Author: House & Hotel Magazine

Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Going on one means being away from everything familiar and allowing your brain to idle into a kind of cleaning bliss. Miami is becoming a green, ecological city and a weekend in South Beach is always fun. Do you long for the South Beach of vegan culture, frozen margaritas and electric neon? The South Beach of stylish new hotels like Gale, Lord Balfour, SLS South Beach and special restaurants like Yardbird, Southern Table & Bar, Khong River House, Tongue…Continue Reading “Cities we love: Miami” →

Relaxation in Bangkok @ the Lebua hotel By feature reporter Jens Hoffman Bangkok is big, bold, and glamorous, so choosing the right hotel makes all the difference. We got a bubble to retreat in this city that never sleeps. The Lebua is for us the perfect hotel, it offer the perfect balance, allowing you to tap out of the buzz when you need to recharge, and dive right into the noodle-slurping, temple-hopping action the moment you step outside. A world-class luxury hotel crowned by Bangkoks…Continue Reading “Hotels we love: The Lebua in Bangkok” →

Me gusta, Hotel Casa Sandra – Holbox Island! By Jens Hoffmann It is located at the north of Cancún, where the Caribbean Sea converges with the Gulf of Mexico. Ancestral voices keep whispering old tales with the winds that refresh Holbox. They tell the stories of the Spanish galleons that disappeared in these waters, they also tell the stories of the pirates who took their treasures, pirates like Francisco Molas. Nowadays people think that Molas found a crystalline source of water so beautiful that he…Continue Reading “Islands we love: Holbox” →

Valencia is not only worldfamous for its Paella Contributed by Jens James Hoffmann The city is a great destination and, if you’re interested in opera, art, football and local food, then Valencia fits perfect Lets talk about Paella. Albufera grows rice and vegetables, gets fish from its lakes and sea. A paradise for seafood friends. We visited Albufera, where the rice is grown in paddies around the lake which once stretched all the way to the city centre. All the restaurants round here serve authentic…Continue Reading “Me gusta, Valencia from the series “Cities we love”” →

Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann We started on Long Island. To state the obvious: You could easily ennjoy and fill a couple of weeks eating your way down one street in Jackson Heights, Queens, or spend days uncovering corners of Central Park. I just like to show the cherry on the cake. Here you’ll find a nice condo, loft, bar, a hidden garden, market against the backdrop of an unbeatable skyline and some big-picture and hyperlocal history to bring you a little closer the…Continue Reading “Cities we love: New York City” →

Today we feature Lajos Veszeli By Jens Hoffmann The Hungarian artist Lajos Veszeli is known for his controversial art, whose central point is often the lake Balaton (“The Hungarian Ocean”). Lajos Veszeli – A Life between Mythos and Painting Lajos Veszeli is one of the most important contemporary Hungarian painters and is often referred to as one of the most controversial figures in the Hungarian art scene. As “Don Quixote of Balatoni” he is understood in his attitude to Art and Society: a fighter against…Continue Reading “The “Don Quixote of Lake Balaton” – Lajos Veszeli” →

Cascading down the hillside towards the Indian Ocean, Raffles Bali is the ultimate in refined barefoot luxury. THe 32 villas, each with its own pool and garden, offer peace and privacy to soothe the soul, with views across Jimbaran Bay that seem to go on forever. Contributed by Jens James Hoffmann Fine dining pure. Easy to relax near the airport. A room with a view for travel freaks. At Raffles Bali the view from your private pool offers you the jungle-green resort grounds and the…Continue Reading “Heaven in Bali: Raffles Bali” →

Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Breeze is part of The Dome at lebua, a collection of five outstanding bars and restaurants on the top floors of the lebua Hotel. The Restaurant is famous for its Chinese cuisine. They best local and internationally sourced ingredients. After arrival on the 52nd floor, we are greeted with a neon-lit glass-and-steel walkway that leads to Breeze restaurant. The views of the cityscape of Bangkok simply took our breath away. Lets enjoy the dinner. Breeze`s Executive Chef, Sam Pang…Continue Reading “Fine dining in Bangkok: ´Breeze` restaurant at Lebua” →

Relaxation in Bangkok @ the Lebua hotel By feature reporter Jens Hoffmann Photos: A. Veszeli Bangkok is big, bold, and boisterous, so choosing the right base makes all the difference. Get it wrong, and you’re spending your trip stuck in traffic; get it right, and you’ve got yourself a bubble to retreat to in this city that never sleeps. The Lebua is for us the perfect hotel, it offer the perfect balance, allowing you to tap out of the buzz when you need to recharge,…Continue Reading “Hotels we love: The Lebua in Bangkok” →

The ‘Shaman of Travel’ was in Delhi Varanasi, Dhammek Stupa, Mulaagandha Kutey Vihara, Dashashwamedh Ghat and Ganga Aarti. Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann We landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and saw several Buddhist locations in Delhi Varanasi, Dhammek Stupa, Mulaagandha Kutey Vihara, Dashashwamedh Ghat and Ganga Aarti. 12 cities are known as Buddist cities Varanasi, Amritsar, Ajmer, Dwaraka, Gaya, Puri, Amaravati, Kanchipuram, Vellankanni, Kedarnath are so called “spiritual development destinations”. Projecting and saving the Buddhist heritage and pilgrim sites of India…Continue Reading “Incredible India” →

I love this beautiful island. Contributed by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann A great experience is waiting for you in the southwest of Tenerife. It is ‘The Ritz Carlton Abama’. 160 hectare finca tucked away in Guía de Isora, a silent area of the island of Tenerife. The island is the largest of the seven that make up the Canary Island archipelago, is just 300 km from the African coast. 1,300 km from the Spanish Mainland. Wow. Slightly to the north of the Tropic of Cancer,…Continue Reading “The Ritz Carlton Abama on Tenerife” →

Vietnam by feature reporter Jens Hoffmann We landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, first we stayed for a few days in the humid city of Ho-Chi-Minh better known as Saigon. Then went to Con Dao, a breathtaking location, which has been protected for decades as a national and marine park. The Six Senses is located on a long sweeping stretch of pristine white sand beach that curves subtly within the arc of a secluded bay. The delightfully luxurious retreat is for me one of…Continue Reading “Countries we love: Vietnam” →