Remember how Spa Getaways used to mean suffering through a juice fast and dining on Barbie doll size portions? Hotel Valley Ho has got it all right — great digs, super spa (Conde Nast Traveler ranks it one of the best new spas in the country) and an incredible Monday Night Special Chefs Menu. Located…
Tourists are always amazed by Sirrocco Restaurant, the tallest rooftop restaurant and bar in Thailand. For me, it’s just another “hot spot” as recommended by Conte Nast Traveler. It’s not difficult to find a fancy place like this in metropolitan cities, but it’s certainly not easy to find a place which can reflect the “true…
Tourism is San Francisco’s biggest money maker. After all, my home town has bridges, hills, cable cars, great weather, terrific hotels, wonderful restaurants, a cosmopolitan atmosphere, scores of high end stores for world class shopping, and two convention halls. In fact, for the 13th straight year and 17th in the past 18, a poll in…
Hot tables. Hot nights. Hot spas. With summer coming soon, Condé Nast Traveler has just uncovered the hottest new restaurants and nightspots around the globe, as well as the world’s best new spas. Its Web page says CNT covers “the 82 best places to eat –– from Australia to Vietnam and with entrees from $3…
Lahaina, Maui, is a 19th century whaling village that has morphed into a touristy town filled with oceanfront restaurants and T-shirt shops. It wasn’t that way in the late 60s when I first visited this plush, lush island. But 10 miles north is a AAA Five Diamond-rated resort: The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua.
Start spreading the news! The well-heeled readers of Conde´Nast Traveler, one of the world’s most respected magazines, have spoken. And they’ve chosen the top luxury resort worldwide. Check them out by continent, but note that 8 of the top 10 resorts with scores in the mid-90s are in Asia or Africa. Of the US top…