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Mar17
Published by misha in Adventure, Europe, Hotels, Italy, Photos, Relaxing, Romantic, Safaris, Sightseeings, Swimming, Travel Stories

La Minervetta formerly was a 1950’s restaurant, today turned into exclusive hotel perched on Sorrento’s cliffside. It would not look out of place in the pages of a trendy interiors magazine. Warm Neapolitan sunshine floods in through floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating sleek furniture with a retro twist. Photo by: bergi_m
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Mar17
Published by misha in Europe, Golf, Italy, Photos, Resorts, Romantic, Sightseeings, Spa, Swimming, Travel Stories, Walking

Natural springwaters have been flowing into a volcanic crater in front of what is now the Terme di Saturnia Spa and Golf Resort for more than 3,000 years. The chic, minimalist hotel set at the foot of the ancient village of Saturnia in the Maremma region has one of the most famous spas in the world, renowned for its medical care as much as for its conventional beauty treatments, which take place in any one of fifty treatments rooms. Photo by: vladushk (GINEVRA – GENEVA – GENEVE – GENF)
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Mar16
Published by misha in Adventure, Central America, Hiking, Kayaking, Mexico, Photos, Relaxing, Resorts, Romantic, Sightseeings, Snorkeling, Spa, Swimming, Travel Stories, Villas

The Mayans were notoriously clever. The splendid ruins of their advanced civilization lie all around the luxury Tulum resort of Azulik, taking visitors back to the time when humans and their surroundings were in much closer harmony. Azulik’s greatest asset is precisely this way of blending ancient feelings and wonders with a contemporary outlook. One of the major draws is the Maya Spa, which provides a large list of treatments that range from familiar Western techniques to ancient healing skills and relaxation treatments, including traditional Mayan massages. Photo by: ninahale
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Mar16
Published by misha in Adventure, Canada, Kayaking, Lodge, North America, Photos, Relaxing, Romantic, Sightseeings, Travel Stories, Walking

Canada‘s Great Bear Rainforest sweeps along British Columbia’s Inside Passage and is more than twice the size of Yellowstone National Park. In the middle of this broken wilderness, more than 150 miles (240 km) from the nearest paved road, is the King Pacific Lodge, a floating fishing lodge based on the serene waters of Princess Royal Island’s Barnard Harbor, home to black wolves, grizzlies, black bears, and a maximum of thirty pampered guests. Photo by: andrew mcgarry
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Mar16
Published by misha in Adventure, Central America, Eating, Fishing, Mexico, Photos, Resorts, Restaurants, Romantic, Scuba Diving, Sightseeings, Spa, Surfing, Travel Stories, Villas, Windsurfing

You know you have come to the right place when the hotel manager offers a complimentary head and neck massage as soon as you have checked in. Overlooking the glimmering Sea of Cortez and Pacific Ocean in a breathtakingly natural setting, the Esperanza resort has fifty casitas (small villas) and six luxury suites spread across 17acres (7 ha) of land. Photo by: che_hyder
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Mar16
Published by misha in Adventure, Central America, Kayaking, Mexico, Photos, Relaxing, Resorts, Romantic, Sightseeings, Snorkeling, Swimming, Travel Stories, Villas

Modern-day fairy tales do not come much better than this. Cuixmala is a hot resort where luxurious villas are tucked away in a vast 25,000-acre (10,117-ha) ecological reserve fringed by golden beaches. This is a private sanctuary in more ways than one. Come there to rest your head, laze on deserted beaches, and get close nature. Then discover the birds and animals that have made their home in this eco-reserve – from jaguars and sea turtles to exotic zebras and antelopes. Photo by: flickrimagesearch
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Mar11
Published by misha in Adventure, Africa, Eating, Mauritius, Photos, Relaxing, Resorts, Romantic, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Sightseeings, Snorkeling, Spa, Swimming, Travel Stories, Villas

The Beau Rivage Resort is on the east coast of Mauritius and it is a wonderful retreat with twelve-brand new thatched villas. They are decorated with Chinese porcelain and Indian artworks that reflect the peculiar Mauritius mix of cultures that represent the quest for perfection and pure indulgence that is an ongoing challenge at the Beau Rivage resort.
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