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Palace Hotels: Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing

What would the Empress Dowager Cixi have said? Here I stand beneath the soaring ceilings of the grand pavilion in Beijing’s Aman at Summer Palace hotel, facing an intricately carved, floor-to-ceiling wooden screen depicting cypress-lined lakes and...

Hot Springs Lodgings: Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort in Alajuela, Costa Rica

A luxury hotel in the shadow of Arenal Volcano features a series of pools—one equipped with slides—and waterfalls set amid tropical gardens. Lava streaming from the volcano may provide an after-dark show.

Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort, (877)...

Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai

Just an hour (and a world) away from the skyscrapers of Dubai city is Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa, located within a nature preserve founded to protect the Arabian oryx and its habitat. Today, the spear-horned antelope freely roam the resort’s...

A Stunning Place to Stay

Sri Villas on Induruwa Beach, Sri Lanka (accessible by the Galle Road between Colombo and Galle just south of Bentota) can be rented by the room or by the house. 12 friends and I had the entire compound to ourselves for a few days last week - what...

Beautiful stay in Mozambique

I6 private villas in the middle of Marine National Park, where you can boat out with a fisherman and find a private small spit of sand in the middle of the blue Indian ocean...The photo above was the view from my Villa, and I never got enough of...

STAY: Serengeti Luxury Tented Camp

This is where I love to stay when I am in East Africa. Sabora Tented Camp - one of the Singita Grumeti Reserves Lodges on the beautiful and breathtaking Serengeti. During the migration wildebeest and springbok surround the tents. It can get a...

Bulgari Resort, Bali

Set on cliffs above the Indian Ocean, this posh resort is made up of 59 spacious villas that blend local stone and wood with Bulgari-made fabrics. It’s a luxurious combination of contemporary Italian design and Balinese traditional architecture. ...