While New England embodies fall in America, Tuscany is the place to spend autumn in Europe. With warm days and cool nights, options are almost endless and it is still warm enough for swimming in a pool, hopefully one at Adler Thermae. Fill your day with mushroom and truffle hunting … Read more
What makes The Spa at Miami’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Florida’s only five star rated spa by Forbes travel guide? Forbes was clearly impressed, first, by the intimate lobby scented with jasmine and toned by tranquil music. Guests are treated like royalty at this posh but not pretentious resort away from … Read more
Just thirty miles from the sand, surf, theme parks and attractions of San Diego, an oasis for the senses awaits you.Tucked away on the fringes of the Southern California suburbs, Rancho Bernardo Inn first appears more like a stately country club. But the warm, welcoming lobby with its high, wood-beamed … Read more
*With contributions by Lucille Sitra This is a big hotel with an intimate soul. A stay at the Westin Diplomat involves a number of decisions – the first, between a room overlooking the Atlantic surf or its bright green expanse of golf course, then, which of its eight outstanding restaurants … Read more
The first thing you notice as you walk into the Standard Spa on Miami Beach is the incredible view of Biscayne Bay. Ideally located off the main drag of Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue on a quiet patch of land that fronts the Venetian Causeway, the spa is the Standard Hotel’s … Read more
A spa is a spa is a spa, or is it? Today, any place that offers massage and body therapies calls itself that. Originally, the term meant a place with therapeutic waters. Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa, with hot mineral waters coming out of the ground, is a … Read more
It was June and we were celebrating Midnight Sun, so spirits were high as we boarded the Helsinki flight. I’d already been won over by the boarding passes with all over background images of nature scenes and the Finns in their natural environment, a key element in a trip … Read more
Everyone has a wish list of places that they want to see and Niagara Falls was always on mine. After way too many years of just considering it, my husband and I finally decided to just do it. Situated about 400 miles from New York and approximately a 7 hour … Read more
I traveled to Mont Tremblant earlier this year in March to catch the last weekend of skiing before the official close of the season. Guess what? I hadn’t been skiing for over 25 years! I was anxiously looking forward to getting back on the slopes in the Northeast where … Read more
Have you been searching for the perfect spa getaway for yourself and your friends, one that is luxurious yet reasonably priced? If so, head down to Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, Merida to be exact, for a unique, rustic spa experience in the Mayan countryside. Hacienda Petac, a 17th century private estate … Read more
Honua Kai Resort and Spa, Maui’s newest luxury resort, is extending special offers over the holidays and into spring 2011, making Maui the perfect destination for a winter or spring getaway. Honua rests on 38 oceanfront acres of Kaanapali’s pristine North Beach, and is housed in two buildings with ocean … Read more
Chicago is one of those beautiful combinations of a big city attitude with the ease and comfort of a small town. Beautifully situated on Lake Michigan, it’s a town that’s great for shopping, dinning and sight seeing. It also boasts some of the chicest places to sleep. One of … Read more