Travel

Can you tell where they made the movie Hotel Budapest?" our Viking Cruise program director asks 190 eager passengers lining the ship deck as we first set sail on our eight-day Danube River cruise.

"Guests from the Victory cruise ship can bypass the line and be seated immediately!" the swanky dining room hostess announced. Husband Rob and I felt privileged to dine at the world-famous Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan.

A popular tourist destination, Branson, Mo. bills itself as the "Live music show capital of the world.

For over two decades I have explored the wonderment of Whistler but recently I'd heard whisperings from the locals about a place 110 kilometres north of this Pacific Coastal mountain mecca, a place Whistlerites go to escape their resort home.

History, seascapes and more

Getting lost while overseas can be quite frightening but at times, it is just what you want to do.

Bentonville – Eureka Springs

Canyons pleat B.C.`s mountainous landscape. Time spent exploring a canyon`s watery spillway will not be deducted from your life — guaranteed.

One of America's newest national monuments, but for how long?

Bangkok is a big sprawling city so it can be extremely difficult to decide on where to stay. There are over 300 hotels in the central area alone and shopping centres and other visitor attractions are scattered over a wide area.