Exhaustive research and unfailing accuracy are givens in good travel writing. However, the best writing creates a unique sense of place that transcends the compendium of facts. In her work as a writer, researcher, and editor of travel guidebooks, Alice Powers infuses the printed word with energy, wit, and a knowledgeable voice; her guides are indispensable companions for hundreds of thousands of travelers. She brings the same skill to her numerous travel articles in national magazines and newspapers.

Writer, editor, and contributor to the Access Guide to Washington, The Eyewitness Guide to Washington, D.C., Fodor’s Virginia and Maryland, The DK Travel Guide to Washington, D.C., The Eyewitness Guide to the USA, the Family Guide to Washington, DC, Family Fun Vacation Guide Mid-Atlantic, the Literary Traveler,  DK’s Top Ten Guide to Washington, the online magazine Dream of Italy and many others.

Read “Memories of Stresa” published in Dream of Italy, July 2020.