Hotels
The View Agadir
The uninterrupted vista is of palm trees around pools set in fertile gardens. Beyond, white horses caress the Atlantic shoreline. I’m at The View in Agadir, a five-star hotel where every room has a balcony […]
5-Star Hotel
Hotels
SCHLOSS Roxburghe, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel
SCHLOSS Roxburghe is a luxury resort hotel with a spa and an 18-hole golf course in the Scottish Borders. The 300-acre estate is centred around an historic manor house. Such a building is referred to […]
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Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
London welcomed a brand new hotel at the beginning of June with the opening of the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair in historic Hanover Square, just a stone’s throw from fashionable New Bond Street and the ever […]
Hotels
Capri Tiberio Palace
Sophia Loren watched me step into and out of the shower. Grace Kelly waited for me in the bedroom. It was the first time I had spent the night with a tiger-eyed Italian temptress and […]
Hotels
Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The famous hotel on Rome’s highest hill but not one of its famous seven, specialises in the art of living well. The 15-acre Rome Cavalieri on top of Monte Mario (once Monte Malo – the […]
Asia
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
The Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, is a five-star hotel close to Marina Bay. Built in 1987, the property reopened in September 2023 following major renovations. I was given a hearty welcome to the hotel by Krishan, […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Caribbean
StolenTime by Rendezvous
St Lucia, the only country named after a woman, was fought over by the English and French and changed hands fourteen times. As a result, the official language is English but French-based Creole is spoken […]
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Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa
The Northolme’s sister hotel, Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa on Silhouette Island, a half an hour enclosed boat transfer from Mahé, must be one of the few luxury hotels in the world at which […]