Cala di Volpe, or the Bay of the Fox is a seductive, secluded, sultry enclave hidden in the eastern corner of Sardinia. Its where its namesake, the Cala Di Volpe Hotel, was born, during the hedonistic era of the sixties; a playground for the Aga Khan and his equally exuberant friends. Designed in 1963 by […]
Pine Cliffs Resort, Algarve. The Luxury Collection.
Stepping onto the tarmac at Faro airport, it’s the heat. It sweeps you off your feet. Still floating, and with a rising delight, you arrive at one of Europe’s most indulgent resorts – the Algarve. Beaches, seafood, golf… and oranges. Greeted by the driver in Arrivals, then whisked to a gleaming white Mercedes, your chariot […]
Captivating Luxury, The Culloden Estate & Spa
The WIFI code is love1066. For those of us not au fait with history, 1066 was the year of the Battle of Hastings, between the Norman French Army of William, Duke of Normandy and English Army under the command of Anglo Saxon King, Harold Goodwinson. Bear with me, there is a point. The Culloden Estate […]
Glorious Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, St Lucia
For centuries, the British and French squabbled and waged diplomatic war to secure the mighty resourceful island of St Lucia. Sugar was its most precious commodity. The plantation is now a Unesco world heritage site, 100 acres of lush rainforest spread as far as the eye can see. During the colonial period the plantations grew dramatically […]
Windjammer, St Lucia. Caribbean Treasure.
One of the superb advantages of visiting an island is the ability to arrive in style, in almost any guise. I chose a boat, silently slipping alongside the jetty, like a pirate in the night, ready to plunder the amazing wares that lay onshore. Solomon brought me. He has a fishing fleet. Well, not quite […]
Swedish Lapland. Bright Lights, Big Delight.
‘Obsession’ – The Oxford English Dictionary describes this as ‘the state in which a person’s mind is completely filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person in a way that is not normal’. They should change it to ‘Aurora’. Everyone that visits Swedish Lapland in the autumn, through to winter, is obsessed. Obsessed with […]
Virtuous Venice – Aman Venice, Luxury on the Grand Canal
The click clacking of heels on the cobbled streets tingles your senses. The background rumble of water taxis sets the stage for your Venetian experience, a melange of excitement and and a whirl of confusion – it’s almost impolite not to get lost in Venice. To the naked eye, Venice is Italian. The Venetians speak […]
Athenaeum, London. Blissfully British.
Throw a Coutts card over your shoulder in London and you won’t have any trouble securing a five-star boudoir, complete with brass door knobs and chocolates on your pillow, especially in Mayfair. The affluent beating heart of the city. But is that what you want? What distinguishes the garish from the graceful? The ostentatious from […]
Craving The Crane Resort, Barbados
Albert has been coming to the Crane for over 30 years. He is almost 80 years of age and he doesn’t look a day over 60 by the way, must be the great banana bread and rum. He journeys to the Crane every day, and stays for hours, pottering along the world famous Crane beach, […]
Barbados’ Blissful Beach Houses at the Crane Resort
Crane resort’s tag line is ‘resort living, perfected’. A phenomenon rarely seen in the hotel industry, and yet, here it works, with the latest offering, the Beach Houses, an idyllic haven. Established in 1887, the Crane defies space and gravity with its ever-expanding portfolio. Erosion of the east coast has been ongoing for centuries, 99% […]