Val Badia, 35 km long valley in South Tyrol, is a perfect picture of Dolomites dream. I mean, if you close your eyes and try to imagine the most imposing mountain scenery, that would be it. Culturally, this is eclectic mix of Italian, Austrian, and authentically local Ladin. Over 97% of upper valley speak Ladin,…
No doubts, Italian Dolomites is truly fantastic place to be, winter or summer, ski or hiking. Tremendous scenery, cute villages, and apres-ski always present in its best. There is always question where exactly in Dolomites - the area is vast, and the options are numerous. Let's try to sort it out, should we?
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If you are not first timer is Venice, you may know that Piazza San Marco, doesn't matter how stunning it is, is not only place to be. And well, considering how busy and touristy Venice can get during the season, you may want to sneak off the beaten track. Not far - we are speaking…
Venice. Londra Palace Hotel. Relais & Chateaux.
I've been to Londra Palace before, and I was so happy to be its guest ones again. The first feeling/thought when you step in: bomboniera. Jewel-box. Exquisite in every detail, refined, precious, so venetian in its light butterfly-touch version. Somehow strangely French. And simply delightful.
The history…
Hotel Villa Franca, Positano. Small Luxury Hotels. If you dream of Positano, but don't have budget for Il San Pietro di Positano or Le Sirenuse, this is a place to consider. The quality is here and not to be sacrificed by any means. Just smaller scale and a bit up the hill which should not…
Il San Pietro di Positano. Dream-like resort in iconic fisherman village of Positano, Amalfi Coast, the mecca of jet-setters' crowd in many generations.
This luxurious (and pricey) hotel is very hard to book since Il San Pietro di Positano regulars reserve their preferred rooms for the next season year ahead. But it truly worth an…
Sardinia. How to enjoy the second largest island of Italy outside of jet-setters' world of Porto Cervo?
Well, Porto Cervo is Porto Cervo, and Costa Smeralda is Costa Smeralda, and I'm very far from saying Porto Cervo doesn't worth to be an icon of luxury travel. It was created to be an icon, and generations…
W Sardinia Poltu Quatu, brand new luxury hotel by Marriott in Northern Sardinia. W Sardinia just opened its doors last summer: fresh, elegant, modern and welcoming as it can be.
I've just happened to stay at W Sardinia for luxury travel conference TRUE Sardinia, and I can't imagine better host: every detail was taken…
Romazzino, an iconic hotel in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. Now starts new chapter as a part of Belmond hotels. Jet-setters dream by the sea to enjoy.
Sardinia as real as it can be. Su Gologone experience hotel in blue zone. Zero km food source, local crafts, true Sardinian through and through yet luxurious.
Petra Segreta, Relais & Chateaux with tremendous views. Authentic Sardinia luxury way.
Cascioni Eco Retreat, Small Luxury Hotels of the World. One of those beautiful places in Sardinia to choose outside of world known Costa Smeralda. Not far from the coast, but this is another world to discover: peaceful, emerged in nature, surrounded by olive groves and green hills.
Cascioni Eco Retreat is truly very eco.…