Sure, you’ve been to Montréal, and perhaps Québec City, but here’s a retreat that has likely been flying under your radar: Anticosti Island. Part of the pristine and aqueous Côte-Nord region, Anticosti is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, spanning some 3,000 square miles with only … Read more
Welcome to Madeira, the world’s sexiest potluck where you, too, can be its next donor. That’s because nearly everything on this subtropical, post-volcanic island in the North Atlantic including its people (British adventurers, Vikings, Arab and Portuguese sailors), was hauled in from far off lands. The sand on its famed Calheta and Banda d’Além beaches … Read more
All it takes is a 15-minute flight and 8 miles of open ocean to lose the crowds, cruise ships and cookie-cutter chain resorts. Now, you’re in Vieques, a tiny islet off “mainland” Puerto Rico. It’s a dose of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean that time forgot. For decades, most of the island was essentially cut off from … Read more