Mehta (Mumbai, India) •
Men of Salt - Michael Benanav (The Sahara) •
The Creature in the Map - Charles Nicholl (Raleigh's Search for El Dorado) •
The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad (Afghanistan) •
Shadow of the Silk Road - Colin Thubron (China) •
The Old Iron Road - David Haward Bain (U.S. Westward Migration) •
A Visit to Don Otavio - Sybille Bedford (Mexico) •
Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar - Lydia Chavez, ed. (Cuba) •
The Fat and the Thin - Emile Zola (Paris - Fiction)
NIGHTCLUBS
Le Village Complex - Zermatt, Switzerland •
El Panama (in hotel) - Panama City •
Attica - London •
J.R. Piano Bar - Maldonado, Uruguay •
Maritime Hotel - New York City •
Jimmy'z - Monaco •
Hilton Atrium Club - Prague, Czech Republic
GARDENS
Edith Wharton's Gardens - Lenox, MA •
Glebe House and Gardens - Woodbury, CT •
Ilnacullin - County Cork, Ireland •
A la Bastille - Quebec City •
Gravetye Manor - East Grinstead, Sussex •
Chelsea Physic Garden - London •
Garden of the Master of the Nets - Suzhou, Shanghai
MOVIE LOCATIONS
Gallatin River - MT (A River Runs Through It) •
Gateway to India arch - Mumbai, India (A Passage to India) •
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge - Alberta, Canada (River of No Return) •
Cafe Mozart - Vienna (The Third Man) •
Cortona -Italy (Under the Tuscan Sun) •
The Tides Wharf - Sonoma Valley, CA (The Birds)
OFF-BEAT SHOPS
Boutique du Prince Jardinier (Garden items)- Paris, France •
Thai Home Industries (Crafts)- Bangkok, Thailand •
Pastorini (Antique toy reproductions) - Zurich, Switzerland •
Sivasli Istanbul Yazmacisi (Fabrics) - Istanbul, Turkey •
Euroformaggi (Foodstuffs) - Bologna, Italy •
Gostinyy Dvor (Everything) - St. Petersburg, Russia
CASTLE HOTELS
Schlosshotel Thiergarten - Bayreuth, Germany •
Hotel Schloss Weikersdorf - Baden, Austria •
Grand Hotel Saltsjobaden - Stockholm, Sweden •
Solar do Castelo - Lisbon, Portugal •
Ashford Castle Hotel - County Mayo, Ireland •
Pousada do Castelo - Obidos, Portugal
BEST BET FOR BREAKFAST
Norma's at Le Parker Meridien - New York City •
Dottie's True Blue Cafe - San Francisco •
Calico Restaurant and Patisserie - Rhinebeck, NY •
Laduree - Paris •
Caffè delle Arti - Rome •
Gaulart and Maliclet - Charleston, SC •
Flemington Market - Sydney, Australia •
Hotel du Pont - Wilmington, DE
CRUISE SHIPS
M/S Dalmacija, Croatia •
Prinsendam •
Safari Spirit, Napa and Sonoma Valley •
Sea Cloud II •
Wind Surf •
Queen of the West •
World Discoverer •
Aranui 3
GOLF HOTELS
Golf Hotel Klostergut Jakobsberg, Boppard, Germany •
Poipou Bay Resort, Kauai, Hawaii •
Olivos Golf Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina •
Punta Ala Golf Club, Tuscany •
Grace Bay Club,Turks and Caicos Islands •
Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Club, County Limerick, Ireland •
Royal Garden Hotel, Djerba, Tunisia
VINEYARDS
Nuits St.Georges, Beaune, France •
Lagoa Grande, Sao Francisco Valley, Brazil •
Torkel, Liechtenstein •
Norton Hacienda, Mendoza Province, Argentina •
Scharffenberger Cellars, Hopland, California •
Seppeltsfield, Barossa Valley, Australia •
Sokol Blosser, Dundee, Oregon
MUSEUMS
Museum of the Order of the Liberation, Paris •
American Folk Art Museum, New York City •
Diest Museum, Belgium •
Museum of Old Aix, Aix-En-Provence, France •
Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt •
Alpine Museum, Zermatt, Switzerland •
Altamira Museum, Santillana del Mar, Spain
SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS
Il Convivio, Rome •
Chez Kacem, Agadir, Morocco •
Yu Restaurant, Hong Kong •
Red Herring, Perth, Australia •
Cafe du Levant, Istanbul •
Hotel Tresanton, Cornwall •
Hotel Oro Verde, Machala, Ecuador
BOOKSTORES
Village Voice, Paris •
El Ateneo, Buenos Aires •
Heraldic Artists/The Genealogy Bookshop, Dublin •
Pascual Lazaro Papeleria & Libreria, Seville •
Island Bound Bookstore, Block Island, Rhode Island •
Maruzen, Tokyo •
Giggles, Madras, India
CATHEDRAL CITIES:
Durham, England •
Bologna, Italy •
Santiago de Compostela, Spain •
Geneva, Switzerland •
Bruges, Belgium •
Aix-en-Provence •
Bamberg, Germany
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK:
Victoria Falls, Zambia •
Bhutan •
Colonia, Uruguay •
Seychelles •
Muscat •
Croatian Cruise •
Cuenca, Ecuador
UK PUBS:
Fox and Hounds: Chelsea, London •
Canny Man's: Edinburgh, Scotland •
Pandora Inn: Mylor Bridge, Cornwall •
Churchill Arms: Paxford, Gloucestershire •
Crown Pub: Brompton Cross, London
BEACH HOTELS:
Pearl Beach Resort: Bora Bora •
1708 House: Southampton, New York •
Mariani Beach Resort: Kerala, India •
Harbour Village Beach Resort: Bonaire •
Marco Island Hilton Beach Resort: Florida •
Four Seasons Carmelo: Colonia, Uruguay
KITCHENWARE STORES:
Dean and Deluca: New York City •
Divertimenti: London •
Sibler: Zurich •
E. Dehillerin: Paris •
Leone Limentani: Rome •
Sur La Table: San Francisco
WALKS:
Walking Tours in Paris •
Culinary Tours in San Francisco •
Bridge Climb in Sydney •
Boston's North End Markets •
Angela's Ashes Tour in Limerick
NEW YORK CITY NOSHES:
Peanut Butter and Company •
Pommes Frites •
Chocolate Bar •
Rice to Riches •
Sacred Chow •
Clinton Street Baking Company
COUNTRY HOUSE HOTELS:
Assolas Country House: Kanturk, Ireland •
Can Curreu: Ibiza •
Auchrannie: Isle of Arran, Scotland •
La Signoria Calvi: Calvi, Corsica •
Good Hope Country House: Falmouth, Jamaica •
Lake Country House: Powys, Wales
TOY SHOPS:
Bingoya: Tokyo •
Pastorini: Zurich •
Peter Rabbit and Friends: Windsor, U.K. •
Si Tu Vieux: Paris •
Huckelbern Toy Store: Bremen, Germany •
Kalika: Stockholm
GOOD COFFEE:
Torrefaction Noailles: Marseilles •
La Biela: Buenos Aires •
Cafe Hawelka: Vienna •
Antico Caffe Greco: Rome •
Fishawi: Cairo •
Slavia Cafe: Prague
ADVENTURE TRIPS:
Chief's Camp: Botswana •
Explora en Atacama: Chile •
Rafting the Colorado River: Utah •
Timimoun: Algeria •
Following the Silk Road: China
CRUISES:
Scotland: Scottish Highlander •
Russia : Vladimir Mayakovsky •
France: Canal Cruises •
China: East King and East Queen •
Egypt: Nile Cruises
PARIS BISTROS:
Georget Louise: 3rd arrondissement •
Chez Michel: 6th arrondissement •
Bistrot de l'Universite: 7th arrondissement •
La Boulangerie: 20th arrondissement •
Chez Marcel: 6th arrondissement
U.S. TENNIS RESORTS:
Shadow Mountain Resort: Palm Desert, CA •
Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain: Paradise Valley, AZ •
Green Valley Spa Tennis Resort: St. George, UT •
Colony Beach Tennis Resort: Longboat Key, FL •
Callaway Gardens: Pine Mountain, GA
FOOD SHOPS:
Puccini Chocolates: Amsterdam •
Panella Bakery: Rome •
La Boqueria Market: Barcelona •
Torrefaction Noailles Coffees: Marseille •
Berry Bros and Rudd Wines and Foods: London
ISLAND RETREATS:
Cumberland Island: Georgia •
Galiano Island: British Columbia •
Kiawah Island: South Carolina •
Island of Funen: Denmark •
Vatulele Island: Fiji
RANCHES
Triple Creek: Montana •
Cibolo Creek Ranch: Texas •
C Lazy U Ranch: Colorado •
Grapevine Canyon Ranch: Arizona •
Rancho de San Juan: New Mexico
HEALTH SPAS
Calmia Spa: London •
Maruba Resort and Jungle Spa: Belize •
Paracelsus Spa Center: Salzburg •
Solace Spa: Banff •
Thermes Marins de Monte-Carlo Spa: Monaco
WINE BARS
Au Bourguignon du Marais: Paris •
Del Frate: Rome •
Le Bar de la Marine: Marseille •
Ronchi: Milan •
Enoteca Ferrara: Rome
TRAIN TRIPS
Blue Train: South Africa •
William Tell Express: Switzerland •
Eastern and Oriental:
Singapore - Thailand •
Orient Express: Paris - Istanbul •
Royal Canadian: Rocky Mountains
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