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...
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...
Casa Moderna earns Trip Advisor Award Barbara Kingstone June 1, 2012 Hotels, North America, United States Casa Moderna, the luxury boutique hotel located in the Marquis Residence on Miami’s Biscayne Blvd. “In a city like Miami that is renowned for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Villa San Michele in Italy with history and a façade by Michelangelo Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Europe, Hotels, Italy Set in the hills of the Etruscan town of Fiesole, Italy, just above Florence, the Villa San Michele,an exclusive small boutique hotel, rates high in...
When in Venice stay at the renowned Cipriani Hotel Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Europe, Hotels This scribe’s philosophy is that for everything good that happens in life, there’s always pay back time. Mine was the train trip from...
