Panache restaurant in Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City
For fine dining in an intimate setting, Panache, at the Auberge Saint-Antoine, a Relais & Chateaux hotel, is a top choice. Chef Louis Pacquelin’s cuisine pairs classic dishes and a sophisticated style and presentation that is a joy to behold. To top off the experience…
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Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada
Baie-Saint-Paul, one of the oldest towns in Quebec, is the cultural capital of Charlevoix. Painters and other artists have long been drawn to the region for its natural beauty. Baie-Saint-Paul is also the birthplace of Cirque du Soleil.
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The Flavour Trail on L’Isle-aux-Coudres
Five stops on the Flavour Trail in the province of Quebec’s Charlevoix region are along the sixteen mile route around L’Isle-aux-Coudres.
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Savor the flavors of Quebec’s Charlevoix
Charlevoix is a top Canadian vacation destination to the east of Quebec City that abounds with outdoor activities and leads the French-speaking province of Quebec in agritourism.
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Île d’Orléans: Savor the flavors with a day trip from Québec City
Québec City is renowned for its cuisine. For another culinary adventure in the flavors of the province just go across the bridge to the agricultural island, Île d’Orléans.
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The Château Frontenac: the heart of the flavors of Québec City
The Château Frontenac is one of the elegant luxury hotels built by the railway in the late 19th century to ensure luxurious nightly accommodations and dining when traveling by train across Canada. Designed by the father of Emily Post, it is the epitome of refinement and is one of the most photographed and recognized hotels in the world.
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Paris: Le Marais
Le Marais is a Parisian neighborhood in the conveniently-located 3rd and 4th of Paris’ twenty districts, or arrondissments, that is known for its architectural style.
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Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Germany
Bavarian Elector Ferdinand Maria built this Italian villa style country estate on 600 acres west of Munich for his wife, the Italian princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy…
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BMW World and the BMW Museum, Munich, Germany
Anyone who has admired BMW’s innovative roadsters and design will want to tour the BMW Museum’s 43,000 square feet and nine decades of automobiles, motorcycles, and engines, past and future.
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The best of Munich in 48 hours
While a visit to the capital of Bavaria is not complete without sausages, pretzels, beer and some oom-pah music, Munich is much more than its celebrated beer halls, beer gardens and even the world-renowned Oktoberfest.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen: a peak experience even in the rain
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a sport and resort town in the Bavarian Alps, is one of Germany’s most popular vacation destinations.
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Top attractions in Austria: Swarovski Crystal Worlds
Daniel Swarovski was born in Bohemia to a family with a small glass cutting factory. He invented a machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewelry stones and chose Wattens, then a village of 500 inhabitants, for his crystal jewelry production facility because it had a train connection and water resources.
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Maximilian I lives on in Innsbruck, Austria
The architecture and narrow streets of Innsbruck’s Old Town are reminiscent of fairy tales. The landmark “Goldenes Dachl”, the Golden Roof, is its hub, a symbol of Innsbruck, and a legacy of its political and cultural history.
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Grassmayr Bell Foundry and Museum, Innsbruck, Austria
The Grassmayr family has been casting bells since 1599 — for churches, cows, houses, clocks, horses, holidays and special occasions — that ring in over a hundred countries throughout the world.
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Top attractions in Austria: Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria
Ambras Castle is high on a hill above the Innsbruck. This Renaissance castle built by Archduke Ferdinand II for the woman he secretly married, Philippine Welser…
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Innsbruck, Capital of the Alps, and its holiday villages
Innsbruck, with a name meaning “bridge over the Inn River”, is a city renowned for its alpine scenery and recreation.
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The Grand Hotel Europa, Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria, renowned for its alpine scenery and recreation, gained international recognition as the site of the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games and 2012 inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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Salzburg : the sounds of music
Salzburg, or “salt castle,” gets its name and medieval prosperity from the gold and “white gold” mined here for over 3,000 years. A wooden barrel of salt was once worth as much as a house.
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The Imperial City: the grandeur of Vienna
Austria is one of the most prosperous countries in the European Union, and the quality of life in Vienna, its capital and largest city, consistently ranks #1 globally in the Mercer Quality of Living Rankings. The Imperial City is also one of the most beautiful in the world…
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Through the Heart of Europe in a Viking Longship: The Romantic Danube
Viking River Cruises’ longship Njord is named for the Norse god of the wind and sea. The voyage, called The Romantic Danube, was along some of the river’s most scenic stretches.
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