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Monday newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature\u00a0top 10 travel lists<\/a>\u00a0to inspire.<\/p>\n

Today: My 10 best travel experiences of 2023<\/strong><\/h5>\n

First, I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with loads of joy and festive cheer.<\/p>\n

As the year 2023 is coming to an end, it\u2019s a good time to reflect on the headlines and stories that shaped the past year. Unfortunately, 2023 is a year that many across the globe will want to put far behind them. It’s a year that will go down in history as being marked by two big wars that keep sending shock waves round the world: the ongoing conflict in Ukraine as it fights off a Russian invasion, and the attack and subsequent war in Israel and the Gaza Strip (the senseless violence in both conflicts leaves me without words). Nature also showed itself from its most cruel side, with dozens of disasters happening around the world, such as the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 50,000 in February and the devastating fires in Hawai this summer. One would almost forget that good things happened as well in 2023, such as rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence, major cancer cure breakthroughs, and renewable energy exploding around the world.<\/p>\n

Since this is a non-political blog that tries to give you some enlightening travel inspiration, I want to focus on hope, positivity, and my personal travel stories, offering an escapism for the avalanche of bad news that often dominates the world media. Here are my ten incredible travel highlights of 2023. Early 2024, I\u2019ll share what to expect from me in the next year.<\/p>\n

There is more information (with trip reports & YouTube videos) below the slideshow. You can share your own thoughts on 2023 or your own 2023 travel highlights in the comments section<\/strong>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

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10. CITY-TRIPPING IN EUROPE<\/strong><\/h5>\n

During several weekends in 2023, I traveled to some of Europe’s most exciting and beautiful capital cities. My trips – a combination of sightseeing and trying out some new hotels – took me to Paris, Berlin and Vienna, among others. In Berlin<\/a>, I stayed at the legendary Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin, a historic property right next to the Brandenburg Gate (where I also had dinner at the two-Michelin-starred Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer Restaurant), and SO\/Berlin Das Stue, the city’s first luxury boutique hotel neighboring the world-famous Berlin Zoo. In Vienna<\/a>, I stayed at the brand-new Rosewood Vienna, a fabulous five star star hotel housed in a historic 18th century former bank building on Petersplatz in Vienna\u2019s Old Town. The highlight of my city trips within Europe was my weekend getaway in Paris<\/a> at the Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel, where I was upgraded to the Suite Lalique by Patrick Hellmann, one of the most exclusive hotel suites in the French capital.<\/p>\n

You can read my trip reports here:<\/p>\n