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Living like a king during Charles III's coronation

Amy Laughinghouse

England

Amy Laughinghouse introduces us to a posh section of London where out-of-towners planning to attend the 2023 coronation of King Charles III can stay and live like a king themselves.
Lapping Lapland while on a cycle tour of Finland

Gerhard Czerner

Finland

Gerhard Czerner and his photographer friend Martin Bissig set out on a cycle tour of Lapland and discover Finland's remote region has much to offer the adventure traveller.
Walking on water in the Netherlands

David Latt

Netherlands

David Latt looks at how this innovative country uses dikes and dunes in Noordwijk and Almere to hold back the North Sea and keep tourists safe during their stay.

Love letter from Paris: City of Delights

Carmen Chai

France

In a love letter from Paris, writer Carmen Chai introduces us to the things she most admires about the romantic French capital, from its haute cuisine dining to its simple backstreet cafes.
German car museums are country's most popular

Marc Atchison

Germany

Park it here! That's what Marc Atchison did when he visited Munich and Stuttgart, where Germany's famed car companies have set up ultra-modern museums that pay tribute to their incredible history and ...
A night to remember in Zürich

Marc Atchison

Switzerland

Zürich - Out of the shadows of a darkened Old Town street walks a man wearing a black cape and tricorne. His face is gaunt, his skin a ghostly white. In one hand he carries a lamp. In the other, a lon...

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Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.

A "puppy" guards Bilbao’s Guggenheim

Marc Atchison |

BILBAO, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN - Esther Boulandier skips across the reception area of this city’s renowned Guggenheim Museum with the boundless energy of a child let loose in a candy store.

It's 'hang time' in Bilbao

Marc Atchison |

BILBAO, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN — I turn a corner in the Getxo district of this lovely Basque city and am stopped in my tracks by what looks like a giant Erector Set version of London’s Tower Bridge.

Glacier Express a frozen Swiss treat

Marc Atchison |

ANDERMATT, SWITZERLAND — From my seat aboard the Glacier Express, I feel like I’m looking at an endless series of Giovanni Segantini paintings.

A night to remember in Zürich

Marc Atchison |

Zürich - Out of the shadows of a darkened Old Town street walks a man wearing a black cape and tricorne. His face is gaunt, his skin a ghostly white. In one hand he carries a lamp. In the other, a long staff with a spear and axe affixed at the top.

Who discovered Canada? 'We did,' say the Basque!

Marc Atchison |

PASAIA, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN - In this tiny backwater fishing port that opens up to the Atlantic’s Bay of Biscay, Canadian and Basque history intersect at a small maritime museum that is hoping to recreate the past.

The Chedi Andermatt a Swiss surprise

Marc Atchison |

ANDERMATT, SWITZERLAND - Anticipation builds as the scenic Glacier Express train I boarded earlier in the day in St. Moritz begins its long, slow decent from the stunning Oberalp Pass into the Urseren Valley where lovely Andermatt and my next Swiss Deluxe Hotel, The Chedi Andermatt, is located.

Zurich's Hotel Widder a Swiss treasure

Marc Atchison |

ZURICH - I walk out of Zurich’s bustling main rail station and ask the police officer standing on the corner of the city’s busy shopping street, Bahnhofstrasse, for directions to the landmark Hotel Widder.

Interlaken's Victoria-Jungfrau a wellness paradise

Marc Atchison |

INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND - I’m told people come to this picturesque mountain community nestled in the bosom of an enchanting Alpine valley seeking solace on what’s known as “wellness weekends.”

St. Mortiz' Carlton Hotel a special place

Marc Atchison |

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND - The driver with the heavy Italian accent who picks me up at the train station in The Carlton Hotel's shiny new Bentley, tells me he’s been working at the hotel just three months — “because we are only open three months of the year.”

Geneva is an UN-usual Place to Visit

Marc Atchison |

GENEVA - This may be the most important city in the world – a city that tells the rest of us how to live. Geneva, which boasts 4,000 years of history, is always in the news.