Category: Where to Stay

Adventures in St. Moritz: Badrutt’s Palace

All grand hotels are supremely adept at selling their customers a slice of fantasy. Some of them have done it for so long and so well, they have acquired a legendary status. Badrutt’s is unquestionably one of the few hotels in the world to have such a status, having been […]
Reviewed: the Sanderson Hotel, London W1

Adventures in Wonderland Nestled comfortably between Mortimer and Oxford Streets, Sanderson’s sleek, minimalistic façade seems simultaneously unassuming and impressive. From my vantage point at the corner of Berners and Eastcastle Streets, Sanderson looks like every other hotel I’ve passed on my way from Heathrow to Central London. As I […]
A stay at the Ritz Carlton, Berlin

The Ritz Carlton Berlin, designed in the style of American ‘Golden Twenties’ architecture, rises resplendently from a rejuvenated Potsdamer Platz. A barren, sandy wasteland as recently as the 1980s, Potsdamer Platz has become the city centre of a once divided city. Share

Tastemaker travels: Five Chinese and I in the Mediterranean

I never miss an opportunity to go to the French or Italian Riviera and I never say no to travelling in style. It was in my capacity of a TasteMaker Ambassador that I accompanied a group of five Chinese friends on a two week trip from the snow-capped mountains near […]
Night at the Museum: Auberge du Jeu de Paume, Chantilly

The Aga Khan’s efforts at preserving Chantilly as a beacon of the French lifestyle include the newly opened Auberge du Jeu de Paume. The location is next to none: 20 minutes from Charles de Gaulle and next door to the largest princely Share
NEW HOLIDAY HOUSE TO RENT ON BEQUIA

SJ Villas has introduced a new house in Bequia to their Caribbean portfolio. Bay View overlooks Hope Bay, renowned as one of the most remote and unspoilt beaches on the island. The villa was built in 2010 and is new on the rental market. Share

Australia, Revisited

For some, the idea of visiting the ‘land down under’ as Men at Work styled it, is terrifying. For most, it is an exhilarating fear of the unknown coupled with a desire for discovery. Share

Adventures in St. Moritz: Badrutt’s Palace