A little off the beaten track and yet only a one-hour drive from Alicante airport, you’ll find the rural retreat Cuatre Finques. It’s situated in a tranquil lush green valley on the outskirts of Jalon, with great views of the surrounding mountains. Read more...
Arriving at this lovely lodge after travelling through Namibia is quite a surprise. It’s situated in the far west of Etosha, the largest national park in this beautiful country. You can even see game while ‘en route’ through the park. Read more...
This is a stunning 4 star-hotel well located near the Vondelpark and still very close to centre of Amsterdam. Often crowned as the number one luxury hotel in the Netherlands. Read more...
Such a big pool in the center of a city is rare and great to spend time during the hot days. Read more...
Going through the large white door of Luna2 studiotel, it feels like we are entering a spaceship. Well, a spaceship that has landed here in the 1960’s. A hallucinating combination of a minimalistic design with a touch of retro combined with a large dose of pop art and finished off with futuristic elements. Read more...
You can count yourself lucky if you get the chance to visit the 5-star resort, Alila Seminyak, on Bali. A stunning, modern resort: architecture and décor with accented by high-quality furnishings. Apart from a beautiful beachfront experience, it’s also has a lush secret garden; awith a distinctive blend of contemporary architecture woven through with vertical greens, wall-hugging plants, green roofs and landscaped terraces. At the same time, the resort is committed to minimising its environmental footprint. The resort is situated at the most perfect location in the city of Seminyak, right on the beach. Read more...
Upon arrival at this unique 5-star hotel on the island of Bali, practically everyone gets out his smartphone to take a photo. The one-of-a-kind design and location of Alila Villas Uluwatu make it one of the most photographed hotels on Instagram. Read more...
It’s a bumpy but pleasant ride from Jeeva Klui, the sister property near the sea, to Jeeva Beloam and that really indicates the characteristics of our stay at Jeeva Beloam; this is surely an adventurous resort located in the middle of nowhere. Read more...
Set in a large and open tropical beachfront garden, this unique traditional stone and thatch design reflects Jeeva Klui Hotel’s commitment to the culture and tradition of Lombok. The hotel is about an hour’s drive from the airport and takes you through rice paddies and along a picturesque coastal road. Read more...
"Welcome to Nikoi Island: your private island!”, with a big smile we are helped out of the speed boat and onto the jetty. While our luggage quickly disappears into an old-fashioned cargo bike, we take in the ‘picture postcard scenery’ that stretches out before our eyes. Read more...
Staying at Marina Bay Sands definitely requires a dive in the pool on top of this enormous hotel. Read more...
The location is unique; only a 15-minute drive from the city centre, directly situated on the beach and surrounded by immensely tall palm trees. Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa is the only hotel in Singapore that offers this golden combination. Read more....
There are hotels where children are just tolerated, then there are child-friendly hotels and then we have the super child-friendly hotels. Martinhal Cascais definitely qualifies for the last-mentioned category. Read more...
“If you look really carefully, you’ll find goats somewhere around here”, general manager Petra of Les Deux Tours Hotel squats down and gives this intriguing ‘task’ to our daughters. In the end, finding the animals turns out to be quite hard as the hotel grounds stretch out over a huge terrain with large palm trees and all sorts of hidden nooks and crannies. Not only good hiding places for goats but also for kids on a discovery tour. Read more...
It took a whole day before our daughters discovered the third swimming pool. That’s not as strange as it sounds because Tigmiza Suites & Pavillons is located in the middle of a palm oasis stretching over no less than 6 acres. Just 20 minutes from the chaos of Marrakesh, this is a place of retreat and relaxation. Built in the traditional Kabash style, the complex is pretty as a picture. Although it seems as if the sand-coloured buildings have been here for ages, the luxury boutique hotel was built only 10 years ago. This doesn’t mean the hotel has no soul. On the contrary. At the end of our first day, we can say – while we are enjoying our delicious Mojitos and special kid-friendly cocktails – that it feels like staying with relatives. Well-to-do relatives, that is, as the level of comfort is extremely high. Read more...
In Morocco, the term “Douar” means a small, traditional village [or] a group of rural dwellings consisting of dozens or sometimes even hundreds of houses. Le Jardin des Douars Hotel can be better described as an oasis. Situated in the hills not far from the seaside town of Essaouira, this splendid hotel is built in the local Ksar style and looks out over the luscious river Oued Ksob. Read more...
Jean and Victoria’s place is a lovely and excellent Riad (Moroccan villa) situated just 5 minutes outside Taroudant where you will find a real Moroccan experience. Read more…
A wilderness playground with a tree house, an old, bright yellow Mercedes, goats and donkeys and as eye-catcher in the lobby a shrine consisting of kitschy statues and images around a vintage poster of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not your typical hotel description, is it? Read more...
“Dad, how many other people are sleeping here?” our oldest daughter wonders in amazement as she absorbs the room. We have just been welcomed by one of the butlers in, as turns out, our very own Riad. This isn’t your average hotel room, nor a suite, but an identical copy of a traditional Moroccan house. That’s not really surprising because we are in Marrakesh, one of the most beautiful cities in this North African country.
And we sleep in style indeed as the Royal Mansour hotel also serves as one of the official guesthouses of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Read more...
Paris, the city of love. This stems from the romance of the old city and the fact that Paris has long been in demand as a honeymoon destination. The often tight hotel rooms certainly have contributed to this. Yet you cannot speak of tightness in the apartment we stay in, since it features 160 m2 inside and 90 m2 of a garden… Read more…
