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ELIGIBLE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025 COMPLIMENTARY ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE TO EGYPT! For a limited time, receive complimentary roundtrip economy airfare from all US gateways* when you reserve select 2026 and 2027 departures. With the addition of the new Grand Egyptian Museum to our 11-night Secrets of Egypt & the Nile itinerary, there has never been a better time…
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(typically occurs early to mid-October Please confirm dates before booking travel.) Eagerly anticipated by the 4,000 towns people of Palenque, the Festival de Tambores y Expresions Culturales de Palenque brings the community together for three days of vibrant music, graceful dance, and delicious cultural delicacies. Drums echo throughout the streets as artists display their celebratory work for…
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Complimentary Land Package Offer Expires June 30, 2025 AmaWaterways has always offered the luxury of more: more personal space, more included experiences and more onboard amenities. Now you can enjoy the luxury of more time to explore during your river cruise vacation with our Complimentary Land Package offer! Reserve your 2025 or 2026 river cruise…
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How to avoid the Norovirus! No one likes to be sick, and to become sick while on vacation is especially awful! Which brings us to the dread Norovirus, the bane of every happy cruise. So first off, what exactly IS the Norovirus? Wikipedia defines the Norovirus as a genus of genetically diverse single-stranded RNA, non-enveloped…
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Our Travels – Final Day (at Sea) on the Costa Serena With 25 plus cruises to our record, we’ve developed a routine based on the 7 to 9 day Caribbean cruises that we’ve taken. There’s usually a day at sea at the beginning to explore the ship, detox from the crazy days leading up to the…
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Journeys – Savona, Italy After a wonderful day in Marseille, France, we awakened to our next port of call -Savona, Italy. This is actually the Costa Serena’s home port. After a bit of research, it seemed that most of the touristy things to do were in Genoa. Costa offers a tour to Genoa for about 29,00 euros per…
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Journeys • Naples, Italy Day three of our Mediterranean journey dawned beautiful and bright. It was still chilly, somewhat to my disappointment, but the excitement of our next destination overrode any minor issues like a chill in the air. Naples, Italy! The originator of pizza, next door neighbor to Pompeii, home of limoncello and SO much more. Sailing…
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Journeys – Palermo, Italy Our next port of call- Palermo, Sicily! Palermo is an ancient city with a very modern vibe. Since it’s founding in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Ziz (‘flower’), it’s passed through the hands of the Greeks, the Roman Empire, the Arabs and then the Normans. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo…
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Journeys – Cagliari, Italy Our last port of call was Cagliari, Italy. Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia. This was a surprise stop, since we were originally scheduled to visit Tunisia, in North Africa. Tunisia was one of the first locations to be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but when Mother…