Category Archives: UNESCO World Heritage

Egypt 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Kings On the Road

Egypt is a true bucket list destination for many. We’ve always been curious about it yet experiencing it far exceeded our expectations. Our Gate 1 tour led by our 4 year university trained Egyptologist took us on a journey into … Continue reading →

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A Rail Tour to the Land of the Midnight Sun

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Kings On the Road

The third leg of our European holiday was a 17 day Great Rail Journeys Grand Scandinavian rail tour to the Arctic Circle and the west coast of Norway ending in Oslo. Our tour began with a guided tour of Stockholm’s … Continue reading →

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Prague, Czech Republic

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Kings On the Road

Our European holiday included several days between the end of the Viking Danube River cruise and the Vacations by Rail Arctic Circle Express tour. After all we’d heard about Prague we knew that we had to include a visit. We … Continue reading →

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Copper Canyon

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Kings On the Road

Copper Canyon has been called Mexico’s Grand Canyon. Its been on our list for some time so when we learned of a Gate 1 Travel tour, we booked the October 11, 2023 tour. We planned to combine this trip with … Continue reading →

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2023 Grand South America 2nd Half

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Kings On the Road

Here we are again for the second half of our Holland America Line Grand South America Cruise onboard Volendam. Buenos Aires really was a mid point as many passengers who had been along since Ft. Lauderdale disembarked and others joined … Continue reading →

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Rhine River Cruise

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Kings On the Road

Following our Swiss rail tour we decided to take a Viking river cruise. It’s a mighty long airplane ride across the Atlantic so we thought we should do more than one thing. When Viking offered free air and they would … Continue reading →

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Another Epic Transoceanic Cruise/Tour

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Kings On the Road

Are we crazy?  Immediately after our Transpacific cruise last Fall we finalized plans for another big cruise acrosss the Atlantic. This trip was a great bargain and included stops in the Caribbean before crossing to the Canary Islands, Spain, France, … Continue reading →

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