Archive for the 'Brazil' Category
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Temperatures rising: Feel your pulse quicken in Brazil’s megacity-on-sea, then discover tropical tranquility on its hip northern beaches…
From Sugarloaf Mountain to Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro’s spectacular geography and many-million population make it as dramatic as destinations get. Caipirinhas, baile funk and bar-hopping are part of the electric ‘carpe diem’ culture, which reaches [...]
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Posted in Bahia, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Smith Trips, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, road-trips | 1 Comment »
Reporting from the travel frontline this week, Smith’s NBF Wanderlista, aka Andria Mitsakos: publicity guru and luxury travel blogger par excellence. Here’s her lowdown on the bright sights of Brazil…
Rio is everything. Ok, that’s a bold statement. But it really is. Take all your pre-conceived thoughts about Rio – the sex, the glamour, the gorgeous [...]
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Posted in Bahia, Brazil, Destinations, Eating & drinking, Restaurant review, Rio de Janeiro, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, travel | 4 Comments »
Whether you’ve woken up in a red, yellow or blue mood this post-election morning, there are still reasons to smile: especially the thought of bolting to Bahia and a sun-drenched stay at beachy beauty, Fazenda São Francisco…
Style Hamptons-inspired beach bungalows
Setting Palm-lined Corumbau sand bar
Why this week? Book in for five nights between June and the [...]
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
With Cupid on the cards mid-month, there’s more reason than ever to splash out on (boutique) bedded bliss. Luckily, our ceaseless search for seductive stays has resulted in eight new additions, spread across cool coasts, colour-rich countryside and snow-kissed slopes.
First up are two Greek treats on the idyllic islands of Kefalonia and Ithaca – [...]
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Posted in Big Sur, Boutique hotels, Brazil, Caribbean, Destinations, Eating & drinking, Features, France, Greece, Honeymoons & weddings, Hotel of the Week, Insider interviews, Kefalonia and Ithaca, London, Santa Catarina, Smith Ski, Spa, Switzerland, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States, Worth getting out of bed for, jamaica, spa hotels | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
It’s not often that Bahia is given a run for its money in the beauty stakes. But when 11 supermodels descended upon the beach at the Uxua Casa Hotel to be snapped by Terry Richardson for Pirelli’s 2010 calendar, we reckon the Brazilian bolthole met its match. Sporting the skimpiest of skimpies (or no skimpies [...]
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Posted in Arts & culture, Brazil, Events, News, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
At Smith HQ, we’re always on the lookout for the very latest trend-setting styles. So, you can imagine our delight when we discovered a brand new British eyewear brand called Zanzan…
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Rio: what are you thinking? (as in, what does that city make you think of? Not, ‘Oi, Ferdinand, get it together’). Samba, bikinis, Carnival, baile funk, that giant statue of Christ the Redeemer… there are a lot of things that make Rio de Janeiro one of the most exciting cities in the world, and for [...]
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
The most recent hotel to have been reviewed for our online collection, Hotel Fazenda da Lagoa is a beachy dream come true, set on the lush coast of Bahia in Brazil.
Every time we publish a new hotel write-up from one of our panel of independent reviewers at Mr & Mrs Smith, we’ll let you know [...]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Just yesterday, we launched our October collection, and (as promised last month) beefed up our Brazilian boutique-hotel selection in the process. Not content with just three luxury city hotels in Rio, which we had previously, we dispatched the intrepid Laura and Katy to the beach-lined state of Bahia to uncover the finest in coastal comfort, [...]
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