Travel Blog – Mr & Mrs Smith Boutique & Luxury Hotels

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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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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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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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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