Miles before entering the picturesque Swiss town of Gstaad, we already spot our place of destination rising high above the rest. We earlier informed our daughters that our next stop would be a ‘princess castle’. Read more...
We toast with rosé Champagne for us and a Shirly Temple mocktail for our daughters. It is not often that we start a report of a visit to a top hotel with a culinary experience, but our visit to restaurant Izumi at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva, Switzerland deserves to be mentioned first. Read more…
The Netherlands is not really a big country. Yet we are on our way to our destination for three wonderful days by the sea: Strandhotel Cadzand. This beautiful seaside resort is located close to the border with Belgium in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. Read more…
It is perhaps one of the most special things I have done in all our travels. At sunrise I get up and cycle across the island. Slowly it awakens. There is a light breeze, and I can smell the faint mist rising from the jungle on the steep slopes. I take it all in; trying hard to imprint the impressions in my memory forever. Our trip to the Seychelles takes us to La Digue Island, the third largest island of the archipel. Read more…
We can't help it, but our first association is Jurassic Park: jungle overgrown granite rocks flow seamlessly into the deep blue-green ocean. At any moment we expect to kick a sleeping T-Rex on its tail. It's like walking into a movie set. But this is all real life. We start our experiences off right with a four-day stay in one of the best hotels in the world on one of the most beautiful bays, Petite Anse, the Four Seasons Seychelles. Read more...
Walking with beers and cans of Coke to our own secluded beach; we stay in a beautiful rental villa on Praslin in the Seychelles. Now we know why the name of our villa is so appropriate: the sunset is magnificent on this side of the island. Praslin was once known as a hideout for pirates. When you visit, you will quickly see why they liked to hide here. With white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and a wonderful climate, everyone wants to be here: pirates as well as law abiding tourists. Read more…
When British officer Charles George Gordon visited the Vallée de Mai nature reserve on Praslin, he was convinced that this had once been the site of the Garden of Eden, the residence of Adam and Eve. We have the same feeling arriving for our visit to Raffles Seychelles. Surrounded by pristine beaches, framed by forests and clear ocean waters, it is no wonder we get visions of paradise. Our daughters are also extremely excited, especially about the fact that the resort features the largest swimming pool in the Indian Ocean with a length of forty-five meters. Read more…
Villa Koket is a self catering accommodation and we are having an amazing time here. The owners are a local family, running a complex of 8 newly built modern apartments located on the northern coast of Mahe in a quiet surrounding in the village of Northeast Point. Read more…
We are on a father daughter outing. Two days on a trip to the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. As soon as we enter the driveway of Landgoed Lauswolt in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, we are out of breath again. From admiration this time. Read more…
Looking for a creative and off-the-beaten track in the Netherlands, we end up at Kallumaan in the Noordoostpolder. It feels familair to Angela, who is born in Flevoland as the daughter of one of the first families to settle there. Kallumaan is a surprising, beautiful place to stay, located in the idyllic village of Kraggenburg. Read more…
When we turn into the driveway of Château St. Gerlach we hear a deep sigh from the back seat of the car: “wow, are we going to sleep there?”. Our youngest daughter has brought her girlfriend Vera for this weekend and both are now almost sitting with their noses against the window. The excitement is completely justified. Read more…
From afar we can see the A'dam Tower on the skyline. Look through your eyelashes and it looks more like Manhattan than Amsterdam. However, as soon as we focus our eyes again, we see that we are really in the second largest city in the Netherlands. This weekend our oldest daughter took her friend for a real teenage outing. We arrive by car at the SIR Adam hotel, one of the residents of the building. Read more…
A holiday home near the sea is of course great. However, for our horse-loving daughters, our trip to the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands is very special. For in addition to a comfortable accommodation, we also have access to a care pony. Already upon arrival at “In de Zeeuwse schuur”, the girls spot pony Bonny. Read more…
We had some doubts whether we would include this destination in our portfolio. It is not typically a luxury accommodation, but at the same time it is so charming, and we are having such a good time that we cannot withhold it from you. Michiel and Katja's holiday home Zilt aan Zee where we stay for a week, is located on the largest island in the Netherlands called Texel. Read more…
We often rent holiday homes during our travels and are quite used to it. However, we have never stayed anywhere with as many facilities as we discover during our stay at Gite Grand-Pas in France. Read more…
The gravel splashes high and our girls are screaming with pleasure. When we spot them, we see that they are together on a cool and sturdy pedal scooter. Again, and again they make a tour of the site. And that site is not exactly an amusement park as you might think, no, it is a majestic retreat in the Calvados region of Normandy in France. As we have the pleasure to be guests at Château d’Audrieu for three nights. Read more…
Amsterdam is the perfect city for an active city trip with the family. Especially older children will enjoy this vibrant metropolis with its unique, largely seventeenth-century city centre. And the hotel Andaz Amsterdam where we stay, is ideally located to serve as a base. Read more…
“If we had paddled upstream long enough, we would have come here." Our daughters look amazed as they gaze from us at the fast-flowing river Rhine and back again. However, we certainly do not want to leave as we planned for two nights in one of the best hotels in Switzerland and one of the oldest city hotels in Europe. Founded in 1681 as a gentlemen's inn and rebuilt in 1844, The Grand Hôtel Les Trois Rois covers half a block and majestically overlooks the Rhine. Read more…
She pauses for a second and then runs as best she can a few meters into the thickly snowy garden, falls on her back and makes a snow angel with her arms and legs while moving. This scene takes place on the first day of our visit to the Waldhaus Flims Wellness Resort. In the morning we receive a warm welcome from host Burkhard Wolter and his team. Read more…
Wow, this is a cool room! That is how it sounds from the room next to us. We have the pleasure to be guests at the breathtaking Grand Resort Bad Ragaz for a second time, now in winter. Although it more looks like spring on the day of arrival with 14 degrees Celsius. However, as often in the Alps, the weather changes in a heartbeat and the snowflakes drift down within hours of our arrival. Read more…