I went on a 7-day Eastern Mediterranean cruise for $1,500. I got to visit 4 countries, and I recommend it to travelers on a budget.

What countries spring to mind when thinking of the Viking Age? Chances are it’s the likes of Norway, Denmark, Iceland, or Sweden that you most closely associate with the seafaring Norsemen of the 8th to 11th centuries.

A Norwegian cruise ship with 206 people on board has run aground in northwestern Greenland, authorities said Tuesday.

Gunta and Greg Larsen were looking for an expedition cruise that colored outside the lines when they found a 15-day coastal Japan cruise offered through Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. And that's exactly what they got.

In the run-up to ITB China, DidaTravel shares impressive year-to-date China growth data, both inbound and outbound. §  DidaTravel outperforms the market with remarkable +40% growth[1] in China outbound hotel bookings year-to-date vs. 2019’s pre-pandemic figures (and +292% growth comparing the same period 2022). §  Meanwhile the company is registering +124% inbound growth in hotel bookings into China, year-to-date Vs. 2019. §  DidaTravel will be exhibiting at ITB China, stand H23.

A visit to Singapore is a glimpse into the future. From its modern and almost surreal airport to its eye-catching and ever-changing skyline, Singapore is continuously innovative.

Tens of thousands of travelers must make alternative travel plans following the bankruptcy of car and passenger ferry company Holland Norway Lines. Originally serving the route between Eemshaven in the Netherlands and Kristiansand in Southern Norway, the line had recently switched departure point from Eemshaven to nearby Emden in Germany.

Traditionally, Alaska cruises have been seven days in length—either a weeklong loop of the Inside Passage roundtrip from Seattle or Vancouver, or a similar transit across the Gulf of Alaska sailing one way between Vancouver and Seward or Whittier.

Norwegian Cruise Line has docked two ships in Baltimore, calling the Maryland city a long term home for the first time ever.

Imagine blocks of ice floating past as you come face-to-face with an imposing blue-tinted glacial wall. A puffin’s zany flight path draws your eye, before you spot the distinctive white bulge of a beluga whale breaking the water.

Huddled in the North Atlantic between Iceland, Scotland and Norway, the Faroes — an 18-island archipelago and self-governing nation within the Kingdom of Denmark — captivates visitors the instant they land at the airport on the island of Vágar. Silence saturates the emerald green slopes and basalt cliffs. Sheep roam the grassy expanses that are sliced vertically by dark rocky threads caused by the erosion of streams. It’s hard to keep your eyes focused on the road as you behold a gauzy mist swirling around the mountains, veiling deep gorges, wide fjords, occasional turf-roofed dwellings and waterfalls.

The world is a big place, but it becomes happily smaller when you experience true connection with other people, places and ways of life. 

One of the best ways to see Norway's jagged coastline is by boat, so I spent two nights traveling up the coast with Hurtigruten last fall.