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Florida

Key West Tips For Travellers Highlights and Must-see Sights Video

…here are, of course, many beaches to relax on but strolling around The Old Town by walking down Duval Street is essential. Along this street that stretches from the marker to the port are historic wooden and impressive Art Deco buildings filled with shops designed to serve the tourist market. There are also many busy bars, including the famous Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. There are many significant houses to visit, including Ernest Hemingway’s p…

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Key West Tips For Travellers Podcast #236

…In the show I cover the following must-see sights: Southernmost Point. Old Town. Duval Street. Key West Shipwreck Museum. Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Audubon House. Winter White House. Ernest Hemingway House. Sunset celebration at Mallory Square. Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory. Key West Aquarium. Jimmy buffet Margaritaville. Resources: Conch Train Tour: www.conchtourtrain.com Old Town Trolley Tours: www.trollleytours.com Key West Shipw…

Windstar Star Breeze docked next to Norwegian Jade

Windstar

Windstar Cruises Venetian Passageways Highlights and Review

…was an hour and half sailing time in land. We passed through striking landscape, that was reminiscent of the Norwegian Fjords. However, the rugged soaring cliffs were not created by glaciers, despite looking remarkably like the ones in Norway. At the end of the journey was the city of Kotor in Montenegro. It developed as an important trading and refuelling city and has a small walled city with winding lanes and interesting and appealing stone buil…

Fred Olsen Balmoral in La Coruna Spain

Fred Olsen

Fred Olsen Cruise Review – Spain and France Autumn Break

…he next day I ventured back to the city by Metro and walked around the Old Town. It is full of grand buildings and lots of tight winding streets with restaurants and coffee shops. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Balmoral La Pallice France Our last port of call was La Palace in France.This port allowed guests to venture to see La Rochelle or the scenic landscapes around the city. The most popular excursions were the tours of La Rochelle itself and the two…

Cruising

Eastern Mediterranean And Greek Islands Cruise Tips And Watch Outs

…vity so it’s a big caldera and you have big 300-meter high cliffs with the town’s perched on top of the cliffs. Secondly, you want to go to Mykonos. It was very trendy and hip in the 70s and 80s, after a period of decline it’s really back in vogue. Also, very important are visiting places with huge historical significance. Obviously, Athens, so make sure if you’re embarking or disembarking your cruise in Athens that you do spend time there and go…

Caribbean Cruise Port Shopping Tips

Caribbean

Caribbean Cruise Port Shopping Tips

…e in big places like in Barbados, St Lucia and Antigua where there are big towns and where the shopping experience is much more of a traditional big town shopping experience, with things like department stores. The third is the more traditional shopping and crafts market set ups. These tend to be in smaller ports and slightly more eco ports, so you’ll find, for example, in Dominica that you don’t have the big shopping mall when you come off the sh…

Differences Between A European River Cruise and A Barge Cruise

River Cruise Tips

Differences Between A European River Cruise and A Barge Cruise

…red to river cruises, but they do happen. For example, you’re likely to do town walking tours and visits to cathedrals, Castles, and chateaus, or go to a local food market. #5 The cabins The next key difference is linked to that – the cabins themselves. On a river cruise, many ships give you a huge choice including suites and balcony cabins. And then you can have cabins which you only have water views, which normally tend to be slightly below the…

Cruise Tips

10 Things European River Cruise Lines Don’t Like Talking About

…urther down the river. And some nights will be spent moored overnight in a town. This is a more structured vacation, as are the escorted tours. This usually means an early start with everyone invited to be up for breakfast together and then all head off on the morning excursion. All back for lunch at a set time to then all head out on the afternoon excursion. There will be a briefing before dinner about the next day, in the lounge. Dinner together…

caribbean / Cruise Tips

Revealed: The 7 Mistakes Caribbean Cruisers Make Time and Time Again

…a essence, which I really like. They charge at least $8. Once further into town, it’s half or even less that price in the stores. It’s not just stall holders, the close to port shops generally are much more expensive too. For example, in Costa Maya I saw everything I bought in the port shopping area, was under half the price in the nearby town. The other thing to watch out for in stores close to the port is the 50% off or other discounts. Often, t…

Cruise Tips

Watch Out! Cruise Port Scams That Caught Me & My Friends Out

…ne of the biggest car hire companies in Edinburgh, to explore my Mum’s hometown nearby. I checked it over when I picked it up and when dropping it off, as I had to leave it in the parking lot because the office was closed. My credit card was charged £700 pounds (about $850) for supposed damage. I knew I had not done anything, and it took months of arguing, and getting the Credit Card company involved before finally getting them to back down. I’ve…

Here's What It's REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

Cruise Tips

Here’s What It’s REALLY Like On A Viking Ocean Cruise

…see in the ports. They were one of four types: a walking tour of the local town or vicinity, like in Ketchikan a walk around a local Totem Park, a panoramic drive like in Skagway up the White Pass, a dedicated hop-on hop-off bus service with entry to some local attractions like in Valdez where it went to three museum (Valdez Museum, the Maxine and Jesse Whitney Museum, and the Old Town Museum) and the fourth type was entry to local attraction near…