{"id":5295,"date":"2018-02-28T02:42:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T02:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2020-11-30T02:14:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:14:02","slug":"2018-travel-destination-tips-popular-travel-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/2018-travel-destination-tips-popular-travel-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Travel Destination Tips and Most Popular Travel Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greece Cuisine, Culture & Wellness Tour<\/h1>\n

Featuring Celebrity Chef & Mediterranean Diet Advocate, Amy Riolo<\/em><\/p>\n

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Get Global Expeditions (GGEx) is excited to offer a late spring 2018\u00a0journey to Greece that will showcase its effusive hospitality, Zorba-like zest for living, staggering beauty, incredible history, contemporary challenges \u2013 and its trademark simple, delicious, and healthy cuisine \u2013 for which this country is renowned. GGEx\u2019s Greece expert, Alex Safos, and celebrity chef, author, and Mediterranean Diet advocate, Amy Riolo, will lead this delectable, intimate, enlightening, and picturesque tour.<\/p>\n

This unique, off-the-beaten path itinerary includes: cosmopolitan, pulsing Athens<\/strong>, with its iconic Acropolis, world-class museums, gamut of cafes and gourmet-to-street food eateries, and spirit of perseverance; the fabled, scenic nearby island of Samos<\/strong>, birthplace of Hera; the philosopher, Epicurus; and famous mathematician but lesser-known “Father of Vegetarianism in the West,”\u00a0Pythagoras; and the\u00a0\u201cBlue Zone\u201d island of Ikaria<\/strong>, rugged and wild in the northeast Aegean, where indigenous diet (secret: honey) and lifestyle practices (secret: time is elastic) nurture an active population largely free of chronic diseases and cognitive impairment well into their 90s.<\/span><\/p>\n

This experiential insiders\u2019 expedition will include hands-on cooking\u00a0classes, wine-tastings, characteristic dining,\u00a0olive oil\/spice workshops, culinary lectures, cultural enrichment encounters, and independent time for R&R, swimming, shopping, antiquities touring, and sampling the diverse local fare (pastitsio, hortopita, soufiko, gigantes, gyros<\/em>+fries \u00e1 la Grecque, baklava, loukomades<\/em>, outstanding wine, and clairvoyant Greek coffee). Join us and go deeper into this legendary culture through its sincere food and people!<\/p>\n

Who: Chef Amy Riolo and Alex Safos<\/strong>
\n<\/b>What: Greece Cuisine, Culture & Wellness Tour<\/strong>
\n<\/b>When: June 11-22, 2017<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Where: Athens, Ikaria, Samos<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhy: Learn more on Chef Amy Riolo\u2019s blog
\n<\/a><\/strong>How: Payment information<\/a> <\/strong>(New Deadline April 26<\/b><\/em>th<\/sup><\/b><\/em>)<\/b><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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2018\u2019s Best Cities for St. Patrick\u2019s Day Celebrations<\/h1>\n

A WalletHub Press Release<\/em><\/p>\n

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With St. Patrick\u2019s Day around the corner and at least $5.9 billion expected to be spent for the holiday this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best Cities for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations<\/a>, along with cool stats about the holiday in its St. Patrick\u2019s Day infographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To determine the best cities for celebrating Irish-American heritage, WalletHub compared 200 of the largest U.S. cities across 17 key metrics, ranging from Irish pubs and restaurants per capita to lowest price for a three-star hotel on St. Patrick\u2019s Day to weather forecast.<\/p>\n

Top 20 Cities for St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0 \u00a0Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 \u00a0Boston, MA<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 \u00a0Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 \u00a0Buffalo, NY<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 \u00a0New York, NY<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 \u00a0San Francisco, CA<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 \u00a0Fort Collins, CO<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 \u00a0Tampa, FL<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 \u00a0Madison, WI<\/p>\n

10. Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11. St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n

12. Henderson, NV<\/p>\n

13. Naperville, IL<\/p>\n

14. Reno, NV<\/p>\n

15. Seattle, WA<\/p>\n

16. Omaha, NE<\/p>\n

17. Columbus, OH<\/p>\n

18. Rochester, NY<\/p>\n

19. Syracuse, NY<\/p>\n

20. Fort Wayne, IN<\/p>\n

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To view the full report and your city\u2019s rank, please visit:\u00a0https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-worst-cities-for-st-patricks-day-celebrations\/19603\/<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Patrick\u2019s Day Facts <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n