Madrid’s The Palace Westin Hotel, where everyone is treated royally Barbara Kingstone November 22, 2016 Destinations, Europe, Hotels, Spain I hired a taxi driver to orient me around Madrid and to show off their magnificent buildings. Of course, the architecture of the 20th and 21st...
Twenty Four Hours in Corsica, a most beautiful triangle. Barbara Kingstone August 7, 2016 Destinations, Europe, France, Hotels, Islands, Mediterranean, Resorts It isn’t unusual for most travellers to know the country name Corsica, The location often stumps even the savviest traveller. Is it part of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ITC Maurya Hotel and Ava Gardner. A lost tryst. Barbara Kingstone November 2, 2014 Asia, Cuisine, Hotels, India The late gorgeous, late actress, Ava Gardner and I have little in common but she did loved eating. However, dear Ava never had the sensational...
Canal Barging in France. So Easy, So Special. Barbara Kingstone September 18, 2013 Cruises, Europe, Feature, France When I mentioned to our friends that for our anniversary, my husband and I had decided to take an ultra deluxe French canal river barge trip on one...
On the Riveting Temple Trail of Orissa Subhasish Chakraborty March 30, 2013 Asia, Feature, Hotels, India, India, Resorts In terms of tourism in Eastern India, the age-old pilgrimage circuit of Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark is equivalent to what the Delhi-Agra-Jaipur circuit...
