19 Travel Experiences for 2019

19 FOR 19

NINETEEN mind-blowing, tasty, high-adrenalin, utterly cool ways to make this year’s vacation one for the books

CLASSIC JOURNEYS | TOLL FREE: 833-242-3698

GO DEEP IN ICELAND. HAVE A MILLION- STAR MACHU PICCHU MOMENT. SHORTEN THAT BUCKET LIST. STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION. YOUR OPTIONS ARE AS WIDE AS THE SAHARA AND AS DEEP AS BRYCE CANYON. YOU’LL BE ON TREND AND AWAY FROM THE CROWDS WHEN YOU FOLLOW OUR EXPERTS’ ADVICE ON ANY OF THESE I-CAN’T-BELIEVE-I’M-DOING-THIS EXPERIENCES.

CLIFFHANGER PIZZA

Toss and bake your own pizza … and don't forget to taste it as you have lunch on a local friend’s sky-high terrace overlooking the Amalfi Coast.

STARRY INCA NIGHTS

Feel Machu Picchu haunt you as you return to the ruins, lit only by the starry megawatt nighttime sky over the Andes.

RAPA NUI SMILES

Stare down Easter Island’s fierce and moody moai statues at the culmination of a new Chile trip also includes the Atacama Desert and Santiago vineyards.

RAREFIED GEISHA

In Kyoto, accept the elegant honor of dining as the honored guests of traditional geishas who entertain you with samisen and ritualized dance.

BREEZIER MOROCCO

Compare the sands along the Atlantic coast with those around your luxury desert encampment on a 6-day visit that also includes Essaouira and Marrakesh.

SECRET STONEHENGE

Enter sacred Stonehenge for a private visit at dusk, and toast the falling night and mysterious past with a flute of champagne.

PRISTINE BAY OF PIGS

Invade the Bay of Pigs in a snorkel mask, the better to see the miraculously rich marine environment under the waves.

ICY CAVING

Shiver — from the beauty of it all, not the cold — as you enter the glowing natural chamber of a glacial ice cave in Iceland.

JUNGLE LIVING

Paddle deep into Panama’s rainforest for a day of interaction with the indigenous Embera Tribe in their riverside village-on-stilts.

TUSCAN FANTASY

Live your dream at a glamorous hilltop villa-hotel with a count and countess as your hosts. Go ahead and go totally Tuscan.

GREATER WALL OF CHINA

Leave the masses behind and stroll on a beautiful, unrestored stretch of the Great Wall to truly grasp the imperial will that built it.

ANGKOR WATTAGE

Watch Cambodia’s legendary temples fade into awesome view on a morning walk in the growing brilliance of sunrise.

UP THE LAZY DOURO

Cruise Portugal’s gorgeous river to a vineyard walk, port-tasting, and a picnic for a perfeito Portuguese day.

LOW-TIDE HIGH POINT

Channel a 12th century pilgrim as you walk to Mont-St.-Michel on the firm sandy sea bed emptied by the ebbing tide.

PENGUIN PLUNGE

Swim as you’ve never swum before with the world’s only warm-water penguins in the Galápagos.

COOL COLLIES

Envy the Scottish shepherd whose team of ridiculously smart border collies respond to his commands with extra-sensory precision.

TOO TAJ TO BELIEVE

Claim ownership of the Taj Mahal from the unbelievable vantage point of your regal hotel room that overlooks the pearlescent masterpiece.

HOODOO VOODOO

Walk on Mars, also known as the floor of Bryce Canyon, where the maze of sandstone spired called hoodoos transports you to a different world.

NÆRØYFJORD

Stroke a silky alpaca at the family hotel where you’re greeted with wide-open arms after a cruise on Norway’s skinniest fjord.