HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in Europe, France, Hotel, Provence/Côte d'Azur on Jul 19th, 2011
Q: What is it? A: A very charming hotel with charming staff and charming views of the Côte d’Azur. A classic, charming Mediterranean hotel on the Côte d’Azur. La Pérouse has it all. It has the undersized lobby. It has the quirky floor plan where you will have to take two elevators and walk through [...]
Q: What is it? A: Somebody put a palazzo built in the 15th century on a hilltop in Chianti furnished it with a lot of modern stuff and added a pool and an ambitious kitchen! You arrive at the villa and the first person you meet is… Dr. Evil? From a distance he may resemble [...]
Q: What is it? A: A villa in Lucca, Tuscany where you sleep and eat and get very well taken care of. It’s just one of many Tuscan villas… …but it does its job quite well, (being a villa, that is). It actually looks and feels very much like the quintessential Italian villa; a former [...]
A typical room at the Lapa Palace. For those of you who know me personally: Would you say that this is my style of room? Hehe, that’s what I thought. Again, this is not really my kind room but when it comes with a bathroom the size of a tennis court then I’m prepared to [...]
Posted in Europe, Italy, Top rated, Top rated accommodation, Tuscany on Jul 22nd, 2008
Q: What is it? A: An amazing place to stay where Philip, Paolo and Simon are making you feel very, very much at home, with the help of Paolo’s mother, Ines, who take charge of the kitchen a few days a week. Five stars? Oh yes. What can I say? This is one of the [...]