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 »
Turkey Places: Pergamum
If you're inspired by the allure of soaring marble columns and ghostly echos of ancient theaters, don't miss Pergamum. Located in northwestern Anatolia, presently about 25km from the Aegean Sea, Pergamum (Pergamon) was an illustrious ancient Greek and Roman city that thrived for hundreds of years. ... Read More »
Morocco Sights: Gates of Fez
There's just something about a walled city. Walls around a city suggest treasures within and a fascinating history and complex culture. The walls around Fez (Fes) have been evolving for more than 1,000 years, as have the many babs (gates), through successive ruling dynasties and changing needs and ... Read More »
