Luxury Travel Advisor - November 2007 - (Page 8) DESTINATIONS Free from years of Soviet control, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania offer a whole new world of wonder. BY LINDSAY LAMBERT The Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—regained independence from the former Soviet Union 14 years ago and have begun drawing travelers with their luxury hotels, world-class restaurants and more cultural attractions than one visit permits. Feeling that a visit to this corner of the globe would best be enjoyed in the company of a knowledgeable guide, we called on Travcoa (www.travcoa. com) for our every travel need. Travcoa offers Escorted Journeys (groups are limited to 18 guests) and private Custom Journeys, which expert travel planners coordinate based entirely on guests’ requests. What did we love best? Our “Gems of the Baltics” Escorted Journey was hosted by a detail-oriented, enthusiastic travel director, who acted as our group’s personal liaison throughout the entire trip, allowing us to take in every sight completely hassle-free. Our Lufthansa (www.luft hansa.com) flight from New York stopped in Frankfurt before touching down in Tallinn, Estonia. There, on-site Travcoa staffers loaded our luggage into a private van before zipping us SAVOY BOUTIQUE HOTEL‘s guest Touring the BALTICS with Travcoa rooms overlook the Old Town and feature romantic, diaphanous décor (left). Photo by Lindsay Lambert http://www.travcoa.com http://www.travcoa.com http://www.lufthansa.com http://www.lufthansa.com
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