More than 12 million passengers for Copenhagen Airport in first six months of 2014 Barbara Kingstone FinlandNews August 17, 2014
Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco, didn’t lose in the translation from Asia. The hotel’s legacy is become legendary in North American Barbara Kingstone HotelsNorth AmericaUnited States March 9, 2011
It’s been years since fashion mavens have discovered the drama of the jungle. Destinations September 15, 2021
A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri Lanka January 17, 2017
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. DestinationsHotelsLas VegasNorth AmericaShoppingUnited States December 25, 2015
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015
Shopping in the mecca of great everything…Delhi, India won’t disappoint. AsiaIndiaShopping December 8, 2014
“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it” said Confucius. The Chinese believe in fate. And on a sunny morning, I learned in Beijing, that I did too. Barbara Kingstone AsiaChinaShopping April 6, 2011
mmmMADRID! Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHotelsSpain February 22, 2018 OLA MADRID THE MAGNIFICENT! Madrid is a city of plenty. It has at least 44 museums, a history that...
Madrid’s The Palace Westin Hotel, where everyone is treated royally Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHotelsSpain November 22, 2016I hired a taxi driver to orient me around Madrid and to show off their magnificent buildings. Of course, the...
Hotel Santo Mauro, Madrid…a small significant palace with the details to prove it. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHotelsSpain November 19, 2016The epicentre of Spain, is Madrid. Sure, there may be opposing opinions from Valencia, Seville or Barcelona, all dynamic cities....
Valencia, where jewels aren’t only on fingers and wrists. It’s a city filled with gems Barbara Kingstone EuropeIndulgencesJewellrySpain November 24, 2012Valencia, Spain is a small-ish city but with great suprises. None more than my meeting with one of the most...
Shopping in Madrid. I came, I saw, I shopped Barbara Kingstone EuropeIndulgencesShoppingSpain October 31, 2012Even in the unusual downpour that lasted the entire day as umbrellas turned inside out when the wind picked up,...
Madrid, glorious even in the rain Barbara Kingstone EuropeSpain October 30, 2012The architecturally wonderful city still has touches of Moorish walls from the 9th century. But even in this dismal economical...
Valencia, a place to quench your thirst with the freshest orange juice right off the tree and get filled with jewels from monuments to gemstones Barbara Kingstone EuropeIndulgencesJewellrySpain October 29, 2012I recall, once, shortly after leaving the city for a day trip, our guide had the driver stop so that...
No detail or request goes unheeded at Villa Magna Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotelsSpain December 28, 2011Proximate to the capital city’s most famous cultural attractions and museums, no detail or request goes unheeded at Villa Magna....
Oranges in Valencia but the Cathedral in Morella is a treasure… Barbara Kingstone EuropeSpain March 19, 2011OK, I confess I stole an orange. Stealing oranges in Valencia, Spain wasn’t really on the itinerary. But after seeing...