Where to begin in a country that is all but a continent? In the bright lights of New York? Perhaps – although you can find urban thrills as readily in Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New Orleans. Next to the deep chasm of the Grand Canyon? Maybe – although the national parks of Yellowstone, Big Bend, Great Smoky Mountains and Yosemite are just as striking. On the beach in Florida? Possibly – if the coasts of California, Hawaii or Virginia do not call as loudly. The options may be endless.
Outside bet: A common question put to travel writers is “where is your favourite place you have visited?”. I usually reply “Seattle”. This city of the north-western USA is awash with coffee and cuisine at Pike Place Market, memories of great bands at its EMP Museum, and rugged scenery on the nearby Olympic Peninsula. It deserves greater credit.
Fall Beauties: Boston & the Berkshires from CICERONI Travel; Superb opportunity to discover Boston’s cultural & art institutions. Remarkable in-depth view of the newly displayed Museum of Fine Arts. Visits to the newly reopened art galleries at Harvard & Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum. Excellently located historic hotel in fashionable Back Bay
From San Francisco to LA via spectacular Highway 1. This is it, the greatest driving tour you can ever hope to do.
Bespoke Alaska wildlife tour which visits three classic locations for whale watching and grizzly bear safaris.
Cape Cod offers the quintessential New England experience. We begin in Boston before heading onto the Cape. We stay in traditional inns, take boat trips to see whales and birdwatch on daily walks. Travelling by ferry to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, we stay for 5 nights for an in-depth appreciation of their special charms.
This 13-day tour (8 – 20 Aug ’20) allows you to experience the landscapes that inspired ‘America’s Artist’ Georgia O’Keeffe and to see opera in the memorable Santa Fe opera theatre (Puccini’s Madam Butterfly and Rossini’s Barber of Seville). There will be time for walks in river canyons and through forests of aspen, Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
Whilst the American Civil War seemed to ebb and flow in the east during the years 1862 – 1864, in the west it took the form of a gradual, systematic Federal march southwards in order to open the symbolic, but nevertheless important, Mississippi River from the Union heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, simultaneously splitting the Confederacy in half.
This rail holiday includes the definitive selection of the very best and most famous railroads of Colorado. Many were pioneering lines of the Old West, now preserved as a living legend. All run through magnificent Rocky Mountain scenery.
Remarkable introduction to the principal Art Museum & 'House' collections of New York. Enjoy Old Masters, Period Interiors & American Art at 'The Met'.
Private visit to MOMA. Excellently located Midtown hotel off 5th Avenue
Opportunity to attend the Metropolitan Opera. Discover Houses & Gardens along the Lower Hudson River Valley.
This eleven-night action-packed tour of Alaska centres on the world-famous Iditarod dog sledding race. Get in and amongst the action and experience dog sledding through the Alaskan Wilderness. Once the race starts, you’ll enjoy experiences such as snowshoeing, glacier walks and Aurora hunts.
Explore Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone National Park in the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountain regions of the West.
