June 2011 Hideaway Report

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Treetop Suite
Infinity pool at Capella Pedregal
A new room at The Savoy
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

London’s grand hotels once appeared to be embodiments of serene continuity. Many had received their first guests in the 19th century and viewed the latest fashions with a degree of disdain. American visitors tended to admire the...

Tags: London
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

With the Olympics a little over a year away, the London hotel scene is in a predictable ferment. Scarcely a month goes by, it seems, without a glitzy makeover or a loudly publicized debut. Until now, The Savoy has been the only grand...

Tags: London
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

Despite the obvious security concerns, it is possible to visit several royal residences when their occupants are elsewhere. The most intimate and arguably the most fascinating is Clarence House, home to the Prince of Wales and Princes...

Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

The English are seldom thought of as an especially musical people — unlike the Germans, say, or the Italians — and London's artistic reputation is based chiefly on its theatrical and literary...

Tags: London, music
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

Despite the routinely depressing news from Mexico, I recently decided to head down to two of my favorite destinations, Cabo San Lucas and San Miguel de Allende, to visit new hotels from the distinguished companies Capella and Rosewood....

Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

Mick and Lucy Fleming have come on an astonishing journey. It is now 30 years since the couple opened a jungle lodge in the remote Cayo District of Belize. Since 1981, they have transformed a simple six-room property into a superb eco-...

Tags: Belize, family
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

For children between the ages of 7 and 14, Belize provides an almost unbeatable combination of a long Caribbean coral reef and extensive tracts of pristine tropical forest. Ambergris Caye lies just 15 minutes by light aircraft from...

Tags: Belize, family
Source: June 2011 Hideaway Report

Many of the world's greatest archaeological sites suffer from a surfeit of admirers. The crowds can cause physical damage to the ruins — Machu Picchu being an egregious example — but they also...

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