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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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Andy Mossack reviews the Tintswalo Atlantic Hotel, a luxuriously rustic retreat near Houts Bay.

Tintswalo Atlantic Hotel. Discover Hout Bay’s stunning beach lodges.

This five-star boutique hotel with its eleven cabin suites is the classic rustic luxury hideaway. The only hotel within Table Mountain National Park, it is an oasis of fine dining and luxury living with unobstructed ocean views. I’m right on Nature’s doorstep and loving it.

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Alpina Gstaad.

The Alpina Gstaad. Enjoy great hospitality in alpine luxury.

As the train pulls into Gstaad, I get a glimpse of the Alpina, looking like a stately castle perched high above the town. The driver who meets me tells me that, although the hotel looks old, it only opened in 2012, built on the site of a previous property which had fallen into disrepair.

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MannaBay Boutique Hotel

MannaBay Boutique Hotel. Discover 5 star luxury on the stunning slopes of Table Mountain

Staring out of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of my extraordinary Black and White room at MannaBay I was having a moment. Not quite an epiphany you understand, but mighty close to one.

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Southern Sun The Cullinan pool deck

Southern Sun The Cullinan. Discover Cape Town’s Great Grande Dame.

Rising like an elegant colonial Grand Dame The Cullinan has such distinctive architecture you can spot it from almost anywhere in Cape Town. Yet, despite its classical veneer, it is a relatively new build and without a doubt the signature property of South African hospitality group Southern Sun.

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Allington Manor

Allington Manor Hotel. Grantham has never looked so good.

Britain is celebrating its Bed and Breakfast places with the first national day this month. James Ruddy reveals the highlights of a night at one of the new breed of historic and luxurious manor houses, near Margaret Thatcher’s birthplace.

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Michael Edwards reviews the African Vineyard Guest House, a lovely boutique hotel in South Africa's Northern Cape.

African Vineyard Guest House. Discover a glorious hideway in the Northern Cape.

In a land where outdoor cooking is an art that inspired Braii-Master, a Masterchef spin-off, African Vineyard with its fragrant gardens is the perfect location for lamb chops, kudo sausages, maize porridge and fig jam.

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