Famous French female author George Sand stayed at a northern Mallorca Serra de Tramuntana monastery in the 1840s with her Polish composer lover Frèdèric Chopin and penned the autobiographical novel , A Winter in Mallorca in 1842. The … Continue reading →
Rafting Thrills in Central America. Rafters negotiate the intricate narrows. Hector Sanchez has the style and good looks of a man who has spent a lifetime outdoors. Held together by a wiry, near six-foot physique he appears … Continue reading →
The Achilleion, built in 1890 by the Austrian Empress Elizabeth of Bavaria (“Sissi”,) is located a few miles out of town. The isles of Greece! The isles of Greece Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the … Continue reading →
All Aboard the RV River Kwai. Your first thought is that it looks like a Mississippi River boat without the paddle wheel. The spacious upper deck is the focal point of onboard activities. Cruise Manager Peter … Continue reading →
Shake, Rattle, and Roll on a Las Vegas Sunbuggy Off Road Adventures sand dunes scramble. Jetsetters Magazine photographer, Paul McCormick, was ecstatic about rumbling through the Las Vegas Dunes Recreation Lands in North Las Vegas so he set … Continue reading →
When alone at night in the desert, recall the pop tune by Maria Muldaur, Midnight At The Oasis. The largest National Park in the continental USA is Death Valley, larger even than Yellowstone. The park encompasses … Continue reading →
Blue Lagoon Cruises – Fiji Princess. I’ve been on cruises before with the big cruise companies like Norwegian, Carnival, or Princess., huge floating cities with thousands of (predominantly geriatric) guests aboard. Owned and operated locally, Blue Lagoon Cruises … Continue reading →
Travel to Cecil Rhodes’ Diamond Kingdom. As a leisure traveler the complaint I have with modern trains is that they speed by the landscape too fast and you can’t open the windows; on a Denver to Provo Amtrak … Continue reading →
The craggy Burren is filled with ring forts. Sometime between 1175 and 1195 a group of Cistercian monks settled in the valley on the southwestern side of Ireland’s Burren. With a perceptive genius they called their new church, … Continue reading →
Italy’s Other Magnificent Mountains. We usually think of northern Italy as the hill country of Tuscany and Umbria, or perhaps cities like Florence and Milan. But the alpine province of Trentino-Alto Adige gets scant attention from the standard travel guides. Even its hyphenated name suggests a region both remote and … Continue reading →
The Rocks of Ages. Medieval chapels at Metéora. The handful of remaining monasteries at Metéora in central Greece suspend on the gnarly knobs and knots and knuckles of sandstone as if glued into place. Some of the … Continue reading →
Royal Footsteps. Above – Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Mokuaikaua Church. The “Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast” drive begins just 8.2 miles from Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport in an area once known as … Continue reading →
Arenal Volcano looms over the jungle. Picture this. It’s after Labor Day. You’re staring at a computer screen, reading emails, despairing of world peace when suddenly a message pops up in the aptly named pane – the Action … Continue reading →
THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE ARCHIPELAGO. Back in space, our island’s picture tells a somewhat different story. No longer a static image, we see Hawaii as a dynamic, living entity. A place where the works of wind and water, … Continue reading →
O X ………….nard, on California’s Strawberry Coast spells L O V E. This is a beach city where time stands still and embraces you with the passion for life that is intoxicating! Summer in Oxnard. … Continue reading →
Discover Berkshire Culture, Get Sky-high with History at The Red Lion Inn The Berkshires is so chock full of cultural and historic attractions that a few years back the official visitor’s bureau began billing these pastoral hills … Continue reading →
The Only Excursions Company That Owns Its Own Lodges. Someday is not a day of the week. If you want an outrageous Southern Africa adventure you have to get out on the highway, and in the case of … Continue reading →
Sabi Sabi Has Special Family Suites. Your family will meet many new families on a Sabi Sabi game safari; roaming the neighborhood are lion and rhino families, giraffe and impala families, and leopard and zebra families. The bushveld … Continue reading →
Wild Game Is Plentiful in Kruger National Park. The 5th President of the old South Africa Republic (The Transvaal) was Paulus (Paul) Kruger, who was the inspiration for one of the largest game reserves in Africa, Kruger National … Continue reading →
Read Adventure Feature Stories about Turkey & Greece with Insight Vacations in Jetsetters Magazine! GREECE Glories of Greece Tour. Suspended in Air – Metéora: The handful of remaining monasteries at Metéora in central Greece suspend … Continue reading →
