“You’re going to be fasting in Rome?” a puzzled friend asked ahead of my three-day trip to the Italian capital for Six Senses’ new Female Wellness program. Indeed, Rome is a city where la dolce vita is personified in parmigiano-heaped plates of pasta and pavement-bars serving Aperol Spritz — not exactly the ingredients for a […]
“This car belonged to the Queen,” the red and navy uniformed chauffeur tells me as I sit in the back seat of a vintage black Rolls Royce on the short drive from St. Moritz train station to Badrutt’s Palace Hotel. The famous towers of Badrutt’s Palace are unmissable / ©Badrutt’s Palace’ This type of old
This is not the Mykonos I was told about. It is my first time on the ‘party island’ and as the airport transfer draws close to the southeastern coast and I get my first glimpse of Cali, the island’s reputation for champagne-fueled hedonism couldn’t be further away. Before me is a white-washed hilltop resort capped
“Our clients wanted privacy and space so we created this property,” says Vasilis Gialouris, the hotel manager at Canaves Epitome in Santorini. I’ve just checked into the all-villa-and-suite resort built into a cliffside on the edge of Oia, arguably the volcanic island’s most picturesque – and most visited – towns. Canaves Epitome is one of
The Amansara ethos is all about making its guests feel at home. This starts before you even set foot in the hotel, located in the city of Siem Reap, the gateway to Cambodia’s awe-inspiring Angkor Wat temple. It begins at the airport as you are handed a lemongrass-infused cold towel and ushered into Amansara’s vintage
No culinary movement has garnered quite the same level of traction in the past 10 years as veganism. From meatless ‘meat’ brands to fast food chains, everyone has been clambering over themselves for a slice of the vegan market. Everyone, that is, except fine-dining restaurants it seems, with many of the world’s best restaurants slow
Few places feel quite as magical as London at Christmas time. The city has a long and rich Christmas tradition, from being credited as the birthplace of the Christmas card to the legendary yuletide tales of Charles Dickens, London’s hotels are usually packed full of visitors in December, all eager to experience the capital’s authentic
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