Archive for the 'Indian Ocean' Category
Monday, December 5th, 2011
This month, we went looking for new Smith hotels in Fiji. Our search uncovered Dolphin Island, a private-island stay just north of Viti Levu. In the Indian Ocean, we plotted a romantic rendezvous at Anantara Kihavah Villas, a desert-island dream of a hotel in the blue-gold Maldives.
Next, we went coastal in south-east Asia, discovering Bunga Raya (above), an eco-chic escape [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Los Angeles, Malaysia, Maldives, New hotels, Transylvania | No Comments »
This month, we’ve got a whole new host of summer-ready sanctuaries, including three island hideaways on Santorini: the seven secluded Aenaon Villas, the all-white Avaton Resort & Spa and the neutral-hued Kapari Natural Resort (below).
Another trio debuts in New Orleans, as we reveal the fruits of our first foray into Louisiana – namely, Soniat House, [...]
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Posted in Cotswolds, Greece, Madrid, Maldives, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The Tube has got sweatier, Brits are getting their toes out and, next door to Smith HQ, the strange half-naked man has started watering his plants again. This means two things: summer is a comin’ and it’s holiday time. Our latest crush is the Maldives, the pearl in the Indian Ocean, and more seductive and [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Hotel of the Week, Indian Ocean, Maldives | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Have you ever noticed how actresses about to receive a necklace on screen are always bare-necked before their suitor rocks up with a jewellery gift? If you, too, know that naked feeling when you’re in your hotel room, getting ready for a fabulous night out – get your partner to channel Richard Gere in Pretty [...]
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Posted in Boutique hotels, Destinations, Features, Indian Ocean, Los Angeles, Mauritius, Miami, New Zealand, Portugal, Shopping, Travel tips, Uncategorized, Worth getting out of bed for, fashion | No Comments »
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
As romantic destinations go, there aren’t many more beautiful than Indian Ocean islands – they regularly crop up in top-10 polls for ‘most romantic’, ‘best honeymoon‘ and ‘exotic escapes’. One of Mr & Mrs Smith’s intrepid independent reviewer couples has just returned from a trip to the Oberoi in Mauritius, the honeymoon-fabulous spa retreat in [...]
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Posted in Independent reviews, Mauritius, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
JAMIE GRAHAM Creative Director, Graham & Green
If there’s one homewares shop that lets customers get a little boutique-hotel chic to go, it’s Graham & Green in Notting Hill. And now they have an outpost in Reading too. I grabbed a minute with one of its owners to ask him how he gets his travel kicks.
What [...]
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Posted in Design, Indian Ocean, Insider interviews, Morocco, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Friday, September 5th, 2008
To celebrate the launch of the Mr & Mrs Smith wedding pages, we’ve persuaded Brides magazine editor Deborah Joseph to divulge her Little White Book of wedding secrets – and trust us, what she doesn’t know about weddings and honeymoons probably ain’t worth knowing: Brides is the UK’s biggest-selling bridal magazine.
Here she reveals her [...]
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Posted in Australia, Boutique hotels, Caribbean, Destinations, Eating & drinking, Events, Guest blogs, Honeymoons & weddings, Insider interviews, London, Maldives, South Africa, Uncategorized, United Kingdom | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Let our destination inspiration whet your wanderlust and provide a guide to the most romantic cities, idyllic islands and wilderness escapes. LUCY FENNINGS rounds up a worldwide hot-list of honeymoon destinations…
01 Kruger National Park
LUXURY SAFARI STAYS
Countryside South African wilderness
Country life Eye-spy the Big Five
Why to go Safaris epitomise romance, with spine-tingling safari drives, [...]
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Posted in Caribbean, Design, Honeymoons & weddings, Indian Ocean, Italy, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, Top 10s, Uncategorized, United States | 29 Comments »