 | | | 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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 | | | The Grove, Hertfordshire | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | This beautiful estate is surrounded by flourishing, emerald-colored gardens and remarkable, innovative sculptures, making this the perfect countryside escape
Staying in the impressive Stately Home of England that is The Grove is remarkably agreeable, and addictive. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | qualia Great Barrier Reef | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, June 05, 2009 | At qualia, off Australia's Queensland coast, you must go flying over some of the 3,000 reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef
This is one of life's great thrills. To anyone who has gazed down at the azure and royal blue patchworks of French Polynesia or the Maldives, add several paler hues, and ou...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Aman at Summer Palace | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, July 06, 2009 | Aman at the Summer Palace, Beijing, is a timeless oasis of calm, a refuge from the hubbub of streets outside
The car somehow negotiated the chaos of public buses and bicycles and goodness knows what else that is the road system in that part of China, less than half an hour's drive from downtown Beiji...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | The Merrion, Dublin | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Saturday, August 08, 2009 | The Merrion, Dublin, has a nicely-warm 18-yard indoor pool with a trompe l'oeil wall at one end showing an allegorical classical country house, parterre garden, drapes and a monkey. What a way to start a day.
There were two of us in the pool of The Merrion's Tethra Spa and there was plenty of room. | | 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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 | | | 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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 | | | 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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 | | | Gala Opening of La Mamounia, Marrakech | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Monday, December 07, 2009 | The legendary Park of La Mamounia is more than a mere green oasis in the heart of city
The ‘new’ La Mamounia, Marrakech, was only five weeks old – but the 209-room icon was full, with a guest list that included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | InterContinental Hong Kong | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Thursday, January 07, 2010 | The standing red lights by the outside pool of InterContinental Hong Kong welcome you to ‘new Asia’
I was working away in the adjacent gym, grinding away on a treadmill and looking out through the all-glass wall. Suddenly, at 5:45 pm, the ten rather-dull red poles, about four feet high and each encas...more | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, France | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Saturday, February 06, 2010 | Hidden away on the tip of the lush secluded peninsula, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat exudes grandeur galore with modern luxuries.
To show that anti-ageing is working, the 101-year old palace, a member of Leading Small Hotels of the World, is now as youthful as a prima ballerina. | | By: Mary Gostelow | Email this article to a friend |
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 | | | Cruise the Nile with Oberoi | | AWAY-NIGHTS | Friday, March 05, 2010 | The Oberoi Zahra Luxury Nile Cruiser offers the highest standards of hospitality
Those great A-listers of the luxury cruising world, namely Roman Abramovich and Paul Allen, must feel as if they’re staying in Walmart compared with the quality of the all-inclusive Oberoi Zahra Luxury Nile Cruiser...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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