No detail or request goes unheeded at Villa Magna Barbara Kingstone December 28, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Spain Proximate to the capital city’s most famous cultural attractions and museums, no detail or request goes unheeded at Villa Magna. Designed for dignitaries and guests with special security concerns, Villa...
Helvetia & Bristol Hotel, here the majesty of Florence is so obvious Barbara Kingstone November 15, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy After leaving the very mysterious lanes and narrow streets of Siena, I couldn’t imagine enjoying Florence as much as I did with the view of this wonderful terra cotta roofed city. But no sooner had I...
Prague. Two Kings who made Czech Republic the sensational city it is today Barbara Kingstone November 4, 2011 Czech Republic, Europe Even the chill and the unexpected rain that continued all day, couldn’t dampen or dull the glorious architecture of Prague, now included on the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage as the largest urban...
The Joys of flying. Flying high at Schiphol is a pleasant surprise Barbara Kingstone October 27, 2011 Airport/Airport Hotels, Europe, The Netherlands Is it a mall, maybe Las Vegas or even a culinary village. Ah, it’s Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. With over 40 million travelers each year, and rated fourth busiest airport in Europe, the airport...
A sigh for great memories for the grandeur of Siena, Italy’s Grand Continental Hotel Barbara Kingstone October 17, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy Some tourists sigh when they hear the word Roma, I take a deep breath and exhale with pleasure at the word Siena, now a UNESCO World Heritage city. This truly glorious city has it all and most is within...
Residenza de Ripetta, Roma. It is La Dolce Vita Barbara Kingstone October 17, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy It took some navigating of car and twisting and turning the city map trying to discover the discrete signage of Residenza de Ripetta. But once located after driving past it for at least three times, it was...
J.K. Place Hotel, initials for one of the classiest hotels in Capri Barbara Kingstone October 10, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy Over a ‘ladies lunch’, the quartet discussed their recent travels. Then the destination, the fabled, Isle of Capri came up. As a peripatetic travel writer who has been around the world several times...
Naples’ Excelsior Hotel, is walking into the Belle Epoque Barbara Kingstone October 10, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy “Naples, you’re going to that city of crime and mugging?” I was asked by a friend. It wasn’t defiance that my spouse and I had decided to return after decades but to visit a city that had history,...
You can’t go hungry in Hungary. Cook your own goulash and get well fed. Barbara Kingstone August 24, 2011 Europe, Hungary Hungary, as a country, goes back thousands of years with invasions by Romans, Eastern Goths, Longobards, Slavs to name only a few who have dominated or settled in this central small European country. And...
From the kitchen of the famous Grand Hotel Quisisana Capri Barbara Kingstone August 11, 2011 Cuisine, Europe, Italy Great chefs: Stefano Mazzone Born in 1975, native of Treviso, Sicilian parents. Chef of the famous Grand Hotel Quisisana, Capri, Italy He started his career with Gualtiero Marchesi and after only two...
