Mountain of Youth| Learn how to use “three minute” meditation, how to expand your talents at writing, singing, or painting, how to sleep(!!!) and put be guided in assembling your own personal “Guide to Ageless Aging” during a week-end program at Mohonk Mountain House’s new eco-friendly Spa.  Complementing the sessions are options for saunas, cardio workouts, hydrotherapy, facials, in spa rooms with views of the distant Catskills. 800-772-6646. www.mohonk.com

Eco Elegant Enclave| Situated in the maritime forest, marsh and pasture, lakes and winding limestone roadways of coastal Georgia, Hampton Island Preserve offers self-sustained farm to table cuisine, private spa facilities, an equestrian center, hunting, fishing, and wildlife study, a Davis Love III-golf course built around fully-restored two-century old rice fields and other amenities developed with acute awareness of nature.  Limited to 450 memberships, 372 of which include custom home sites,  the Hampton community is being designed by developers committed to maintaining and enhancing the unique historical and cultural heritage of its 4000 acre plot.  1300 Retreat Road, Riceboro GA 31323.  912-880-8888. www.hamptonisland.com

Rockies Alternative |Vacationing near home can help reduce your carbon footprint, so some skiers are taking the direct flight from Newark to Mount Tremblant where dozens of resorts in Canada’s Laurentian mountains, just northwest of Montreal, offer comfortable skiing and other outdoor activities – snowshoe hiking, dog sledding, sleigh riding, ice skating. Visitors to picturesque Mount Tremblant resort don’t even need a car – skiers and snowboarders set out to the 94 trails straight from their lodgings and shop and dine at dozens of stores and restaurants stretched along the quaint village’s pedestrian walkway. 1-888-811-5881. www.tremblant.ca

Icy Itineraries | Commemorate International Polar Year 2007/2008 on an earth-conscious cruise to Greenland, the Artic or Antarctica.  Naturalist guides lecture on wise use of the global resources during tours of the unique scenery and wildlife at the extreme ends of the earth.  Hurtigruten’s introduced the new ship “MS Fram” this year exclusively for May-September trips to Greenland.  Cruises to south pole regions are offered October through February.  Hurtigruten, 405 Park Avenue, Suite 904, New York NY 10022 
800-323-7436.  www.hurtigruten.us

Local Luxury | Piacava, a local palm tree, blends with indigenous adobe, creating an authentic elegant atmosphere at Tauana Hotel, an intimate luxury beachfront resort in Brazil's exotic Bahia region.  Serving meals with ingredients from its organic fruit and vegetable garden, the hotel offers nine bungalows, 300 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets, and a property reforested with 30,000 trees as well as an onsite treatment system to avoid any water or soil contamination.  Tauana Hotel, Corumbau, Bahia, Brazil.  www.tauana.com