Corsican hotels and friendly people. Barbara Kingstone August 6, 2016 Destinations, Europe, France, Hotels, Islands, Mediterranean, Resorts Corsica’s fine accommodations They are amusing, serious, luxurious and with friendly, helpful staff…all of them. Let’s get this straight. Corsica is not part of Italy although at the closest...
Kowloon Shangri La Hotel’s anniversary; But it’s always an occasion to be a guest! Barbara Kingstone June 20, 2016 Asia, China, Destinations, HongKong, Hotels A PHOTO BOOK TO TOP MANY OTHERS Here’s the scenario. It’s the 5 star@Kowloon’s Shangri-La Hotel, 35th anniversary. You’ve been asked to quickly come up with a great public relations idea...
La Residence D’angkor… a place where you’d like to hang your sunhat Barbara Kingstone May 20, 2016 Asia, Cambodia, Destinations, Feature, Hotels Consider yourself lucky if you haven’t been to La Residence d’Angkor in Siem Reap Cambodia. What awaits you is the heady pleasure of a well serviced, enchanting newish true Cambodian Khmer-styled hotel in...
Albano, Italy, is a spa with a difference. Barbara Kingstone May 16, 2016 Europe, Health Travel, Indulgences, Italy, Resorts, Spas IN EUROPE BAD MEANS GOOD. Most spas have the prefix of Bad for example Baden Baden in Germany or Bad Regaz in Switzerland, or they may have the suffix like Marienbad. But nevertheless, no Bad,...
Padua, Italy. Forget the stunning Italians. There’s so much to learn from our ‘Ruskie’ friends. Barbara Kingstone February 15, 2016 Europe, Italy, Travel Tips I thought I was fairly sophisticated. So there I was at a famed spa and splendid hotel The Grand Thermal Hotel,(see article on www.indulgedtraveler.com and barbara’s baggage blog) in Abano,...
Basking in the glories of Italy’s famed thermal waters. Abano is spa with a difference. Barbara Kingstone February 1, 2016 Destinations, Europe, Health Travel, Hotels, Italy, Spas In Europe, Bad means good. Most spas have the prefix of Bad for example Baden Baden in Germany or Bad Regaz in Switzerland, or they may have the suffix like Marienbad. But my recent trip (Nov 2015) had...
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. Barbara Kingstone December 25, 2015 Destinations, Hotels, Las Vegas, North America, Shopping, United States It has been said that whatever happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas. But think about our new age of technology when you’re in Sin City. What ever happens in L.V stays on FaceBook forever!!...
STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. Barbara Kingstone October 5, 2015 Europe, Feature, Germany STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. By Barbara Kingstone On a cold, dull winter Sunday morning in Cologne Germany, when everything is closed as tight as...
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. Barbara Kingstone October 2, 2015 Europe, Indulgences, Jewellry, Shopping, Switzerland FROM MY HOTEL WINDOW What could be a better perch than looking down from my hotel room at the swanky 5 star Savoy en Ville Hotel on the Paradestrasse, considered the best location in Zurich, and from...
The Kempinski Adlon and Bristol Hotels in Berlin is where tradition meets denim. Barbara Kingstone September 7, 2015 Destinations, Europe, Feature, Germany, Hotels “I hope you’ll like your room,” said one of renowned “Ladies in Red”, an extension of the fine concierge group at the Kempinski Adlon Hotel in Berlin, Germany. Like the room? Love, would be the...
