It sounds like a gimmick, but a luxury villa in a Roman quarry on a tiny island off Sicily makes inspired use of its setting Beds in concrete sewer pipes, converted prisons and factories, hotels made from ice or old railway carriages ... over the last decade or so the travel industry has...
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Set in stone: a luxury villa in a quarry on the Egadi islands off Sicily
Why The Jellyfish Plague In Lanzarote?
Lanzarote has been plagued by jellyfish for a few months on and off now, we first mentioned them back at the end of October when swimming was prohibited from some beaches in the resort of Costa Teguise. A recent report presented in...
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Three unexpected treats on Oahu’s North Shore
Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Food and Drink , North America , United States Last October, when my wife and I visited Oahu for a week, we spent the first few days happily exploring the attractions and activities we'd plotted before the trip: the artfully educating exhibits at the Bishop...
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Exhibitors From 50 Countries at The Winter Fancy Food Show
Recently I attended the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, however it hosted a number of vendors well beyond the world of food in the BayArea. Global in attendance, vendors showed up to tout their latest and greatest from ...
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The Coconut Phone: A quirky luxury in Grand Cayman
Filed under: Business , Food and Drink , Hotels and Accommodations , Caribbean , Luxury Travel Have you ever been on vacation, laying under a palm tree on a white sandy beach with turquoise waters glistening beneath the sun, and thought about how a tropical cocktail would complement the moment perfectly? For those...
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The Coconut Phone: A quirky luxury in Grand Cayman
Filed under: Business , Food and Drink , Hotels and Accommodations , Caribbean , Luxury Travel Have you ever been on vacation, laying under a palm tree on a white sandy beach with turquoise waters glistening beneath the sun, and thought about how a tropical cocktail would complement the moment perfectly? For those...
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Head to Vieques, Puerto Rico and Fall Into the W’s Lap of Luxury
Returning to New Jersey from a vacation in Vieques, Puerto Rico is not an easy thing to do. The overcast days and the cold, rainy nights at this time of the year don’t exactly compare to the cloudless skies and ideal climate of this island located about 50 miles...
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Budget Vacation Guide 2012: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Filed under: Activism , History , Learning , Food and Drink , Asia , Cambodia , Budget Travel , Travel Deals Not only is Cambodia still one of the poorest countries in Asia, but it is also one of the cheapest. Much of this has to do...
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"Rhode Trip" Eats
Jet Setting doesn't always have to be about getting on an airplane to do fun things. ?Sometimes, it's fun to hop in the car and go...and that's what I just did! ?The week before New Year's, I took a quick road trip with one...
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Where to Eat in Honolulu, Hawaii: Hidden Gems
As a kama'aina (someone born and raised in Hawaii) I get pretty nostalgic for some of the food there. And not just Hawaiian food or malasadas, even though I definitely make a pilgrimage to Ono's Hawaiian Food and also try to make it to Champion Malasadas every...
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