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The Serai Resorts Kabini. Discover Luxury in the Wild in Karnataka.

06/09/2026 by .
Bindu Gopal Rao discovers the Serai Resorts Kabini as a property that is the ideal way to enjoy a getaway to the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka.

Bindu Gopal Rao discovers the Serai Resorts Kabini as a property that is the ideal way to enjoy a getaway to the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka.

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Nisbet Plantation Beach Club. Discover Nelson’s beautiful Caribbean wedding venue

The luxurious Nisbet Plantation Beach Club on Nevis’s north east coast has come a long way since Fanny Nisbet lived here. Indeed, I’m sure Britain’s naval hero Lord Nelson must have been quite taken with it each time he came to visit while he was wooing Fanny before marrying her under a giant silk tree on the island. Mind you, as most of the Nisbet team have been here for so long, it wouldn’t surprise me if they were on first name terms with the famous old Admiral.

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terry Marsh reviews Quintinha Sao Joao in Madeira's capital Funchal

Quintinha Sao Joao. Discover this sublime Quinta experience in Funchal.

In Portuguese ‘quinta’, originally meant a farm and house let out at a rent of one-fifth of its produce, from Latin quintus, ‘one fifth. Today, it has an altogether different meaning, and, in the case of Madeira, refers to former colonial manor houses that have been converted to luxury hotels enclosed within their own grounds. Logically, then, a quintinha, is a small quinta, and such is the case with the Quintinha Sao Joao on the hillside above Funchal, overlooking the city at around 70 metres above sea level

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NH Collection Palazzo Cinquecento opens its doors in Rome 

NH Collection Palazzo Cinquecento Hotel. Sleep next to Rome’s magnificent history.

It’s not every day you can boast you’ve sat on a 3,000 year old piece of history, but I’m not ashamed to say I did just that on the front garden of Rome’s brand new NH Collection Palazzo Cinquecento Hotel

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Andy Mossack reviews Quinta do Furao a beautiful manor house on Madeira's north east coast.

Quinta do Furao. Discover a beautiful manor house on Madeira.

The word Quinta in Portuguese means a piece of land to farm on or a rustic property, however these days, in Portugal and Madeira, a Quinta means luxury colonial manor house. The added bonus for me is, Quinta do Furao on Madeira’s north east coast, also happens to be a pretty productive vineyard, so pretty much a win win scenario all round.

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Hotel Botanico Tenerife

I was fully expecting to encounter Agatha Christie or the aristocratic ladies of Downton Abbey, transported by time capsule here to the 5* Hotel Botanico’ elegant terraces sipping afternoon tea, nibbling on finger sandwiches or snooping among the sumptuous gardens of the Grand Dame Hotel.of Tenerife

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The Hilton Metropole. The Edgware Road has never looked so good.

The Hilton Metropole once suffered from a slightly odd location, sitting just outside the West End, with the need to negotiate the hairiest junction on Edgware Road making it a tad tricky to enter. But now Paddington is the subject of redevelopment, what must be the largest hotel in London is set to come into its own.

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