Boutique Hotel Find: Casa Mãe Lagos
Situated beside the 16th century city walls of Lagos, Portugal, lies Casa Mãe, the passion project of friends and former neighbours Veronique Polaert and Christian Kraus. The new hotel, completed in 2017, offers rooms and bungalows in a sleek, sensitively designed new building and a restored 19th century house. Every element of the design expresses […]
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Hotel Find: The Kimpton Buchanan San Francisco
Seasoned travellers to San Francisco or visitors wanting a more local experience of the City by the Bay have The Kimpton Buchanan to call their home away from home. Located on the corner of its namesake street and Sutter, surrounded by the neighborhoods of Fillmore and Pacific Heights, The Kimpton Buchanan in Japantown is just the […]
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Hotel Find: Casa Modesta Faro Portugal
Nestled in the Ria Formosa National Park in Portugal’s Algarve Region near the city of Faro, Casa Modesta is a haven of timeless tranquility and beautiful design; stimulating the senses and filtering out the chaos of everyday life. The hotel is the former family home of Carlos Fernandes ”“ originally built in the 1940’s by […]
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Boutique Hotel Find: Vigilius Mountain Resort South Tyrol
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) The intoxicating feeling of isolation begins with the cable car ride to the summit. As the small Alpine town of Lana falls away below, there is nothing else to do but take in the breathtaking vista as you rise above the veil of clouds shrouding the valley. At […]
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Hotel Find: Keemala Resort Phuket
Maya Bay (of The Beach fame), jungle-sheltered Freedom Beach and a host of sandy idylls are just a hop, skip or long-tail-boat ride away in Phuket, so it takes something extra special to draw sunseekers inland; embedded in Kamala’s lush hinterland, on the sunset west of the island, Keemala Resort fits the bill. There’s a […]
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Design Hotel Find: 11 Howard NYC
“We are just complicated animals.” This, according to an ethereal neon art piece floating on the ceiling overhead, is a titillating thought while exploring 11 Howard ”“ Soho’s sleek new boutique hotel. The neon artwork, by West Coast artist Dan Attoe, is one of many provocative pieces found throughout the hotel and marks the entrance […]
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Luxury Hotel Find: Parker Palm Springs
They say the desert makes you see things. At Parker Palm Springs the only hallucination you may have is double taking on whether Peter Sellers is hiding in the suit of armour in the lobby. The Pink Panther-pink sports blazers worn by hotel staff are no illusion. The indoor fire pit burning at full flame […]
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Boutique Hotel Find: Bambu Indah Bali
John and Cynthia Hardy are the couple that started Bambu Indah Bali, a family-led revolution using bamboo as their medium. Eleven antique Javanese bridal homes make up Bambu Indah, a boutique hotel that lies on the Sayan Ridge above the Ayung River, just west of Ubud village. Each of these pretty teak wood homes is […]
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