 | | | Lapa Palace, Lisbon | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Saturday, October 06, 2007 | The Lapa Palace is set on a hill overlooking Lisbon’s Tagus River, amid tranquil gardens dotted with ornamental fountains and streams
Arriving at Lapa Palace, a luxury hotel in Lisbon, you drive into small circular tesselated forecourt of what looks like a two-floor pink building, with a third floor...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Mandarin Oriental Barcelona | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Saturday, March 06, 2010 | Bathed in sun and swimming in style, Barcelona forever inhabits the hearts of its visitors.
There is a dipping pool on the ninth floor rooftop of Mandarin Oriental Barcelona. Proper swimming in its 40-foot basement pool, however, is surreal. Are you a pearl in a malachite silk box, or a bird in a ca...more | | 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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 | | | Montage Beverly Hills | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, April 06, 2009 | An elegant reminder that style is the ultimate sophistication - discover the wonder for yourself at Montage Beverly Hills
The spa, as you would expect from Montage Beverly Hills, was as stylish as any bedroom, though in my case it was actually the size of the walk-in closet. | | 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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 | | | Park Hyatt Shanghai | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, September 07, 2009 | You feel on top of the world at Park Hyatt Shanghai, which many say is the best hotel, anywhere.
The plane arrived and Elite Service, an outsourced facility, met me and escorted me landside to the Hyatt representative, who in turn walked me to the car, already waiting outside the terminal door. I san...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Pousada de Arraiolos Sra da Assunçao | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, July 06, 2007 | The Pousada is an example of perfect harmony between the traditional and modern concepts of Portuguese architecture
The village of Arraiolos, 90 minutes' drive north-east of Lisbon, Portugal, is a cluster of terracotta-tiled buildings, whitewashed with the occasional highlight of cornflower blue. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Rome Cavalieri Hilton | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 | Rome Cavalieri Hilton is situated in a lush 15-acre private park just above the Vatican, with stunning panoramic views over the historic Eternal City
After spending an Away-Night at the Cavalieri Hilton, Rome I keep on thinking of the Million Dollar Wedding I will go for next time round. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Sandy Lane, Barbados | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Sunday, January 06, 2008 | Sandy Lane is a romantic retreat for those seeking seclusion, or the perfect location for families who desire the finest holiday experience
To get to Sandy Lane, I flew into Barbados' Grantley Adams International Airport from Grenada, by the sometimes unreliable LIAT (which fortunately that day was e...more | | 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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 | | | Spa at Icon Brickell | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | Where else in the world do you find a day-glo yellow chandelier, and real books reaching to the 30-foot ceiling, in a spa's reception?
Philippe Starck, who apparently has no idea of practicality, has designed the Spa at Icon Brickell, which is integral with Viceroy Miami. | | 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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 | | | Taj Tashi Thimpu, Bhutan | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, February 06, 2009 | Set in the heart of the Thimphu Valley, the Taj Tashi Thimpu, is a gateway to a land steeped in mythology and magic
Kids walking past the hotel entrance on their way to school will be one of my lasting memories of staying at Taj Tashi Thimpu in Bhutan, says Mary Gostelow. | | 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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 | | | The Berkeley, London | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Thursday, February 07, 2008 | The Berkeley overlooks Hyde Park and is within easy reach of Knightsbridge's famous stores
I was told that staying in The Berkeley, London, was akin to being in a large Bentley, and, indeed, had we arrived from Heathrow in one of the hotel's fleet of Mercedes we would have been offered make-your-own ...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Chedi, Muscat | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | The magic of water transforms this desert oasis in Oman
Oh the magic of water! Arriving at The Chedi, Muscat - Oman's only Leading Hotel of the World - the car swung noiselessly up to a turning circle, around a shallow pool, square with its corners rounded. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Cliveden Hotel | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, November 06, 2009 | You gasp, audibly, as your vehicle, at no more than 15 mph, turns the bend in Cliveden's front drive and you see the main house in front of you.
You come in through ceremonial stone gates, drive half a mile through woodland and, at a massive round Careera sculpture Fountain Of Love, by American sculp...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Connaught | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, December 05, 2008 | The Connaught preserves its air of Edwardian elegance while maintaining the feel of an English country home
That is our room, right above the entrance of The Connaught, London - and look to the left of the photo, and take a few steps down Mount Street, and you are at Christian Louboutin's and Marc Ja...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, March 07, 2008 | A perfect place for athletes and loungers alike . . .
Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas, ten minutes east of Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport, is a distinctive nine-floor yellow brick building, straight vertical walls rising to a parapet with no visible roof. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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