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Kalispera, Thessaloniki. Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. It has been one year already since my last trip to Greece and I am still in love with nature, people and greek wines. We travelled to the largest city in the region of Macedonia. Saloniki was founded in the early years of the Hellenistic period, during Alexander the Great’s ecumenical empire. We checked in at the great Electra Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki. The weather is starting to get warm, it’s time to go abroad. Thessaloniki is Greece’s second…Continue Reading “Celebrating 50 years – Hotel Electra Palace / Thessaloniki / Greece” →

Berlin. Contributed by N.Neugebauer. I did a fantastic wine tasting in one of my favourite hotels in Berlin. The lovely Rocco Forte’s Hotel de Rome is located on Bebelplatz, Unter den Linden. It is a conversion of an existing building constructed in 1889 by architect Ludwig Heim who was the appointed master builder of the government, which housed the head office of Dresdner Bank until 1945. This is a unique luxury hotel in Berlin which you will find in an original building making use of…Continue Reading “Wine Tasting @ Rocco Forte’s Hotel Rome / Berlin” →

My tower experience in Bergamo / North of Italy. Contributed by Nicole Neugebauer. The hotel Gombit is fantastic located straight into a tower. The tower of Gombit, a symbol of both the city’s antiquity and contemporary revival which has perfect integrated with the “Gombithotel”. The nice experience started straight away when we entered the lobby. The welcoming interiors, where every detail has been cared for, as if in your sitting room at home, change from day to day, presenting a minimalist collection of tones and…Continue Reading “The future is poetic and contemporary in Bergamo” →

Destination Milano. Contributed by Ben Harris. Beautiful rest in “Bella Italia”. Luxury time, spa in style, art and design. Bellissimo. The Bulgari hotel is all of this. The 18th Century Palazzo is still the hottest address in town. The location sits between Via Montenapoleone and the Accademia di Brera, floating in a dreamy garden of rolling of almost neon-green lawn and elevated outdoor lounge arranged in sexy décor and fichus trees as manicured as the model-looking patrons. Interiors live up to even the loftiest of…Continue Reading “Selected exclusive break in Milan / Italy” →

The Hassler Experience. Text: Anke Bracht When ever you come to Rome, visiting outstanding 5-star Hotel Hassler is a must. Located on top of the Spanish Steps, the palazzo near to Church Santa Trinità die Monti is the very place to be in the italian capital. It is managed by Roberto E. Wirth, the 5th generation of a famous dynasty of Swiss hoteliers. For over a century the Hassler been recognized as one of Europe’s legendary independently-owned five-star luxury hotels, synonymous with the highest quality…Continue Reading “Bella Italia – The Hassler Experience in Rome / Italy” →

Summer in Italy. Contributed by Nicole Mitchell. The charms of Venice are lengendary. A magical place that enthrais the visitors. So much beauty calls for an adequate residence and If you ever want to spend a night next to George Clooney you can do it here. Hotel Cipriani in Venice. The Hotel Cipriani in Venice is not located on San Marco or on the Grand Canal, its located on Giudecca Island, a 5-minute boat ride from St. Mark’s Square. The place has been an idyllic…Continue Reading “A night next to George Clooney in the Hotel Belmond Cipriani – Italy” →

Floating houses a solution for the future. The eco-friendly floating habitat WaterNest 100, designed by Giancarlo Zema for EcoFloLife is an enveloping of 100 sqm residential unit. Sea levels are predicted to rise. There are different types of floating homes, permanently floating homes and homes that float only when flood waters swell, but sit on the ground during the dry season. Requiring the later on new construction within floodplains, and considering same for threatened shorelines, is one way to plan for the future. Although floating…Continue Reading “Floating houses WaterNest 100, designed by Giancarlo Zema” →

Story contributed by Kathrin Sion. Exclusive style with natural flair, from time to you should have to leave the privacy of your place to explore, smell and taste a new ambience. For Duesseldorf residents the Netherlands offer a close fitting suitable goal, a close target. But if you classify the country thinking only covering sandy beaches and the sea, you are wrong! You will find A’dam (a great city)! And the unspoiled region of Twente east of the Netheterlands neibouring the federal German states of…Continue Reading “A walk in the park – Park Hotel de Wiemsel / Twente / Holland” →

Casa Brutale in Greece. Crisis, no, not at all #2. I love architecture and this design. A perfect hideaway. The team of architects at OPA designed Casa Brutale, a concrete house in a cliffside. The ‘chameleonic living space’ consists of a swimming pool as the ceiling and a huge facade facing nothing but the sea.We talked with the two partners Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos about the project. Why did you choose the area of the Aegaen sea? We were born and raised…Continue Reading “Coming soon! Casa Brutale – Aegean Sea / Greece” →

Destinationreport Bordeaux By Jens Hoffmann. I made a beautiful wine trip to Bordeaux. It is not so easy to get there – by Air France always via CDG-Paris. Anyway. Bordeaux just opened La Cité du Vin, an ambitious institution along the coast of the river Garonne dedicated to the history of French culture. The undulating wooden structure, designed by XTU architects, is part of a huge greening and revitalization effort along Bordeaux’s waterways, which also includes the opening of the Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Europe’s largest…Continue Reading “A lifestyle report – Grandhotel Bordeaux / France” →

Sawasdee lovely Thailand. Isaan region. Fly in with Bangkok Airways to Chiang Mai. Features reporter Ben Harris. The north is very natural, Chiang Mai and the Hotel Four Seasons offer many exciting activities to do. The place is full of ying yang and we enjoyed it. The grounds are absolutely exquisite with lush vegetation and beautiful flowers through out the resort. There are a plethora of places to enjoy the serene environment. Spacious Lanna-style pavilions overlook terraced rice fields and the mountains in the beautiful…Continue Reading “Where the king slept – Four Seasons / Chiang Mai / Thailand” →

Wuerzburg, Frickenhausen, Volkach. Wine- Lifestyle-Culture. Text by Jens Hoffmann. Its always great to spend a few days alongs the “Mainschleife” in Franconia. The city Würzburg belongs to Bavaria. Located on the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. During our road trip through the region we had a couple of lovely wine tastings starting at the historic wineyard Max Müller I. in Volkach. Max Mueller Furthermore Weingut Rainer Sauer, Divino Nordheim, Winzerkeller Sommerach. Its great to discover Franken, it is boasting…Continue Reading “Wine trip to Franconia / Bavaria / Germany” →