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The Rüstem Pasha Mosque may be one of the most beautiful mosques in Istanbul’s Eminonu quarter. The beautiful potted plants in the courtyard make the place especially enchanting. It is an Ottoman mosque located in the Hasırcılar Çarşısı in the Tahtakale neighborhood of the...

I can’t count the number of times I have been to the Risani souk. We love to bring our guests there to shop at the pharmacy, to see what a lively rural souk looks like. It’s always such a highlight of their day. When I was hosting 3 guests on a RoadTrip around Morocco...

The Acqua Alta Bookshop or Libreria Acqua Alta is one of those “instagrammable” places we see all over social media. But more than that I wanted to see it for what it’s also known for – it’s named for one of the most interesting bookshops in the...

When I saw this gorgeous graphic art by Muti Studios in the January edition of West Jet’s Airline Magazine, I was SO inspired! Then I thought, how on earth can I come up with FIFTY reasons why people should travel with us!? You know what…I got to 50 in NO time! I was...

Montefalco is known for its wines for sure and rightfully so! Montefalco sponsors a major festival called Settimana Enologica — or Wine Week — where visitors can enjoy the principal wines produced in the area. Montefalco is a stunning town located in the heart...

I first visited Asilah in 2016 and it was love at first sight. This small town is enclosed by well-preserved 15th-century ramparts and gates built by the colonial Portuguese on the Atlantic coast of northwestern Morocco, less than an hour from Tangier. What really struck me was...

There is this beautiful, quaint part of Rome called Trastevere. I had heard about it from a friend who had lived there for a few years when she was based in Rome…I had seen it on “the ‘gram”. And I had my daughter with me on the trip so, of course, we were...

Istanbul’s old city centre – Sultanahmet Fatih – is home to many of the city’s most famous buildings. It’s a definite must visit area when you are in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Once a church, then a mosque, and now a museum, the Hagia Sophia displays...

One time when I was in Essaouira – one of my very places not only in Morocco, but in the world – I stayed at Riad Raoud Rayhan and the decor of the entire riad was so lovely. A simple yet modern look and feel – from the framed art to the linens used. Everything...

I remember walking down the main road of Ephesus on the way to the Library of Celsus. It was absolutely surreal. I literally stopped in my tracks and imagined…..imagined what it would have been like to walk this road every day. It was an experience I will never forget....