You may not believe in the concept of energy choreography, but the bets are on you might feel its benefits if you stayed at Toronto’s latest designer hotel, the Cosmopolitan. Sylvia Noble, energy consultant to stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ron Howard, is the woman behind the cosmic circuitry of the 97-suite hotel, which…
I’m dangling over the raw, pounding Pacific Ocean on Canada’s westernmost shore. Two bald eagles soar above and a seal rides the foamy surf. “I’m glad they’re putting on a show for you today,” says Charles McDiarmid, managing director of the Wickaninnish Inn, near Tofino on Vancouver Island, B.C.
For a romantic hideaway to an elegant, understated, serene resort, journey to the bucolic town of Santa Barbara, about 100 miles north of Hollywood & LA. Here, the Bacara Resort & Spa will take your breath away. Sitting on the beach and featuring a 42,000-sq.ft. spa with a 3,500-sq.ft. open air cardiovascular and strength-training center,…
I spent my childhood summers in the town of Sonoma, long before it became a world-class wine growing area. Even then, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa was a classy oasis in this bucolic setting and a place to escape the heat. Today, it’s a 5-star resort owned by The Fairmont Hotel chain blessed…
What do you do if you’re a NHL player, or a former one, and getting a little antsy without a season? Get a few silver-bladed buddies together and line up the next best thing – a golf nirvana. Bear Mountain Golf Resort, a 20-minute drive from Victoria, B.C., is the brainchild of Len Barrie, an…
From the outside it looked like a Scandinavian Motel 6, all low-slung, buckwheat-colored cedar and wrap-around parking lot. But any semblance to a budget chain disappeared when I walked into the lobby of Vancouver Island’s five-star Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa
I’m immersed up to my neck, bobbing like a cork in tea. Well, it’s not really tea, it just has that warm, amber color. Scooping it from the long porcelain tub with my hand, I take a sip. It’s fizzy and salty, like seltzer water. No wonder the Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa’s Website calls…
From our Web travel colleagues at WandaLust, a brutally honest and candid look at the celebrated Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Though they say the hotel is quite good… “what is bad is its spa, the naff-tastically named BATHHOUSE Spa.”
Old money? New money? Trust fund? Doesn’t matter. If you have enough money from any source, splurge on a visit to The Breakers Palm Beach, one of the world’s foremost hotels/spa/golf resorts in the old-fashioned tradition.
Imagine lying on a warm, suspended environment, cocooned in a Mandarin Spice Wrap infused with sandalwood mist. That’s what my wife experienced for 50 minutes on a recent visit to the award-winning Claremont Resort & Spa in the hills of Berkeley. With panoramic views of San Francisco’s skyline and the bay, this beautiful resort, situated…
Tired of the same old hotel room with a television and empty walls to keep you pacified in your free time? In McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, Oregon, not one room has a television, and not one wall is free of original artwork. The lodge was built in 1922 as a Masonic and Eastern…
This may be one of the world’s most beautiful spas. Just 90 minutes from Florence and 125 miles from Rome, Fonteverde Spa Resort is the perfect alternative to renting a vacation villa in the Tuscany area of Italy. Situated in the majestic rolling hills just south of Siena, people have been enjoying this venue since…