Cruising Canada: West Coast Wine Islands – Finding a New Appreciation for Vines & Wines in B.C.’s Salish Sea

WHEN I BOOKED my Wine and Islands cruise with Maple Leaf Adventures, I was excited… but a little hesitant. Of course, I’d heard great things about the three vessels the innovative company offers – a catamaran, a sloop and a...

Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge: Canada’s Premiere Glamping Resort Gets an Aussie Makeover

A NEW TEAM takes the reins at Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge on Vancouver Island. For most of us, the idea of camping comfortably, let alone luxuriously, was long a foreign concept. You had to book a high-end safari in Africa for...

New Ships Put the ‘Luxe’ in Luxury Expedition Cruising to the Remote Oceans of the World

It’s one of the biggest trends in cruising. Not getting bigger, but getting out there. In style.Expedition cruises used to be only for the most intrepid travelers. You would join a working research vessel on its voyage to a very distant destination,...

6 Tips for Planning Your Post-COVID Wellness Vacation

This January, two powerful forces for wellness travel converge: yearly New Year's resolutions to become or rediscover our best selves, and this year, the pandemic that's both kept us from traveling, and for many, fostered a lifestyle that may not...

In Conversation with Alberto Aliberti, CEO of Atlas Ocean Voyages

Cruise & Travel Lifestyles publisher, Vanessa Lee, spoke to Alberto Aliberti of Atlas Ocean Voyages, a brand new cruise line that is set to debut this summer, about their plans to be a luxe-adventure, expedition company at sea. Read on! Atlas...

National Geographic – Unique Lodges of the World

NIMMO BAY WILDERNESS RESORT AS OUR FLOAT PLANE splashes down at Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort, it’s clear this isn’t going to be an ordinary summer vacation. We’re in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, completely cut off from the outside world, but with...

The VanderMarck: Sleek & Stylish Boutique Hotel in Collingwood, ON

SLEEK AND STYLISH, this boutique hotel wasn’t designed for these tumultuous times – but it feels as if it might have been. Created without a front desk, each check-in is completed remotely, and guests access the building, and their suites,...

Having A Whale Of A Time In Quebec

WHO KNEW THAT WHALES COULD FLY? We had been following two magnificent humpback whales for several minutes as they swam beside our Zodiac. Our driver kept a respectful distance, but the curious whales were not shy. They surfaced, arcing their...

Staying Places: The Magnolia Hotel & Spa

WHEN I HEARD that TripAdvisor readers voted Victoria’s Magnolia Hotel & Spa the #1 hotel in Canada in 2020, I knew I had to experience it.On a side street just off the Inner Harbour, it’s perfectly placed to explore Victoria...

The Maritimes: When You Must Go Down to the Sea Again – A Photo Essay

With his vibrant images, Maritime-born photographer Dan Galbraith offers a compelling argument for adding Canada’s Maritime provinces to the top of our travel wish list.Come for thousands of kilometres of spectacular coastlineFrom the world’s highest tides in New Brunswick, to...

Antarctic Eclipse: Scenic’s New Six-Star Discovery Yacht Offers a Game-Changing Mix of Luxury and the Strength Worthy of Polar Expeditions

IT’S BEEN SMOOTH sailing for some 10 days, this sleek discovery yacht slicing through icy blue polar waters with little more than a tilt to port, or starboard. In places remote and extreme, she has navigated into narrow passages, through...

Revisiting The Idyllic Adriatic By Yacht

ANTICIPATION IS running at full throttle for the day that I can return to cruising. Not just because of a fabulous super yacht being custom designed to sail the warm waters of the Adriatic, the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Not...