My wife and I have been either traveling or living abroad for nearly 50 years. With rare exceptions, we have always traveled independently. Being 69 and 71, respectively, and getting a little leery of traveling by ourselves to the more underdeveloped parts of the world, we decided that we would experiment with group tours.
My wife, Marie, and I took a 2-week Morocco holiday, Sept. 30-Oct. 12, 2007, and were introduced to an outstanding guide. I would like to share his name and our experience.
The Cavalieri Hotel (4 Capodistriou St., Corfu, GREECE; phone +30 26610 39041, fax 10 39283, www.cavalieri-hotel.com) is such an elegant place! I stayed there three nights in October ’07 at €90 ($132) per night, with breakfast.
They have a rooftop bar/restaurant with lovely views, and my room overlooked the Old Fortress and the sea.
PATRICIA McKEVLIN
Charleston, SC
Hotel Gonzalez (Calle Manriquez, 3, Córdoba, 14003 SPAIN; phone 957 97 9819, e-mail hotelgonzalez@wanadoo.es) is within walking distance of Córdoba’s many historic sites and good restaurants. It is located near the Mezquita in a building where Julio Romero de Torres, Córdoba’s famous artist, once lived.
The hotel was a good value at €78 ($115) for a double with bath including breakfast and tax. The staff spoke English and were helpful.
My wife, Connie, and I visited ITALY and SWITZERLAND in late September and early October ’07 and would like to share recommendations of three hotels.
Here are four accommodations from our trip to ENGLAND, May 7-21, 2007. Our room in each of these featured a color TV and coffee/tea-making facilities.
My wife, Dee, and I and another couple flew via military aircraft (I am retired military) from Florida to Crete in April ’07. Aside from our initial accommodations on the base, we had no previous reservations but relied on what we could book onsite. Dee’s Fodor’s guidebook gave us ideas about where we should go.
We were successful public television bidders on a 3-night stay in Honduras. And since we were going that far, we thought, ‘Why not add some time in Guatemala?’ We took our trip Aug. 14-25, 2007.
I returned from an 18-day trip to China on April 13, 2007. It was my first visit there since 1984. The purpose of this trip was to see for myself the changes brought on by 15 years of 10% annual growth.
We started at Shanghai, where I expected to see many new buildings, but my shock was unbelievable when we arrived at Pudong International, a magnificent modern airport, and drove on modern expressways to a fine hotel in town. Shanghai now resembles a New York City but with more skyscrapers, all modern and all built in the last 15 years.
by Noel Canfield, Contributing Editor