- Part 45

Tenerife – The Abama Golf & Spa Resort / Tenerife / Spain Text: Jens Hoffmann I enjoyed a incentive trip to this beautiful island. Great experience to check in at the Abama Golf & Spa Resort. A 160 hectare ‘finca’ tucked away in Guía de Isora, a tranquil and little known area of the island of Tenerife. The island, the largest of the seven that make up the Canary Island archipelago, is just over 300 km from the African coast, and about 1,300 km from…Continue Reading “Tenerife – The Abama Golf & Spa Resort / Tenerife / Spain” →

08/08/201308/08/2024

Hotel Park Hyatt in Melbourne – Australia

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Down under contributed by Jens Hoffmann. Globally there is an increasing interest in long flights, travel long distances. Today I feature the foodie scene in Melbourne, got a bit of the Mexican wave in food and culture which chnaged the place. There is no shortage in any kind of developments, like in Sydney a strong asian influence is everywhere. Starting my Victoria hotel tour in the nice Park Hyatt next to Parliament square. Great stylish location in a booming city. After waves of reinvention in…Continue Reading “Hotel Park Hyatt in Melbourne – Australia” →

04/08/201315/08/2013

Gervasutti / Courmayeur / Italy

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House & Hotel Magazine loves extraordinary architecture and houses. we like the Gervasutti Refuge in Italy ia Prefab Tubular Alpine Pod Home. A solar-powered tubular mountain cabin that was installed on Mt. Blanc – by helicopters! This energy-efficient prefabricated pod was built out of high-quality materials that have zero impact on the sensitive environment in which it was placed. Since it is a temporary structure and fully recoverable, mountain climbers who brave the 9,300 foot summit can use it to take shelter from the elements…Continue Reading “Gervasutti / Courmayeur / Italy” →

20/07/201318/12/2013

Love the Irish – The Cliff House Hotel / Ardmore / Ireland

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House & Hotel Magazine features a great irish five star hotel in Ardmore / Ireland, indeed we love Ireland, the sea and the fantastic Cliff House Hotel in Waterford. By the way, it has a fantastic spa. The only five-star seaside hotel in Ireland gives you a great view over the beach, watching dolphins and the whole sealife. It has been in existence since 1930 and was designed to service a tourist trade that showed its first glimmerings in Ardmore in the early 20th century…Continue Reading “Love the Irish – The Cliff House Hotel / Ardmore / Ireland” →

19/07/201326/04/2014

Explore the Shangri-La Jing An / Shanghai / China

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I love it to be in Shanghai and I love the Shangri-La in Shanghai. After a nice ride with express train with 455 km/h we arrived. The hotel is located on the Puxi side of the Huangpu River. Jing An Shangri-La features a design inspired by Shanghai’s past, present, and future. The 508-room hotel is the centerpiece of the Jing An Kerry Centre. Upon entering the lobby, guests are greeted by a 19 x 10-foot oil painting by Zeng Fanzhione of two renowned contemporary artists…Continue Reading “Explore the Shangri-La Jing An / Shanghai / China” →

15/07/201330/12/2014

Oscar Wildes place in London – The Cadogan Hotel / London / United Kingdom

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We visited London and enjoyed the city. Joy with lots of historical and literary spice, looking for the roots of Oscar Wilde at The Cadogan Hotel on Sloane Street. The Cadogan is 4me pure English luxury. With its prestigious Knightsbridge address, The Cadogan is perfectly located on Sloane Street amongst famed designer boutiques such as Chanel, Gucci, Prada and Hermes and a short stroll to Harvey Nichols and Harrods. This luxury hotel in central London offers 64 elegantly decorated guest rooms and suites, along with…Continue Reading “Oscar Wildes place in London – The Cadogan Hotel / London / United Kingdom” →

12/07/201330/12/2014

A luxury stay in the djungle – Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge Hilton Loon / South-Africa

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Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. House & Hotel Magazine features the Sabi Sabi earth lodge. Just fantastic, the resort shares a fenceless border to the west with the Kruger Nationalparc and is famous for the large population of leopards. Straight away they forced to achieve a balance between nature preservation of the fauna, social responsibility and providing funky safaris. With his great excusives five-star lodges, the “Loon” has written safari history. Earth Lodge is a sanctuary symbolising a new era in luxury South African safari lodges….Continue Reading “A luxury stay in the djungle – Sabi Sabi Bush Lodge Hilton Loon / South-Africa” →

09/07/201318/12/2013

Sophisticated style Hotel Hyatt Regency / Thessaloniki / Greece

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House & Hotel loves to be in Greece. We stayed in the fantastic Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki. The hotel is a five-star resort hotel in the city of Thessaloniki. The Hyatt Regency Just 13km from the center, it offers 152 rooms and suites. These are the largest in northern Greece and include 34 suites, we checked in at a junior suite which garden access and bit of shadow. Nice. Well known as the perfect city resort, the Hyatt is close to Thessaloniki International Airport and Regency…Continue Reading “Sophisticated style Hotel Hyatt Regency / Thessaloniki / Greece” →

08/07/201326/08/2013

Hotel Excelsior / Thessaloniki / Greece

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Today we feature another beautiful boutique hotel in Saloniki/ Greece The Hotel Excelsior (5*) is located in Thessaloniki center, not far away from Aristotelous square, right in the heart of this vibrant town. So just in the historical building of the classic and glorious Excelsior Hotel, dating back to 1924, the new Excelsior cherishes its past and at the same time gazes into the future, as one of the most prominent small luxury hotels in Europe. A vision come true for a family of hoteliers…Continue Reading “Hotel Excelsior / Thessaloniki / Greece” →

07/07/201312/02/2014

Ni hao – 36 h hours stop over in the lovely Mira Hotel / Hong Kong / China

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Hong Kong – 36 h in my favourite city. Check in @ great hotel Mira in Hong Kong. It became famous for the checkin of Mr. Snowden in 2013. Snowden had flown to Hong Kong from Hawaii, where he had been working for the National Security Agency, the biggest spy surveillance organisation in the world and checked in @ the Mira Hotel, on Nathan Road. Overlooking orchid-scented Kowloon Park in Central Tsim Sha Tsui, one of Hong Kong’s boutique-lined shopping districts, The Mira Hong Kong…Continue Reading “Ni hao – 36 h hours stop over in the lovely Mira Hotel / Hong Kong / China” →

07/06/201309/05/2014

Spiritual W Bali Retreat & Spa / Bali / Indonesia

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I love it on Bali. House & Hotel Magazine features the Hotel W Bali. Just the perfect place on this lovely island, a magical beachside retreat in one of Bali’s most opulent playgrounds, lush tropics and seductive seas. Easy to enjoy the W Retreat & Spa Bali – Seminyak, where the everyday is an urban myth. Surrender to the indulgence, where peace and tranquility are the utopian reality, for some therapy the place is in strolling distance to Bali’s hippest boutiques, galleries, restaurants and clubs….Continue Reading “Spiritual W Bali Retreat & Spa / Bali / Indonesia” →

03/06/201325/09/2017

PGA Catalunya – Golf trip to Spain – Hotel Meliá Golf Vichy / Girona / Spain

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Destination Girona. Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. I like the small city of Girona, just next to Barcelona. We spent the summer in Spain and finally we declared itas one of our favorite countries. The culture, the architecture, the food, of all the cities, but our favorite, probaly it might be Girona! This time we checked in @ Meliá Golf Vichy Catalán, Girona. The perfect hotel 100meters away from the -probably- the best golf course in Spain, the PGA Catalunya. Inaugurated in 2006, the current hotel…Continue Reading “PGA Catalunya – Golf trip to Spain – Hotel Meliá Golf Vichy / Girona / Spain” →