I recently recently embarked on a fourteen-day river cruise with my husband to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and becoming empty nesters. My name is Taryn Weiss and I handle marketing for Stellar Travel. Read along as I share our experience and our favorites along the Grand Danube. *** When Read more…
After traveling through Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, Barcelona, and Madrid, we meet back up with Stellar Travel Advisor, Denise Larson, in Valencia as she road trips throughout southeastern Spain. Read along to see where the journey takes her. Valencia: 2 nights Located on Spain’s east coast, the 2,000-year-old city boasts wide Read more…
Elegant and chic, Restaurant Loulou sits in the heart of the Palais du Louvre at the Museum of Decorative Arts. Impeccable aperitifs, lunch, high tea, and a dinner menu of seasonal dishes from the French and Italian Riviera make for a wonderful “artistic” experience! Open daily from noon till 2 Read more…
Oberammergau Passion Play with Alpine Explorer & Glacier Express Train May 22 – June 2, 2022 4,999* per person | 12 Days • 17 Meals Behold spectacular Alpine vistas and enjoy a performance of the famed Oberammergau Passion Play on this journey through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. In Zermatt, Read more…
A visit to the iconic Grand Palais is a “must-do” for Paris-bound travelers! Built for the 1900 World Expo, the monument is especially famous for its glass roof, which spans nearly 800 feet —the largest in Europe. This summer, these glass-encased halls are open to the public for free on Read more…
Plzeň, Czech Republic is the proud birthplace of Pilsner beer, the pale-gold blond lager that’s enjoyed around the world. First produced in 1842, Pilsner beer inspires more than two-thirds of the beer produced in the world today. But it wasn’t always this way. While beer may be the world’s oldest Read more…
What do a CPR class, a sculpture workshop, and an unknown Parisian woman from the 19th century have in common? They’re all part of the bizarre story behind the famous death mask, l’Inconnue de la Seine. The unknown woman of the Seine was a drowning victim in the late 1800’s. Read more…
The TGV (France’s high-speed train) will begin service this July between Paris and Bordeaux, making the trip in just two hours – a full hour and ten minutes shorter than usual. Service is scheduled to begin on July 2, 2017. Trains will run hourly during off-peak times, and every 30 Read more…
If you’ve been suffering through a cold, wet, and gray winter, perhaps what you need is a big dose of springtime cheer from Holland’s bright and colorful tulip fields. Prime tulip-viewing season ranges from about the end of March through the end of May, so you still have time to Read more…
It’s hard to describe the unique gastronomy project known as elBarri – perhaps the best way would be a culinary amusement park. Without a doubt, it’s the place to go in Barcelona for modern, sophisticated, and imaginative cuisine, truly a food-lovers’ heaven in the middle of the city. elBarri is Read more…