Traveling with the Stars: Martha Stewart
— -- Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart writes a quarterly travel column based on a recent trip and includes her personal photos in her magazine Martha Stewart Living. She takes readers to Maine, where she owns a vacation home, in the August issue, on newsstands through Aug. 16. She shares her travel highlights and tips with USA TODAY.
Q: Where have you been recently that you liked or were surprised by?
A: I recently visited the district in France near Moustiers where the lavender is grown for the perfume industry. It is extraordinarily beautiful, rustic, educational—and fragrant! I've always wanted to see the purple fields. We took a helicopter there, which made the trip even more visual. It's my favorite way to travel when sightseeing. You can cover a lot of ground and you are able to stop for lunch at La Bastide de Moustiers, Alain Ducasse's country inn in Moustiers.
Q: What's the best place you've ever visited?
A: I have been to many special places all over the world. The Galapagos Islands, parts of China, Northern Sikkim, the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt are among the most inspiring places I've visited. But my breath is still taken away by the glorious ocean view from the terrace at my home on Mount Desert Island in Maine. From here you can see the various islands that surround Maine's largest island.
Q: What's the most surprising/unexpected place you're ever visited?
A: The Alaskan Glaciers — they are actually a deep, azure blue and walking on them is eerily exciting. It was amazing to be tromping around on ice glaciers that are thousands of feet thick. They have giant crevasses and are constantly cracking, so you have to have a guide.
Q: What's your favorite vacation spot?
A: Maine is most certainly my favorite vacation spot. It has so much to offer: the woods, the mountains and the sea. I really enjoy Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine. It offers such a plethora of plants, rock formations and beautiful views. I also love to hike The Ladder Trail. It's one of the oldest trails in Acadia.
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