In Brazil, Don’t Always Trust Your Guidebook

weather is hot in Rio de Janeiro and you have already been to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain to see the the Christ statue, the...

Natal, Brazil: A Little Beach With A Lot of Heart

II have been to Brazil three times. The first time we went to Salvador, the old capital, 32 years ago. The second time we went...

What It’s Like to Spend New Year’s in Rio de Janeiro

There is something pretty amazing about being somewhere else on New Year’s Eve. Last year, it was Bangkok. On a balmy evening, I was on...

Tales From the Road: Granada to London & Back Again

Written by Deborah Wilson, ACIS Tour Manager & Supervisor in Spain For us here in Spain, we are given a “puente,” this basically is like...

What You Should Expect by Visiting China in 2014

China has long evoked interest from the West. From Marco Polo's times onwards it has been seen as a distant, mysterious land: a vast country...

The 10 Most Important Life-Changing Stats of Educational Travel

Changes Lives. At ACIS Educational Tours, we use this expression a lot, but to us it's more than a motto. We believe in the power...

The Day Mandela Came to Town

[photo: BBC] It was a day in July a few years ago and one that had me jumping on a train from my home town...

The Curious Customs of New Year’s Eve

Think New Year's Eve and and parties, firework displays and boisterous renditions of Auld Lang Syne might come to mind. Indeed, these customs are common...

The Challenge in Navigating Museums Like The Louvre

We struggle to come up with smart ways to navigate museums, especially if we are without a guide. The Louvre Museum, one of the largest...

Le Havre: A City Centre Unlike Any Other Town in France

Last month I spent a couple of weeks touring Normandy, a region in northwest France synonymous with the D-Day landings and the liberation of Europe...