France
Les Marguerites
It is a pivotal, primordial paradox, feeling fifty at your fingertips. For me, it’s queued up for this July, and with it, a wealth of anticipation, hope, ambivalence, and aspiration. There is a reckoning of […]
Hotels
Hotels
Murrayshall Country Estate
Arriving late on a chilly autumn evening I was greeted by delicious ‘light bites’ and a crackling log fire in the library. What better way to start a visit. Four hundred year old Murrayshall Hotel, […]
Caribbean
Casa de Campo Resort and Villas
A unique destination of Caribbean fun. The eleven square miles of the Dominican Republic’s Casa de Campo is home to two thousand villas where the rich and famous – think Bill Clinton, Beyonce, Justin Bieber […]
Hotels
The Frenchie Boutique Hotel
Start with a farmhouse from the 1800s, set back off a gravely road seemingly pulled from so many movies. Don’t touch those captivating bones, they can’t be improved upon. Factor in a century and a […]
California
The Good House
The desert draw is not the same as the magnetic force field that defined our spring break teen scene circa 1990anything. The want for waterslides and mega resorts have given way to something not quite […]
Hotels
Dye House – Providence
Behind the barn door that all but brands New England, neighboring the mills to which it once belonged, Dye House in Providence, Rhode Island, packages an impossible amount of panache within some pretty petite packaging, […]
Greece
Solo Traveller Activity Weeks at Cretan Hotel
As the clocks go forward this weekend many of us are hoping for an improvement in the weather after what has been a rather long and dreary winter. But with no warm weather in sight […]
Hotels
Taj Holiday Village Resort and Spa, Goa
Mark Nicholls heads to Goa on the western coast of India and a stay at the Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa. The peace is palpable; just the waves crashing ashore in the distance, the […]
Hotels
Hotel Restaurant Bären
The Hotel Restaurant Bären in Gsteig, just a 15-minute drive from the glittering resort of Gstaad – synonymous with the likes of Roger Moore and Brigitte Bardot – is like a picture postcard of mountain […]
Hotels
Hotel 1000 Seattle, LXR Hotels & Resorts
Ironically it wasn’t the first time a bathtub and a bath menu conspired to cinch my travel plans (see Calistoga), but this bubbly invitation, this one was taking me all the way to Seattle. It […]