FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.

Tim Leffel

Award-winning travel writer Tim Leffel has appeared in more than 50 publications — including CNN Travel, Outside and Lonely Planet — and is editor of the narrative online magazine Perceptive Travel. He is the author of several books including Travel Writing 2.0; The World's Cheapest Destinations; and the living abroad book, A Better Life for Half the Price. When not traveling the globe, he lives in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Guanajuato, Mexico. Subscribe to his YouTube channel: youtube.com/timleffel.


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November 2020
Nov 10, 2020

Spend Evenings Under the Stars in San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico frequently tops magazine readers’ polls as one of the best cities in the world. Its colorful houses, cobblestone streets and UNESCO World Heritage historic center make it a perfect destination for the Instagram age. The foreign retirees who settled here are now joined by the young and cool visiting from urban Mexico, so there’s a nice mix of options after the sun goes down.

Remarkable Medellín

Visiting Medellín in Colombia: The Country of Beauty is like stepping into a fantastic story — literally, as the city in the Western Colombian Andes region inspired Disney’s Encanto. Here, valleys, the world’s tallest palms, vibrant communities, colorful houses, garden-like balconies and more prove reality is more picturesque than anything on film. And it’s especially more tempting following Medellín’s remarkable transformation, shedding its troubled past and reawakening as a city of innovation, art, cultural richness, modern infrastructure, thriving tourism and resiliency.

September 2020
Sep 28, 2020

Pair Wine Tasting with Village Life in Alentejo, Portugal.

In the daytime, Alentejo’s visitors tour a verdant countryside dotted with vineyards, cork trees and churches that look like they jumped out of a fairy tale. At night, many travelers sleep in a castle, in one of the Pousadas de Portugal where the rates don’t require a royal income.