Hotel Reviews
The Rambagh Palace, Jaipur
Walk into Jaipur’s Rambagh Palace and you immediately feel like an extra in a costume drama about the last days of the Raj. Turbanned bearers are everywhere, sentries on horseback stand to attention for a maharajah long departed and posh people take tea on the lawn, blissfully removed from the bustle of the Pink City […]
Read the full story hereEpic Sana Algarve
Building a 5-star hotel from scratch is quite an epic challenge in anyone’s book, but opening three of them in the last 6 months is on another level entirely.
Read the full story hereThe Pera Palace, Istanbul.
The Pera Palace is an Istanbul legend since 1832 when passengers from the Orient Express were carried in sedan chairs up the hill to stay overnight.
Read the full story hereIntercontinental Hotel Hong Kong. Best hotel in the world?
Exceptional service the like of which I have seldom experienced and attention to detail makes this one of the best hotels I have ever stayed in.
Read the full story hereLe Petit Hotel Montreal
Petit may mean small, and if we are being honest here, it is a boutique hotel. It’s just that my room was actually very big. Maybe the hotel should be renamed Le Petit Hotel Avec Grand Chambre?
Read the full story hereFrench Cheeses in the Negev
Who would have thought that in such an arid place as this you could produce Camembert cheeses of the utmost delicacy, but that’s exactly what they’ve done. Naot Farm in Ramat Hanegev, a 2 hour drive south from Tel Aviv, is the realisation of a dream for them both and a real throwback to Israel’s early pioneering days. Here is where you will find authentic french cheeses in the Negev.
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