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Windstar’s Newest Making Europe Her Home Year-Round

October 27, 2025 Wallace Immen 0

Want a unique winter experience? How about sailing from Barcelona to Rome –in January. Or, trading ski season for a cruise in the Greek Isles?. While most cruise ships migrate to warmer oceans in the […]

Cruise Lines

Discovering Luxury Cruising’s Best-Kept Secret

August 11, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Discovering Luxury Cruising’s Best-Kept Secret

In a fantastic daily choreography, teams of skillful deck hands climb rope ladders to do tightrope walks along spars and unfurl sails by hand. We’re suddenly sailing in stillness, beneath dozens of huge white sails […]

Cruise Lines

A Classic Hotel with an Ultimate View in Venice

July 29, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A Classic Hotel with an Ultimate View in Venice

What to gondoliers do in their time off? I had a unique chance to glimpse behind the scenes of the daily lives of those ultra-fit boat jockeys from my quintessential room with a view in […]

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More Ports Charging Daily Fees for Cruise Visitors

June 24, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on More Ports Charging Daily Fees for Cruise Visitors

Add Greece to a growing list of destinations charging fees for cruisers to visit on a day in port. Mykonos and Santorini are charging 20 euros per passenger for the summer season from July 1 […]

Cruise Lines

A Dock in Venice for Sea Cloud Spirit

October 24, 2024 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A Dock in Venice for Sea Cloud Spirit

The sailing yacht Sea Cloud Sprit is one of the few small cruise ships still entitled to dock in the Grand Lagoon Canal of Venice. To celebrate, the new  full-rigged ship built from a century […]

Atlas Ocean Voyages

Cooking Up Fun on an Epicurean Expedition

August 20, 2024 Wallace Immen 1

A table is heaped with a colorful cornucopia of luscious fresh vegetables and fruits, perfectly cooked pasta and exotic garnishes that include a bowl of roasted meal worms. Yes, worms. But keep reading. Your mission– […]

Atlas Ocean Voyages

How to be the Biggest Yacht in the Harbor

August 12, 2024 Wallace Immen 1

We’re docked amid the massive yachts of the super-rich, who compete to have the biggest and flashiest water toys. But sorry, boys, we have you beat. We’re aboard the impressive new mega-yacht World Traveller, 126 […]

Atlas Ocean Voyages

Why No One Ever Sees Italy’s Invisible City

August 6, 2024 Wallace Immen 1

Everyone’s been there, but hardly anyone’s ever seen it.   You’ve visited Civitavecchia if you’ve ever cruised to Rome, but I’ll bet it  left no impression as you hit the highway for the hour’s ride to […]

Atlas Ocean Voyages

A Date with Venus on the Incredible Italian Riviera

July 31, 2024 Wallace Immen 1

You can’t make up a place like Portovenere. Its confection of tall pastel-colored homes and ancient stone walls lining a sparkling blue harbor dedicated to Venus has inspired generations of romantic poets and artists. Visitors […]

Abercrombie & Kent

When Crystal Cruises New Generation Will Arrive

June 27, 2024 Wallace Immen Comments Off on When Crystal Cruises New Generation Will Arrive

Crystal Cruises has made it official, signing an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build two classic ocean-going ships. The first 690-guest ship is expected in the Spring of 2028, with the second delivery to […]

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