The Pera Palace offers five-star elegance away from the hustle and bustle of Istanbul.

Surrounded on three sides by the Mara River, and on the edge of the world’s Seventh “New” Wonder of the World – the Masai Mara - Fairmont Mara Safari Club is the epitome of tented luxury.

There are few resorts that rise to the level of Banyan Tree, Seychelles. We decided to spend a couple of days recovering from the long flight before boarding our Silversea cruise.

Barcelona is one of the great cruise embarkation/disembarkation port cities in the world. In fact, Barcelona is now the 4th most popular cruise port!

The Hotel Lord Byron, was once a patrician villa built in 1910.

Whenever your cruise embarks/disembarks in Civitavecchia, you simply have to plan on spending a few extra days in Rome

Rising 36 stories above the New York skyline, the InterContinental New York Times Square is in the heart of the world-famous Theater district – the epicenter of the theatre,[end] dining, fashion, media, and business worlds.

Adjacent to Wellington’s waterfront, InterContinental Wellington is the most centrally-located global five-star hotel in New Zealand’s capital city.

For a five-star pre-/post-cruise destination in Miami, nothing compares to Trump Doral.

When I asked my contact at Silversea if he could recommend a resort in Acapulco, without hesitation he referred me to Las Brisas. After all, this is one of the properties that Silversea uses for its pre-/post-cruise guests.

Prior to embarkation of our Silversea Silver Spirit cruise from Valparaiso to Acapulco, we had the opportunity to spend two nights in Santiago, the capital city of Chile.