The Dominican Republic has everything you’d hope to find on a Caribbean island, such as swaying palm trees, velvety beaches and jewel-toned water. While its dreamy image seems like other Caribbean destinations, if you look beyond the beach, you’ll discover so much more. From colonial history to contagious rhythms, there’s something to stir your soul …
We’re kicking off the launch of our newly enhanced loyalty program by celebrating our past guests during Yacht Club Member Appreciation Week. Each day we’ll be profiling a Yacht Club Member to showcase the member’s Windstar experiences and memories. Total Number of Voyages Taken on Windstar Cruises Ships: 127 My wife and I were living …
We’re kicking off the launch of our newly enhanced loyalty program by celebrating our past guests during Yacht Club Member Appreciation Week. Each day we’ll be profiling a Yacht Club Member to showcase the member’s Windstar experiences and memories. Number of Windstar Cruises: 35 weeks of cruising Our first Windstar Cruise was the Istanbul …
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Anyone who’s ever had knee trouble can sympathize with the Colossus of Rhodes. Built of bronze and standing 110 feet tall, the Colossus of Rhodes statue depicting Helios, the Greek God of the Sun, towered over Rhodes’ Mandraki Harbor 2,000 years ago. It symbolized Rhodes’ victory over Cyprus. Architect Chares of Lindos designed the statue …
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We’re kicking off the launch of our newly enhanced loyalty program by celebrating our past guests during Yacht Club Member Appreciation Week. Each day we’ll be profiling a Yacht Club Member to showcase the member’s Windstar experiences and memories. Number of Windstar Cruises: 43 We’ve been fortunate to have taken 43 Windstar cruises so far. …
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We’re kicking off the launch of our newly enhanced loyalty program by celebrating our past guests during Yacht Club Member Appreciation Week. Each day we’ll be profiling a Yacht Club Member to showcase the member’s Windstar experiences and memories. Number of cruises: 43 cruises for 310+ days If my calculations are correct, we have been …
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Pasta, pizza, historical sites and Italian leather goods are more apt to be on travelers’ reasons for visiting Italy than seeing wildlife. But for Windstar’s guests on the Yachtsman’s Harbors of the Rivieras cruise, a weeklong trip visiting small ports offers time to slow down and chase butterflies, or watch dolphins play in the surf. …
Wildlife Found on Elba – Part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park Read More »
We’re kicking off the launch of our newly enhanced loyalty program by celebrating our past guests during Yacht Club Member Appreciation Week. Each day we’ll be profiling a Yacht Club Member to showcase the member’s Windstar experiences and memories. Number of Windstar Cruises: 40 cruises; 500+ days aboard We have crossed the Atlantic 34 times. …
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“Some say the world will end in fire; some say in ice.” Poet Robert Frost would have loved Iceland. He could view the landscape shaped by both forces, in the present. I doubt Frost had the chance to visit Iceland, but I can picture him riding across the countryside peering into steaming vents and examining …
In their time, the Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Zeus and Temple of Artemis were Grecian wonders of the world, but the Corinth Canal, a time-saving 4-mile-long waterway from the Gulf of Corinth to the Aegean Sea, remained a dream for nearly 3,000 years. Cutting this canal proved too arduous for conquering Romans and Venetians, …
Bar Waitress Kristy Joy Sigua has been with Windstar for almost 3 years. A native of the Philippines, she loves traveling to different places around the world and talking with our guests. In addition to serving guests, she is responsible for organizing and keeping her assigned station clean, making requisitions on a daily basis and …
Ice. No surprise – it’s a prominent feature of Iceland’s landscape. For a different perspective, go deep inside a glacier for a view from the inside out. On the Comprehensive Iceland Cruise Tour, a 10-day journey round trip Reykjavik, Iceland, an included excursion takes you deep into a tunnel under the ice. Langjokull Glacier (“the …
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As the capital of Egypt, Cairo has many of the main attractions in the country. The Pyramids of Giza come on the top of those attraction as it’s the only wonder left from the old seven wonders. The Great Pyramids of Giza built for the Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus. They were constructed around 2500 …
Santorini – the name itself conjures a vision of centuries-old white buildings perched high upon island cliffs, the deep sapphire Aegean Sea calmly resting against the horizon. You may see yourself there now, soaking up the Mediterranean sun from a deck chair and sipping a chilled glass of ouzo. Picturesque? Of course! But Santorini has …
This former fortress town comes with a rich history. Monemvasia sits on an island off the Peloponnese in southern Greece, where it is among the most beautiful undiscovered places to travel. It is unique among ruined medieval cities in that it is entirely built on a rock that appears to be barren when seen from …
Alaska’s First City and the Salmon Capital of the World, Ketchikan is the furthest southeastern city in the state. It’s usually the first Alaskan city visited by cruise ships and others traveling north. It’s here in a Tlingit settlement called Saxman Village that Joe Williams Jr, a Native Tlingit, was born. Once the Mayor of …
