Top 10 places to be for Christmas and New Years Eve

Top 10 places to be for Christmas and New Years Eve 1. PARIS - HOTEL PLAZA ATHENEE Enjoy a Parisian stay with your child in a stylish room opening onto the Avenue Montaigne, lined with magnificent chestnut trees or a side view of the Eiffel Tower. Our festive package: 2 NIGHTS IN A DELUXE ROOM WITH UPGRADE UPON AVAILABILITY • CHILD’S BREAKFAST DAILY AND SURPRISE GIFT UPON... Read More

Rug up for a holiday to the Russian Far East and Siberia

Rug up for a holiday to the Russian Far East and Siberia If you’re looking for a holiday in an extra special part of the world with endless opportunities for exploring, relaxing, integrating with different cultures and writing home expressing the wow-factor, you should look into a holiday in the Russian Far East and Siberia. Plan a holiday in the Russian Far East From Wrangel... Read More

Holiday in St Petersburg, Russia

St Petersburg is Russia’s first city in terms of beauty. After some major restoration work in 2003, St Petersburg’s main thoroughfares and shopping districts are thriving. From its dramatic birth in the early years of the 18th century, St Petersburg has suffered turbulent years of revolution, death, starvation, grim purges and the end of the Communist era in the 1990s. Situated... Read More

Holiday in Moscow, Russia

Moscow, Europe’s most populous city, is now enjoying a time of unprecedented growth. For Westerners travelling to Moscow, the Kremlin and the adjacent Red Square, especially the bulbous, multicoloured domes of St Basils Cathedral, have been an image synonymous with the Soviet Union and Russian state. The pre-revolutionary city is still visible in beautiful neo-classical wedding... Read More

Holiday in Russia

Russia – a vast territory from the imperial beauty of Moscow and St Petersburg to bleak but romantic Siberian countryside. Anyone embarking on Russia travel will find a country of contrasts—a vast territory rich in natural resources, where some are incredibly rich and millions are desperately poor. That said, a rising urban middle class is steadily changing the makeup of post-Soviet... Read More

Holiday in Europe

The great cities of Europe are more than just tourist destinations The first concept, when a traveller thinks of a holiday in Europe, is its geography: the idea of a stretch of land that covers from the Atlantic through to the Ural Mountains, that constitutes a geographical entity called Europe. Many of us remember fondly what has made our own journeys to Europe special -... Read More

Istanbul to Istanbul, Turkey 11 day cruise on the Silver Wind

Istanbul to Istanbul, Turkey 11 day cruise on the Silver Wind The “Silver Wind” visits the ports of Trabzon in Turkey, Batumiin in Georgia, Sochiin in Russia, Yalta, Sevastopol and Odessa in the Ukraine, and Nessebur in Bulgaria. Package includes all meals with alcohol, port fees, gratuities. Book 180 days in advance to save. For more information contact our qualified Cruise... Read More

Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia - 6 night package

Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia - 6 night package Areas of old Moscow still exist, most famously Red Square with its landmark St Basil’s Cathedral. There is also the very new oil-rich Moscow of designer shops and men in black. At the Bolshoi Theatre see the ballet and opera companies and the orchestra perform and at the Kremlin Palace theatre. In 1779 Peter the Great... Read More

Artful expeditions afloat with Orion cruises

Artful expeditions afloat with Orion cruises John Chekian reminded us that for the past 5 years Orion has delivered up-close-and-personal, all-inclusive explorations with an ease that larger ships cannot even contemplate. It is such a successful company that some passengers have sailed on Orion no less than 20 times. Now Orion II is steaming over the horizon to make its inaugural... Read More

Viking cruises into Russia Viking River Cruises operate purpose-built vessels for river travel and they remain unchallenged in regard to the quality of their onboard facilities and the stylishness of their service. The company owns or has access to many of the docks along the great rivers of Europe and Russiaallowing guests to disembark, minutes away from museums and performance... Read More