A Little-known Italian
Nota Bene looks at the forthcoming Bulgari Hotel and Residences, London, and finds what interests us most is happening in the kitchen.
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New York: The Shining
Nota Bene rediscovers the joy of the traditional shoeshine service in New York at The Mark Shine by John Lobb
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Villa Feltrinelli
The world’s finest small hotel? Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli… a serious Nota Bene contender.
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Chain Reaction
The fascinating desert city of Marrakech continues to thrive. With development at its peak, the big name hotel chains have finally moved in...
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Room With A View
Ritz-Carlton open the tallest hotel in the world - will those extra floors really make a difference?
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Talk Of The Town
Spotlight on Dunton Hot Springs, an exclusive retreat nestled deep in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies
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Into The Wild
Southern Ocean Lodge sets a new standard of luxury in the Australian wilderness of Kangaroo Island
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Private Paradise
Our pick of the finest hotel villas on the glamorous island of St Barths
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Crown Towers
With superb attention to detail and spectacular views of Port Phillip Bay, the Villas at Crown Towers are our pick for your stay in Melbourne
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Head For The Hills
Those plotting a stint in Los Angeles this year will be interested to learn of two fresh options in the immaculately beautiful Beverly Hills environs, both courtesy of the prestigious Dorchester Collection
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Ancient Angkor
Steeped in magic and mystery, Angkor Wat is an archeological wonder that cannot fail to inspire. Stay at Amansara, Siem Reap for the perfect cultural getaway
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London's
Ever the first to review the newest luxury hotels , Nota Bene recently went on a hard hat tour of the Four Seasons on Park Lane
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Luang Prabang Hotels
Luang Prabang is a city for adventurers: a boat trip on the Mekong River, hours spent exploring the streets by bicycle, time whiled away at the food market, alms-giving to the monks at dawn. But with an expanding choice of hotels on offer, which is the current best?
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Villa d'Este
Less than one hour’s drive from Milan, set in beautiful lakefront gardens surrounded by magnificent villas and picture postcard scenery, the iconic grand hotel Villa D’Este has long been a European favourite of the upscale traveller
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Thierry Teyssier
Curious about the many different ways of welcoming a guest, this entrepreneurial aesthete, with a passion for cooking and decoration, has stayed at countless hotels reputed to be chic places with starry perfection, but he says he couldn’t “find any emotion” in these settings. So Thierry Teyssier decided to create his own highly personalized interpretation of hotels: The Maisons des Rêves or The Houses of Dreams, three extraordinary “maisons” in Morocco, Portugal and, coming late 2011, Brazil
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Hotel Splendido
First impressions first: here is a hotel that lives up to its name, well, splendidly. Set high on a hillside above the town, it looks every inch the grand hotel...
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Corsica's Finest
Paul Canarelli's spectacular estate, Domaine du Murtoli, has provoked excited whisperings from those 'in the know'... a rare jewel of a property boasting 2,000 acres of land, endless white sandy beaches, forests, olive groves and fields.
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Julien Antwerp
Antwerp has no Four Seasons, no Peninsula, not a Park-Hyatt, not even a Rocco Forte. (Though at least there’s one in Brussels.) But then given its size why would it?
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