If spending your retirement in a warm and sunny locale sounds good to you and if you’re planning ahead for those days of leisure you’ll be interested to know that a city in the Sunshine State was just named the best place to retire in America. In fact, in the recently released
U.S. News and World Report’s 2020-2021 list of “Best Places to Retire in the U.S.,” Florida metro areas took 13 of the top 25 rankings.
Sarasota came in first place, followed by Fort Myers, Port St. Lucie, and Naples, sweeping the top four spots. Sarasota and Fort Myers dominated the list last year as well, just swapping first and second places in the latest survey. The wide appeal of Sarasota and Naples ranked them in the top 25 in “Best Places to Live in the U.S.” as well as Best Places to Retire.
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Cruise fans missing their time sailing the rivers and seas of the world can arrange the ultimate exclusive travel experience aboard an AmaWaterways ship. Each of AmaWaterways’ 25 ships is available for a charter river cruise where guests buy out the entire vessel for a seven-night customized experience. Starting at $365,000, ships ranging from the 28-passenger
AmaMagna may be chartered for a fully customized cruise.
“While an AmaWaterways river cruise is always filled with extraordinary experiences curated with exquisite cuisine and immersive shore excursions a full ship charter provides the opportunity to personalize absolutely every aspect of the journey, including the ports of call and excursions,” AmaWaterways executive vice president and co-founder, Kristin Karst, told
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The Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is hosting the largest on-the-water holiday light display in America. After enjoying millions of twinkling lights, guests cruise to Santa’s Workshop to meet St. Nick, his elves, Rudolph, and the Grinch. Santa even calls out the children’s names to tell them he knows they’ve been nice.
The entire resort gets into the holiday spirit, with more than 10,000 pounds of handmade decorations, two life-size Santas, 12 nine-foot-tall Nutcrackers, snowflakes, colorfully wrapped gifts, garland, and woodland creatures. Four life-size, gold-flaked deer greet guests at the front entrance. Carolers, Christmas elves, and a fireside story time add to the festive atmosphere.