Venice Italy Top Travel Tips

V enice…You must visit Venice Italy in your lifetime, while exploring the Italian coast or before embarking on an Adriatic cruise. This amazing aqueduct city has inspired artists, architects, musicians and lovers for centuries. Venice is in northeastern Italy, above the captivating city of Florence (another fave) near Italy’s Soave wine region. Venice is actually comprised of 118 small islands …

Cruising aboard MSC

Never heard of MSC? This luxury cruise line was launched by Italy’s Aponte family  in 1970 – their company: the Mediterranean Shipping Company is the 2nd largest container carrier in the world. The famous shipping family then dove into passenger cruising in 1988. Legend has it the Aponte daughter didn’t find transporting boxes glamorous enough and wanted a cruise ship …

Port Everglade Top Things to Do – Fort Lauderdale Hotels

Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale’s Port, is home to the most cruise ships in the world. From this east coast Florida city, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Celebrity, Disney, Princess, and more arrive and depart almost daily. As many as six or seven huge cruise ships in Ft Lauderdale at a time is not unusual, and it certainly impacts the city making the Port …

Top Things to Do in Dubrovnik Croatia

On the southernmost coast of Croatia, bordering Montenegro, lies Dubrovnik – “The Pearl of the Adriatic” according to Lord Byron. This 7th century walled city, once ruled by Serbs and Slovenes, formerly Yugoslavia, is rich with history within the medieval fortress of Stari Grad. Dubrovnik is an ideal luxury vacation destination best reached by boat, cruise ship or private yacht. …