Editor’s Notes: Our Destination Specialist, Jill Jergel, is currently sailing aboard the Regent Mariner through Venice, Urbino (Italy), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Kotor (Montenegro), Corfu (Greece), Sicily, Capri, Rome, Florence (Italy), and Monte Carlo (Monaco). While Hurricane Sandy cancelled flights all along the East Coast, my roommate of 30 years, Tim Jergel, and I safely arrived into Venice to start our eagerly
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Mollie will be in London for two days, October 6-8, staying at the “Gorgeous Goring Hotel,” a long time Frontiers favorite—and we understand it’s looking better than ever after its renovation for the Middleton Family takeover during the Royal Wedding earlier this year. From there, it’s a non-stop flight to Catania on the island of Sicily where she’ll spend the
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Our second full day anchored at Sorrento. Following a scrumptious breakfast on board, we took the tender to the Sorrento dock to meet our driver, Domenico, for a beautiful drive along the Amalfi Coast en route to Ravello. Along the way, we drove through the scenic seaside towns of Positano and Amalfi. From there, we climbed up the mountain to
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After cruising through the night, we anchored early in the morning just off of the beautiful seaside town of Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast. A short ride in a Silver Spirit tender brought us to the docks of Sorrento where we boarded our high speed ferry jetting us along the coast for our 25 minute ride to the island of
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After a great evening at the Cavalieri, we had another full day planned. We met our expert guide, Patricia, at the entrance to the Vatican City, a landlocked sovereign city-state within Rome, where we had a full tour of the Vatican Museum, the Sistene Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica. The experience was amazing. Patricia did an excellent job explaining the
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We’re in the field: Mike, Jr. and Kristene are traveling aboard the Silver Spirit on a rare holiday from Rome to Barcelona (with stops in Sorrento, Taormina, Valletta, Livorno, Monte Carlo and Saint Tropez). Below is a recap from their first day in Rome. . . stay tuned for updates as they sail. After our overnight flight from New York,
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