August 2007 - Posts
Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:57 PM
A new hotel opened in July in Portugal's Douro Valley, an area with scenic vineyards famous for producing port wines (read more about honeymooning in Portugal , and other wine-making regions like Napa and Tuscany ). The Aquapura Douro Valley consists
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Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:06 PM
Check out this hotel opening in Venice in September (find out more about honeymooning in Venice , and get info on other places to travel in Italy ). The Hotel Palazzo Barbarigo Sul Canal Grande is in a building from the 16th century that's been refurbished
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Posted by
Knot Miles
Filed under: Italy, New Hotels
Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:02 PM
The Cabo Azul Resort & Spa is opening in September on a beachfront property in Los Cabos, Mexico (find out more about Los Cabos ). The resort has 332 villas -- they vary in size from one-bedroom to three-bedrooms -- all of which include private balconies
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Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 4:37 PM
Earlier this year South Seas Island Resort reopened after a $140 million renovation, and the property looks pretty great. The resort is on Captiva Island, which is just off of Florida's southwest coast, in the Gulf of Mexico. The plantation-style resort
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Posted by
Knot Miles
Filed under: Florida
Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:10 PM
With all the restrictions for carrying liquids onto planes, you have to be extra conscious about what you pack in your handbag -- ESPA has your beauty supplies covered. The UK-based company has just released travel sizes of its 27 most popular products
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Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:36 AM
I was recently in Red Wing, Minnesota, and was surprised to hear that there's a vineyard nearby in the town of Hastings -- I don't usually associate the upper Midwest with wine-making. I visited Alexis Bailly Vineyard and tasted 11 of their wines, and
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Posted by
Knot Miles
Filed under: Wine
Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 10:19 AM
St. Regis Hotels recently opened their first new resort on the east coast since 1906, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . Each of the 166 guest rooms has classy amenities (flat screen TVs, bamboo silk bathrobes, 24-hour butler service), and one cool feature
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Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:11 AM
If its prime location (right at the top of the Spanish Steps) and recent tabloid buzz (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes stayed there during their Italian destination wedding) aren't reason enough to visit The Hotel Hassler in Rome , they've recently renovated
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Posted by
Knot Miles
Filed under: Europe, Italy
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:29 PM
I recently got a look at a travel guide called LUXE New York, the newest destination from LUXE City Guides. I really like the way LUXE guides are set up -- rather than flip through pages like a book, they unfold into one long sheet that's packed full
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Knot Miles
Filed under: Travel tips