Want to travel somewhere beautiful, exciting, and sans tourist traps? Try Croatia. The best kept secret of Europe, Croatia has it all: medieval history, sunny beaches, and of course, delicious food. Visit Dubrovnik, one of the best preserved medieval cities in the world. As soon as you arrive, you’ll see why Dubrovnik is known as the “pearl of the Adriatic.” Stroll Read More …
Husband and wife team Darren and Andrea weren’t always travelers. “When I decided to start leading trips, I’d never been to Europe,” admits Darren. “Here I was teaching all this European history, but I’d never actually been there myself.” When a friend asked Darren and Andrea to co-lead an Explorica tour they jumped at the opportunity. “That was 10 years ago,” says Darren, Read More …
In most cinematic renditions of World War II, the main events are illustrated with explosions and guns and soldiers bunkered down on the Western front. Movies portray war heroes like General Patton, MI6 spies like James Bond. Yet not all of the Allied achievements were action-packed and explosive enough to grace the silver screen with Read More …
Right from the entrance, you’re captured by the colors that zig-zag across 42 acres of chiseled vegetation and stone. As you sit on the famous Serpentine Bench—with its row of concave seats said to be formed by the park laborers taking a break in wet clay—you hear the pitch-perfect notes of a flamenco guitar. Following the music, you find a young man casually dressed, hunched Read More …
Step just a few miles outside Havana and you’ll find Jaimanitas, a seaside village full of fishermen, farmers and other working-class citizens. But this is no ordinary fishing village. Visitors come from far and wide to witness this unique, living village of art and to meet the artist himself, José Fuster. Jaimanitas wasn’t always a Read More …
Move over, Disney World. Hogwarts is the new most magical place on earth. As you walk through the Great Hall for the first time, you see Dumbledore standing at the podium, flanked by the Hogwarts staff dressed in their best robes. The table is set for dinner, and you suspect that somewhere freshly baked pumpkin pasties are waiting to be consumed. Welcome to Hogwarts. Since Read More …
Lonely Planet recently named Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the best city to visit in the United States in 2016. So what makes Philadelphia the best? Philly had a banner year in 2015 and was crowned as the US’s first and only World Heritage City. From the history of Independence Hall to the beauty in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Read More …
Beyond the campaigning and ‘Saturday Night Live’ parodies, the upcoming election provides an important lesson in democracy and freedom that our country was built upon. The excitement will culminate on Inauguration Day 2017, when the entire country will join in welcoming the newest President of the United States. George Washington laid the foundation for all Read More …
Kerry is no stranger to international travel. “It started in the 1970s when I backpacked around Europe during college,” he explains. “I was hooked.” Kerry took frequent trips abroad during his time in the corporate world, and even lived in the UK while serving as the Dean of a summer program at Cambridge University. So when he started teaching high school social Read More …
Jana had a specific vision for the kind of trip she wanted to lead. “I went to New York City when I was in junior high and it changed my life,” she explains. “If just one of my students had an experience like that, it would be worth it.” Jana began researching student tours, but was quickly disillusioned. “Every company had almost Read More …
