Do do Vilamendhoo!
If the notion of white-sand barefoot luxury with unparalleled crystal-clear snorkelling turns you on – then Vilamendhoo in the South Ari Atoll of the Maldives is the place for you. Gently lapping water around the stilts of our Jacuzzi Water Villa is the only sound we can hear as we lounge on our deck overlooking the crystal-clear waters of the coral lagoon – a soporific sound broken only by the occasional buzz of a seaplane carrying...
Five quirky, quaint, quality, luxury hotels, worldwide
If you eschew glitz for the sake of it and seek instead something with real character, then take a look at our top five choices of accommodation in five different countries To avoid favouritism and so that we don’t have to make a choice, we’ve listed these wonderful places alphabetically Al Maha, Dubai ‘Based on a Bedouin tent’ is a statement as far from reality as saying the Orient Express is based on a freight...
Samode Safari Lodge – a fine heritage
If ever there is an argument for visiting a wildlife park and never leaving your hotel then Samode Safari Lodge has to be it! It’s not often that we’re taken aback on entering an hotel room but at Samode Safari Lodge on the edge of Bandhavgarh National Park in India we experience a definite double-take! We should have expected a treat as Samode’s other hotels (beautiful heritage properties in Rajasthan) had, on previously visits to...
Miami day out – Art Deco & Airboat
Chilling with Champagne and birthday partying in a friend’s waterfront Miami villa should have been quite enough for the week we stayed at this seaside Metropolis but ever-restless for further entertainment we decided to venture into the local area. Never having a been a great lover of American ‘culture’ but always impressed by their commitment to the grand gesture, our rental car trip into downtown Miami Beach was a real eye-opener....
