Islands On Our Mind

From Croatia to Quebec and down to The Bahamas, we visit destinations ripped straight from the pages of a romance novel.

Monaco is an island in the middle of Europe. Or at least, that’s how it feels when we first glimpse the country as we emerge from the Monte Carlo train station.

Once upon a time, a visit to the Maldives was all about enjoying the destination's captivating beauty and doing as little as possible in the process. While there are still plenty of guests…

Islands, mythical and alluring, are deeply etched into the human psyche. Whether desolate and arid, or palm-fringed and romantic, islands are seen as places of escape and exile, solitude and…

My eyes closed, I can sense nature all around me. My lips form a knowing smile as a light breeze works its way over my body, blowing back my hair and exposing my face to the warmth of the…

Rain is beating an insistent tattoo on the hotel roof, and as I observe the drops pounding the foliage outside our room, I am acutely aware that my view is a melange of different shades of…

Crete is a land of legends, and legendary hospitality. One sublime summer evening in Elounda, we were treated to both. Our Greek friend and host at Solfez Villas, Nikolas Lygeros, was…

There have been, and will be again, many destructions of mankind arising out of many causes; the greatest have been brought about by the agencies of fire and water – Plato

There is something about the terrain that breathes the spirit of a place. Here we were, standing on the side of a road that cuts through the Tramuntana Mountains of Majorca — a drive…

Technology and innovation: two of today’s ultimate mind-bogglers. Over time we have seen extraordinary accomplishments in the hotel industry, those that have pushed boundaries and…