Room with a View: Room 4 in Luján de Cuyo

Room With a View: Room with a View: Room 4 in Luján de Cuyo from Condé Nast Traveler on Concierge.com: "In piscina veritas. The truth will surely come to you on your private terrace at this oenophiles' retreat. Adobe-toned casitas like yours give a hint of Santa Fe to the Cavas Wine Lodge's 35-acre grounds, just outside Mendoza, while the central patio with its tiled fountain adds a Moorish touch. At some point in your day, big decisions will have to be made: Café con leche before a soak in your claw-foot tub? Or perhaps a wine bath and grape-seed exfoliation? Twilight's decision will be whether it's cool enough on the rooftop lounge to light the fireplace while you dine on grilled Argentine rib-eye with chimichurri sauce. Just don't ask anyone to cry for you."

Bulgaria opening museum of socialist art

Bulgaria opening museum of socialist art - Travel - Destination Travel - Europe - msnbc.com: "SOFIA, Bulgaria — Giant statues of Soviet dictators Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin. Paintings of enthusiastic socialist laborers. A huge red star that graced Communist Party headquarters.
As Europe marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this nation that's still shaking off its troubled communist legacy is opening a museum dedicated to the totalitarian past.

River and ocean voyages of a lifetime

River and ocean voyages of a lifetime - Travel - Destination Travel - msnbc.com: "The romance of long ocean and river voyages of history holds powerful sway over the dreams of many world travelers. But there's no need to relegate the great voyage to the realm of books and dreams — many can still be done today in classic style."

Tourists pay more to keep Venice above water

Tourists pay more to keep Venice above water - USATODAY.com: "Officials say the new fees, which don't apply to the estimated 70%-80% of Venice visitors who come for the day but stay elsewhere, are intended to "help the city improve the quality of the tourist services" and will be used for "salvaging the city's cultural and architectural heritage.""

Dining aboard the world's toughest restaurant

Overhead Bin - Dining aboard the world's toughest restaurant: "Moshulu has been around the world and 54 times survived the treacherous passage through Cape Horn at the tip of South America, home to some of the world’s most fearsome sailing conditions.
It has hauled supplies to Central American copper mines, lumber to Australia, grain to Europe, nitrates to Chile and coal to Mexico.
It was confiscated by Germans in one war and Americans in another.
It’s seen on film going toe-to-toe with Rocky Balboa in a training scene in the 1976 film "Rocky," and the Moshulu brought one of America’s most beloved cinematic gangsters, young Vito Corleone, to America in “The Godfather II.”"

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How to find the right travel agent

How to find the right travel agent - Travel - Travel Tips - msnbc.com: "Back before I became a diehard fan of travel agents, I was a diehard fan of doing it myself. But a few bad trips, many of which I've written about in this column, resulted in numerous comments from travel agents that they could have saved me the agony, not to mention quite possibly some money. Here's the story of my quest to find the perfect travel agent."

Ritz-Carlton tops JD Power survey for luxury hotels

Ritz-Carlton tops JD Power survey for luxury hotels - USATODAY.com: "Today, J.D. Power and Associates reveals how good a job the largest hotel chains in their category do in satisfying their customers, and one of the winners is Ritz-Carlton.
Marriott's most exclusive hotel chain earned top honors among its luxury hotel rivals for a second consecutive year, besting by a few points its biggest rival: Four Seasons."