An easy walk from lively Market Square, the AC Hotel Portsmouth Downtown/Waterfront was ideal for our weekend of exploring New Hampshire’s historic seacoast city.

Would I be that awkward single on a ship filled with happy couples paired off for a romantic Seine River cruise? I needn’t have worried -- the Scenic Gem offered a luxury experience for everyone, not just couples.

Brunswick may not top the hot-list of places to go in Maine, but a new hotel and fine dining restaurant may change that and put this college town on the tourist map.

While the picture-perfect village of Grafton, Vermont, has enough attractions to keep us busy for a weekend, there’s an even more persuasive reason to spend two nights at the historic Grafton Inn: the chance to eat four meals there.

Guest rooms in this charming inn take advantage of the building’s history as a church, with dramatic stained-glass windows and architectural details.

Overlooking the treetops of Provincetown, the dunes of Cape Cod National Seashore and the open ocean, Land’s End Inn is well named.

Modern style and Old World grace combine in Portugal’s island of Madeira

At Europe’s most southwestern tip, this beach resort was designed to fit the landscape, its low buildings set amid indigenous trees and grasses above a half-mile crescent of golden sand.

After the Royal Yacht Britannia was retired, when Queen Elizabeth II wished to sail around the north coast of her realm or throw a birthday party for the whole royal family, she chose the five-star Hebridean Princess. After a week on board, we could easily understand why.

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