Nairobi Nights – our three luxury choices
Take a look at our choice of three wonderful exclusive hotels in Nairobi’s leafy suburbs, with wildlife on the doorstep and you won’t be in such a hurry to set out on safari. An East African safari, for many, doesn’t start until leaving Nairobi and heading out into the open countryside with its rural villages – but we think that you’ll be missing a trick. Let us show you our choice of three wonderful hotels, in green...
The true Zest of Zanzibar
This ancient spice route island now holds a much more fragrant appeal to travellers with its exceptional accommodation for sun seekers. We take a look at the Zanzibar Collection. Getting to Zanzibar had been fraught. Precision Air, our airline, had failed at every turn – we’d seen more precision in a game of ‘Pin the tail on the donkey’. Shambolic check-in, numerous unannounced hours of delays, offloaded in Dar es Salaam, routed...
A haven from the hub-bub of Hong Kong
In a city that powers through every 24hrs as if it was its last, Lanson Place offers a peaceful escape for the traveller who seeks some quality down-time but still wants to be part of the action. There’s no shortage of luxury accommodation in Hong Kong but there is a shortage of peace, quiet…and space. With space at such a premium on an island of finite size, it’s inevitable that hotels go higher but rooms don’t seem to get any...
Five fascinating places to stay in Cape Town
Our collection of boutique, bold and beautiful places to stay that will make any stay in Cape Town extra special. Thinking of a trip to Cape Town? This cross section of fascinating places to stay can’t fail to satisfy your own preferences for luxury and service. They’re in no particular order as they each meet a differing set of criteria according to taste. Manna Bay It’s not often that we stay in a place and...
Top 10 smaller luxury boutique hotels in Sri Lanka
PART 1 – Smaller Luxury Boutique Hotels in Sri Lanka ‘Boutique’, to us, used to mean small, intimate and personal – a term now increasingly misused in the same way that ‘luxury’ has been to capture a developing market. Some definitions include hotels of up to a hundred rooms but for us the Sri Lankan limit of fifty is more in keeping with realistic expectations of providing the highest standards of care and attention. We’ve...
