Edinburgh, Scotland. A city of ages, an epicenter of art and culture. Nestled on the coast of the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea in Scotland’s Lothian region, the Athens of the North beckons year round as tourists and travelers step out for festivals, theatre, music and art, and step back inside for the warmth of the pub, a pint, a good Scotch whisky.

Edinburgh’s urban and cosmopolitan brain are balanced by the passion and hospitality of the Scottish heart. The Old and New Towns mix time. In the Georgian ... [read more]

This is one of the last wildernesses in Europe – through the soaring beauty of Glencoe to the idyllic charm of the isles, and from the crashing waves of the northern coastline to the silence of the windswept moors. The Scottish Highlands have so much to offer…spectacular mountains, tumbling rivers and mirror-like lochs are bounded by crystal-clear seas scattered with magical islands. A startling variety of wildlife makes its home in the glens and sea-lochs where an unbroken thread of human history reaches back into the mists of time.

While you’re there, see if ... [read more]

London, England. As Samuel Johnson famously said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” But for tired men and women, and their families, a London vacation brings you to an exciting city of rejuvenation (despite that infamous English weather). London is a center of everything the world over, from attractions to restaurants to shopping to culture. It is L.A., New York, Paris – only with a British accent.

Visit Buckingham Palace, and try to make those red-coated, fuzzy-hatted guards blink. Ride the millennium attraction, the London ... [read more]