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CALABRIA ITALY: with The Stevens
The Stevens sent us these beautiful photos from their trip to Calabria, Southern Italy. We have specialists in every area of travel, from luxurirous resorts to outdoor adventures and everything in between. Send us suggestions of regions or your travel destination ideas.
Beautiful rustic Calabria Italy beckons your soul to wander through the maze of ancient dwellings where historical figures made miracles happen. Sorry folk, beautiful Gina probably won't be standing there when you get arrive!
Hard to believe such solitary moments like this--sipping an espresso on empy cobblestone streets--compared to the enormous crowds of Rome and Venice. Clark knows what's up!
The Hyatt Downtown Palm Springs
Palm Springs is many different wonderful things to many different people. With such a variety of accomodations to choose from, the centrally located Hyatt Palm Springs in downtown to us is the obvious choice. It's located right at the northern start of the cool part of Palm Canyon Drive. Take the rad 80s glass elevator down to the lobby, go out the big doors and turn right and you're immediatley engulfed in a bevy of cute remodeled shops, stores, sidewalk cafes and dog happy decorated wide sidewalks. The whole downtown has been revamped and sparkles better than ever before. The vibe oozes with "dahling!" delight.
If checking out the mid-century modern movie star homes is on your docket, then consider grabbing one of the retro cool cruiser bikes in the lobby and go for a safe scenic ride through 50's era classy quiet neightborhoods to Priscilla Presley's honeymoon house or a Rat Packers former abode. Everyone forgets to mention how stunning the sky high desert mountain background truly is and you can smell cresote and cactus in the air while imaging you're just popping over to Liz Taylor's for coffee chitchat.
We can't neglect mentioning the free guest breakfast menu featuring omelets named after Marilyn Munroe, Freddy Mercury and even Bon Jovi by golly.
PARIS on Velib'! (bicyles)
Safe bike lanes everywhere on Paris streets now! When I saw Les Frenchies on youtube boasting about how easy it was to peddle the wonderful bike lanes dominating Parisian roads we just had to try it for ourselve on our next trip--boy what a good choice it was! The lanes are clearly marked to keep you going in the right direction and wide enough to pull aside and stop anytime you're unsure about your next turn or you simply have to snap a pic of a famous site like Nortre Dame or the Arch de Triomphe.
You can bike the main boulevards or turn into side streets that still seem to live in medieval tiemes.
Around the Louvre, beside the Seine, through colorul tunnels decorated with street art or down the Champs Elysees...
SEDONA: Best Western Arroyo Roble
Room right on Uptown Sedona pedestrian shopping strip or a 2 story Villa condo next to bubbling Oak Creek? It's a tough call so we do both! There's many exotic resorts situated near the eye popping canyons but you'll be spending all your daylight hours under those big red rocks until you're ready to clean up and walk to dinner.
From the Arroyo Roble we always walk to the Cowboy Club or any other popular Uptown eatery where the wine choices are a'plenty and the exotic southwestern shops beckon you to spend away!
You don't have to bike the triple black Thin White Line when there's friendly fire roads and double track green rides right out of uptown!
Yes, there's vortexes and native american ruins but without beautiful Oak Creek, none of the other sites would be there. If you choose an Arroyo Villa room, this is what you'll see with an easy stroll--the most serene spot I found in all of Sedona.
You don't need stout mountaineer's legs to see jaw dropping sites in Sedona. Some of the best vistas are from the parking lots where shuttles take you or with less than a mile of footwork, you can be in pure wilderness wild bliss!
The best description I ever heard of Sedona was a wandering bohemian guy that said, "oh, it's like a cool town right in the middle of a national park like Zion!"
roller skating, biking, ice rinks, strolls and promenades
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