Palermo doesn't offer a tidy, single-note history, and that's precisely what makes it so rewarding. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Spanish and Italians have all held this city in turn, and rather than erasing what came before, each one seems to have simply built on top of it. The result is a place where a cathedral can be part mosque, part church, part royal tomb, all in the same building — and where the street food, the architecture and the general noise level all carry a faint ec
DockHolland America Line has brought Oosterdam's major Evolution refurbishment forward by five weeks, cancelling previously published cruises and adding five new Mediterranean, transatlantic and Caribbean voyages.
10 September 2026 · 4 min readFrom Chianti Classico near Livorno to volcanic vineyards below Mount Vesuvius, these five wine experiences offer cruise passengers a memorable alternative to the usual Italian city tour.
24 August 2026 · 7 min readPalermo doesn't offer a tidy, single-note history, and that's precisely what makes it so rewarding. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Spanish and Italians have all held this city in turn, and rather than erasing what came before, each one seems
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