Barbara Sloane

How I Became a Travel Writer: Barbara Barton Sloane
About Me: I became a travel writer out of necessity; that is, my background is Beauty & Fashion writing. However, I was invited on a travel press...
For Lovers of Wilderness: Alaska Awaits!
Called the “Great Land,” Alaska has 100,000 glaciers, 3 million lakes, 3.2 million acres of State Park lands, and is 2.3 times the size of Texas...
FRANKFURT RHINE-MAIN – The Very Heart of Europe
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I recently visited the Frankfurt...
ISRAEL – BEYOND BELIEF
Memories that last a lifetime are best begun in places you’ll never forget The excitement of visiting a new destination is thrilling and the...
YOUR DREAM DESTINATION? Azamara Cruises Takes You...
Some dream of exploring the mysterious, the exotic, the tropical – locales rich with cultural ruins and vibes that are decidedly laid-back...
How Green Are These Valleys- The Wine Country’s twin...
Getting Out Among The Vines Just an hour’s drive northeast of San Francisco is one of California’s most visited attractions – the world-famous...
Visiting Europe’s Christmas Markets Aboard...
A Troika of Treasures in Germany, France & Switzerland During the Christmas season, typically from mid-November through 23 December, all Europe...
Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.” –John F...
A Texas State Of Mind
Exploring a Capital City and Remembering the Alamo “Alright, alright, alright,” as one famous and easy-on-the-eyes Texan drawled in the classic...
By The Whim Of The Wind: Sailing The Grenadine Isles
by Barbara Barton Sloane, Making my reservation to sail aboard the Windjammer, I found that I had to get myself to Grenada for embarkation. Yay! I...
In Aruba, Life’s A Beach
By Barbara Barton Sloane, “In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.”...
Giving Winter The Cold Shoulder in St. Lucia
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different...
Turkey By the Sea, by the Sea, by the Beautiful Black...
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” –Jacques Yves Cousteau A world of wonder is what you find at...
Eat, Sway, Love -A Tale of Two (Mexican) Cities
Emerging from a cool plunge in the deep blue sea of Banderas Bay, I settle back in our little motorboat which gently rocks side to side as it glides...
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass-Arizona’s Authentic Dream...
Dream Catcher extraordinaire – the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, located in Chandler, is Arizona’s only Native American-owned...
Halfway To The Stars – San Francisco Highlights
by Barbara Barton Sloane, For 16 consecutive years, Conde Nast Traveler has voted the City by the Bay as the “Best City in the U.S.” Its...