As owners of Global Travel Destinations, we receive invitations to check out new hotels, ships and destinations. Because we love the Galapagos Islands, and enjoy selling (and sailing) Celebrity Cruises, it was a natural that we jumped at the opportunity to join the Celebrity Xperience, one of the newest ships in…
This morning we’re anchored in the huge bay of St. Tropez along with what must be some of the world’s most expensive and largest mega-yachts. Our excursion today is a walking tour of this famous French Riviera resort town. Tonight we’ll make the relatively short sailing to Monte Carlo, Monaco where…
After a wonderful evening which included the World Premier of “A Day in Hollywood” performed by the talented ship’s company, we’ve arrived in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. Our excursion today takes us north to Palau where we’ll catch a ferry over to Maddalena Island. This quiet island enjoys some of the most…
After a busy day at sea yesteray, we’ve arrived at our first stop in Toulon, France. In addition to a morning excursion “Beautiful Bormes” we’ll spent the afternoon onboard the Seven Seas Navigator which just happened to be sharing this port with us. Bormes was indeed beautiful, and the Navigator was…
Good Morning from the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, the newest and most luxurious ship in the world according to Regent. We’re sailing with other travel professionals and media on a 5 night preview itinerary that embarked in Barcelona yesterday. Our upcoming ports are Toulon, France; Olbia, Italy; St. Tropaz, France…
We’ve just touched down in Barcelona after a relatively short hop across the pond from Charlotte. Even the economy seating was comfortable onboard the American Airlines Airbus A330-200. By noon we’ve collected our luggage and have been escorted to a small transfer van that will take us directly to the…
After departing Crete, we’ve arrived in Haifa where we’ll spend the next 3 nights. Being a day early, we have no organized tours until tomorrow. Wandering off the ships on our own, there’s not a lot to see near the port. On Saturday it’s an all day tour to Jerusalem…
Santorini is perhaps the most amazing cruise port of the Greek islands. Anchored in the ancient caldera, ships leisurely drift in the breezes while passengers are tendered ashore by Greek boats. Arriving on the island at Fira, you have the choice of a 5 minute vernacular ride, or a slightly…
After a delightful weekend in London, we’ve just boarded the MS Sirena in Piraeus, the port for Athens, Greece. Arriving at the Athens airport with an pre-arranged transfer to the cruise ship, it’s about a 45 minute ride from the airport. Embarkation was quick, but staterooms aren’t quite ready as…
It’s about 11:30AM on Saturday and we’ve just touched down at London’s Heathrow airport. We’re en route to Athens to meet the MS Sirena, the newest Oceania Cruises “R-class” ship. But before Athens we’ll enjoy two nights at the 45 Park Lane Hotel, see Book of Mormon in the West…
