New for June: holiday-ready hangouts in Hawaii and the Hamptons…
Posted by Sarah Lewis on June 6th, 2011We’ve got a bumper bundle this month, with new hotels spanning the globe from Langkawi to Lisbon. Foodies in particular, you’re in for a treat…
We’ve gone gourmet for June with three new foodie fantasies: St John Hotel, a sleek London retreat where nothing’s skipped on the nose-to-tail menu; The Bull Inn, a picturesque Dorset pub serving tasty local fare; and, in Honolulu, The Waikiki Edition, a hip Hawaii hangout serving sublime sushi.
Elsewhere, we’ve got two new Hamptons hideaways: The Surf Lodge and Ruschmeyer’s, both in Montauk.
In the Caribbean, cove-side Le Sereno on St Barths charmed us with its Continental cool. Over on the Amalfi Coast, we fell for Villa dei D’Armiento, a park-set manor house near Sorrento. As for city stays, Palacete Chafariz d’El Rei, a fine former palace in Lisbon, wins the prize.
In Asia, we welcome another batch of boutique hotels in Sri Lanka, including Casa Colombo, a designer crash pad in the Sri Lankan capital, and our first stay in temple-fringed Kandy, The Kandy House. For glam coastal getaways, check in to colonial-chic Amangalla in the historic centre of Galle, or in beachside Tangalle, visit laid-back The Last House or Amanwella, a stylish all-suite hotel that’s the last word in luxury.
Our Malaysian collection grows, too, with Temple Tree, a rustic-luxe offering in Langkawi, and Straits Collection, a bijou bolthole with lashings of heritage charm in Unesco-listed Georgetown, Penang.
Don’t forget to check back next month for fresh finds in Santorini, New Orleans, Delhi and the Maldives…
So many nice places to choose from it’s amazing! For the record, I’ve stayed at Straits Collection and it is a wonderful place for those loving the Oriental Heritage of old Penang Island.
By David @ MalaysiaAsia
On August 22nd, 2011