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.
The WGC-FedEx St Jude invitational Experience 2020.
Join us at one of the America's finest Golf Tournaments and support the European players in the electric city of Memphis, Tennessee.
Take in all the action and play some local courses as well as visiting the historic Gracelands and old haunts of the King himself Elvis Presley !
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.
Featuring a supported trek to the floor of the Grand Canyon, this memorable holiday is perhaps the ultimate way to experience the stunning desert scenery of America’s southwest. From national parks to Indian reservations and two day’s hiking in the Grand Canyon itself, this trip offers a complete Wild West adventure.
Discover the spectacular wildlife and natural wonders of southeast Alaska on an active, expedition-style cruise.
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.
• Delve into the rich sounds, sites and flavours of the ‘cradle of jazz’ – New Orleans
• Trace the threads of US history and the evolution of musical genres as we progress along the Mississippi to Memphis
• Enjoy live music, complemented by relaxing daytime excursions in the cities and surrounding c
