Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Happily telling stories about travel and discovery around the world. Think of it as Venice built on a seaside hilltop. Surrounded ...

There are hotels with a strong sense of place and there are hotels where the sense of place is so indelibly carved into their essence that you never forget where you are. The brand-new Grand Park ...

Take Dubrovnik, shrink it by half, remove the cruise crowds and sprinkle in some Italian va-va-voom and you have Rovinj: a picture-perfect walled town where the ancient streets run into the ...