On this Good Friday, 2024, we offer images of sites in Jerusalem where, according to tradition, Jesus Christ spent his last hours as a man with his followers, where he suffered and died, and where he rose from death three days later. The traditional route Jesus walked through Jerusalem to his ... Read More »
DESTINATION INSPIRATION – METEORA, GREECE
In central Greece, near the town of Kalambaka, is Meteora. The name means something like "suspended in air" and describes a collection of Greek Orthodox monasteries perched 1,000 feet above the Plain of Thessaly at the top of titanic rock formations. The lofty rocks were first inhabited in the ... Read More »
Morocco Places: Ait Ben Haddou
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou in the High Atlas foothills of southern Morocco is the best preserved ksar in the region and still home to a small population. The existing structures of this fortified village date from the 17th century but there was likely a village on the site as ... Read More »
TRAVELING LIGHT: TOURISTS IN ISRAEL ARE HELPING LOCALS HEAL
The idea that tourism in Israel is totally dead “is completely wrong,” says Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Israel Katz, and Americans are leading the way in restoring the presence of the international community in the Bible Land. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Last ... Read More »
IOS ISLAND: PLAY ALL DAY, PARTY ALL NIGHT
The Greek Cycladic Island of Ios is a magnet for the youthful, international party set. The main town, Chora, is a quintessentially Cycladic village, with whitewashed, cubic buildings spilling down a slope to the blue-green Aegean, blue domed churches and windmills. Nights are festive, with pulsing ... Read More »
TURKEY BUCKET LIST 2024
TOURING TURKEY: BETTER THAN EVER In 2021, the number of visitors to Turkey surpassed the number of visitors to both Italy and the United States, making Turkey the 4th most popular travel destination in the world. In 2023, the number of visitors to Turkey increased by a whopping 10% – that’s over ... Read More »
