Here in Amsterdam’s ‘De Negen Straatjes,’ where each corner and canal is even more charming than the next, sits a hidden gem of a hotel. Even most of the locals who cycle along the water every day breeze past without…
The Hoxton, Holborn: More Than A Mere Hotel
There’s no other way to say it: The Hoxton in Holborn is cool. It oozes cool, in a quirky, charismatic way. Which other hotel could brandish interior accessories that look as if they were squirreled from your granny’s attic, and…
An All-Inclusive Stay at Diani Sea Resort, Kenya
An all-inclusive package holiday? I’ll admit it: I was sceptical. I had imagined the worst-case scenario of being stuck inside the hotel compound and subject to meals of burgers and chips, stereotypical scenes of package beach deals filling my head. I…
The Broch at Borve Lodge: A Luxury Hebridean Hideaway
During our drive the rain was so heavy it hid the sand-swept Harris coastline like a curtain. On reaching our destination, however, the wild Scottish weather hardly mattered: The Broch is so spectacular that there would be no need to…
In Love with Luxury at Le Royal Monceau
Rudyard Kipling once said “When at Raffles, why not visit Singapore?” The writer was a regular visitor at the original Raffles, along with the likes of Joseph Conrad and Somerset Maugham. At first glance the sentiment might seem ridiculous –…
Lewis: The New Luxury Location
Conde Nast Traveler is the luxury travel magazine. It’s the one you look at and imagine using as inspiration the day you win the lottery. So if its well-heeled readers list a location as worthy of a wander, take note. …