Tag: luxurious
Your Travel Expert in the American Southwest
Patrizia Antonicelli is a travel expert in the American Southwest. Her company Seven Directions Cultural and Sustainable Tours offers customized journeys throughout New Mexico, Arizona and the surrounding states. Patrizia is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and prides herself on offering authentic experiences designed for individual travelers’ interests and needs. ”We are a sustainable tourism enterprise […]
Vietnam Luxury Hotels and Resorts
Vietnam luxury hotels, resorts, and villas are some of the best in the world. In my last post, I profiled some of my favorite accommodations. Here are three more wonderful places to stay, including a tropical beach resort, an exotic island retreat with a great spa, and an historic hotel that feels more French than Vietnamese: […]
Vietnams Best Hotels
Vietnam is packed with exciting activities. You might like hiking with hill tribes, shopping in colorful public markets, or learning to make pho in a cooking course. Fortunately, the country’s luxury hotels also offer variety. Each special place mentioned here reflects its surroundings and provides easy access to memorable experiences. Vietnams best hotels – Hanoi […]
Enjoy New Zealand Spas and Natural Remedies
New Zealand spas offer a hands-on way to experience New Zealand’s natural wonders. Several spas throughout this clean green country use products made from local plants, honey, and – even – clay in wonderful massage therapies, body treatments, facials, and treats for hands and feet. I made this discovery after a long hike in the Bay […]
3 Best Dubai Luxury Hotels
Dubai luxury hotels The best travel advice I ever received? “Pick your hotel carefully. More than any other factor, it will color your impression of the destination.” Nowhere is this more true than in Dubai. Travelers who report “it’s just another big city” obviously didn’t make a good choice on lodging. The problem is that it’s […]
What Is Authentic Luxury Travel?
What is authentic luxury travel? When I first started writing about Authentic Luxury Travel no one seemed to know what I meant. Most folks thought that ALT was synonymous with five-star resorts and high-end cruise ships. In those days, I spent a lot of time defining “authentic” as it applies to travel. But times have […]
Hideaway Report Winners
As mentioned on my last post, Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report Winners for 2011 have just been announced. These places are of interest to Authentic Luxury Travelers because they offer character, genuine hospitality, and a real sense of place. And the winners are: HIDEAWAY OF THE YEAR Il Salviatino (Florence, Italy) NORTH AMERICA Amangiri (Canyon Point, […]
Go to Heaven – Utah’s Amangiri Resort
Amangiri took my breathe away – literally. The approach to the resort is down a long, winding road with expanses of desert and huge sandstone boulders on both sides. The rocks, sculpted by wind for millions of years, resemble pieces of modern art. I was stunned. I mean I’d been driving through beautiful Southern Utah scenery for several […]
Your Travel Expert in Japan
I wish I’d known about The Real Japan when I was traveling in Asia. Instead, I tried exploring this fascinating destination on my own and ended up nearly in tears – OK, actually in tears – when I couldn’t figure out the street signs, the menus, or pretty much anything else. In shear frustration, I […]
Zambia Wildlife Walking Safaris & Bush Camps
I almost can’t begin to tell you how much I loved our time in Zambia with Norman Carr Safaris. Their four bush camps in South Luanga National Park are each situated in a different wilderness environment with wildlife nearby – and sometimes on the premises. Each camp offers four grass-and-thatch huts (Luwi Camp), or chalets […]
Germany: The BMW Experience
Vintage cars are my husband’s passion, and since he has a big birthday coming up, I’m on the look-out for unusual automotive adventures. Enter: Paradizo, the luxury travel website, where I read about the “Ultimate BMW Driving Experience” offered by the BMW Museum in Munich. Highlights of this three-hour private driving tour include the home […]
A New Insider Angle on Dubai’s Burj
If you read The Inside Scoop on the Burj Dubai, you know that I suggested two hotels with a great view of the world’s tallest tower – now called Burj Khalifa. Now there’s a new “insider angle” on Dubai’s landmark – and I mean that literally. A luxury hotel crafted by designer Giorgio Armani just […]
Luxury Hotels in South Africa
There’s no shortage of luxury hotels in South Africa. More important: it isn’t impossible to find authentic lodging – properties that reflect the local culture. Here are two of my favorites: In Johannesburg, I recommend that you book one of the 24 suites at Saxon Boutique Hotel & Spa - one of the great luxury hotels in […]
Your Travel Expert in Costa Rica
Trip planning is much easier if you have a friend living in the destination you’re going to visit. In the case of Costa Rica, we all have an amigo in the person of Michael Kaye. Michael was the first to run Costa Rica’s whitewater rivers and – in 1978 – he started Costa Rica Expeditions as […]
