It is an adventure of a particular kind. Searching for treasures with a determined canine as a guide amidst a thick Tuscan forest in a humid morning mist. The catch on the radar is a persistently...

In the predawn haze, the air is crispy and moist, and the verdant hills surrounding Florence blend with the horizon. The wicker basket attached to a 30-meter-tall hot air balloon gradually starts to...

This is what an ultimate luxury escape looks like. You are whisked in a small chopper flying over the endless blue of the Coral Sea to a secluded cove amidst the lush rainforest-clad hills...

As the ancient Roman proverb states, good wine is a gift from the gods. When you add swirling, sniffing, and sipping good wine among Europe’s centuries-old vineyards, the gift is difficult to compare. Adding to that the delicacies served by master chefs...

Once a year, this scene for the jazz lover repeats itself. A band, armed with trombones, trumpets, and saxophones, marches through the cobbled streets of an otherwise sleepy medieval Italian town. They pause and blare out New Orleans jazz at a thousand-year-old piazza. Moments later a solo sax improvisation ensues and with it, the crowd...

As the skies slowly dim and twilight deepens, silence breaks over the hushed crow. “Celeste Aida, forma divina”… (Heavenly Aida, goddess of Beauty) – Verdi’s dramatic music fills the air. Time freezes. Over 10,000 spectators from all over the world, opera aficionados and neophytes alike hold their breath in awe...

What can be better than Italian food? Taking Italian cuisine and adding it to one of the most lavish settings in the world is a nirvana for a gastronomic explorer. In this ambiance, one could envision themselves dining as if they were guests of the Medici family 500 years ago. A medieval sala is bathed in candlelight, the tables are...

There’s so much more to a fabulous hotel than just a comfortable bed. An unforgettable hotel experience is about myriad details. It’s about how the staff smiles at you at check-in, the coffee roast quality at breakfast, the temperature in the room, and the massage pressure at the SPA, to name a few. Hotel Healdsburg in California ticks nearly...

Is mass tourism a blessing or a global curse? Svetlana Kolchik reflects on how the travel industry might change in the coming years.

Pristine beaches with glistening white sand and crystal water...

"We're all really happy here," says an elderly Danish woman named Merete. - I couldn't live anywhere else.

I want to believe her. We sit sipping...

Svetlana Kolchik, author of the book "The New Family" which will be published by the "Alpina Publisher" in spring 2023, explains the essence of the patchwork family phenomenon.
A Swedish woman named Erika...

"I'm not looking for love or a husband, I'm just looking for someone with whom I can have and raise a child," my Hamburg acquaintance, 40-year-old programmer Julie, who moved to Germany ten years ago with her...