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About Authentic Luxury Travel, About Me

About Authentic Luxury Travel, About Me

Welcome. You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for authentic luxury travel options. There’s nothing I enjoy more than sharing what I’ve learned during the course of a long career as a travel journalist and photographer. Looking for a boutique hotel? A private guide in Mumbai? A way to avoid the crowds in […]

March 23, 2015 | Updated: April 14, 2015 | By admin | 7 Replies More
Authentic Barcelona Hotel and Opera Tour

Authentic Barcelona Hotel and Opera Tour

This trip report was contributed by my friend Mary Anne Curray. She and husband Joe are avid travelers. Mary Anne previously wrote about their 14-day Rovos Rail Journey in southern Africa. We stayed at an authentic Barcelona hotel when we were in Spain in March – Hotel 1898, on Las Ramblas. Loved it. Great location. Good […]

October 7, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 2 Replies More
Romantic Turtle Island Fiji

Romantic Turtle Island Fiji

Turtle Island is not just the most romantic resort in Fiji, it’s one of the dreamiest places in the world. I’ve written about Turtle Island before, but my husband and I recently visited again, and I can’t resist telling you about the improvements. But first – some Turtle Island things that didn’t change The scenery […]

October 1, 2014 | Updated: January 25, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 3 Replies More
How To Find Authentic Venice

How To Find Authentic Venice

  This guest post was contributed by Claudia Coppola who lives in Verona, Italy. “This was Venice, the flattering and suspect beauty—this city, half fairy tale and half tourist trap, in whose insalubrious air the arts once rankly and voluptuously blossomed, where composers have been inspired to lulling tones of somniferous eroticism.” Thomas Mann (1875–1955), […]

February 6, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 4 Replies More
Italy – Discovering Authentic Tuscan Villages

Italy – Discovering Authentic Tuscan Villages

One of the many joys of writing “Authentic Luxury Travel” is meeting people who share my love of real experiences and wandering off the beaten path. Case in point: Dear Elizabeth, I was just wondering if you could be interested in maybe suggesting some of your “followers” a trip to Italy – Tuscany, but a […]

December 5, 2012 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More

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