It was my second time at this exclusive resort in douro Valley — it’s never too much to say that this region in the north of Portugal (90 minute drive from Porto) is worldwide famous by the wines and listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its unique landscape — since it started being managed by the Asian company Six Senses. For those you have missed my previous experience, fell free to read about it here. New for 2017, Six Senses…
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Somehow, Winter and its mists become Fiais da Beira. Now I know. Nevertheless, before staying at Stroganov Hotel this small village, not far from Coimbra and near to Oliveira do Hospital (you better use your GPS to get there),…
A seven-minute drive from the airport and no more than a 10-minute walk from the city centre. When I googled Azoris Royal Garden (ARG), a renovated four star hotel in Ponta Delgada (and part of Azoris Hotels Group, recently…
I love tea. Actually there’s few drinks as refreshing and relaxing as a cup of tea, but part of my enthusiasm towards it, I admit, has a lot to do with its rituals and cerimonies. Above all, I appreciate…
It’s the 125th bday of reid’s palace: 13 reasons to go there | o reid’s palace faz 125 anos: 13 razões para lá ir
No, Reid’s, you don’t look old — I mean, you do, in a good way — but you are not getting any younger either and that is just okay. Thank God you are not trying, at the age of…
I’m the living proof that social media are changing the way we travel. During my last trip to Madrid I’ve elected Dear Hotel after seeing it on several Instagram feeds that I follow for tips and inspiration. Located on…
Last July I was invited to spend a couple of days at Uva do Monte-Blueberry Farm and write a piece about it for Portuguese lifestyle magazine Evasões. I enjoyed my stay there so much — even if I was…
spot alert: first social stay hotel opens this fall in chicago | partilhar o quarto e o instagram
Über cool Mexican Habita Group (with several properties in Mexico and Hotel Americano in New York) is just about to open two new hotels, side by side, in Chicago’s hip neighborhood of Wicker Park/Bucktown: The Hollander and The Roby.…
On the Atlantic coast of Portugal, near Lisbon, Quinta da Marinha is better known as a very exclusive residential estate close to Cascais, but you can actually stay there as a guest thanks to resorts as Sheraton Cascais. The…
In the mood for shorts and jackets | Vontade de combinar calções e casacos This can be a great combo for guys (grown-up guys) just as long as you get it right. On the photos, the blue one, Morris…