The Hotel of Childhood Memories: An Old Italian Schoolhouse turned Charming B&B
Perhaps the last thing you want to do on holiday is “go back to school”,…
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A Pocket Guide to Conker Season in Paris
In the mood for something cozy for fall in Paris? Think quaint bee houses in…
The Messy Nessy Chic Paris Hotel Guide
I embarked on an off-beat hotel trail and wandered the cobbled streets of the city in search of alluring homes away from home in Paris. I suppose this little guide might also come in handy from now on when I’m asked, “Can you suggest a charming and inexpensive hotel in Paris?”. For budgets of all kinds, this […]
The Azores: Secrets of Europe’s Hawaii
Lost in the Atlantic Ocean, nine islands thrust out of the depth of the sea in a fiery birth created by seismic activity. The archipelago of the Azores, said by some to have even been the fragments left behind from the lost continent of Atlantis – the sunken land said by Plato to have been […]
Overnight at the Prime Minister’s Library & other Bookshop Hotels
If you’d rather camp outside than stay in a soulless hotel chain on holiday, join the…
An Educational Haven at Harlem’s Little Black Book Shop turned B&B
Kurt Thometz’s bookshop was not the norm. Harlem’s white-owned all-Black bookstore almost seemed like a…
Welcome to the Time Capsule Railway Hotel
Is it just me or is there something about precariously-positioned hotels called “The Belvedere”? Remember…
The Forgotten Houseboat Hotels of Kashmir
There was a time when these floating hotels that have rested on the lakes of…
The French Castles, Literally Fit for a Pigeon
They might easily be mistaken for playhouses fit for a princess, like Marie Antoinette’s little…
Borrow a Private Lighthouse Island for the Price of a Bed & Breakfast
A stone’s throw from a medieval sea fortress in the heart of Morlaix Bay in…
Adult Playground Holiday Homes: A Closer look at the Supersized New Travel Trend
Some of us may dream of relaxing at a serene beach villa or a cosy…
Vacationing with Wes Anderson: The American Motel Edition
Wes Anderson did it again with another eye-feast of aesthetics in “Asteroid City”, set in…