
Islands Without Cars
Maneuvering a horse and buggy around a forest trail; the Grand Hotel; making fudge; a lilac parade.

Maneuvering a horse and buggy around a forest trail; the Grand Hotel; making fudge; a lilac parade.

Switzerland's mountains and culture; scenic train rides; exploring glaciers; making cheese.

Helsinki, Finland's Neoclassical town has a modern flair; two-hour boat ride to Tallinn, Estonia.

Hundreds of drag queens participate in the annual Invasion of the Pines and drag BINGO.

Zugspitze; Innsbruck, Austria; Tyrolean village festival; medieval castle; Dolomite Mountains.

Cultural highlights of Stockholm, Sweden's capital, include gourmet reindeer.

Visit Marstrandson for a midsummer celebration. Then see the islands of Styrso and Vrango.

We visit exciting Munich, fairy-tale castles and breathtaking Alps in southern Germany.

Sailing under towering fjord cliffs; hiking glaciers; Hanseatic heritage.

Heligoland, a rocky island in the North Sea, is Germany's only non-coastal island.

We explore Germany's medieval walled towns, riverside villages and evocative ruins.

Catalina Island is a favorite of Hollywood celebrities; a museum honoring the Chicago Cubs.

Spanish culture; windsurfing in Tarifa; Rock of Gibraltar; sailing to Tangier.

Europe's Neoclassical buildings of columns and domes; dramatic Romantic paintings; castles.

Kira Cook explores the islands of Zlarin and Krapanj and also Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Enjoy food, music, dance and art in perhaps Europe's most passionate corner -- Andalucía.

Exploring ancient Roman cities, including their art, aqueducts, theaters and churches.

Lucerne's Chapel Bridge; the curious connection between Pontius Pilate and Mount Pilatus.

Rome's supersized monuments, colorful mosaics and marble Caesars.

Little Slovenia's capital of Ljubljana; mountain resort of Lake Bled in the Julian Alps.