 | | | The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, January 06, 2006 | Architect Morris Lapidus designed the building in 1953.
The first time I arrived they picked me up in a scarlet 1961 Chrysler 300 soft top belonging personally to Bill Marriott. We slid up to the entrance, at Lincoln Road - cross-link between Miami Beach's famous Collins Street and the Atlantic. Ther...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, England | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, February 07, 2006 | Lovingly restored, this 1728 mansion is now a Four Seasons Hotel
From London's Heathrow airport, it is about 35 minutes' drive, roughly south-west. From central London, allow at least an hour by car, although you may prefer to take a train to Winchfield station, arrive direct at the resort by helicop...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, March 06, 2006 | Explore Cape Town or board a Silversea cruise from here
The air is crisp and clean, the sky and the sea a brilliant blue. A couple of miles inland from the water Table Mountain - oh so aptly named, for its flat top - rises as a backdrop. Right down by the water's edge rises another landmark, this one...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Hotel Victor, South Beach | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 | Intriguing design in the Miami Beach gem
It is difficult to stand out among the Art Deco buildings of Miami Beach - but Hotel Victor succeeds, and not only because it is next to the late Gianni Versace's exotic mansion, Casa Casuarina, a constant pilgrim venue of fashionistas the world over. Hotel Vi...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Amansara, Cambodia | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Sunday, May 07, 2006 | Luxurious accommodations amid historical monuments in Siem Reap
The bustle of local traffic and the thousands of visitors making their way to the many temples of Angkor a few miles away hurry unknowingly past a wall, without visible signage, that contains a secret world. The lucky guests, picked up a...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford California | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 | All the villas in this Relais & Chateaux resort have French names
The side road winds up from the Silverado Trail, east of Rutherford CA, up to the restaurant that Claude Rouas opened in 1981 (it was so successful that three years later he built some letting villas, two-floors, each with two-up, two-...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, July 04, 2006 | In Germany's only alpine national park
Morning wakeup at InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden is akin to being above the world. You are on top of a small mountain in Germany's only alpine national park, Berchtesgaden. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Almyra and Anassa, on Cyprus | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Sunday, August 06, 2006 | Thanos Hotels group includes these two splendid resorts
The Michaelides family’s Thanos Hotels group includes two splendid resorts on Cyprus, both of which are run by Thanos Michaelides and his sisters, Anna and Natasha (see VIP, this month). I spent a night in each. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Pangkor Laut Resort, Malaysia | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, September 06, 2006 | Includes the luxurious YTL Spa Village
Pangkor Laut and the YTL Spa Village, off Lamut, Malaysia, is best reached by a stunning under-hour helicopter ride north-west from Kuala Lumpur. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Meadowood Napa Valley | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Thursday, October 05, 2006 | Nestled on the hillside of the lush Napa Valley
To reach Meadowood, east of St Helena in California's Napa Valley, you turn off the Silverado Trail, through vineyards to the resort's 250 wooded acres. There are 85 all-wood villas, putty colored with white highlights. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Gran Hotel Son Net, Mallorca | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Sunday, November 05, 2006 | A 17th century palace which lies upon a mountaintop
US television queen Oprah Winfrey adored Gran Hotel Son Net, on Mallorca, so much she wanted to buy every antique and painting in it, for one of her own homes. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, December 06, 2006 | Located on the famed Batu Feringgi Beach, the resort is nestled between the sea & emerald green hills
This iconic resort, on Penang Island, off the Malaysian coast, reopened September 28th after a 21-month rehab, much needed after 33 years of action. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Baglioni London | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Saturday, January 06, 2007 | Situated on the south side of beautiful Kensington Gardens
Baglioni London - right on the south side of beautiful Kensington Gardens - has a members' only nightclub, Boutique 60 in its basement. As GM Luca Virgilio says, this is THE place to meet success stories, from all over the world, and you can ...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Wynn Macau | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 | The 20-story waterfront hotel and casino is modeled after Steve Wynn's curved-tower in Las Vegas
Wynn Macau looks like its slightly-older sibling, Wynn Las Vegas, a gleaming wave-topped structure, dark chocolate-colored glass with horizontal stripes of milk-chocolate, and Wynn's distinctive signature...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Villa San Michele in Florence, Italy | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 | The 15th century monastery has been transformed into one of Europe's most charming and picturesque hotels
We drove up the twisting hill ten minutes' north of Florence. We came out of a sharp U-bend to be confronted by a gravel path, flanked by formal gardens with statues. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Los Angeles | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, April 06, 2007 | The Peninsula Beverly Hills offers the perfect, luxurious oasis - set in one of the most prestigious areas of Los Angeles
As I drove up, the doorman opened my car door, asked my name. I said Gostelow. He escorted me inside, to front desk, and introduced me to the agent as 'Mary Gostelow'. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Eichardt’s Private Hotel | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, May 07, 2007 | The hotel is situated at one of New Zealand’s most exclusive lakefront addresses
Queenstown is a delight - the sun was shining brightly as I flew in from Auckland. I dropped my bag and wandered through town, the center of which can be covered in ten minutes flat (it takes much longer if you want to c...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Trident Hilton, Gurgaon, New Delhi | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 | Set in an expanse of seven beautifully landscaped acres, the building has an imposing yet serene presence
Ultimate serenity is looking through my floor to ceiling windows straight into the infinity pool that comes - at its level - right up to the windowsill. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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