Porthole Cruise and Travel Magazine

It’s hard to find a better, more authentic, and locally conscious way to see The Land of the Sun than with Journey Mexico.  The award-winning luxury travel company is guide-owned …

Imagine you and a few dozen new friends celebrating Christmas by watching penguin chicks take their first steps. Seals doze on drift ice and the tail of a minke whale …

I’ve always been a sucker for exotic trips with lots of exclamation points and never really focused on the U.K., figuring it was too tame and had one too many …

Last October, a cruise ship sailed 6 miles from dock to dock without the help of a captain at the helm. (A human professional was watching; he just didn’t need …

A chance to pedal a remote part of Scotland where few tourists have tread appealed to the explorer in me. I looked forward to e-biking quiet, centuries-old roads winding through …

I was about to bite into a beignet, those delectable, deep-fried pastries that are icons of the New Orleans culinary scene, when my guide on the Bienville Bites Food Tour …

It is just a short 7-mile drive from Vágar airport to the Múlafossur Waterfall near the tiny village of Gásadalur. My journey takes far longer than it should, as I …

I’m admiring the beautiful carvings of the Gyeongbukgung Palace in Seoul while clad in the traditional Korean hanbok dress — a short jacket top and a long, full graceful skirt. “One more photo, …

Have you ever thought, “I wish I started sailing sooner”? … “What if I could combine my love of sea travel with my studies?” … “Why didn’t I start exploring …

Under the bright Scandinavian sun, my family glided out onto the Copenhagen Harbour in our kayaks with a mission: to collect as much garbage as we could. Instead of renting …

Pop quiz time: what was the bestselling English-language murder-mystery novel of the 19th century? If your answer, like mine, was something by Arthur Conan Doyle or Edgar Allan Poe, you …

For those of us who are addicted to cruising, one of the many perks is the nearly endless availability of food. From scrumptious buffets to exotic specialty restaurants, there are …

Aurora Expeditions, always at the forefront of helping to save our planet, has just outdone themselves with two exciting advances in energy conservation. First, the award-winning small-ship cruise line has …

It’s midafternoon on our tour boat, now bobbing gently in the calm, cobalt waters situated just outside of  ʼŌpūnohu Bay on Moorea’s famed north coast. For our shore excursion for …

One of the newest trends travel experts are tracking is a rise in “microcations” — brief getaways of no more than three or four days.  If the pandemic years saw …

How close does your cruise bring you to the real Alaska — and how close do you really want to be? That felt like the right question to ask as …

“Return! Come back, now!” our guide shouts behind us, with panic in his voice. Oh dear. Suddenly, I see not one, not two, but three gigantic whales surrounding us. They …

Maybe it’s the stark contrasts of the icy north. Maybe it’s the long cultural continuity with old ways of seeing the world. Maybe it’s just the long winter nights. Whatever …

Without being too dramatic, Ushuaia is at the end of the world. Geographically, that is.  In the land known as Tierra Del Fuego, just at the point where the South …

Japan is renowned for its excellent train service: the most efficient, the fastest, and the cleanest in the world. Now, in order to showcase the natural beauty and culture of …