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With an increasing interest in longer, and often multi-stop stays, I wanted to pair a much-loved favourite, Sardinia’s massive Forte Village Resort, with its just-opened sibling, Palazzo Fiuggi. Allow for a 70-minute flight from Cagliari to Rome Ciampino, and then add on a 35-minute drive to Fiuggi, which is also, incidentally, only ten minutes…

Monkey Island Estate, a seven-acre green island in England’s Thames, 30 minutes’ drive west of Heathrow, hosts two all-white two-floor buildings, both built…

Keen cyclists will jump at the opportunity to experience the wind tunnel at Specialized global headquarters, only 30 minutes from the 131-key Rosewood Sand Hill…

When I arrived at the hotel – coincidentally only 11 minutes' drive from the station - I was immediately struck by the glorious flowers in the centre of the lobby, that reflected both sides. To the right, the open-plan bar led to two restaurants. This is a reflection, perhaps, that the hotel’s GM, David Collas, appreciates food, and other fine…

I arrive at Lucknam Park’s 200-hectare estate, said to date to the 11th century. I snail-pace along the famous mile-long driveway, flanked by two rows of guards…

"Particularly in Singapore, where 90% of fresh produce is imported, having our own aquaponics farm is a win-win for everyone," says Marcus Hanna, Sydneysider MD…

"This is this ideal rural base for travelling with a sense of purpose – and yet you are only 20 minutes by train or car from the Louvre and the heart of Paris," says Grégoire Salamin, GM of the palatial Waldorf Astoria Versailles - Trianon Palace.

Think of luxury coupled with style and which countries, outside Asia Pacific, spring to mind? Well, perhaps France and Italy top the list. Hervé Mazella, GM of…

My first memory of Rosewood Hong Kong is, in all honesty, its women-only speakeasy, XX Bar – at my visit, the only guys around were the mixologists. There were…

One of many reasons the 212-room Equinox Hotel is unique is its adjacent climbing frame, namely architect Thomas Heatherwick’s 45m-tall honeycomb-shaped Vessel sculpture. More one-offs: enter the hotel’s main door to walk past an undulating aluminium and steel wall (remember distorting mirrors at fairgrounds?). At the 25th floor reception,…