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Le Chteau Laurier n du Titanic0:00/1347.3843081× Dressé au bord des écluses du canal Rideau, face à la colline du Parlement, le Fairmont Château…

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August 15, 20261 min read

Beyond the Horizon: Ottawa's Railway Castle and its Titanic Legacy0:00/1444.8384581× Standing beside the Rideau Canal locks and across from Parli…

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ÆRIA Expeditions

August 7, 20261 min read

One of the most captivating truths about expedition cruising is that no two journeys, and certainly no two ships, are ever created equal...

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ÆRIA Expeditions

August 6, 20261 min read

Expedition cruising holds a very special place in the world of travel. It is about far more than visiting a remote destination. It offers a diffe…

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Cruise Collection

July 27, 20261 min read

With nearly 80 new vessels currently ordered or under construction for the coming decade, we are entering one of the most breathtaking periods of…

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Cruise Collection

July 23, 20261 min read

Traveling alone doesn't mean being lonely. In fact, many experienced solo cruisers will tell you that their first solo voyage wasn’t just a vacat…

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Cruise Collection

July 8, 20261 min read

Ask anyone who has been to Antarctica about their trip, and there’s a good chance the conversation starts not with penguins or icebergs, but with…

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Travel Destinations

May 12, 20261 min read

Vancouver does not reveal itself from a hotel window or a tourist map. It is a city that asks you to move through it: along the seawall at first…

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Travel Destinations

May 12, 20261 min read

Québec City is not quite like anywhere else in North America. It is the only fortified city north of Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where 4…

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